Music Tracking 2026

These are 2026 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

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New Releases

• A-F-R-O & Motion Plus: Frequencies (Fro Thizzle Productions) [06-26] - hip-hop [***]
• Michael Aadal: Aggressive Hymns, Energetic Ballads (Losen) [02-20] - jazz [***]
• Juhani Aaltonen + Raoul Björkenheim: Nostalgia (Eclipse Music) [02-20] - jazz [***]
• Joshua Abrams: Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation (Drag City) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Joshua Achiron: Climbing (Calligram) [03-06] - jazz [**]
• Nicki Adams and Michael Eaton Featuring Francisco Mela: Arrival (J-man) [09-10] - jazz [U]
• Dave Adewumi: The Flame Beneath the Silence (Giant Step Arts) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman: Miami Lice: Season Four (Rhymesayers Entertainment) [03-11] - hip-hop [***]
• أحمد [Ahmed]: Play Monk (Otoroku) [05-08] - jazz [A-]
• Yazz Ahmed: Shinrin-Yoku (Night Time Stories -EP) [05-29] - jazz [**]
• Akhavelli: Moorthodox Psyence (Below System) [05-29] - hip-hop [***]
• Ambrose Akinmusire/Mary Halvorson: Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch) [06-12] - jazz [***]
• Naseem Alatrash: Bright Colors on a Dark Canvas (Levantine Music) [02-27] - jazz [***]
• Melissa Aldana: Filin (Blue Note) [02-13] - jazz [**]
• Ricky Alexander: Ragology (Turtle Bay) [02-20] - jazz [***]
• Ali & Charif Megarbane: Tirakat (Habibi Funk) [03-20] - Arabic [*]
• Eddie Allen's Push: Rhythm People (Origin) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Tyrone Allen II: Upward (Dreams and Fears) [03-16] - jazz [*]
• Ben Allison/Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Triological (Sunnyside) [04-10] - jajzz [**]
• Paulo Almeida: Love in Motion (Dox) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Wayne Alpern: Varieties & Extravaganzas (Henri Elkan Music) [04-17] - jazz [B]
• Rodrigo Amado/This Is Our Language Quartet: Wailers (2019, European Echoes) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
• Zoh Amba: Eyes Full (Matador) [06-05] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• David Ambrosio/Donny McCaslin/Ingrid Jensen/Bruce Barth/Victor Lewis: Civil Disobedience: Blue Note in the Progressive Sixties (Blue Frog) [05-16] - jazz [**]
• Laurie Anderson With Sexmob: Let X = X (Nonesuch) [05-08] - synth pop [A]
• Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music (Thrill Jockey) [05-22] - American primitivism [**]
• Thomas Anderson: Letters From the Hermit Kingdom (Out There) - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Thommy Andersson: Shimmering Blue (SteepleChase) [02-06] - jazz [***]
• Kristen Mather de Andrade: Sim Fin (Ansonica) [03-01] - Brazil/jazz [*]
• Courtney Marie Andrews: Valentine (Loose Future) [01-16] - country [*]
• Angine De Poitrine: Vol. II (Spectacles Bonzaï) [04-03] - math rock [***]
• Angles 4: Angles 4 (Relative Pitch) [08-21] - jazz [A-]
• Florian Arbenz Feat. Bill Frisell/Greg Osby: Quiet Lights (Conversation Lab) [05-29] - jazz [***]
• Nia Archives: Emotional Junglist (Hijinxx/Island) [07-17] - soul [A-]
• Julian Argüelles: Echo Fields (Escapade) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Atlantic Road Trip: Watch as the Echo Falls (Calligram) [04-03] - jazz [*]
• Aymeric Avice/Luke Stewart/Chad Taylor: Deep in the Earth High in the Sky (RogueArt) [02-09] - jazz [***]
• Baby Rose: Yearnalism (Secretly Canadian) [07-10] - pop soul [**]
• Baby Queen: I Hope You Don't Remember Me (Insanity) [07-24] - indie pop [*]
• Badger Hunt: Full Moon in My Pocket (self-released) [02-06] - jangle rock [**]
• Elles Bailey: Can't Take My Story Away (Cooking Vinyl) [01-16] - Americana [**]
• Ballister + Luke Stewart: Clocking the Wheel (Aerophonic) [07-10] - jazz [A-]
• Teller Bank$: Hate Island ($357ENT) [03-29] - hip-hop [**]
• Richard Baratta: Another Kind of Bird (Savant) [06-02] - jazz [*]
• Barcelona Art Orchestra & Miguel Zenón: Expressions: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (Miel Music) [06-26] - jazz [*]
• MC Paul Barman & Kenny Segal: Antinomian Pandemonium (Fused Arrow) [02-26] - hip-hop [**]
• Courtney Barnett: Creature of Habit (Mom + Pop/Fiction) [03-27] - alt/indie [A-]
• Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Tragic Magic (In Finé) [01-16] - new age [*]
• Sam Barsh/Mark Guiliana/Keyon Harold: Straight08 (La Reserve) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Lakecia Benjamin: We Dream (Artwork) [06-05] - jazz [**]
• Chuck Bergeron: Bass & Face: Duets With Ten Premier Vocalists (Summit) [06-05] - jazz [**]
• Abate Berihun & the Addis Ken Project: Addis Ken (Origin) [04-17] - jazz [*]
• Josh Berman Trio: Everybody Else's Life Too (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [06-19] - jazz [***]
• Steven Bernstein/Scotty Hard: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance (Royal Potato Family) [06-05] - jazz [***]
• Bob Bert: Beach Bongo Bloodbath (Bar/None) [06-12] - post-punk [A-]
• Yaya Bey: Fidelity (Drink Sum Wtr) [04-17] - neo-soul [***]
• Dr. Gianni Bianchini: A Study in Songbook (Gianni Bianchi Entertainment) [08-01] - jazz [B]
• Eric Bibb: One Mississippi (Repute) [01-30] - blues [**]
• Luciano Biondini/Michel Godard/Lucas Niggli: Fables of Time (Intakt) [03-13] - jazz [*]
• Nat Birchall Quartet: Path of Enlightenment (Ancient Archive of Sound) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Black Nile: Indigo Garden (Hen House Studios) [04-10] - jazz [***]
• Michael Blake: Piccolos Before Rifles (Baby Tank) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• Ran Blake & Dominique Eade: Roots & Byways (Sunnyside) [07-03] - jazz [***]
• Seamus Blake: The Electrifying Seamus Blake Plays the Music of Eddie Harris: EH! (Cellar) [07-03] - jazz [*]
• Carsie Blanton: The Red Album Vol. 2 (self-released -EP) [01-16] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Carsie Blanton & the Burning Hell: Everything Is Great! (self-released) [04-01] - singer-songwriter [A]
• Ryan Blotnick: The Woods (Fishkill) [04-17] - jazz [**]
• Blu & Exile: Time Heals Everything (Dirty Science) [04-20] - hip-hop [***]
• Boards of Canada: Inferno (Music 70/Warp) [05-29] - downtempo [**]
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy: We Are Together Again (No Quarter/Domino) [03-06] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Bop Alloy: Masters of the Artistry (Bop Alloy) [03-20] - hip-hop [A-]
• Bobby Bradford/Mark Dresser/Hafez Modirzadeh: Sonic House Reunion (NoBusiness) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• Anthony Branker & Other Ways of Knowing: Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit (Origin) [03-20] - jazz [***]
• Alan Braufman: Anthem for Peace (The Control Group/Valley of Search) [05-15] - jazz [**]
• Patricia Brennan/Sylvie Courvoisier: Talamanti (Antlia) [06-26] - jazz [***]
• Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend (Dead Oceans) [08-14] - singer-songwriter [***]
• Asher Brinson: Midnight Hurricane (AsherBrin) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
• Adam Brodsky: American Epitaph (Permanent) [06-05] - folk [A-]
• Bobby Broom: Notes of Thanks (Steele) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Zach Bryan: With Heaven on Top (Belting Bronco/Warner) [01-09] - country [A-]
• Betty Bryant: Nothin' Better to Do (Bry-Mar Music) [01-16] - jazz [***]
• Buck 65: Do Not Bend (Handsmade) [02-26] - hip-hop [A-]
• Dave Burrell & David Liebman: Reservoir (Bespoke Jazz) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• By Storm: My Ghosts Go Ghost (Dead Air/By(e) Storm) [01-30] - hip-hop [*]
• Anthony Caceres: Let's Take a Trip (Jig in G) [02-27] - jazz [*]
• Mara Calder: We Stay Ugly 'Til the Pretty Decays (Black Metal Archives Label) [02-06] - art rock [A-]
• Jonas Cambien/Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard/Dag Erik Knedal Andersen: The Ear Behind the Airport (Motvind) [02-27] - jazz [***]
• Julie Campiche [Solo]: Unspoken (Ronin Rhythm) [02-13] - jazz [***]
• Garret T. Capps: I Still Love San Antone (Nudie) [03-10] - country [***]
• The Paul Carlon Trio: Between Us Three (TRRcollective) [07-17] - jazz [A-]
• Daniel Carter/Steve Hirsh: Convocation (Mahakala Music) [03-06] - jazz [***]
• Ron Carter & Ricky Dillard: Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Blue Note) [02-06] - jazz [*]
• Ron Carter & Yotam Silberstein: Duets (Jojo) [06-06] - jazz [A-]
• Gabrielle Cavassa: Diavola (Blue Note) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• Greg Chako: Hard Bop for the Record (Mint400) [09-04] - jazz [U]
• Chalk: Crystalpunk (Alter Music) [03-13] - industrial rock [***]
• Charli XCX: Wuthering Heights (Atlantic) [02-13] - soundtrack [**]
• Cheer-Accident: CheerAx Basement, Chicago 4/2/22 // Reggie's Chicago 9/26/23 (Cuneiform) [05-29] - jazz [*]
• Cheer-Accident: Your Smile/The Song Is Over (Cuneiform) [05-29] - jazz [B]
• Keyvan Chemirani: Tales of Nar (PeeWee!) [02-06] - jazz [***]
• Owen Chen: Eternal Wind: The Ghibli Collection (OA2) [04-03] - jazz [*]
• Chicago Soul Jazz Collective: No Wind & No Rain (Calligram) [04-10] - jazz [**]
• Billy Childs: Triumvirate (Mack Avenue) [04-24] - jazz [*]
• Chrome Hill & Dōjō: Free Rangers (Clean Feed) [03-20] - jazz [***]
• Cimota: [ˈkɪmɔtɑː] (Sonic Transmissions) [01-30] - jazz [***]
• Paul Citro: Keep Moving (Home) (Calligram) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Alexander Claffy: Alive in Philadelphia Vol. 1: At Chris' Jazz Cafe (Cellar) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Mike Clark: Kuon Ganjo (Time Without Beginning) (Wide Hive) [08-07] - jazz [**]
• John Clayton: The Two-o Duo Project (ArtistShare) [05-15] - jazz [**]
• Dawn Clement: Dear Ms. Dearie (Origin) [05-22] - vocal jazz [**]
• Carl Clements and the Real Jazz Trio: Retrospective (Greydisc) [03-01] - jazz [**]
• Emmet Cohen: Universal Truth (Mack Avenue) [05-29] - jazz [***]
• Cola: Cost of Living Adjustment (Fire Talk) [05-08] - art punk [*]
• J. Cole: The Fall-Off (Cole World/Dreamville/Interscope) [02-06] - hip-hop [**]
• Andrés Coll Cosmic Trio: Ride to Heaven (XJAZZ Music) [04-17] - jazz [**]
• Isaiah Collier: Joy (Brownswood -EP) [07-31] - jazz [B-]
• Columbia Icefield: A Silence Opens (Out of Your Head) [05-29] - jazz [**]
• ContraPunctus [Mike McGinnis/Carmen Staaf/Gui Duvignau/Hamir Atwal]: ContraPunctus (Adhyâropa) [04-24] - jazz [***]
• Corima: Hunab Ku (Soleil Zeuhl) [02-16] - jazz [*]
• George Cotsirilos: In the Wee Hours (OA2) [05-22] - jazz [*]
• Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Éclats - Live in Europe (Intakt) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Graham Coxon: Castle Rock (Transgressive) [06-19] - power pop [B]
• Liz Cracchiolo: Just a Girl I'm a Woman (Pacific Coast Jazz) [09-18] - vocal jazz [U]
• Dominique Cravic Et Les Primitifs Du Futur: Les Crimes Du Musette (Buda Musique) [05-22] - jazz [***]
• Marilyn Crispell/Anders Jormin: Memento (ECM) [03-20] - jazz [*]
• CS Cleaners: What's This? (Wharf Cat) [06-26] - post-punk [***]
• The Cucumbers: As You Heard Me: Songs From "Hello George" (self-relesed) [02-14] [A-]
• Caleb Wheeler Curtis: Ritual (Chill Tone) [04-10] - jazz [***]
• Stew Cutler & Friends: Under Cover (Mostly) (self-released) [02-06] - jazz [*]
• Cyger & Butterworth: Plaid Pants (Outrageous8) [03-11] - jazz [**]
• Daggerboard: The Skipper and Mike Clark (Wide Hive) [03-06] - jazz [**]
• Amalie Dahl's Dafnie Extended: Live at Moldejazz (Sonic Transmissions) [03-06] - jazz [*]
• Dälek: Brilliance of a Falling Moon (Ipecac) [03-27] - hip-hop [***]
• Christopher Dammann: Dead Words (Shifting Paradigm) [07-17] - jazz [***]
• Lao Dan Chicago Quartet: Klotski (Trost) [05-15] - jazz [***]
• Daphni: Butterfly (Jiaolong) [02-06] - house [***]
• Caroline Davis: Fallows (Ropeadope) [03-27] - jazz [A-]
• Jesse Davis Quartet: Reflections (Cellar) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
• Kris Davis and the Lutoslawski Quartet: The Solastalgia Suite (Pyroclastic) [01-09] - jazz [***]
• The Kris Davis Trio: Lost in Geneva (Pyroclastic) [09-25] - jazz [U]
• Mikaela Davis: Graceland Way (Kill Rock Stars) [04-24] - Americana [*]
• Adam De Lucia: The Man Who Would Be King (self-released) [08-07] - jazz [U]
• Maya De Vitry: All My Faith (Mad Maker Studios) [07-24] - folk [A-]
• Michael Dease With the MSU Jazz Trombones: Spartan Strong (Origin) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Michael Dease Big Band: Return Trajectory (Origin) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• The Delines: The Set Up (Decor/El Cortez/Jealous Butcher) [03-06] [***]
• Alabaster DePlume: Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue (International Anthem) [05-05] - jazz [**]
• Jessye DeSilva: Glitter Up the Dark (Nine Athens) [04-03] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Mike DiRubbo: Way Out Northwest (Cellar) [07-17] - jazz [**]
• Rob Dixon: Naptown Soul (Strikezone) [08-21] - jazz [*]
• DJ Eprom: We Are the Biobots (JuNouMi) [01-21] - electronica [A-]
• DJ Fantome: Zando Beat! (Palenque) [01-11] - African [***]
• Django Festival Allstars: Evolution (Motéma) [02-13] - jazz [*]
• Thomas Dollbaum: Birds of Paradise (Dear Life) [05-22] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• DOMi & JD Beck: Who Asked? (Apeshit/Blue Note) [07-31] - jazz [B-]
• Denise Donatelli: Take My Breath Away (Savant) [08-14] - vocal jazz [B-]
• Armen Donelian: Inquiry (Sunnyside) [06-05] - jazz [*]
• Florence Dore: Hold the Spark (Propeller) [05-15] - country [A-]
• Doseone & Height Keech: Wood Teeth II (Hands Made -EP) [07-04] - hip-hop [**]
• Dave Douglas: Four Freedoms (Greenleaf Music) [01-30] - jazz [**]
• Dave Douglas: Transcend (Greenleaf Music) [04-24] - jazz [***]
• Charles Downs Quartet: Inner (ESP-Disk') [05-15] - jazz [A-]
• Kaja Draksler Octet: Bare, Unfolding (Zavod Sploh/Clean Feed) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Olof Dreijer: Loud Bloom (Dh2) [05-08] - electronic [A-]
• Dry Cleaning: Secret Love (4AD) [01-09] - post-punk [***]
• Duchess: A Marvelous Party (Anzic) [06-12] - jazz [**]
• Hilary Duff: Luck . . . or Something (Atlantic) [02-20] - pop [**]
• Matt Dwonszyk: Live at the Sidedoor (self-released) [03-06] - jazz [***]
• Open Mike Eagle/Kenny Segal: Doomed! (Backwoodz Studioz) [08-14] - hip-hop [**]
• Neale Eckstein: Build Our Dreams (self-released) [05-22] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Eddy Current Suppression Ring: In Light of Recent Events (Suppression) [05-25] - alt/indie [***]
• Art Edmaiston & Chad Fowler: Memphis Mandala (Mahakala Music) [02-27] - jazz [*]
• E'DU & Judgitzu: Nuku (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-03] - Afrobeat [**]
• Marty Ehrlich: Cartographies of Flight: Lines Set Afloat Towards Hope (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [04-24] - jazz [***]
• Henriette Eilertsen Trio: Moder (Motvind) [03-13] - jazz [***]
• Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg (Joyful Noise) [04-03] - singer-songwriter [B]
• Eliane Elias: Ao Vivo (Candid) [05-22] - jazz [**]
• John Ellis & Double Wide: Fireball (Sunnyside) [01-23] - jazz [**]
• Elucid & Sebb Bash: I Guess U Had to Be There (Backwoodz Studioz) [03-13] - hip-hop [**]
• Avalon Emerson & the Charm: Written Into Changes (Dead Oceans) [03-20] - electropop [A-]
• Andy Emler/Claude Tchamitchian/Eric Echampard: There Is Another Way (La Buisonne) [03-20] - jazz [**]
• Emperor X: Unified Field (Bar/None) [06-26] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Entropic Hop: The Quest for the Normal Is the Death of the Self (ESP-Disk') [05-15] - jazz [***]
• Gabriel Espinosa: The Brazilian Project (Origin) [05-22] - jazz [*]
• Fakemink: The Boy Who Cried Terrified (EtnaVeraVela -EP) - UK hip-hop [*]
• Jimmy Farace: Big Shoulders, Big Sounds (Shifting Paradigm) [04-17] - jazz [**]
• Fathers: Fathers (Blue Note) [07-10] - jazz [B]
• Christine Fawson: It Could Happen to You (self-released) [06-01] - jazz [***]
• Fcukers: Ö (Ninja Tune) [03-27] - dance-pop [***]
• Feeble Little Horse: Bitknot (Saddle Creek) [05-26] - alt-rock [**]
• The Femcels: I Have to Get Hotter (Getting Hotter) [01-25] - indie pop [**]
• Ferg's Imaginary Big Band: The New Atomic (Trash City) [06-26] - jazz [*]
• Christian Finger: Zeit Zirkel (Finger Music) [10-01] - jazz [U]
• Fire-Toolz: Lavender Networks (Warp) [05-08] - electronic [*]
• Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr: Fly (Sauajazz) [06-05] - jazz [***]
• Flea: Honora (Nonesuch) [03-27] - jazz fusion [B-]
• Flöjter: Paris Blow (Utech/Gigantonium) [01-20] - jazz [***]
• Flöjter: Brest Blow (Utech/Gigantonium) [04-26] - jazz [**]
• Flying Lotus: Big Mama (Brainfeeder -EP) [03-06] - IDM [*]
• Michael Formanek: New Digs (Intakt) [03-20] - jazz [***]
• Marie-Paule Franke: Through the Cracks, the Light Is Born (MariPosa) [06-26] - vocal jazz [***]
• Nick Fraser: Areas (Elastic) [04-10] - jazz [*]
• David Friedman/Tony Miceli: Glow (SteepleChase) [02-13] - jazz [B]
• Friko: Something Worth Waiting For (ATO) [04-24] - alt/indie [B]
• Bill Frisell: In My Dreams (Blue Note) [02-27] - jazz [**]
• Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe: After the Storm (Libra) [08-07] - jazz [A-]
• Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin: Second Attempt (Libra) [09-04] - jazz [U]
• Champian Fulton: House Party (Turtle Bay) [04-10] - vocal jazz [A-]
• Peter Furlan: The Peter Furlan Project Live at Maureen's Jazz Cellar (Beany Bops) [01-26] - jazz [*]
• Joel Futterman/William Parker: Transcendent Universe (Burning Ambulance) [05-22] - jazz [A-]
• Sophie Gault: Unhinged (Torrez Music Group) [01-23] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Gebhard Ullmann: Coffee and Berries (Trouble in the East/ESP-Disk') [05-22] - jazz [***]
• George: Looking for Consonance (Out of Your Head) [05-08] - jazz [***]
• Hannah Gill: I Like the Sunrise (Turtle Bay) [06-19] - vocal jazz [**]
• Richard Gilman-Opalsky: A Fierce and Gentle Force (Edgetone) [03-15] - jazz [***]
• Girl Scout: Brink (Human Garbage) [03-26] - alt/indie [*]
• Margaret Glaspy: I Am Both (ATO) [08-07] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Glass Triangle [Zeena Parkins/Mette Rasmussen/Ryan Sawyer]: 3 X 1 (Relative Pitch) [08-21] - jazz [*]
• Goal Weight [Maggie Cox & Jennifer Gersten]: Keep Telling Yourself That (Relative Pitch) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Gogol Bordello: We Mean It, Man! (Casa Gogol) [02-13] - indie rock [A-]
• Golems of the Red Planet: Surf Masada: The Compositions of John Zorn (Heyday Again) [04-24] - jazz [***]
• Vinny Golia Quintet: Angular Momentum (Nine Winds) [01-16] - jazz [***]
• Phillip Golub: Partisan Ship (Berthold) [05-15] - jazz [**]
• Brad Goode Quintet: Live Your Dream (Origin) [06-19] - jazz [***]
• Kim Gordon: Play Me (Matador) [03-13] - industrial [***]
• Maria Grand: Both Sides (Lilaila) [04-23] - jazz [***]
• Ariana Grande: Petal (Republic) [07-31] - alt-pop [**]
• Devin Gray/Andrea Parkins/Frank Gratkowski: Hz of Gold (Rataplan) [03-06] - jazz [*]
• Gordon Grdina/Russ Lossing: Turnpike (Attaboygirl) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio: Ash (Attaboygirl) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Rafael Greco: Versos Bajo Mi Sombra/Verses Under My Shadow (Blue Canoe) [04-17] - jazz [**]
• Al Green: To Love Somebody (Fat Possum -EP) [01-16] - r&b [**]
• Kelly Green: Eat Your Greens! (Green Soul) [08-28] - jazz [**]
• Barry Greene: Giants (Origin) [04-17] - jazz [*]
• Gyrofield: Your Fight (Field Research -EP) [05-06] - techno [***]
• Andy Haas: In Praise of Insomnia (Resonant Music) - jazz [**]
• Andy Haas: Messianic Time (Resonant Music) [05-14] - jazz [**]
• Jared Hall: Hometown (Origin) [04-17] - jazz [**]
• Jon Hamar: Música Callada (Origin Classical) [06-19] - jazz [*]
• Tigran Hamasyan: Manifeste (Naïve) [02-06] - jazz [B]
• Colin Hancock and the Joymakers: A Texas-Sized Band (Turtle Bay) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Simon Hanes: Gargantua (Pyroclastic) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Aldous Harding: Train on the Island (4AD) [05-08] - singer-songwriter [**]
• Joy Harjo: Insomnia & Seven Steps to Grace (Smithsonian Folkways) [04-24] - jazz [***]
• Wendell Harrison & Tribe: Tribute to Pharoah Sanders: Live at the Concert of Colors Detroit 2025 (Org Music) [05-08] - jazz [***]
• Alexander Hawkins: No Nation but Imagination (Intakt) [05-22] - jazz [**]
• Hayeminol: Ingen Vår I År (Tarmkyllig) [01-16] - psychedelic rock [B]
• Phil Haynes/Ben Monder/Peyton Pleninger: Terra (Corner Store Jazz) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Miho Hazama: Frames (Edition) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Heavenly: Highway to Heavenly (Skep Wax) [02-27] - twee pop [*]
• Alden Hellmuth: Tether (Leiter) [06-26] - jazz [***]
• Gerry Hemingway: Live at Bau 4 (Hat Hut) [04-24] - jazz [A-]
• Hemlocke Springs: The Apple Tree Under the Sea (AWAL) [02-13] - pop [***]
• Colin Heshmat: Elastic Groove (HMC) [07-23] - jazz [*]
• Marquis Hill: (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender (Black Unlimited) [03-13] - jazz [B]
• David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7: Home for Dinner (Org Music) [02-20] - ska sax [B]
• Christopher Hoffman: REX (Out of Your Head) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Jasper Høiby's 3Elements: Conversations of Hope (Edition) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• John Hollenbeck & Hot Club Jazz Orchestra: Peace & Justice (Flexatonic) [08-14] - jazz [U]
• Homeboy Sandman/Jack Splash: Resonance Frequency (Dirty Looks) [07-31] - hip-hop [A-]
• Jana Horn: Jana Horn (No Quarter) [01-16] - folk rock [**]
• House of the Black Gardenia: Mazurka in Jazz (HOTGB) [03-27] - jazz [A-]
• Gwen Hughes: The First Noel: Jazz Hymns for Christmas (Fairfield) [10-15] - jazz [U]
• Julia Hülsmann Octet: While I Was Away (ECM) [01-30] - jazz [**]
• Steven Husted and Friends: Two Nights - "Live!" (self-released)) [02-16] - jazz [*]
• Gregory Hutchinson: Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis (Warner Music Arts) [04-03] - jazz [**]
• Jason Kao Hwang/Human Rites Trio: Second Life (Flying Panda Music) [10-01] - jazz [U]
• I Compani: Basta! Extended [The Last Concerts 2025] (I Compani) - jazz [***]
• I Compani: Basta! 7-Tet [The Last Concerts 2025] (I Compani) - jazz [**]
• Iceage: For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer) [05-29] - post-punk [**]
• Joshua Idehen: I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got to Try (Heavenly) [03-06] - UK hip-hop [A-]
• IDK: E.T.D.S. A Mixtape by .IDK. (Rhymesayers Entertainment) [01-23] - hip-hop [***]
• Illit: Mamihlapinatapai (Belift Lab -EP) [04-30] - K-pop [*]
• Imarhan: Essam (City Slang) [01-16] - tishoumaren [***]
• Kathy Ingraham: Jazz Dreams (Peirdon) [03-16] - vocal jazz [*]
• Randy Ingram: Sound Within: A Celebration of Bill Evans (Chill Tone) [07-10] - jazz [***]
• The Interplay Jazz Orchestra: Bite Your Tongue (self-released) [02-26] - jazz [***]
• Jon Irabagon: Focus Out (Irrabagast) [03-13] - jazz [***]
• Jon Irabagon and Dan Oestreicher: Saturday's Child (Irrabagast) [03-13] - jazz [***]
• Jon Irabagon: Raw Dog (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [05-29] - jazz [**]
• Irreversible Entanglements: Future Present Past (Impulse!) [03-27] - jazz [A-]
• It Was Her Idea: Daughter of War (PNL) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Ital Tek: Mind Abandon (Planet Mu) [05-15] - electronica [**]
• Grace Ives: Girlfriend (True Panther/Capitol) [03-20] - alt-pop [***]
• Ize Trio: Global Prayer (self-released) [06-12] - jazz [**]
• Javon Jackson: Jackson Plays Dylan (Solid Jackson/Palmetto) [03-27] - jazz [*]
• Jamile/Vinicius Gomes: Boundless Species (La Reserve) [04-03] - Brazilian jazz [***]
• David Janeway Trio: Live at Blue LLama (SteepleChase) [05-04] - jazz [*]
• Tomas Janzon: Jazz Diary (Changes Music) [04-10] - jazz [**]
• Ingrid Jensen: Landings (Newvelle) [03-01] - jazz [***]
• Ernesto Jodos/Rocio Giménez López: Una Casa Con Dos Pianos (Blue Art) [02-22] - jazz [**]
• Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds: Mutiny After Midnight (High Top Mountain/Atlantic) [03-13] - alt-country [**]
• Aubrey Johnson: The Lively Air (Greenleaf Music) [03-20] - vocal jazz [**]
• Whitney Johnson/Lia Kohl/Macie Stewart: Body Sound (International Anthem) [03-20] - jazz [**]
• Carolyn Lee Jones: Eklektika (Catn'round Sound) [06-08] - vocal jazz [***]
• Mike Jones: Mike Jones With Strings (Capri) [08-21] - jazz [**]
• Anthony Joseph: The Ark (Heavenly Sweetness) [04-24] - spoken word [A-]
• Robert Jospé Quartet: The Night Sky (self-released) [01-11] - jazz [*]
• Joyce Manor: I Used to Go to This Bar (Epitaph -EP) [01-30] [*]
• JPEGMafia: Experimental Rap (Peggy/AWAL) [05-21] - hip-hop [*]
• Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra: & Avin Omar (We Jazz -EP) [06-26] - vocal jazz [B+(***)]
• Paul Kahn: Willingness (Carl Cat) [06-19] - jazz [B-]
• Leven Kali: LK99 (Def Jam) [03-13] - funk [*]
• Karol G: No Me Arrepiento De Sentir Tanto (Interscope) [08-07] - Latin pop [***]
• Kehlani: Kehlani (Atlantic) [04-24] - r&b [**]
• Kelela: New Avatar (Warp) [07-10] - r&b [**]
• The Paul Keller Orchestra: Thank You Notes: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Mike Khoury: For Hind Rajab (Relative Pitch) [04-24] - jazz [A-]
• Andrew Kim: Lineage (Origin) [07-24] - jazz [***]
• DoYeon Kim: Wellspring (TAO Forms) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Kinact: Kinshasa in Action (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [03-26] - African [**]
• Kiri Ra!: Nen (We Jazz) [05-22] - jazz [**]
• Kiss Facility: Khazna (Ambient Tweets) [02-27] - dream pop [**]
• KJADE: On Everything I Love (self-released) [02-21] - hip-hop [**]
• Erica von Kleist: Picc Pocket (self-released) [04-23] - jazz [B]
• The Klezmatics: We Were Made for These Times (Asphalt Tango) [05-01] - klezmer [**]
• Knats: A Great Day in Newcastle (Gearbox) [05-01] - jazz [B]
• Kneecap: Fenian (Heavenly) [05-01] - UK hip-hop [A-]
• Kirk Knuffke: Brother (SteepleChase) [03-13] - jazz [***]
• Anna Kolchina: Reach for Tomorrow (OA2) [02-27] - jazz [A-]
• Steve Kovalcheck: Buckshot Blues (OA2) [04-03] - jazz [***]
• Caroline Kraabel/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Transgressive Coastlines (Shrike) [01-05] - jazz [**]
• Kronos Quartet: Glorious Mahalia (Smithsonian Folkways) [04-03] - classical [A-]
• Jason Kruk: Beyond the Veil (SunGoose) [05-01] - jazz [B]
• Joachim Kühn: Joachim Kühn & Young Lions (ACT Music) [04-24] - jazz [A-]
• La La Lars: Lilla Lars (Gothborgen) [03-20] - jazz [*]
• Ladytron: Paradises (Nettwerk) [03-20] - electropop [*]
• Julian Lage: Scenes From Above (Blue Note) [01-23] - jazz [*]
• Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves: Bury Deep My Heart (Carrier) [07-27] - country [***]
• Ella Langley: Dandelion (Sawgod/Columbia) [04-10] - country [***]
• Brian Landrus: Just When You Think You Know (BlueLand/Palmetto) [03-20] - jazz [*]
• Lazy Californians: Back to San Francisco (Angel Island) [02-13] - jazz [***]
• Scott Lee: Greetings From Florida: Postcards From Paradise (Sunnyside) [04-16] - jazz [*]
• Nicolas Leirtrø's Action Now!: Entrance (Sauajazz) [03-13] - jazz [***]
• Ravyn Lenae: Blue Island (Atlantic) [08-07] - alt-r&b [***]
• Janel Leppin: Slowly Melting (Cuneiform) [03-27] - jazz [*]
• Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: Pluto in Aquarius (Cuneiform) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Omni (Intakt) [06-26] - jazz [A-]
• Lime Garden: Maybe Not Tonight (So Young) [04-10] - indie rock [A-]
• Lip Critic: Theft World (Partisan) [05-01] - synth-punk [***]
• Tom Lippincott: Ode to the Possible (self-released) [03-02] - jazz [**]
• Gil Livni: All In (OA2) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Charles Lloyd: Sangam & Friends (Blue Note) [07-24] - jazz [***]
• Mark Lomax II & the Urban Art Ensemble: The Unity Suite (CFG Multimedia) - jazz [A-]
• Mark Lomax, II/The Urban Art Ensemble: Black Odes: A Reclamation Suite (CFG Multimedia) - jazz [***]
• Los Cenzontles/Taj Mahal/David Hidalgo/Gary Haleamau/Sonny Lim: Adios Ke Aloha: Waves of the Same Sea (Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center) - Mexican [*]
• Los Thuthanaka: Wak'a (self-released -EP) [04-03] - electronic [B]
• Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet (ECM) [05-29] - jazz [***]
• Shawn Lovato: Biotic (Endectomorph Music) [02-13] - jazz [***]
• Brian Lynch: Torch Bearers (Holistic MusicWorks) [03-06] - jazz [***]
• Lisanne Lyons: May I Come In (OA2) [02-27] - jazz [**]
• M.I.A.: M.I.7 (Ohmni) [04-17] - UK hip-hop [**]
• Doug MacDonald: Tribute to South Central (Dmac Music) [06-01] - jazz [**]
• Virginia MacDonald: In Search Of . . . (Cellar) [05-29] - jazz [***]
• Madonna: Confessions II (Warner) [07-03] - dance pop [A-]
• Chris Madsen/Dana Hall/Clark Sommers: Threefold (Calligram) [03-06] - jazz [***]
• Jennifer Madsen: Girl Talk (SingBaby Productions) [06-26] - jazz [**]
• Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band: Time (Resonatin'/Thirty Tigers) [05-01] - blues [A-]
• Nduduzo Makhathini: The Myth We Choose (Blue Note) [06-26] - jazz [*]
• Mammal Hands: Circadia (ACT Music) [02-27] - jazz [*]
• Mandy, Indiana: Urgh (Sacred Bones) [02-06] - noise pop [***]
• David Maranha/Rodrigo Amado: Desolation Row (Comets Coming) [08-07] - jazz [A-]
• Luke Marantz/Simon Jermyn: Echoes (Chill Tone) [01-09] - jazz [**]
• Roc Marciano: 656 (self-released) [01-23] - hip-hop [**]
• Michael Marcus Quartet: Next Stop Down (ESP-Disk') [06-26] - jazz [***]
• Hannah Marks: Feed the Fire (Endectomorph Music) [06-12] - jazz [***]
• Bruno Mars: The Romantic (Atlantic) [02-26] - pop [*]
• Wynton Marsalis & Vince Giordano: The Wonderful Word of Louis Armstrong (Blue Engine) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Pedrito Martínez/Antonio Sánchez/Michael League: Elipsis (GroundUP Music) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Tal Mashiach: Who's Around? (Anzic) [06-26] - jazz [B]
• Joanna Mattrey/Camila Nebbia/Camiolo Ángeles/Violeta Garcia: Heavy Handed (Relative Pitch) [07-26] - jazz [**]
• Nick Mazzarella: Siena Sessions (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [08-07] - jazz [***]
• Ashley McBryde: Wild (Warner Nashville) [05-08] - country [A-]
• Nicole McCabe: Color Theory (Birdwatcher) [02-20] - jazz [***]
• Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane (MPL/Capitol) [05-29] - singer-songwriter [B]
• Media Puzzle: New Racehorse (Impressed) [04-16] - post-punk [*]
• Buck Meek: The Mirror (4AD) [02-27] [**]
• Elan Mehler: Renee Said (Newvelle) [03-17] - jazz [**]
• Melanie C: Sweat (Red Girl/Virgin) [05-01] - dance-pop [***]
• Myra Melford/Satoko Fujii: Katarahi (RogueArt) [05-15] - jazz [A-]
• Ava Mendoza: Alive Alone, Alive Together (Burning Ambulance) [05-14] - jazz [***]
• The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis: Deface the Currency (Impulse!) [02-20] - jazz [**]
• Pat Metheny: Side-Eye III+ (Uniquity Music) [02-27] - jazz [*]
• Michaela Anne: These Are the Days (Georgia June) [05-08] - country [**]
• Sei Miguel: Viva! (O Carro De Fogo De Sei Miguel) (Clean Feed) [05-28] - jazz [***]
• Mitski: Nothing's About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans) [02-27] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Liudas Mockūnas/Samuel Blaser/Marc Ducret: Twisted Summer (Jersika) [04-10] - jazz [**]
• Mod Lang: Borrowed Time (Just Add Water) [02-20] - jangle pop [**]
• Model/Actriz: Swan Songs (True Panther/Dirty Hit -EP) [03-23] - dance-punk [**]
• Ami Molinelli: Raízes Do Choro E Samba (Amimo) [09-05] - Brazilian jazz [U]
• Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns: Bitches Blues (Rune Grammofon) [04-17] - jazz [***]
• Nils Petter Molvær: Be Quiet (Edition) [07-10] - jazz [B]
• Mon Rovîa: Bloodline (Nettwerk) [01-09] - singer-songwriter [*]
• Aja Monet: The Color of Rain (Drink Sum Wtr) [05-22] - neo-soul [A-]
• The Monochrome Set: Lotus Bridge (Tapete) [03-13] - jangle pop [B]
• Ashley Monroe: Dear Nashville (Mountainrose Sparrow) [03-27] - country [*]
• Michael Moody: The Ecstasy of Love (self-released) [03-20] - vocal jazz [B-]
• Andrew Moorhead: Mirage (OA2) [05-22] - jazz [***]
• Jason Moran/BlankFor.ms/Marcus Gilmore: Shards (Red Hook) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Gurf Morlix: Cobwebs & Stardust (Rootball) [04-07] - country [**]
• Megan Moroney: Cloud 9 (Columbia Nashville) [02-20] - country [***]
• Van Morrison: Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge (Townsend Music/Orangefield) [01-23] - blues [*]
• Simon Moullier: Ceiba (Simon Moullier Music) [04-24] - jazz [***]
• The Mountain Goats: Days (Thirty Tigers/Cadmean Dawn) [08-07] - alt/indie [***]
• Azuka Moweta and His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa: Kenechukwu (Palenque) [02-13] - African [A-]
• Kacey Musgraves: Middle of Nowhere (Lost Highway) [05-01] - country [***]
• Quinsin Nachoff: Patterns From Nature (Whirlwind) [02-27] - jazz [***]
• Namasenda: Limbo (Year0001) [05-08] - dance pop [***]
• Nandipha808: Who Made Who (Stena Academy) [04-10] - African [A-]
• Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos E Orquestra: Vila (Far Out) - Brazil [*]
• Rico Nasty: RX (Sugar Trap -EP) [07-24] - hip-hop [**]
• Navy Blue: Sir Render (Freedom Sounds) [06-05] - hip-hop [***]
• Camila Nebbia & Chris Corsano: Six or Seven Ways Towards Becoming Undone (Relative Pitch) [06-26] - jazz [***]
• Negative Press Project: Friction Quartet (Envelopmental Music) [01-30] - jazz [*]
• Bob Nell & Michael Bisio Trios: We Are Here (Origin) [07-24] - jazz [**]
• Willie Nelson: Dream Chaser (Legacy) [05-29] - country [***]
• Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World (Neurot) [03-20] - post-metal [B]
• New England Jazz Collaborative: Tributaries (ACP) [07-16] - jazz [**]
• The New Gypsies: The New Gypsies Featuring Vic Juris (2017, SteepleChase) - jazz [*]
• The New Pornographers: The Former Site Of (Merge) - new wave [**]
• Angelika Niescier: Chicago Tapes (Intakt) [01-23] - jazz [***]
• Pascal Niggenkemper Ensemble Tuvalu: D'Une Rive à L'Autre (Subran) [01-14] - jazz [**]
• Nite Bjuti: Minwi (Intakt) [05-15] - vocal jazz [**]
• Nolatet: Somethin' to Relax With (Royal Potato Family) [04-03] - jazz [*]
• Luke Norris: Moment From the Past (self-released) [03-20] - jazz [***]
• Nubiyan Twist: Chasing Shadows (Strut) [03-20] - jazz-funk [*]
• Blue Morpho: (05-22) [art rock]
• Elephant: Out of Your Head (03-20) [J|jazz] - A-
• Ancestral: Whirlwind () [J|jazz]
• Octo Octa: Sigils for Survival (T4T LUV NRG) [04-30] - acid house [***]
• Odd Okoddo & Ogoya Nengo: Palagoma (From Cool Waters) [06-05] - African [***]
• Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon: As of Now (Lex) [01-30] - hip-hop [A-]
• Miles Okazaki: Boomtown (Pi) [06-26] - jazz [A-]
• Meg Okura: Isaiah (Adhyâropa) [02-20] - jazz [A-]
• Oliver-Smith Incomparables: Stomp Your Stuff (Turtle Bay) [08-28] - jazz [A-]
• Kate Olson: So It Goes (OA2) [01-16] - jazz [***]
• Henrik Olsson: Antumbra Ensemble (Cuneiform) [06-26] - jazz [B]
• OM: Südpol (Intakt) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Onilu: Jakuta's Dance (577) [06-26] - jazz [***]
• Orchestre National De Jazz: With Carla (ONJ) [05-22] - jazz [**]
• Bill Orcutt: Music in Continuous Motion (Palilalia) [03-13] - jazz [**]
• Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble: The Kármán Line (ATA) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• The Outskirts: Orbital (Aerophonic) [04-07] - jazz [A-]
• Maisy Owen: Dark on a Sunny Day (Tompkins Square) [05-01] - folk [*]
• Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge (Ourness) [05-15] - hip-hop [***]
• John Pachnos: John Pachnos (Avgonyma Music) [05-15] - jazz [**]
• Beto Paciello: The Stoic Suite (Moons Arts) [04-17] - jazz [B]
• Chenxi Pan: This Very Moment (Origin) [03-20] - jazz [B]
• The Paranoid Style: Known Associates (Bar/None) [02-13] [A-]
• Shane Parish: Autechre Guitar (Palilalia) [02-27] - guitar [B]
• Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch) [05-15] - jazz [A-]
• Arlo Parks: Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive) [04-03] - alt-pop [**]
• Ben Patterson: Stretch (Origin) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Nicholas Payton/Butcher Brown: A Supreme Blue (Concord) [07-24] - jazz [B-]
• Jeremy Pelt: Our Community Will Not Be Erased (HighNote) [02-27] - jazz [**]
• Sergio Pereira: Colors of Time (Sergio Pereira Music) [05-15] - jazz [***]
• Ivo Perelman/Wadada Leo Smith: Duologues 5 (Ibeji) [01-02] - jazz [***]
• Ivo Perelman: Trifecta (Mahakala Music -3CD) [04-10] - jazz [A-]
• Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Bobby Kapp: Synesthesia (Defkaz) [05-19] - jazz [***]
• Ivo Perelman/Damon Smith: Duologue: Core of Existence (Squid Note) [05-22] - jazz [***]
• Ivo Perelman/Elliot Sharp/Cyro Baptista: Triacontagon (Defkaz) [06-01] - jazz [A-]
• The Phoenix Trio: Tomorrow Is Today (Giant Step Arts) [06-19] - jazz [A-]
• Justin Pierce: Sway (Justin Pierce Music) [08-14] - jazz [A-]
• Sarah Pillow: Wanderer (Buckyball) [10-05] - vocal jazz [***]
• Leigh Pilzer: Keep Holding On (Strange Woman) [06-19] - jazz [***]
• Lido Pimienta: Caribenya (Anti-) [07-17] - Latin [*]
• John Pizzarelli: Dear Mr. Bennett (Green Hill Music) [03-03] - vocal jazz [***]
• PLRLS: Sleeping in a Dress (Si) [07-11] - post-punk [***]
• Pony: Clearly Cursed (Take This to Heart) [02-13] - indie pop [**]
• Poppy: Empty Hands (Sumerian) [01-23] - metalcore [*]
• Benjie Porecki: Faster Than We Know (Funklove Productions) [03-02] - jazz [*]
• Chris Potter: Alive With Ghosts Today (Edition) [05-08] - jazz [*]
• Praed: Al Wahem (Ruptured/Annihaya) [03-06] - electronic [**]
• Margo Price: Days of Unrest (Loma Vista) [07-03] - country [A-]
• Brooks Prumo Orchestra: Good Bait (self-released) [02-26] - jazz [**]
• Puma Blue: Croak Dream (PIAS) [02-06] - trip-hop [**]
• Pussy Riot: Cyka (Stem) [06-12] - postpunk [A-]
• PVA: No More Like This (It's All for Fun) [01-23] - trip-hop [***]
• Rebecca Rafla: Fundamentally Unfinished (Rebecca Raffla Music) [06-22] - vocal jazz [B]
• Ragini Trio: 3 (W.E.R.F.) [02-20] - jazz [A-]
• Ratboys: Singin' to an Empty Chair (New West) [02-06] - indie-rock [**]
• Raye: This Music May Contain Hope (Human Re Sources) [03-27] - pop soul [***]
• The Tomeka Reid Quartet: Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) [02-13] - jazz [A-]
• Ren: Vincent's Tale (Freckled Angels/Rebel Creator Services) [01-29] - UK hip-hop [A-]
• Reverso: Between Two Silences (Alternate Side) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Jenny Reynolds: Willow & Stone (self-released) [06-19] - country [**]
• Mariam Rezaei/Sakina Abdou/Kobe Van Cauwenberghe: 1984 [I IX VIII IV]: The Forward Process (Dropa Disc) [02-14] - jazz [**]
• Tom Ricci: Happening in Buenos Aires: Live at Borges 1975 (self-released) [06-20] - jazz [**]
• Ron Rieder: Compositions in Blue and Other Hues (Meson) [01-01] - jazz [**]
• RJD2 & Supastition: According To (RJ's Electrical Connections) [02-27] - hip-hop [A-]
• Jim Robitaille Trio: Sonic (Whaling City Sound) [04-01] - jazz [**]
• Robyn: Sexistential (Konichiwa/Young) [03-27] - pop [A-]
• Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (Geffen) [06-12] - pop [A-]
• Yvonne Rogers: The Button Jar (Pyroclastic) [05-08] - jazz [**]
• Kemuel Roig: Both Sides Now (Life in Music) [05-15] - jazz [***]
• Alex Roitman Tango Ensemble: La Cocina De Tango (ARTE-FL) [08-25] - jazz [***]
• The Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues (Rolling Stones/Polydor) [07-10] - rock [A-]
• Ben Rosenblum: The Longest Way Round (One Trick Dog) [02-27] - jazz [***]
• Ted Rosenthal Trio: The Good Old Days (TMR Music) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Jefferson Ross: Low Country Wedding (self-released) [04-10] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Joel Ross: Gospel Music (Blue Note) [01-30] - jazz [**]
• Jeff Rupert Quartet: Sea Spell (Rupe Media) [06-29] - jazz [**]
• Olaf Rupp: Berlin Eiskeller (Scatter Archive) [04-10] - jazz [**]
• Catherine Russell: Live @ Jazz at Lincoln Center (Dot Time) [04-24] - vocal jazz [***]
• Harvie S: Bright Dawn (Origin) [03-20] - jazz [**]
• Sad Daddy: Ozark Shine (Catfish Music/Free Dirt) [06-26] - country [**]
• Scott Sadlon: Songs From Thin Air (Buddha Boy) [01-28] - jazz [***]
• Cécile McLorin Salvant: With Every Breath I Take (Nonesuch) [06-26] - vocal jazz [*]
• Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band: Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall (Jazzheads) [04-10] - jazz [*]
• Christopher Sánchez: Latin Jazz Meets Opera (Zoho) [05-08] - jazz [***]
• David Sanchez: Tambó (Ropeadope) [05-15] - jazz [***]
• Marta Sanchez: For the Space You Left (Out of Your Head) [04-17] - jazz [A-]
• Armand Sangalang: Waypoints (Calligram) [08-07] - jazz [***]
• Cindy Blackman Santana: Coherence (Mack Avenue) [07-31] - jazz [*]
• Sault: Chapter 1 (Forever Living Originals) [01-09] - funk [**]
• Schapiro 17: Best Laid Plans (Summit) [05-08] - jazz [*]
• Maria Schneider Orchestra: American Crow (ArtistShare -EP) [02-03] - jazz [B]
• Claudio Scolari Project: Lines of Now (Principal) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Bill Scorzari: Sidereal Days (Day 2) (self-released) [09-25] - singer-songwriter [U]
• Fie Schouten/Vincent Courtois/Sofia Borges/Pierre Baux: Open Space (Relative Pitch) [03-27] - jazz [**]
• Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Agua Con Gas (Cubeye Music) [04-17] - jazz [B]
• Jill Scott: To Whom It May Concern (Human Re Sources/Blues Babe) [02-13] - neo-soul [***]
• Brandon Seabrook: Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic) [02-20] - jazz [*]
• Noé Sécula/Jorge Rossy: A Sphere Between Other Obsessions (Fresh Sound New Talent) [01-30] - jazz [*]
• Serengeti: Symphony of Psalms (CC King) [05-23] - hip-hop [*]
• Serengeti: KennyV (CC King) [06-07] - hip-hop [*]
• Serokolo 7: Maramfa Musick Pro (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-24] - Afrobeat [*]
• Shabaka: Of the Earth (Shabaka) [03-06] - jazz [*]
• Aktu el Shabazz: As Seen on TV (766303 DK) [01-04] - hip-hop [**]
• Shalosh: What We Are Made Of (ACT Music) [03-27] - jazz [B]
• Aaron Shaw: And So It Is (Leaving) [02-13] - spiritual jazz [*]
• Sideshow: Tigray Funk (10k) [02-27] - hip-hop [**]
• Paul Silbergleit Trio: The Stillness of July (Calligram) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• Susana Santos Silva/Vasco Trilla: Mushin (Defkaz) [05-23] - jazz [*]
• Judi Silvano's Garden Winds: First Flight (JSL) [10-01] - vocal jazz [U]
• Harlan Silverman: Music for Stillness (Intentional) [03-04] - jazz [***]
• Jae Skeese & Ill Tone Beats: The Good Part, Vol. 1 (Griselda) [03-06] - hip-hop [**]
• Skerik: Skerik 061725 (Loosegroove) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Harry Skoler: Echoes (Red Brick Hill) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• Bria Skonberg: Brass (Cellar) [03-13] - jazz [**]
• Slayyyter: Wor$t Girl in America (Columbia) [03-27] - dance-pop [**]
• Sleaford Mods: The Demise of Planet X (Rough Trade) [01-16] - synth punk [**]
• The Sleeveens: National Anthem (Goner) [05-01] - garage punk [*]
• Slut Intent: Slutworld (self-released -EP) [01-01] - hardcore [*]
• Sky Smeed: Live at the Rock House (self-released) [04-03] - Americana [A-]
• David G Smith: Hero Street (Hey Dave) [06-26] - Americana [***]
• Walter Smith III: Twio Vol. 2 (Blue Note) [03-06] - jazz [**]
• Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra: Ellington Masterworks (MCG Jazz) [06-12] - jazz [***]
• SML: Spontaneous Music Live (International Anthem) [06-26] - jazz [A-]
• Snail Mail: Ricochet (Matador) [03-27] - alt/indie [*]
• Clark Sommers: WaBaSH (Calligram) [08-07] - jazz [***]
• Peter Somuah: Walking Distance (ACT Music) [03-19] - jazz [***]
• Tyshawn Sorey: Monochromatic Life (Afterlife) (Dacamera) [01-30] - jazz [B]
• Tyshawn Sorey: Members . . . Don't! (Pi) [05-29] - jazz [A-]
• Omar Sosa/Joo Kraus/Diego Pinera: Vibe Factor (Music Hub) [03-11] - jazz [***]
• Yuyo Sotashe & Chris Pattishall: Invocation (self-released -EP) [03-20] - jazz [**]
• Speaker Music: Synoptic Audio (Planet Mu) [07-10] - electronica [**]
• Alister Spence: Always Ever (Alister Spence Music) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Squirrel Nut Zippers: Squirrel Nut Zippers Starring in "Fat City" (The Ballad of Lil' Tony) (Music Maker) [03-06] - jazz cabaret [**]
• Karen Stachel, Norbert Stachel & LehCats: Live @ the Breakroom With Giovanni Hidalgo (Purple Room Productions, 2CD) [03-20] - jazz [***]
• Vince Staples: Cry Baby (Loma Vista) [06-05] - hip-hop [A-]
• Ringo Starr: Long Long Road (UME) [04-24] - country rock [C+]
• Station Model Violence: Station Model Violence (Anti Fade) [02-27] - post-punk [*]
• Elias Stemeseder/Thomas Morgan: Io Pur Respiro (Squama) [07-10] - jazz [***]
• Colin Stetson/Greg Fox/Trevor Dunn: Nethering (Envision) [02-23] - jazz [**]
• Matthew Stevens: Matthew Stevens (Candid) [05-08] - jazz [*]
• The Strokes: Reality Awaits (RCA/Cult) [07-24] - alt-indie [**]
• Dave Stryker: Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session (Strikezone) [01-09] - jazz [**]
• Stu Bangas & Wordsworth: Chemistry (1332) [01-30] - hip-hop [A-]
• Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (Erskine/Columbia) [03-06] - pop [*]
• AJ Suede: Atomic Justice (Knowhatimean -EP) [07-14] - hip-hop [*]
• Soojin Suh: Prism of Existence (Endectomorph Music) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Kevin Sun: Lofi at Lowlands 三 (Endectomorph Music) [03-13] - jazz [**]
• Helen Sung Big Band: Oracles (Sunnyside) [06-12] - jazz [*]
• Mattias Svensson: Embrace (Origin) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Skúli Sverrisson/Bill Frisell: For All Your Flowers (Newvelle) [08-07] - jazz [*]
• Steve Swallow: Winter Songs (ECM) [06-26] - jazz [***]
• Swamp Dogg: Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife (S-Curve) [06-19] - r&b [A]
• Earl Sweatshirt/MIKE/Surf Gang: Pompeii//Utility (10k) [04-03] - hip-hop [**]
• Sweeping Promises: You Say I Romanticize (Sub Pop) [08-14] - post-punk [A-]
• Sweet Megg: Massive Negroni (self-released) [05-01] - vocal jazz [**]
• Syd: Beard (Free Lunch/Warner) [07-17] - r&b [**]
• Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: A Blue Time (Circle 9) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Craig Taborn: Dream Archives (ECM) [01-16] - jazz [*]
• Tanya Tagaq: Saputjiji (Six Shooter) [03-06] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Taroug: Chott (Denovali) [03-27] - electronic [*]
• Katelyn Tarver: Tell Me How You Really Feel (Nettwerk) [03-06] - pop [**]
• Technocats: Passionata: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) [08-28] - jazz [***]
• They Might Be Giants: Eyeball (Idlewild -EP) [01-15] - art rock [B-]
• They Might Be Giants: The World Is to Dig (Idlewild) [04-14] - art rock [**]
• Micah Thomas: Lucid (Birdwatcher) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Pat Thomas & XT: Strata, Act (Joy Contemporary) (We Jazz) [01-30] - jazz [**]
• Vance Thompson: Lost and Found (Moondo) [01-16] - jazz [*]
• Tyler "Twerk" Thomson: Plays in Bands (self-released) [03-01] - jazz [A-]
• Henry Threadgill Zooid: Cut You Where You Was (Pi) [08-28] - jazz [U]
• Thundercat: Distracted (Brainfeeder) [04-03] - neo-soul [*]
• Tinariwen: Hoggar (Wedge) [03-13] - Saharan [**]
• Tipps and Obermiller: Little Kid Heart (self-released) [07-10] - singer-songwriter [A-]
• Tokischa: Amor & Droga (Warner Latina) [04-16] - Latin [***]
• Viktoria Tolstoy & Jacob Karlzon: Who We Are (ACT Music) [03-27] - vocal jazz [**]
• Álvaro Torres Trio: Mairena (Fresh Sound New Talent) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• Trio Sowari: Further Reflections (Shrike) [06-21] - jazz [*]
• Frnak Trompeter/Richard Gilman-Opalsky: Antifascist Freedom Music (Mahakala Music) [07-04] - jazz [**]
• Carolyn Trowbridge: Found Memories (self-released) [01-09] - jazz [B]
• Juanma Trujillo/Kenneth Jiménez/Vasco Trilla: Nada Es Nada (Ramble) [05-29] - jazz [**]
• Harriet Tubman & Georgia Muldrow: Electrical Field of Love (Pi) [03-27] - jazz [***]
• Mark Turner: Patternmaster (ECM) [03-13] - jazz [*]
• The Twilight Sad: It's the Long Goodbye (Rock Action) [03-27] - shoegaze [**]
• Twisted Teens: Blame the Clown (Jazz Life) [02-13] - punk [**]
• Twisted Teens: Florida Water Blues (Going Underground) [07-10] - punk [***]
• Udeigwe: Four Lemmas (LU Factors) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Gregory Uhlmann: Extra Stars (International Anthem) [03-06] - jazz [*]
• Underscores: U (self-released) [03-20] - electrpop [**]
• Vaiano's Paisanos: Vaiano's Paisanos (Jalopy) [05-01] - folk [***]
• Peter Van Huffel/Rieko Okuda/Sofia Borges: Lagrangian Points (4DaRecord) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Kalia Vandever: Mana (International Anthem) [06-12] - jazz [*]
• April Varner: Ella (Cellar) [03-20] - vocal jazz [***]
• Gary Versace Trio: Three Track Mind (Sunnyside) [04-03] - jazz [**]
• Victor Vieira-Branco's Bark Culture: The Giant Is Awkward (Temperphantom) [06-05] - jazz [**]
• Visible Cloaks: Pradessence (RVNG) [05-22] - ambient [B]
• Karsten Vogel: Late Night Ballads (Storyville) [02-20] - jazz [*]
• Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band: Treasury Volume 3 (Turtle Bay) [06-05] - jazz [A-]
• Jessie Ware: Superbloom (EMI) [04-17] - dance-pop [*]
• Marta Warelis: Still Life With Lemons (Relative Pitch) [05-22] - jazz [**]
• WDR Big Band: Jagged Edges & Elegant Lines: The Music of Ayn Inserto (Summit) [08-07] - jazz [***]
• Joe Webb: Neath Beat (Edition) [05-22] - jazz [**]
• Weird Nightmare: Hoopla (Sub Pop) [05-01] - alt/indie [*]
• Ben Wendel: BaRcoDe (Edition) [03-13] - jazz [**]
• The Westerlies: Have You Heard? The Music of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1 (Westerlies) [03-20] - jazz [**]
• Westside Cowboy: It Goes On (Island) [08-21] - indie rock [**]
• Tierra Whack: Whack's Museum (Interscope) [06-18] - hip-hop [***]
• What You May Call It: Da Qi (MechaBenzaiten) [05-08] - jazz [**]
• White Denim: Wd13 (Bella Union) [04-24] - psychedelic pop [**]
• Chris Whiteman/John Toomey Quartet: Live at Révéler (self-released) [10-02] - jazz [U]
• Håvard Wiik/Antonio Borghini/Tim Daisy: One Brief Cure (Relay) [02-14] - jazz [***]
• Wiki: Ancient History (Wikset) [06-21] - hip-hop [***]
• Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (Blue Note) [03-20] - jazz [**]
• Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (Blue Note) [04-17] - jazz [**]
• Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 3 (Blue Note) [05-15] - jazz [**]
• Rich Willey: Laid Back Vol. 1 (Boptism) [05-30] - jazz [*]
• Earl "Guitar" Williams: The Soul King of Bessemer, AL (Music Maker) [05-08] - blues [**]
• Willow: The Thread (Three Six Zero) [07-24] - art-pop [*]
• Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble Featuring Mônica Salmaso: Parabólico: Reflections on Gilberto Gil Volume I (Sunnyside) [08-14] - jazz [**]
• Matt Wilson's Good Trouble: Love Is the Whole Thing, We Are Only Pieces (Palmetto) [09-18] - jazz [U]
• Steve Wilson: Enduring Sonance (Smoke Sessions) [05-01] - jazz [*]
• Martin Wind: Stars (Newvelle) [01-30] - jazz [A-]
• Winged Wheel: Desert So Green (12XU) [01-09] - rock [**]
• Ben Wolfe: Any Time After Now (Resident Arts) [05-15] - jazz [*]
• Jack Wood: For Every Man There's a Woman (Jazz Hang) [03-24] - jazz [***]
• Work Money Death: A Portal to Here (ATA) [02-13] - jazz [A-]
• Wrens: Live @ NUBLU (Out of Your Head) [06-12] - jazz [**]
• Jack Wright and Ben Bennett: Tourne (self-released) [04-16] - jazz [A-]
• Xaviersobased: Xavier (1C/Surf Gang/Atlantic) [01-30] - hip-hop [**]
• Charli XCX: Music, Fashion, Film (Atlantic) [07-24] - pop [***]
• XG: The Core (Xgalx) [01-23] - J-pop [A-]
• Yard Act: You're Gonna Need a Little Music (Universal Island) [07-17] - alt/indie [**]
• Otomo Yoshihide/Kei Matsumaru: Shutsumin (Trost) [06-19] - jazz [B-]
• Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts: As Time Explodes (Reprise) [04-18] - rock [A-]
• Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 26: Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (Jazz Is Dead) [04-03] - jazz [***]
• Adrian Younge: Jazz Is Dead 27: Joyce & Tutty Moreno (Jazz Is Dead) [08-01] - jazz [*]
• Your Brother's Keeper & Gary Bartz: Where Rivers Meet (Brownswood) [06-19] - jazz [***]
• Zen Zadravec: New Paradigm (Marmite) [06-26] - jazz [*]
• Zel: Still Right Here (self-released) [02-12] - plugg [***]
• Miguel Zenón/Luis Perdomo: El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 3 (Miel Music) [08-28] - jazz [U]
• Tucker Zimmerman: Dream Me a Dream (Big Potato) - singer-songwriter [***]
• Zu: Ferrum Sidereum (House of Mythology) [01-09] - avant-metal [**]
• ERR: stream no grade: : Concrete Rock: New York DIY
• Concrete Rock: New York DIY (Desert Island) [06-26] - indie rock

Reissues, Etc.

• Angine De Poitreau: Vol. 1 (2024, Spectacles Bonzaï) [04-03] - math rock [***]
• Lekan Animashaun: Low Profile (1977-86, Strut) [06-26] - Afrobeat [***]
• Kenny Barron/Ray Drummond/Ben Riley: So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon (1995, Elemental Music) [06-12] - jazz [A-]
• Johannes Bauer/Michael Griener/Olaf Rupp: Aufsturz (2007, Scatter Archive) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Jazz Messengers '70 (Good Time) [06-04] - jazz [**]
• Art Blakey & the New Jazz Messengers: Buttercorn Lady (1966, Elemental Music) - jazz [*]
• Carla Bley: Joyful Noise (Live in Hamburg 1984) (Moosicus) [05-15] - jazz [A-]
• Dollar Brand/Don Cherry/Carlos Ward: The Third World-Underground (1972, Wewantsounds) [09-11] - jazz [**]
• The Joshua Breakstone Quartet: Wonderful! (1983, Capri) [08-21] - jazz [**]
• Marion Brown: Live in Europe 1968 & 1972 (NoBusiness) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• Marion Brown: Awofofora (1976, Aguirre) [04-03] - jazz [***]
• John Butcher: Anyway, I Was (2008-25, Relative Pitch) [01-23] - jazz [**]
• Terry Callier: At the Earl of Old Town (1967, Time Traveler) [04-18] - folk [**]
• Daniel Carter/Sabir Mateen/William Parker/Lou Grassi: Keeping It in Context (1996, NoBusiness) [05-01] - jazz [A-]
• Eddie Condon: Surprise! Eddie Condon at Town Hall, c. April 1944 (1944, Jazz Lives) - jazz [***]
• Miles Davis: Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings (Craft) [06-19] - jazz [A-]
• Antoine Dougbé: Antoine Dougbé Et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou (1977-82, Analog Africa) [04-17] - African [A-]
• Marty Ehrlich/Julius Hemphill: Circle the Heart (1982, Relative Pitch) [01-23] - jazz [**]
• Duke Ellington: Copenhagen 1964 (Storyville) [02-13] - jazz [A-]
• Ellery Eskelin: Setting the Standard (1988, Prime Source) [01-15] - jazz [***]
• Bill Evans: At the BBC (1965, Elemental Music) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Pierre Favre Trio: Bird Food (1968, Songs) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Satoko Fujii: Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra (2014, Libra) [07-10] - jazz [A-]
• Mick Goodrick/Fred Hersch: Feebles, Fables and Ferns (1988, ECM) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Bennie Green: Back on the Scene (1958, Blue Note Tone Poet) [02-06] - jazz [***]
• Muriel Grossmann: Quartet (2008, Modernistas) [03-28] - jazz [***]
• Grupo Um: Nineteen Seventy Seven (1977, Far Out) [01-30] - fusion [**]
• Roy Hargrove: Bern (2000, Time Traveler) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• Elias Haslanger: Legacy (Bandstand Presents) [07-24] - jazz [*]
• Joe Henderson: Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1978, Resonance -2CD) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Joe Henderson Quartets: Tetragon (1967-68, Craft) [03-13] - jazz [A-]
• Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: Vol. 1: Concert À Prades-Le-Lez (1974, Souffle Continu) [04-27] - jazz [***]
• Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: Vol. 2: Concert À Prades-Le-Lez (1974, Souffle Continu) [04-27] - jazz [**]
• Ahmad Jamal: At the Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago (1976, Resonance) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Freddie King: Feeling Alright: The Complete 1975 Nancy Pulsations Concert (Elemental Music -2CD) [04-18] - blues [**]
• Yusef Lateef: Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1975, Resonance -3CD) [04-18] - jazz [***]
• Byard Lancaster/Keno Speller: Exactement (1974, Souffle Continu) - jazz [**]
• Daunik Lazro/Joëlle Léandre/Paul Lovens: For Baritone Sax, Double Bass & Drumset (2013, Relative Pitch) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Les Rallizes Dénudés: Disque 4: '76 Studio Et Live (Temporal Drift) [05-08] - psychedelic rock [A-]
• James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet: These Are Soulful Days (2021, TAO Forms) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Charles Lloyd: Sangam & Friends (2009, Blue Note) [07-24] - jazz [***]
• Los Orientales De Paramonga: 1972-1976 (Analog Africa) [06-19] - Peruvian [A-]
• Doug MacDonald Trio: Live in Beverly Hills (2012, DMAC Music) [01-01] - jazz [**]
• Lawrence Marable: Tenorman (1956, Jazz West/Blue Note Tone Poet) [03-06] - jazz [A-]
• Charlie Mariano/Sal Nistico: Barcelona Meeting (1989, Fresh Sound) - jazz [**]
• Medeski Martin & Wood: Tonic (1999, Blue Note) [06-25] - jazz [**]
• Hank Mobley: Hank (1957, Blue Note Tone Poet) [01-09] - jazz [***]
• Thelonious Monk: Live in Paris, 1967: Volume One (Rhythm-a-Ning) [04-24] - jazz [**]
• Lee Morgan: City Lights (1957, Blue Note Tone Poet) [02-06] - jazz [**]
• Sunny Murray/Sabu Toyozumi: Sun's Blessings (1999, NoBusiness) [05-01] - jazz [A-]
• Red Norvo: The Secret Session (1942, Dot Time) [01-30] - jazz [**]
• Evan Parker/Paul Rogers/Louis Moholo: Tebugo (1992, Jazz in Britain -25) [2025-12-18] - jazz [***]
• Big John Patton: Got a Good Thing Goin' (1966, Blue Note Tone Poet) [07-03] - jazz [**]
• Art Pepper: Everything Happens to Me: 1959 Live at the Cellar (Omnivore -4CD) [02-20] - jazz [A-]
• The Oscar Peterson Trio: At Baker's Keyboard Lounge: The Complete Recordings (1960, Verve, 2CD) [04-17] - jazz [***]
• Michel Petrucciani: Kuumbwa (1987, Elemental Music -2CD) [04-18] - jazz [**]
• John Prine: Live at Old Town School of Folk (2010, Oh Boy) [06-12] - folk [**]
• Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical: Galaxia Tropical (Analog Africa) [02-06] - Peru [A-]
• Tom Raworth & Peter Brötzmann: No Hard Feelings: For Steve Lacy (2005, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [05-22] - jazz [***]
• Hans Reichel: Dalbergia Retusa (1973-88, Black Truffle) [03-13] - jazz [B+(***)]
• Paul Ricci: The Path (1996-2021, Origin) [01-16] - jazz [**]
• Jimmy Scott: Falling in Love Is Wonderful (1963, Tangerine) - jazz [*]
• Shūdan Sokai: Live at Hachioji Alone (1976, Aguirre) [04-03] - jazz [A-]
• Gary Stewart: One Track Mind (Delmore Recording Society) [07-17] - country [**]
• Louis Stewart: Joyce Notes (1982, Livia) [03-27] - jazz [A-]
• Sun Ra: East Two + 7 (1972-73, Cosmic Myth) [06-19] - jazz [**]
• Sun Ra Arkestra: Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Live at the Bluebird Cafe, Bloomington, Indiana (1977, Strut) [07-03] - jazz [*]
• Cecil Taylor Unit: Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts (Elemental Music -2CD) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Cecil Taylor New Unit: Words & Music: The Last Bandstand (2016, Fundacja Słuchaj) [01-19] - jazz [A-]
• John Taylor With Stan Sulzmann: Quintessence (1987, Jazz in Britain) [02-18] - jazz [*]
• This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star [Super Deluxe] (Double Double Whammy) [04-17] - pop [**]
• Twisted Teens: Blame the Clown (2025, Jazz Life) [02-13] - punk [**]
• McCoy Tyner: Asante (1970, Blue Note Tone Poet) [05-01] - jazz [**]
• McCoy Tyner: The Seeker: Live at Umbria Jazz Festival (1993, Red) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• McCoy Tyner: Extensions (1970, Blue Note) [07-07] - jazz [A-]
• John Vanore & Abstract Truth: Easter Island Suite (1989-2024, Acoustical Concepts) [02-06] - jazz [*]
• Vardis: 100 M.P.H. '79 Revisited (1978-80, High Roller) [04-24] - hard rock [***]
• The Visitors [Earl & Carl Grubbs]: Motherland (1975, Craft) [05-29] - jazz [**]
• Miroslav Vitous: Mountain Call (2003-10, ECM) [03-27] - jazz [*]
• Mal Waldron: Stardust & Starlight: At the Jazz Showcase (1979, Resonance) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
• Mal Waldron/Steve Lacy: Play Monk, Ellington & Strayhorn: Live at Yoshi's 1994 (Elemental Music) [05-01] - jazz [***]
• Tyrone Washington: Natural Essence (1967, Blue Note Tone Poet) [01-09] - jazz [A-]
• The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars: A Gift to Pops (2021, Verve) [07-13] - jazz [*]
• Fight the Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986-91 (Soundway) [03-27] - African reggae [***]
• Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in Trinidad 1970-1980 (Soundway) [05-29] - calypso [*]
• Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present . . . 1925 Songs (Tompkins Square) [06-19] [***]

Priority Counts

• Priority 4: 545
• Priority 5: 205

Total: 750