Rhapsody Streamnotes:
Artist Index

This is a cumulative list of records reviewed from Rhapsody streams, indexed by artist. (Various artist compilations are below.) Release dates are in brackets, as opposed to recording dates, listed first where known and different. In order to better group the records by artist minor differences in artist names have been omitted. Sort within artist is generally by the last year of material included or release date.

The 2 Bears: Be Strong (2012, Southern Fried) B+(*) 

2 Chainz:

• B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time (2013, Def Jam) B+(**) 
• Pretty Girls Like Trap Music (2017, Def Jam) B+(*) 
• Rap or Go to the League (2019, Gamebread/Def Jam) B+(**) 

2nd Grade: Hit to Hit (2020, Double Double Whammy) B+(**) 

2NE1: Crush (2014, YG Entertainment) B+(**) 

2Pac:

• 2Pacalypse Now (1991, Interscope) B+(*) 
• Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (1993, Interscope) B 
• Me Against the World (1995, Interscope) B− 
• All Eyez on Me (1996, Death Row, 2CD) B+(*) 

The 3.5.7 Ensemble: Amongst the Smokestacks and Steeples (2014 [2016], Milk Factory Productions, 2CD) B 

3hattrio: Lord of the Desert (2018, Okehdokee) B+(**) 

3unshine: We Are 3unshine (2019 [2020], Real Show) B+(**) 

4WD [Nils Landgren/Michael Wollny/Lars Danielsson/Wolfgang Haffner]: 4 Wheel Drive (2018 [2019], ACT) B− 

5 Seconds of Summer: 5 Seconds of Summer (2014, Capitol) B 

6lack:

• East Atlanta Love Letter (2018, LoveRenaissance/Interscope) B+(***) 
• 6pc Hot Ep (2020, Interscope, EP) B+(*) 
• Since I Have a Lover (2023, Interscope) B+(**) 

7L & Esoteric: 1212 (2010, Fly Casual) A− 

8 Bold Souls: Last Option (1999 [2000], Thrill Jockey) A− 

9th Wonder: The Wonder Years (2011, Traffic Entertainment) A− 

10^32K:

• That Which Is Planted: Live in Buffalo and Rochester (2013, Passin' Thru) A− 
• The Law of Vibration (2018, self-released) B+(**) 

13 & God: Own Your Ghost (2011, Anticon) B+(**) 

The 14 Jazz Orchestra:

• Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy (2015 [2016], self-released) B 
• The Future Ain't What It Used to Be (2018 [2019], self-released) B 

16-17: Phantom Limb (1995-2018 [2020], Trost) B 

21 Savage:

• /Metro Boomin: Savage Mode (2016, self-released) A− 
• Issa Album (2017, Slaughter Gang/Epic) B+(*) 
• /Offset/Metro Boomin: Without Warning (2017, Epic) B+(*) 
• /Metro Boomin: Savage Mode II (2020, Slaughter Gang/Epic) B+(**) 
• American Dream (2024, Slaughter Gang/Epic) B+(**) 

42 Dugg: Free Dem Boyz (2021, 4PF/CMG) B+(*) 

49 Winchester: Fortune Favors the Bold (2022, New West) B 

50 Cent: The Massacre (2005, Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) B+(**) 

070 Shake:

• Modus Vivendi (2020, GOOD Music/Def Jam) B+(**) 
• You Can't Kill Me (2022, GOOD Music/Def Jam) B+(***) 

75 Dollar Bill:

• Olives in the Ears (2014, self-released) B+(***) 
• Wooden Bag (2015, Other Music) B+(***) 
• Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock (2013-15 [2016], Thin Wrist) A− 
• Little Big Band: Roulette, March 27, 2017 (2017 [2020], self-released) B+(**) 
• Power Failures (2018 [2020], self-released) B+(**) 
• I Was Real (2019, Thin Wrist) A−  
• Live at Cafe Oto Dec. 19, 2019 (2019 [2020], self-relased) A− 
• Little Big Band Live at Tubby's (2020, self-released) B+(***) 
• /Barry Weisblat: Social Music at Troost Vol. 1 (2017 [2021], self-released) B+(***) 
• /David Watson: Social Music at Troost Vol. 2 (2027 [2021], self-released) B+(*) 
• Social Music at Troost Vol. 3: (Other) People's Music (2015-17 [2022], self-released) A− 
• Live Ateliers Claus (2016-19 [2021], self-released) B+(**) 
• Singularity 06: Anchor Dragging Behind (2023, The State51 Conspiracy, EP) B+(***) 

79rs Gang:

• Fire on the Bayou (2015, Sinking City/Urban Unrest) A− 
• Expected the Unexpected (2020, Sinking City) B+(***) 

The 81's: 2 Things & 118 Others (2020, The 81's) B+(**) 

100 Gecs:

• 1000 Gecs (2019, Dog Show) B 
• 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues (2020, Dog Show) B+(**) 
• 10,000 Gecs (2023, Dog Show/Atlantic) B+(*) 
• Snake Eyes (2022, Dog Show/Atlantic, EP) B+(*) 

700 Bliss:

• Spa 700 (2018, Halcyon Veil/Don Giovanni, EP) B+(**) 
• Nothing to Declare (2022, Hyperdub) B+(*) 

808 State: Ex:el (1991, ZTT/Tommy Boy) B+(**) 

1010benja: Ten Total (2024, Three Six Zero) A− 

The 1975:

• I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It (2016, Dirty Hit/Interscope) B+(*) 
• A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018, Dirty Hit/Interscope) B 
• Notes on a Conditional Form (2020, Dirty Hit) B+(***) 
• Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022, Dirty Hit) B+(***) 

1990s: Cookies (2007, Rough Trade) B+(***) 

2562: Unbalance (2009, Tectonic) B+(***) 

$ilkmoney: I Don't Give a Fuck About This Rap Shit, Imma Just Drop Until I Don't Feel Like It Anymore (2022, DB$B) B+(**) 

A-Trak:

• 10 Seconds: Volume 1 (2022, Fool's Gold, EP) B+(***) 
• 10 Seconds: Volume 2 (2022, Fool's Gold, EP) B+(***) 

Espen Aalberg/Jonas Kullhammar/Torbjörn Zetterberg/Susana Santos Silva: Basement Sessions Vol. 4 (The Bali Tapes) (2016 [2017], Clean Feed) B+(***) 

Snoh Aalegra:

• Ugh, Those Feels Again (2019, Artrium) B+(**) 
• Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies (2021, ARTium/Roc Nation) B+(*) 

Aaliyah:

• Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994, Blackground) B+(*) 
• One in a Million (1996, Blackground) B+(**) 
• Aaliyah (2001, Blackground) B+(**) 

Juhani Aaltonen:

• To Future Memories (2010 [2013], TUM) B+(***) 
• /Iro Haarla: Kirkastus (2013 [2015], TUM) B+(***) 
• /Raoul Björkenheim: Awakening (2016 [2018], Eclipse) B+(**) 
• /Jonas Kullhammar/Christian Meaas Svendsen/Ilmari Heikinheimo: The Father, the Sons & the Junnu (2019 [2020], Moserobie) A− 

AALY Trio with Ken Vandermark:

• Hidden in the Stomach (1996 [1997], Silkheart) B+(**) 
• I Wonder If I Was Screaming (2000, Crazy Wisdom) B+(**) 

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: Faces of Souls (2015-19 [2020], Leo) B+(*) 

Eivind Aarset:

• Électronique Noire (1998, Jazzland) A− 
• Light Extracts (2001, Jazzland) B+(***) 
• Connected (2004, Jazzland) B+(**) 
• Sonic Codex (2007, Jazzland) B+(**) 
• & the Sonic Codex Orchestra: Live Extracts (2010, Jazzland) B+(**) 
• /Jan Bang: Snow Catches on Her Eyelashes (2020, Jazzland) B+(*) 
• Phantasmagoria, or a Different Kind of Journey (2021, Jazzland) B+(***) 

Abash [Tommy Skotte/Anders Ekholm/Nils Danell]: Abash (1993, Dragon) B+(***) 

Greg Abate:

• Bop City: Live at Birdland (1991, Candid) B+(***) 
• Straight Ahead (1992 [1993], Candid) B+(**) 
• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1995, Candid) B+(*) 
• Bop Lives! (1996, Blue Chip Jazz) B+(**) 
• Evolution (2002, 1201 Music) B+(***) 
• /Alan Barnes: Birds of a Feather (2007 [2008], Woodville) A− 
• Motif (2014, Whaling City Sound) A− 
• /Phil Woods with the Tim Ray Trio: Kindred Spirits: Live At Chan's (2014 [2016], Whaling City Sound, 2CD) B+(**) 
• /Tim Ray Trio: Road to Forever (2016 [2017], Whaling City Sound) B+(*) 
• Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron (2021, Whaling City Sound, 2CD) B+(**) 

ABBA: Voyage (2021, Polar) B− 

Rez Abbasi:

• Suno Suno (2010 [2011], Enja) B+(*) 
• Intents and Purposes (2014 [2015], Enja) B+(*) 
• Behind the Vibration (2015 [2016], Cuneiform) B+(**) 
• Unfiltered Universe (2016 [2017], Whirlwind) B+(**) 
• A Throw of Dice by the Silent Ensemble (2017 [2019], Whirlwind) B+(*) 
• Django-shift (2019 [2020], Whirlwind) B+(**) 

Tom Abbs & Frequency Response: Hawthorne (2018, Engine Studios) B+(***) 

ABC: Beauty Stab (1983, Mercury) B+(*) 

Deena Abdelwahed: Jbal Rrsas (2023, Infiné) B+(***) 

Ahmed Abdullah:

• Liquid Song (1987, Silkheart) A− 
• Ahmed Abdullah and the Solomonic Quintet Featuring Charles Moffett (1987 [1988], Silkheart) B+(***) 

Ahmed Abdul-Malik:

• East Meets West (1959 [1960], RCA Victor) B+(*) 
• The Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1961, New Jazz) B+(***) 

Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim: Harlem (1988 [2021], Acid Jazz) B+(**) 

Kaoru Abe/Sabu Toyozumi: Mannyoka (1976 [2018], NoBusiness) B+(***) 

John Abercrombie:

• The First Quartet (1978-80 [2015], ECM, 3CD) B+(**) 
• /Arthur Blythe/Terri Lyne Carrington/Anthony Cox/Mark Feldman/Gust Tsilis: Echoes (1996 [2005], Alessa) B+(*) 
• Up and Coming (2016 [2017], ECM) B+(*) 

Abhi the Nomad: Marbled (2018, Tommy Boy) B+(***) 

Abjects: Never Give Up (2019, Yippee Ki Yay) B+(**) 

Rabih Abou-Khalil:

• Between Dusk and Dawn (1986 [1987], MMP) B+(***) 
• The Cactus of Knowledge (2000 [2001], Enja) A− 
• The Flood and the Fate of the Fish (2017-18 [2019], Enja) B+(**) 

Abraham Inc.: Together We Stand (2019, Table Pounding) B+(***) 

Ab-Soul:

• Control System (2012, !K7) B+(**)  
• These Days . . . (2014, Top Dawg) B+(**) 
• Do What Thou Wilt (2016, Top Dawg) A− 
• Herbert (2022, Top Dawg) B 

Kevin Abstract:

• American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story (2016, Brockhampton) B+(*) 
• Arizona Baby (2019, Question Everything/RCA) B+(**) 

Ramzi Aburedwan: Reflections of Palestine (2012, Riverboat) B+(***) 

Gracie Abrams: Good Riddance (2023, Interscope) B+(***) 

Joshua Abrams:

• Natural Information (2010-12 [2014], Eremite) A− 
• Represencing (2011 [2014], Eremite) B+(**) 
• Magnetoception (2013 [2015], Eremite) B+(***) 
• /Natural Information Society: Simultonality (2014-15 [2017], Eremite) A− 
• /Natural Information Society: Mandatory Reality (2017 [2019], Eremite, 2CD) B+(***)  
• /Chad Taylor: Mind Maintenance (2021, Drag City) B+(***) 

Muhal Richard Abrams:

• Young at Heart/Wise in Time (1969 [1996], Delmark) B+(**) 
• Afrisong (1975 [2009], Why Not) A− 
• Think All, Focus One (1994 [1995], Black Saint) B+(***) 
• Song for All (1995 [1997], Black Saint) B+(***) 

Abyssinia Infinite Featuring Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw: Zion Roots (2003, Network) A− 

AC/DC: Power Up (2020, Columbia) B 

Acceleration Due to Gravity: Jonesville: Music by and for Sam Jones (2023 [2024], Hot Cup, EP) B+(***) 

Chantal Acda & Bill Frisell: Live at Jazz Middelheim (2017 [2023], self-released) B+(*) 

Ace of Cups: Ace of Cups (2018, High Moon) B 

Acetone: 1992-2001 (1992-2001 [2017], Light in the Attic) B 

Aceyalone:

• All Balls Don't Bounce (1995, Capitol) B+(**) 
• A Book of Human Language (1998, Project Blowed) B+(**) 
• Leanin' on Slick (2013, Decon) A− 
• /DJ Fatjack: 43rd & Excellence (2018, That Kind of Music) A− 

Acid Arab:

• Jdid (2019, Crammed Discs) B+(*) 
• Trois (2023, Crammed Discs) B+(**) 

Jewel Ackah:

• Electric Hi-Life (1986 [2023], BBE) B+(***) 
• Me Dear (1990, Highlife World) B+(***) 

Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids:

• We Be All Africans (2016, Strut) B+(***) 
• An Angel Fell (2018, Strut) B+(**) 
• Shaman! (2020, Strut) A− 
• Afro Futuristic Dreams (2023, Strut) B+(***) 

Bob Ackerman: Old & New Magic (1993, Silkheart) B+(***) 

Bruce Ackley/Fred Frith/Henry Kaiser/Aram Shelton: Unexpected Twins (2016 [2019], Relative Pitch) B+(**) 

Active Child: You Are All I See (2011, Vagrant) B− 

Actress:

• Splazsh (2010, Honest Jon's) A− 
• R.I.P. (2012, Honest Jon's) B+(***) 
• Ghettoville (2014, Ninja Tune) B+(*) 
• AZD (2017, Ninja Tune) B+(*) 
• Karma & Desire (2020, Ninja Tune) B+(*) 
• LXXXVIII (2023, Ninja Tune) B+(**) 
• Statik (2024, Smalltown Supersound) B+(*) 

Colby Acuff: Western White Pines (2023, Sony Music Nashville) B+(***) 

Alex Acuña: Gifts (2021 [2022], Le Coq) B+(**) 

Claudia Acuña: Duo (2022, Ropeadope) B+(*) 

Ad the Voice: Maxi-Single (2007, Statik Entertainment, EP) A− 

Ada Lea: One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden (2021, Saddle Creek) B+(**) 

Beegie Adair/Don Aliquo: Too Marvelous for Words (2015, Adair Music Group) A− 

Tony Adamo: Tony Adamo & the New York Crew (2015, Urban Zone) B+(***) 

George Adams:

• Sound Suggestions (1979, ECM) B+(*) 
• /Don Pullen: Don't Lose Control (1979 [1980], Soul Note) B+(***) 
• /Don Pullen: Earth Beams (1980, Timeless) A− 
• /Don Pullen: Life Line (1981, Timeless) B+(*) 
• /Don Pullen: Melodic Excursions (1982, Timeless) B+(*) 
• /Dannie Richmond: Gentlemen's Agreement (1983, Soul Note) B+(*) 
• /Don Pullen: Decisions (1984, Timeless) B+(**) 
• /Don Pullen: Live at Montmartre (1985 [1986], Timeless) B+(**) 

John Adams:

• Doctor Atomic Symphony (2009, Nonesuch) B+(***) 
• I Am Love [A Film by Luca Guadagnino] (2010, Nonesuch) B+(**) 

John Adams/San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas:

• Absolute Jest/Grand Pianola Music (2013 [2015], SFS) B+(**) 

Johnny Adams: There's Always One More Time (1983-97 [2000], Rounder) B+(**) 

Justin Adams:

• Soul Science (2007 [2008], World Village) B+(**) 
• /Juldeh Camara: Tell No Lies (2008-09 [2009], Real World) B+(**) 

Kris Adams: Longing (2012-13 [2014], Jazzbird) B 

Nicki Adams/Michael Eaton: The Transcendental (2023 [2024], SteepleChase LookOut) B+(**) 

Pepper Adams With the Tommy Banks Trio: Live at Room at the Top (1972 [2022], Reel to Real, 2CD) B+(***) 

Ryan Adams:

• Easy Tiger (2007, Lost Highway) C+ 
• Ashes & Fire (2011, Capitol) B+(*) 
• Ryan Adams (2014, Blue Note) B 
• Prisoner (2017, Blue Note) B+(*) 

Andy Adamson: A Cry for Peace (2015 [2016], Andros) B+(*) 

Jason Adasiewicz:

• From the Region (2013 [2014], Delmark) B+(***) 
• Roy's World (2017 [2023], Corbett vs. Dempsey) A− 
• Roscoe Village: The Music of Roscoe Mitchell (2023, Corbett vs. Dempsey) B+(**) 

Add-2: Jim Crow: The Musical (2019, Add-2 Productions) A− 

Cannonball Adderley:

• /Bill Evans: Know What I Mean? (1961 [2011], Riverside/OJC) A− 
• In Concert: Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 13, 1961 (1961 [2023], SteepleChase) B+(***) 
• Swingin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1967 (1966-67 [2019], Reel to Reel) B+(***) 
• Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (1969 [2024], Elemental Music) B+(**) 
• Poppin' in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (1972 [2024], Elemental Music) B+(***) 
• Berliner Jazztage, November 2nd 72 (1972 [2023], Lantower) B+(**) 

King Sunny Ade: Bábá Mo Túndé (2009-10 [2010], Indigedisc, 2CD) A− 

Adebisi Shank: This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank (2011, Sargent House) B 

Adeem the Artist:

• Cast Iron Pansexual (2021, self-released) A− 
• White Trash Revelry (2022, Four Quarters) A− 
• Anniversary (2024, Four Quarters) B+(**) 

Gboyega Adelaja: Colourful Environment (1979 [2018], Odion Livingstone) B+(**) 

Adele:

• 21 (2010 [2011], XL) B− 
• 25 (2015, XL) B 
• 30 (2021, Columbia) B− 

Tanner Adell: Buckle Bunny (2023, Columbia, EP) B+(***) 

Adia Victoria:

• Beyond the Bloodhounds (2016, Canvasback/Atlantic) B+(*) 
• A Southern Gothic (2021, Atlantic) B+(**) 

Charlotte Adigéry:

• Zandoli (2019, Deewee, EP) B+(**) 
• /Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer (2022, Deewee/Because Music) A− 

Ben Adkins: Salmagundi (2016, Ben Adkins Music) B+(**) 

Trace Adkins: Proud to Be Here (2011, Show Dog Universal) B 

Neil Adler: Emi's Song (2024, self-released) B+(**) 

Antonio Adolfo:

• Tropical Infinito (2016, AAM) B+(***) 
• Hybrido: From Rio to Wayne Shorter (2016 [2017], AAM) B 

Adulkt Life: Book of Curses (2020, What's Your Rupture?) B+(***) 

Adult.:

• The Way Things Fall (2013, Ghostly International) A− 
• Becoming Undone (2022, Dais) B+(***) 

Adult Books: Running From the Blows (2016, Lolipop) B+(*) 

Adult Mom: Driver (2020 [2021], Epitaph) B+(**) 

Advancing on a Wild Pitch: Disasters, Vol. 2 (2023 [2024], Hot Cup) A− 

Stefan Aeby:

• To the Light (2015 [2016], Intakt) B+(**) 
• The London Concert (2017 [2018], Intakt) B+(***) 
• Piano Solo (2018 [2019], Intakt) B+(*) 

Aeon Station: Observatory (2021, Sub Pop) B+(**) 

Aerosmith:

• Aerosmith's Greatest Hits (1972-79 [1980], Columbia) B+(**) 
• Pump (1989, Geffen) B− 

Aesop Rock:

• None Shall Pass (2007, Definitive Jux) B 
• Skelethon (2012, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(**) 
• /Homeboy Sandman: Lice (2015, Stones Throw, EP) A− 
• The Impossible Kid (2016, Rhymesayers) A− 
• /Homebody Sandman: Lice Two: Still Buggin' (2016, Stones Throw, EP) B+(***) 
• /Homeboy Sandman: Triple Fat Lice (2017, Stones Throw, EP) B+(***) 
• /Tobacco: Malibu Ken (2019, Rhymesayers) B+(***) 
• Spirit World Field Guide (2020, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(***) 
• /Blockhead: Garbology (2021, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(**)  Integrated Tech Solutions (2023, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(**) 

Affinity Trio [Eric Jacobson/Pamela York/Clay Schaub]: Hindsight (2022 [2023], Origin) B+(***) 

Jaime Affoumado/Alex Blake/Arturo O'Farrill/Bill Ware: The Puppeteers (2013 [2014], Puppet's) B+(**) 

Afghan Whigs: Do to the Beast (2014, Sub Pop) B+(**) 

AFI: Burials (2013, Republic) B− 

África Negra:

• Antologia Vol. 1 (1981-95 [2022], Bongo Joe) A− 
• Antologia Vol. 2 (1979-90 [2024], Bongo Joe) A− 

Africaine 808: Basar (2016, Golf Channel) B+(***) 

African Express: African Express Presents . . . Terry Riley's In C Mali (2014, Transgressive) B+(***) 

African Head Charge:

• Return of the Crocodile (1981-85 [2016], On-U Sound) B+(**) 
• Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi (1991-94 [2020], On-U Sound) B+(**) 
• A Trip to Bolgatanga (2023, On-U Sound) B+(**) 

Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds (2024, Free Dirt) B+(**) 

Teno Afrika:

• Amapiano Selections (2019-20 [2021], Awesome Tapes From Africa) B+(***) 
• Where You Are (2022, Awesome Tapes From Africa) B+(***) 

Afrikan Sciences: Means and Ways (2011, Deepblak) B+(**) 

Africans With Mainframes:

• Commission Number 3 (2015, Bio Rhythm, EP) B+(*) 
• K.M.T. (2016, Soul Jazz) A− 

Afro-Blue Persuasion:

• Live at Haight Levels: Volume One (1967 [2019], Tramp) B+(**) 
• Live at Haight Levels: Volume Two (1967 [2019], Tramp) B+(**) 

Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra: Pulsion (2014, Ubiquity) B+(***) 

Afro Peruvian New Trends Orchestra: Cosmic Synchronicities (2023, Blue Spiral) B+(***) 

Afrorack: The Afrorack (2022, Hakuna Kulala) A− 

Okaidja Afroso:

• Jaku Mumor (2022, Chechekule) B+(**) 
• Àbòr Édín (2024, Chechekule) B+(*) 

Arooj Aftab:

• Vulture Prince (2021, New Amsterdam) B+(*) 
• /Vijay Iyer/Shahzad Ismaily: Love in Exile (2023, Verve) B+(**) 
• Night Reign (2024, Verve) B+(***) 

Against All Logic:

• 2012-2017 (2018, Other People) B+(***) 
• 2017-2019 (2017-19 [2020], Other People) B+(***) 

Against Me!:

• New Wave (2007, Warner Brothers) B+(**) 
• White Crosses (2010, Sire) B− 
• Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014, Total Treble) B+(**) 

Areni Agbabian: Bloom (2016 [2019], ECM) B 

AgesandAges: Alright You Restless (2011, Knitting Factory Works) B+(**) 

Konrad Agnas:

• /Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Mattias Ståhl/Per Texas Johansson: All Slow Dream Gone (2022, Moserobie) A− 
• Rite of Passage (2021 [2023], Moserobie) B+(***) 

Sophie Agnel:

• /Daunik Lazro: Marguerite D'Or Pâle (2016, Fou) B+(**) 
• /John Edwards/Steve Noble: Aqisseq (2016 [2018], ONJazz) B+(**) 

Raul Agraz: Between Brothers (2013-15 [2016], OA2) B 

Aguankö:

• Invisible (2015, Aguankö Music) B+(**) 

Aguankó:

• Latin Jazz Christmas in Havana (2016, Aguankó) B 
• Pattern Recognition (2018, Aguankó) B+(**) 

Agust D: D-Day (2023, Big Hit Music) B+(*) 

Brother Ah:

• /Sound Awareness: Move Ever Onward (1975 [2016], Manufactured) B− 
• /Sounds of Awareness: Key to Nowhere (1983 [2016], Manufactured) B+(*) 

Ahanes: Petrichor (2021 [2022], Clean Feed) B+(**) 

Vincent Ahehehinnou: Best Woman (1978 [2017], Analog Africa) B+(**) 

Ahilea: Cafe Svetlana (2009, Essay) B+(***) 

Ahleuchatistas: Of the Body Prone (2009, Tzadik) B 

[Ahmed]:

• Nights on Saturn (Communication) (2019 [2021], Astral Spirits) A− 
• Ahad/Wahid (2022, A Cheeseboard Production, EP) B+(*) 
• Wood Blues (2022 [2024], Astral Spirits) A− 
• Giant Beauty (2022 [2024], Fönstret, 5CD) A− 

Mahmoud Ahmed & Imperial Bodyguard Band: Éthiopiques, Vol. 26: 1972-74 (1972-74 [2010], Buda Musique) B+(***) 

Riz Ahmed: The Long Goodbye (2020, Mongrel) B+(*) 

Sharhabil Ahmed: The King of Sudanese Jazz ([2020], Habibi Funk) A− 

Yazz Ahmed:

• La Saboteuse (2017, Naim) B+(**) 
• Polyhymnia (2016-19 [2019], Ropeadope) B+(**) 

Kyle Aho: Rituals (2021 [2022], OA2) B 

Jhené Aiko:

• Sail Out (2013, Def Jam, EP) B+(**) 
• Souled Out (2014, Def Jam) B+(*) 
• Chilombo (2020, Def Jam) B+(*) 

Aila Trio:

• Aila Trio (2018, Hoo-Ha) B+(**) 
• Shaped by Sea Waves (2022 [2023], Edgetone) B+(***) 

Cyrille Aimée:

• Cyrille Aimée and the Surreal Band (2008 [2015], Harmonic Reaction) B+(*) 
• It's a Good Day (2014, Mack Avenue) B+(*) 
• Let's Get Lost (2016, Mack Avenue) B+(*) 
• Live (2018, Mack Avenue) B+(**) 
• Move On: A Sondheim Adventure (2019, Mack Avenue) B 
• À Fleur De Peau (2018-23 [2024], Whirlwind) B+(**) 

Ainon: Drought (2020, We Jazz) B+(**) 

Laura Ainsworth: New Vintage (2017, Eclectus) B+(**) 

Air [jazz]:

• Air Song (1975 [2009], Why Not) B+(***) 
• Live Air (1976-77 [1980], Black Saint) B+(*) 
• Open Air Suit (1978, Novus) B+(**) 
• Montreux Suisse Air: Live at Montreux 1978 (1978, Arista Novus) B+(*) 
• Air Mail (1980 [1981], Black Saint) B+(**) 

Air [electronica]:

• Pocket Symphony (2007, Astralwerks) B+(*) 
• Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon) (2012, Astralwerks) A− 

Air Craft: Divergent Path (2021, Craftedair/Blujazz) B 

The Airport 77s: We Realize You Have a Choice (2022, Jem) B+(*) 

Aitch: Close to Home (2022, Capitol) B+(*) 

Tohru Aizawa: Tachibana Vol. 1 (1975 [2018], BBE) A− 

Jason Ajemian:

• /Tony Malaby/Rob Mazurek/Chad Taylor: A Way a Land of Life (2006 [2014], NoBusiness) B+(***) 
• Folklords (2012 [2014], Delmark) A− 

Nancy Ajram: Nancy 8 (2014, In2musica) A− 

Poppy Ajudha: The Power in Us (2022, Virgin) B+(*) 

Akala: Doublethink (2010, Illa State) B+(***) 

David Ake: Humanities (2017 [2018], Posi-Tone) B+(***) 

Akiko Hamilton Dechter: Equal Time (2018 [2019], Capri) B+(*) 

Ambrose Akinmusire:

• When the Heart Emerges Glistening (2010 [2011], Blue Note) B+(**) 
• The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (2014, Blue Note) B− 
• A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (2017, Blue Note, 2CD) B+(*) 
• Origami Harvest (2018, Blue Note) B+(*) 
• On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (2020, Blue Note) B+(**) 
• Beauty Is Enough (2023, Origami Harvest) B+(*)  Owl Song (2023, Nonesuch) B+(*) 

André Akinyele: Uniglo Boy (2020, Orange River) B+(**) 

Tetuzi Akiyama/Nicolas Field/Gregor Vidic: Interpersonal Subjectivities (2017 [2019], Astral Spirits) A− 

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band: Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) (1976, RCA) B+(***) 

Akmee:

• Neptun (2016 [2017], Nakama) B+(***) 
• Sacrum Profanum (2022, Nakama) B+(**) 

Akrobatik: Absolute Value (2008, Fat Beats) B+(*) 

Akron/Family: Love Is Simple (2007, Young God) B 

Aksak Maboul: Figures (2020, Crammed Discs) B+(**) 

Akusmi: Fleeting Future (2022, Tonal Union) B+(**) 

Rashied Al Akbar/Muhammad Ali/Earl Cross/Idris Ackamoor: Ascent of the Nether Creatures (1980 [2014], NoBusiness) B+(***) 

Al Bilali Soudan:

• Al Bilali Soudan (2012, Clermont Music) B+(**) 
• Tombouctou (2020, Clermont Music) A− 

Fatima Al Qadiri:

• Asiatisch (2014, Hyperdub) B+(**) 
• Shaneera (2017, Hyperdub, EP) B 
• Medieval Femme (2021, Hyperdub) B− 

Al-Qasar: Who Are We? (2022, Glitterbeat) B+(***) 

Alabama Shakes:

• Alabama Shakes (2011, Rough Trade, EP) B+(*) 
• Boys & Girls (2012, ATO) B+(**) 
• Sound & Color (2015, ATO) B+(*) 

Yemi Alade: King of Queens (2014, Effyzzie Music Group) B+(**) 

Lauren Alaina: Sitting Pretty on Top of the World (2021, Mercury Nashville) B− 

Juan Álamo & Marimjazzia: Ruta Panoramica (2016 [2019], Summit) B+(**) 

Alaska & Steel Tipped Dove: The Structural Dynamics of Flow (2023, Fused Arrow) B+(**) 

Alaska Thunderfuck: Anus (2015, Sidecar) A− 

Bob Albanese: Time Remembered (2012 [2015], Mayimba) B+(*) 

Albare:

• Only Human (2014 [2015], Alfi) B+(**) 
• Albare Plays Jobim (2019, Alfi) B+(**) 
• Albare Plays Jobim Vol. 2 (2020 [2021], Alfi) B+(*) 
• Beyond Belief (2023 [2024], AM) B+(*) 

Damon Albarn:

• Dr Dee (2012, Virgin) C+ 
• Everyday Robots (2014, Parlophone) B+(*) 
• The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows (2021, Transgressive) B+(*) 

Albatre: The Fall of the Damned (2018, Shhpuma) B 

Alessio Alberghini/Garrison Fewell: Inverso (2014 [2015], Floating Forest) B+(**) 

Carol Albert:

• Fly Away Butterfly (2017, Cahara) B+(**) 
• Stronger Now (2019 [2020], Cahara) B− 

Erlend Albertsen:

• Rødssal Neen Glassdør (2018, Dugnad Rec) B+(***) 
• Basspace: Name of the Wind (2024, Dugnad Rec) B+(**) 

The Alchemist:

• Chemical Warfare (2009, Koch) B+(**) 
• Russian Roulette (2012, Decon) B 
• /Oh No: Welcome to Los Santos (2015, Mass Appeal) B+(*) 

Alchemy Sound Project:

• Further Explorations (2014 [2016], ARC) B+(*) 
• Adventures in Time and Space (2016 [2018], ARC) B+(***) 
• Afrika Love (2018 [2021], ARC) B+(**) 

Susan Alcorn:

• Pedernal (2019 [2020], Relative Pitch) B+(**) 
• /Leila Bordreuil/Ingrid Laubrock: Bird Meets Wire (2018 [2021], Relative Pitch) B+(*) 
• /Patrick Holmes/Ryan Sawyer: From Union Pool (2022 [2023], Relative Pitch) B+(*) 
• /José Lencastre/Hernâni Faustino: Manifesto (2022 [2023], Clean Feed) B+(*) 
• /Septeto Del Sur: Canto (2023, Relative Pitch) B+(**) 

Melissa Aldana:

• Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio (2014, Concord Jazz) B+(*) 
• Back Home (2015 [2016], Wommusic) B+(***) 
• Visions (2019, Motéma) B+(**) 
• 12 Stars (2021 [2022], Blue Note) B+(***) 
• Echoes of the Inner Prophet (2024, Blue Note) B+(**) 

Jason Aldean:

• My Kinda Party (2010, Broken Bow) B− 
• Night Train (2012, Broken Bow) C+ 

Howard Alden: I Remember Django (2010, Arbors) B+(*) 

Alder Ego: III (2021, We Jazz) B+(**) 

Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet:

• Ciudad de Los Reyes (2012 [2013], Saponegro) B+(***) 
• 10 (2015, Zoho) B+(***) 
• Diablo en Brooklyn (2017, Saponegro) A− 
• Social Distancing (2020 [2021], Saponegro) B+(**) 

Rauw Alejandro: Playa Saturno (2023, Duars Entertainment/Sony Music Latin) B+(**) 

Ralph Alessi:

• /Fred Hersch: Only Many (2011-12 [2013], CAM Jazz) B 
• Quiver (2014 [2016], ECM) B+(***) 
• Imaginary Friends (2018 [2019], ECM) B+(*) 
• It's Always Now (2021 [2023], ECM) B+(***) 

Mats Åleklint/Per-Åke Holmlander/Paal Nilssen-Love: Fish & Steel (2018 [2019], PNL) B+(***) 

Thana Alexa: Ona (2020, self-released) B+(**) 

Ariel Alexander/Jon Bremen: Street Cries (2013 [2014], self-released, EP) B+(*) 

Arthur Alexander: Rainbow Road: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1972 [1994], Warner Archives) B+(*) 

Constantine Alexander: Firetet (2023, self-released) B+(**) 

Dee Alexander:

• Wondrous Fascination (2006-07 [2007], no label) C− 
• Songs My Mother Loves (2014, Blujazz) B+(**) 

Eric Alexander:

• Song of No Regrets (2017, High Note) B+(**) 
• Eric Alexander With Strings (2019, High Note) B+(*) 
• A New Beginning: Alto Saxophone With Strings (2021 [2023], HighNote) B+(**) 

Jessi Alexander: Decatur County Red (2020, Lost Creek Music) B+(*) 

Joey Alexander:

• My Favorite Things (2014 [2015], Motéma) B+(**) 
• Countdown (2016, Motéma) B+(*) 
• Joey. Monk. Live! (2017, Motéma) B 
• Eclipse (2017 [2018], Motéma) B+(**) 
• Origin (2022, Mack Avenue) B+(***) 

Jovan Alexandre: Collective Consciousness (2014 [2015], Xippi) B+(**) 

Roland Alexander: Pleasure Bent (1961 [1962], New Jazz) B+(**) 

Taru Alexander: Echoes of the Masters (2022, Sunnyside) B+(***) 

Alexisonfire: Otherness (2022, Dine Alone) -− 

Alfa Mist:

• Bring Backs (2021, Anti-) B+(*) 
• Variables (2023, Anti-) B+(*) 

Alfjors: Demons 1 (2015 [2017], Shhpuma, EP) B+(**) 

Jim Alfredson: Family Business (2021 [2023], Posi-Tone) B+(**) 

Neal Alger: Old Souls (2023 [2024], Calligram) B+(**) 

Algiers:

• Algiers (2015, Matador) B 
• Shook (2023, Matador) B+(*) 
• The Underside of Power (2017, Matador) B− 

Rahim AlHaj: Little Earth (2010, Ur Music, 2CD) B+(*) 

Christopher Ali Solidarity Quartet: To Those Who Walked Before Us (2018, Jazz Och Solidaritet) B+(**) 

Hasaan Ibn Ali:

• Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (1962-65 [2021], Omnivore, 2CD) B+(**) 
• Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965 [2021], Omnivore) A− 
• Reaching for the Stars: Trios/Duos/Solos (1962-65 [2023], Omnivore) B+(**) 

Rashied Ali: First Time Out: Live at Slugs 1967 (1967 [2020], Survival) B+(*) 

Wali Ali: To Be (2016-17 [2017], Mendicant) B+(**) 

Alias: Fever Dream (2011, Anticon) B+(**) 

Alice Phoebe Lou:

• Glow (2021, self-released) B+(*) 
• Child's Play (2021, self-released) B+(*) 

Aline's Etoile Magique: Eclipse (2023, Elastic) B+(**) 

Don Aliquo:

• /Michael Jefry Stevens: Live at Hinton Hall: The Innocence of Spring (2019, self-released) B+(**) 
• Growth (2022 [2023], Ear Up) B+(**) 

All Included: Satan in Plain Clothes (2014 [2015], Clean Feed) B+(***) 

Gary Allan:

• Get Off on the Pain (2010, MCA Nashville) B− 
• Set You Free (2013, MCA Nashville) B+(*) 
• Ruthless (2021, EMI Nashville) B+(*) 

Mike Allemana: Vonology (2018-21 [2022], Ears & Eyes) B+(*) 

Lina Allemano:

• 's Ohrenschmaus: Rats and Mice (2019 [2020], Lumo) B+(***) 
• Glimmer Glammer (2019 [2020], Lumo) B+(*) 
• Vegetables (2020 [2021], Lumo) B+(**) 
• /Axel Dörner: Aphelia (2019 [2023], Relative Pitch) B+(*) 
• Pipe Dream (2021 [2023], Lumo) B+(***) 
• Canons (2022 [2023], Lumo) B+(*) 
• /Uwe Oberg/Matthias Bauer/Rudi Fischerlehner: SOG (2022 [2023], Creative Sources) B+(***) 

Aimée Allen: Matter of Time (2013-14 [2015], Azuline) B+(**) 

Brandon Allen:

• The Gene Ammons Project (2016, RT Jazz) B+(**) 
• The Stanley Turrentine Project (2022, Ubuntu Music) B+(**) 

Deborah Allen: The Art of Dreaming (2022, BFD) B 

Eddie Allen:

• Jazzy Brass for the Holidays (2009, DBCD) B− 
• Push (2013 [2014], Edjallen Music) B+(**) 

Geri Allen:

• /Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Live at the Village Vanguard (Unissued Tracks) (1990 [2022], DIW) B+(**) 
• Flying Toward the Sound (2008 [2010], Motéma Music) B+(*) 
• Timeline: Live (2009 [2010], Motéma Music) B+(**) 

Geri Allen/Kurt Rosenwinkel:

• A Lovesome Thing (2012 [2023], Motéma Music) B+(**) 

Harry Allen:

• /Keith Ingham: The Intimacy of the Blues: A Celebration of Billy Strayhorn's Music, Volume Two (1993 [1994], Progressive) B+(***) 
• /Keith Ingham: Are You Having Any Fun? A Celebration of the Music of Sammy Fain (1994, Audiophile) B+(**) 
• Tenors Anyone? (1996 [1997], BMG Novus) A− 
• Here's to Zoot (1997, BMG Novus) B+(***) 
• /Randy Sandke: Turnstile: Music of the Trumpet Kings (1997 [2007], Nagel Heyer) B 
• Day Dream (1998, BMG Novus) A− 
• When I Grow Too Old to Dream (1999 [2000], BMG Novus) B+(***) 
• Once Upon a Summertime (1999, BMG Novus) B+(***) 
• Cole Porter Songbook (2001, BMG Novus) B+(***) 
• Dreamer (2001, BMG Novus) B 
• Love Songs Only! (1993-2001 [2013], Nagel Heyer) B 
• I Can See Forever (2002, BMG Novus) B+(*) 
• I Love Mancini (2002, BMG Novus) B 
• The Harry Allen Quartet (2003, self-released) A− 
• /Joe Cohn: The Harry Allen & Joe Cohn Quartet (2005, self-released) B+(**) 
• Plays Music From the Sound of Music (2011, Arbors) B+(***) 
• /Rossano Sportiello: Conversations: The Johnny Burke Songbook (2011, GAC) A− 
• /Rossano Sportiello/Joel Forbes: I Walk With Music: The Hoagy Carmichael Songbook (2013, GAC) B+(**) 
• For George, Cole and Duke (2015, Blue Heron) B+(***) 
• Flying Over Rio (2015, Arbors) A− 
• Something About Jobim (2015, Stunt) B+(***) 
• London Date (2015 [2016], Trio) B+(***) 
• /All Star New York Saxophone Band: The Candy Men (2016, Arbors) B+(*) 
• /Mike Renzi: Rhode Island Is Famous for You (2019, GAC) B+(***) 
• The Bloody Happy Song (2020, GAC) B+(**) 
• /Mike Karn: Milo's Illinois (2021, GAC) B+(**) 
• My Reverie by Special Request (2022, TYR1102) B+(**) 
• /Dave Blenkhorn: Play the Music of Phil Morrison (2022, GMAC) B+(*) 
• With Roses (2023, Triangle7) B 

JD Allen:

• In Search of J.D. Allen (1998 [1999]. Red) B+(***) 
• Pharoah's Children (2001 [2002], Criss Cross) B+(**) 
• Graffiti (2015, Savant) A− 
• Americana: Musings on Jazz and Blues (2016, Savant) A− 
• Radio Flyer (2017, Savant) B+(***) 
• Love Stone (2018, Savant) B+(**) 
• Barracoon (2019, Savant) A− 
• Toys/Die Dreaming (2020, Savant) A− 
• Queen City (2020 [2021], Savant) B+(*) 
• Americana Vol. 2 (2022, Savant) B+(**) 
• This (2023, Savant) B+(***) 

Kris Allen: Beloved (2015 [2016], Truth Revolution) B+(**) 

Lillian Allen: Revolutionary Tea Party (1986, Redwood) A− 

Lily Allen:

• Sheezus (2014, Warner Brothers/Regal) A 
• No Shame (2018, Parlophone) A− 

Lolly Allen: Coming Home (2016 [2019], OA2) B+(*) 

Terry Allen:

• & the Panhandle Mystery Band: Smokin the Dummy (1980 [2022], Paradise of Bachelors) B+(**) 
• & the Panhandle Mystery Band: Bloodlines (1983 [2022], Paradise of Bachelors) B+(***) 
• + Panhandle Mystery Band: Pedal Steel + Four Corners (1985-93 [2019], Paradise of Bachelors, 3CD) B+(*) 
• Bottom of the World (2013, Tia) B+(**) 
• & the Panhandle Mystery Band: Just Like Moby Dick (2020, Paradise of Bachelors) B+(***) 

Tony Allen:

• /Afrika 70: No Accomodation for Lagos (1979, Polydor) B+(**) 
• /Afrika 70: No Accomodation for Lagos/No Discrimination (1979 [2002], Evolver) B+(**) 
• /Hugh Masekela: Rejoice (2010 [2020], World Circuit) A− 
• Film of Life (2014, Jazz Village) B+(**) 
• A Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (2017, Blue Note, EP) B+(**) 
• The Source (2017, Blue Note) B+(*) 
• There Is No End (2020 [2021], Blue Note) B+(**) 

The Allergies: Promised Land (2021, Jalapeno) B+(***) 

Alliance [Sharel Cassity/Colleen Clark]: Alliance (2024, Shifting Paradigm) B+(**) 

Allie X: Girl With No Face (2024, Twin Music) B+(***) 

Ellen Allien: LISm (2011-12 [2013], Bpitch Control) B+(***) 

Amy Allison:

• No Frills Friend (2003, Diesel Only) A− 
• Everything and Nothing Too (2006, Cheater's World) B+(***) 
• Sheffield Streets (2009, Urban Myth) A− 

Ben Allison:

• Action-Refraction (2011, Palmetto) B+(***) 
• The Stars Look Very Different Today (2013, Sonic Camera) B+(*) 
• Layers of the City (2017, Sonic Camera) B+(**) 
• /Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Quiet Revolution (2015 [2018], Sonic Camera) B+(***) 
• Moments Inside (2021, Sonic Camera) B+(*) 
• Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (2022 [2024], Sonic Camera) B+(***) 

Mose Allison:

• The Word From Mose Allison (1964, Atlantic) A− 
• Mose Allison Sings (1957-59 [2006], Prestige) B+(***) 
• I'm Not Talkin': The Soul Stylings of Mose Allison 1957-1971 (1957-71 [2016], BGP) B+(***) 
• American Legend: Live in California (2006 [2015], Ibis) B+(*) 

Gregg Allman:

• One More Try: An Anthology (1973-88 [1997], Capricorn/Chronicles, 2CD) B+(**) 
• Low Country Blues (2011, Rounder) B+(*) 
• Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA (2014 [2015], Rounder) B+(***) 

Allman Brothers Band:

• Live at Fillmore East (1971, Capricorn) B 
• The Final Note: Painters Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, MD 10-17-71 (1971 [2020], Allman Brothers) B− 
• The Best of the Allman Brothers Band -- Live [20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection] (1971 [2007], Mercury/Chronicles) B+(***) 
• The Road Goes On Forever: A Collection of Their Greatest Recordings (1969-73 [1975], Capricorn) B+(***) 
• The Best of the Allman Brothers Band [20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection] (1969-79 [2000], Polydor) B+(***) 
• One Way Out: Live at the Beacon Theatre (2003 [2004], Sanctuary/Peach, 2CD) B+(***) 

Allo Darlin':

• Allo Darlin' (2010, Fortuna Pop) B+(***) 
• Europe (2012, Slumberland) A− 
• We Came From the Same Place (2014, Slumberland) A− 

Karrin Allyson:

• Imagina: Songs of Brasil (2007 [2008], Concord Jazz) B− 
• Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (2015, Motéma) B 
• Shoulder to Shoulder: Centennial Tribute to Women's Suffrage (2019, EOne Music) B+(***) 
• A Kiss for Brazil (2023 [2024], Origin) B+(**) 

Alma: Have U Seen Her? (2020, PME) B+(**) 

Fabian Almazan:

• Alcanza (2017, Biophilia) B− 
• This Land Abounds With Life (2018 [2019], Biophilia) B+(*) 

Gonçalo Almeida:

• /Martin van Duynhoven/Tobias Klein: Vibrate in Sympathy (2015, Clean Feed) B+(***) 
• /Rodrigo Amado/Marco Franco: The Attic (2015 [2017], NoBusiness) A− 
• /Martin van Duynhoven/Tobias Klein: Live at the Bimhuis (2017 [2019], Clean Feed) B+(***) 
• States of Restraint (2023 [2024], Clean Feed) B+(***) 

Livio Almeida:

• Action and Reaction (2014 [2016], self-released) B+(*) 

Alostmen: Kologo (2020 [2021], Strut) A− 

Wayne Alpern: Secular Rituals (2022, Henri Elkan) B+(**) 

Herb Alpert: /Lani Hall: Live: Anything Goes (2009, Concord) B 

Otim Alpha: Gulu City Anthems (2004-15 [2017], Nyege Nyege) B 

Alsarah Débruit: Aljawal (2013, Soundway) B 

Alt-J:

• An Awesome Wave (2012, Infectious) B+(*) 
• This Is All Yours (2014, Canvasback/Atlantic) B 
• The Dream (2022, Infectious Music) B 

Joe Alterman: Joe Alterman Plays Les McCann: Big Mo & Little Joe: (2023, Joe Alterman Music) B+(**) 

Altin Gün:

• Gece (2019, ATO) B+(**) 
• Yol (2021, ATO) B+(**) 
• Ask (2023, Glitterbeat) B+(*) 

Barry Altschul:

• Irina (1983, Soul Note) B+(***) 
• For Stu (1979 [1981], Soul Note) B+(**) 
• That's Nice (1985 [1986], Soul Note) B+(*) 
• /3Dom Factor: Tales of the Unforeseen (2014 [2015], TUM) A− 
• /3Dom Factor: Live in Krakow (2016 [2017], Not Two) A− 
• 3Dom Factor: Long Tall Sunshine (2021, Not Two) A− 
• /David Izenson/Perry Robinson: Stop Time: Live at Prince Street, 1978 (1978 [2023] NoBusiness) A− 

Altus: Mythos (2024, Biophilia) B+(***) 

Aluna:

• Renaissance (2020, Mad Decent) A− 
• Mycelium (2023, Mad Decent) A− 

AlunaGeorge: Body Music (2013, Island) B+(*) 

Béatrice Alunni/Marc Peillon: Dance With Me (2014 [2015], ITI) B+(*) 

Remi Álvarez/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten: First Duet Live (2010 [2012], JaZt Tapes) B+(*) 

Pedro Melo Alves:

• /Omniae Large Ensemble: Lumina (2020 [2021], Clean Feed) B+(*) 
• In Igma (2019 [2020], Clean Feed) B− 

John Alvey: Loft Glow (2022-23 [2024], Jazz Music City) B+(**) 

Dave Alvin:

• Blue Blvd. (1991, Hightone) B+(***) 
• Live From Austin TX (1999 [2007], New West) B+(**) 
• Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women (2008 [2009], Yep Roc) B+(**) 
• Eleven Eleven (2011, Yep Roc) A− 
• /Phil Alvin: Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy (2014, Yep Roc) A− 
• /Phil Alvin: Lost Time (2015, Yep Roc) B+(*) 
• /Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Downey to Lubbock (2018, Yep Roc) A− 
• From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings ([2020], New West) B+(***) 

Alvvays:

• Alvvays (2014, Polyvinyl) B+(*) 
• Antisocialites (2017, Polyvinyl) B+(**) 
• Blue Rev (2022, Polyvinyl) B+(**) 

Amaarae: The Angels You Don't Know (2020, Golden Child Entertainment) A− 

Amaarae:

• Fountain Baby (2023, Interscope) A− 

Rodrigo Amado:

• /Carlos Zíngaro/Ken Filiano: The Space Between (2002 [2003], Clean Feed) B+(**) 
• Wire Quartet (2011 [2014], Clean Feed) A− 
• /Peter Evans: The Freedom Principle (2013 [2014], NoBusiness) B+(**) 
• /Peter Evans: Live in Lisbon (2013 [2014], NoBusiness) B+(**) 
• This Is Our Language (2012 [2015], Not Two) A− 
• Desire & Freedom (2016, Not Two) A− 
• A History of Nothing (2017 [2018], Trost) A− 
• /Gonçalo Almeida/Onno Govaert [The Attic]: Summer Bummer (2018 [2019], NoBusiness) A− 
• /Chris Corsano: No Place to Fall (2014 [2019], Astral Spirits) A−  
• /Dirk Serries: Jazzblazzt (2018 [2019], Raw Tonk) B+(**)  Let the Free Be Men (2017 [2021], Trost) A− 
• /Alexander von Schlippenbach: The Field (2019 [2021], NoBusiness) A− 
• Northern Liberties: We Are Electric (2017 [2021], Not Two) A− 
• Refraction Solo: Live at Church of the Holy Ghost (2021 [2022], Trost) A− 
• /The Bridge: Beyond the Margins (2022 [2023], Trost) A 

Amadou & Mariam:

• Je Pense À Toi: The Best of Amadou & Mariam (1998-2002 [2005], Circular Moves/Universal Music Jazz) B+(***) 
• Remixes (2011, Nonesuch) B+(**) 
• Folila (2012, Nonesuch) A− 

Farida Amadou:

• /Pavel Tchikov: Mal De Terre (2020 [2021], Trouble in Mind) B+(*) 
• /Jonas Cambien/Dave Rempis: On the Blink (2022 [2023], Aerophonic) A− 

Amanar: Tumastin (2015 [2016], Sahel Sounds) B+(*) 

Gabriel Amargant: And Now for Something Completely Different (2014 [2015], Fresh Sound New Talent) A− 

Zoh Amba:

• O, Sun (2021 [2022], Tzadik) A− 
• Bhakti (2022, Mahakala Music) B+(***) 
• /Chris Corsano/Bill Orcutt: The Flower School (2023, Palilalia) B+(*) 
• O Life, O Light Vol. 2 (2021 [2023], 577) B+(***) 

Oren Ambarchi:

• Audience of One (2012, Touch) B+(***) 
• Sagittarian Domain (2012, Editions Mego) B+(***) 
• /Robin Fox: Connected (2012, Kranky) B+(*) 
• Quixotism (2014, Editions Mego) B+(**) 
• Hubris (2016, Editions Mego) A− 
• /Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin: Ghosted (2018 [2022], Drag City) A− 
• Shebang (2022, Drag City) B+(***) 
• /Johan Berthling/Andreas Werlin: Ghosted II (2024, Drag City) B+(***) 

Ambiance: Into a New Journey (1982 [2020], BBE) B+(**) 

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley:

• Simigwa (1975 [2018], Mr. Bongo) B+(***) 
• 11th Street, Sekondi (2019, Agogo) B+(**) 
• Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and Hi-Life Jazz (2022, Agogo) B 

Franco Ambrosetti:

• Long Waves (2019, Unit) B+(***) 
• Lost Within You (2020 [2021], Unit) B+(**) 
• Nora (2022, Enja) B+(*) 

John Ambrosini: Songs for You (2024, self-released) B 

Marsha Ambrosius:

• Late Nights & Early Mornings (2011, J) B− 
• Fvck & Love (2014, self-released, EP) B+(*) 

Roxana Amed:

• Ontology (2021, Sony Music Latin) B 
• Unánime (2022, Sony Music Latin) B+(***) 
• /Frank Carlberg: Los Trabajos Y Las Noches (2022 [2023], Sony Music Latin) B+(*) 
• Becoming Human (2024, Sony Music Latin) B+(***) 

Robby Ameen:

• Diluvio (2019 [2020], Origin) B+(*) 
• Live at the Poster Museum (2024, Origin) B+(**) 

Amen Dunes: Freedom (2018, Sacred Bones) B+(*) 

Scott Amendola: Fade to Orange (2014 [2015], Sazi) B+(*) 

Amendola vs. Blades: Greatest Hits (2015 [2016], Sazi) B+(**) 

American Aquarium:

• Things Change (2018, New West) B+(***) 
• Lamentations (2020, New West) B+(**) 

American Wrestlers: American Wrestlers (2014 [2015], Fat Possum) B 

Aminé:

• Limbo (2020, Republic) A− 
• TwoPointFive (2021, Republic/CLBN) B+(***) 

Sebastien Ammann:

• Color Wheel (2016 [2017], Skirl) A− 
• Resilience (2018 [2020], Skirl) B+(**) 

Ammar 808: Global Control/Invisible Invasion (2019 [2020], Glitterbeat) B+(**) 

Albert Ammons:

• Boogie Woogie Stomp (1938-39 [1998], Delmark) B+(***) 
• /Meade Lux Lewis: The First Day (1939 [1992], Blue Note) B+(***) 

Gene Ammons:

• The Happy Blues (1956 [1991], Prestige/OJC) B+(***) 
• Jammin' With Gene (1956 [1986], Prestige/OJC) B+(**) 
• Funky (1957 [1986], Prestige/OJC) B+(*) 
• The Big Sound (1958 [1991], Prestige/OJC) B+(*) 
• Groove Blues (1958 [1992], Prestige/OJC) B+(**) 
• /Sonny Stitt: Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead From Chicago August 1961 (1961 [1992], Verve) B+(***) 
• The Gene Ammons Story: Gentle Jug (1961-62 [1992], Prestige) B+(**) 
• /Sonny Stitt: Boss Tenors in Orbit! (1962 [2002], Verve) A− 
• Angel Eyes (1960-62 [1998], Prestige/OJC) B+(**)  The Boss Is Back! (1969 [1993], Prestige) B+(**) 
• /Dexter Gordon: The Chase! (1970 [1996], Prestige) A− 
• Gentle Jug Volume 2 (1960-71 [1995], Prestige) B+(***) 

Lila Ammons: Genealogy (2019 [2020], Lila Ammons Music) B+(**) 

Amnesia Scanner: Another Life (2018, Pan) B+(*) 

Chino Amobi: Paradiso (2017, Non) B 

Amon Düül II: Phallus Dei (1969 [2006], Inside Out/Revisited) B+(***) 

Amok Amor: We Know Not What We Do (2016 [2017], Intakt) A− 

Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (1991, Atlantic) B 

Emil Amos: Zone Black (2023, Drag City) B+(*) 

AMP Trio: Three (2016 [2017], self-released) B 

Franck Amsallem: Gotham Goodbye (2018 [2019], Jazz & People) B+(***) 

Amu: Weave (2018, Libra, CD+DVD) B+(*) 

Curtis Amy:

• /Paul Bryant: The Blues Message (1960, Pacific Jazz) B+(***) 
• /Paul Bryant: Meetin' Here (1961, Pacific Jazz) B+(**) 
• /Paul Bryant: Meetin' Here (1961-62 [2013], Fresh Sound) B+(**) 
• /Frank Butler: Groovin' Blue (1961, Pacific Jazz) B+(**) 
• Way Down (1962, Pacific Jazz) B+(**) 
• Tippin' On Through (1962, Pacific Jazz) B+(*) 
• Groovin' Blue/Way Down/Tippin' On Through (1961-62 [2013], Fresh Sound, 2CD) B+(**) 
• Peace for Love (1994, Fresh Sound) B+(***) 

Amyl and the Sniffers:

• Amyl and the Sniffers (2019, ATO) A− 
• Comfort to Me (2021, Rough Trade) A− 

An Horse:

• Rearrange Beds (2009, Mom & Pop) A− 
• Walls (2011, Mom & Pop) B+(***) 

Anáhuac:

• Y_y (2017 [2018], Astral Spirits) B 
• Ascua (2018 [2020], Astral Spirits) B+(*) 

Suzi Analogue: Infinite Zonez (2016-19 [2022], Disciples) B+(*) 

The Anchoress: The Art of Losing (2021, Kscope) B+(***) 

Ancient Methods: Turn Ice Realities Into Fire Dreams (2015, Hands, EP) B+(*) 

. . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: Tao of the Dead (2011, Superball Music) B 

Arild Andersen:

• /Tommy Smith/Paolo Vinaccia: Mira (2012 [2014], ECM) B+(***) 
• In-House Science (2016 [2018], ECM) A− 
• Affirmation (2021 [2022], ECM) A− 

Matt Andersen: The Big Bottle of Joy (2023, Sonic) B+(**) 

Jakob Anderskov: Mysteries (2017 [2018], ILK) B+(**) 

Bob Anderson: Live! (2023 [2024], Jazz Hang) B+(*) 

Cat Anderson:

• Cat's in the Alley (1958-59 [2011], Fresh Sound) B+(***) 
• Cat Speaks [The Defnitive Black & Blue Sessions] (1977 [2003], Black & Blue) B+(***) 
• Plays WC Handy [The Defnitive Black & Blue Sessions] (1978 [1997], Black & Blue) A− 

Chad Anderson: Mellifluous Excursions Vol. 1: Where You Been (2022, Mahakala Music) B+(***) 

Chris Anderson: Inverted Image/My Romance (1960-61 [2012], Fresh Sound) A− 

Dave Anderson:

• Blue Innuendo (2015 [2016], Label 1) B+(*) 
• Melting Pot (2018, Label1) B+(*) 

Fred Anderson:

• Dark Day + Live in Verona (1979 [2001], Atavistic Unheard Music Series, 2CD) A− 
• The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 1 (1980 [2000], Atavistic Unheard Music Series) B+(***) 
• The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 2 (1980 [2023], Corbett vs. Dempsey) B+(***) 
• Live Volume V (1994 [2019], FPE) B+(***) 
• On the Run: Live at the Velvet Lounge (2000 [2001], Delmark) B+(***) 
• Staying in the Game (2008 [2009], Engine) B+(**) 

Jay Anderson: Deepscape (2018 [2019], SteepleChase) B+(**) 

John Anderson:

• Easy Money (2007, Warner Bros.) B+(*) 
• Bigger Hands (2009, Country Crossing) A− 
• Years (2020, Easy Eye Sound) B+(**) 

Laurie Anderson:

• Homeland (2010, Nonesuch) B+(***) 
• Heart of a Dog (2015, Nonesuch) A− 
• /Kronos Quartet: Landfall (2018, Nonesuch) A− 
• /Tenzin Choegyal/Jesse Paris Smith: Songs From the Bardo (2019, Smithsonian Folkways) B+(***) 

Ray Anderson:

• /Han Bennink/Christy Doran: A B D (1994-95 [2011], Hatology) B+(**) 
• /Mark Helias/Gerry Hemingway: Oahspe (1978 [1979], Auricle) B+(***) 
• Where Home Is (1998 [1999], Enja) A− 
• Love Notes (2009 [2011], Raybone) B+(*) 
• /Han Bennink/Frank Möbus/Ernst Glerum/Paul Van Kemenade: Who Is in Charge? (2010 [2011], Kemo) B+(***) 
• Sweet Chicago Suite (2010 [2012], Intuition) B+(***) 
• Being the Point (2015, Intuition) A− 
• /Han Bennink/Ernst Glerum/Paul Van Kemenade: Checking Out (2016, Kemo) B+(***) 
• /Bobby Previte: Double Trouble (2023, Double Moon) B+(***) 
• Marching On: Solo Trombone (2022, Double Moon) B+(**) 

Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now (2018 [2019], Intakt) B− 

Ruth Anderson/Annea Lockwood: Tête-À-Tête (1974-2020 [2023], Ergot) B+(*) 

Stephen Anderson/360° Jazz Initiative: Distracted Society (2015, Summit) B+(**) 

Thomas Anderson:

• The Moon in Transit (Four-Track Demos, 1996-2009) (1996-2009 [2012], Out There) A− 
• On Becoming Human: Four-Track Love Songs (2013, Out There) A− 
• Heaven (2016, Out There) B+(***) 
• My Songs Are the House I Live In (2017, Out There) A− 
• Analog Summer (Four-Tracks and Then Some) (2020, Out There) B+(**) 
• The Debris Field: Lo-Fi Flotsam and Ragged Recriminations, 2000-2021 (2000-21 [2023], Out There) A− 
• Ladies and Germs (2021, Out There) A− 
• Hello, I'm From the Future (2024, Out There) A− 

Anderson .Paak:

• Venice (2014, OBE/Steel Wool) B+(**) 
• Malibu (2016, OBE/Steel Wool/ArtClub/Empire) A− 
• Oxnard (2018, Aftermath/12 Tone Music) A− 
• Ventura (2019, Aftermath/12 Tone Music) B+(***) 

André 3000: New Blue Sun (2023, Epic) B 

Brian Andres:

• & the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel: This Could Be That (2015 [2016], Bacalao) B+(*) 
• Trio Latino: Mayan Suite (2019 [2020], Bacalao) B+(*) 

Ingrid Andress: Good Person (2022, Warner Music Nashville/Atlantic) B+(*) 

Courtney Marie Andrews:

• Honest Life (2016, Mama Bird) B+(*) 
• May Your Kindness Remain (2018, Fat Possum/Mama Bird) B+(*) 
• Old Flowers (2020, Fat Possum) B+(*) 
• Loose Future (2022, Fat Possum) B+(**) 

Android Trio: Other Worlds (2021, Cuneiform) C+ 

Bob Andy:

• Bob Andy's Songbook (1966-68 [1970], Studio One) A− 
• Retrospective (1970-75 [1986], Heartbeat) B 

Horace Andy:

• Skylarking (1972, Studio One) B+(**) 
• In the Light (1977, Hungry Town) B+(***) 
• Midnight Rocker (2022, On-U Sound) B+(*) 
• Midnight Scorchers (2022, On-U Sound) B+(***) 

Anemone: A Wing Dissolved in Light (2013 [2017], NoBusiness) B+(***) 

Dennis Angel: On Track (2014 [2015], Timeless Grooves) B− 

Rebecca Angel:

• Santa Baby (2019, Timeless Grooves, 1) B+(***) 
• Just the Two of Us (2021, Timeless Grooves) B+(*) 

Angel-Ho:

• Death Becomes Her (2019, Hyperdub) B+(*) 
• Alla Prima (2020, Hyperdub, EP) B 

Gretje Angell: In Any Key (2018 [2019], Grevlinto) B+(**) 

Miguel Ângelo: Dança Dos Desastrados (2021, self-released) B+(**) 

Angles: A Muted Reality (2021 [2022], Clean Feed) B+(***) 

Angles 3: Parede (2016 [2018], Clean Feed) A− 

Angles 9:

• Injuries (2013 [2014], Clean Feed) B+(***) 
• Disappeared Behind the Sun (2016 [2017], Clean Feed) A−  
• Beyond Us (2018 [2019], Clean Feed) B+(***) 

Paolo Angeli/Robert Burke/Mirko Guerrini/Jordan Murray/Stephen Magnusson/Stefano Tamborrino: Sardinian Liturgy (2015 [2016], Jazzhead) B+(*) 

Angry Angles: Angry Angles (2005 [2016], Goner) B+(**) 

Anguish: Anguish (2018, RareNoise) B+(**) 

Jason Anick:

• Tipping Point (2013 [2014], Magic Fiddle Music) B+(*) 
• /Jason Yeager: United (2016 [2017], Inner Circle Music) B+(**) 

Anika:

• Anika (2010, Stones Throw) B+(**) 
• Change (2021, Sacred Bones) B+(**) 

Animal Collective:

• Sung Tongs (2004, Fat Cat) C+ 
• Feels (2005, Fat Cat) B+(*) 
• Strawberry Jam (2007, Domino) B+(*) 
• Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009, Domino) B+(*) 
• Centipede Hz (2012, Domino) B− 
• Painting With (2016, Domino) B+(*) 
• Time Skiffs (2022, Sub Pop) B 

Animation: Machine Language (2014 [2015], Rare Noise) B 

Anitta:

• Versions of Me (2022, Warner) B+(***) 
• Funk Generation: A Favela Love Story (2023, Republic, EP) B+(**) 
• Funk Generation (2024, Republic) B+(***) 

Alhousseini Anivolla: Anewal/The Walking Man (2012, Riverboat) B+(**) 

Brittany Anjou: Enamigo Reciprokataj (2015-16 [2019], Origin) B+(**) 

Lotte Anker:

• /Craig Taborn/Gerald Cleaver: Triptych (2003 [2005], Leo) B+(***) 
• /Craig Taborn/Gerald Cleaver: Live at the Loft (2005 [2009], ILK Music) B+(***) 
• /Sylvie Courvoisier/Ikue Mori: Alien Huddle (2006 [2009], Intakt) B+(**) 
• /Craig Taborn/Gerald Cleaver: Floating Islands (2008 [2009], ILK Music) A− 
• /Fred Frith: Edge of the Light (2010 [2015], Intakt) B+(*) 
• What River Is This (2012 [2014], ILK Music) B+(*) 
• /Jakob Riis: Squid Police (2014, Konvoj) B+(*) 
• /Pat Thomas/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Ståle Liavik Solberg: His Flight's at Ten (2016 [2018], Iluso) B+(**) 

Michaela Anne: Desert Dove (2019, Yep Roc) B+(*) 

Annie:

• Don't Stop (2009, Smalltown Supersound) B+(**) 
• Dark Hearts (2020, Annie Melody) B+(**) 

Annie Girl and the Flight: Bodies (2015, United for Opportunity, EP) B+(**) 

Sam Anning: Earthen (2024, Earshift Music) B+(***) 

The Ano Nobo Quartet: The Strings of São Domingos (2021 [2022], Ostinato) B+(*) 

Anohni:

• Hopelessness (2016, Secretly Canadian) B+(*) 

Anohni and the Johnsons:

• My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (2023, Secretly Canadian) B+(**) 

Bill Anschell:

• Rumbler (2016 [2017], Origin) B+(**) 
• Shifting Standards (2017 [2018], Origin) B+(***) 
• Improbable Solutions (2020-23 [2024], Origin) B+(*) 

Tucker Antell: Grime Scene (2017 [2018], OA2) B+(**) 

Anteloper:

• Kudu (2017 [2018], International Anthem) B+(**) 
• Tour Beats Vol. 1 (2020, International Anthem, EP) B+(*) 
• Pink Dolphins (2022, International Anthem) B+(**) 

Antibalas:

• Antibalas (2012, Daptone) A− 
• Fu Chronicles (2020, Daptone) B+(***) 

Antietam: Victory Park (2004, Carrot Top) B 

The Antlers:

• Hospice (2007-08 [2009], Frenchkiss) B+(**) 
• Burst Apart (2011, Frenchkiss) B+(***) 

Stacy Antonel: Always the Outsider (2022, self-released) B+(*) 

Laurie Antonioli:

• Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light: The Music of Joni Mitchell (2013 [2014], Origin) B 
• /Richie Beirach: Varuna (2006-15 [2015], Origin) B− 
• The Constant Passage of Time (2018 [2019], Origin) B+(**) 

Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights (2010, Secretly Canadian) B− 

Alex Anwandter: El Diablo En El Cuerpo (2023, 5 AM) B+(**) 

Anycia: Princess Pop That (2024, United Masters) B+(***) 

Apathy: Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2 (2024, Dirty Version) B+(**) 

Tamar Aphek: All Bets Are Off (2021, Kill Rock Stars) B+(**) 

Aphex Twin:

• Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992, R&S) B+(***) 
• I Care Because You Do (1990-94 [1995], Sire) A− 
• Richard D. James Album (1996, Elektra) B+(***) 
• Syro (2014, Warp) A− 
• Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments, Pt. 2 (2015, Warp, EP) B+(**) 
• Cheetah (2016, Warp, EP) B+(*) 
• Collapse EP (2018, Warp, EP) B+(***) 
• Blackbox Life Recorder 21f/In a Room7 F760 (2023, Warp, EP) B+(*) 

Charlie Apicella & Iron City:

• Groove Machine (2018 [2019], OA2) B+(*) 
• Meet The Griots Speak: Destiny Calling (2022 [2023], OA2) B+(***) 
• Meet the Griots Speak: Call to Action/Call to Prayer (2022 [2024], OA2) B+(**) 

Erlend Apneseth: Fragmentarium (2019 [2020], Hubro) B+(***) 

Omar Apollo: Ivory (2022, Warner) B+(**) 

Apparat:

• Walls (2006 [2007], Shitkatapult Strike) B+(***) 
• The Devil's Walk (2011, Mute) B 

Fiona Apple:

• The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012, Clean Slate/Epic) A− 
• Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020, Epic) A−  

The Apples in Stereo:

• Tone Soul Evolution (1997, SpinArt) A− 
• Electronic Projects for Musicians (1995-2007 [2008], Yep Roc) B+(***) 
• #1 Hits Explosion (1995-2007 [2009], Yep Roc) A− 
• Travellers in Space and Time (2008-10 [2010], Yep Roc) A− 

AraabMUZIK: Electronic Dream (2011, Duke Productions) B+(**) 

Arab Strap: As Days Get Dark (2021, Rock Action) B+(**) 

Arashi [Akira Sakata/Johan Berthling/Paal Nilssen-Love]: Jikan (2017 [2019], PNL) B+(**) 

Florian Arbenz:

• /Greg Osby: Reflections of the Eternal Line (2020, Hammer) B+(***) 
• /Hermon Mehari/Nelson Veras: Conversation #1: Condensed (2021, Hammer) A− 
• Conversation #2 & #3 (2020 [2021], Hammer) B+(***) 
• /Maikel Vistel/François Moutin: Conversation #4: Vulcanized (2021, Hammer) B+(***) 
• /João Barradas/Tineke Postma/Rafael Jerjen: Conversation #5: Elemental (2022, Hammer) B+(***) 
• Conversation #6 & #7 (2021 [2022], Hammer) B+(***) 
• /Jorge Vistel/Wolfgang Puschnig/Oren Marshall/Michael Arbenz: Conversation #8: Ablaze (2022, Hammer) B+(***) 
• /Greg Osby/Arno Krijger: Conversation #9: Targeted (2023, Hammer) B+(***) 
• Conversation #10: Inland (2023, Hammer) B+(**) 
• Conversation #10 & #11: ON! (2023 [2024], Hammer) B+(**) 

Neil Ardley:

• & the New Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Calendar: Olympic Studios '66 (1966 [2020], Jazz in Britain, EP) B+(*) 
• Kaleidoscope of Rainbows: QEH, 20th Oct 75 (1975 [2021], Jazz in Britain, 2CD) A− 

Arbor Labor Union: New Petal Instants (2020, Arrowhawk) B+(**) 

Arbouretum: The Gathering (2011, Thrill Jockey) B 

Khaira Arby:

• Timbuktu Tarab (2010, Clermont Music) B+(***) 
• Live in New York 2010 (2010 [2021], Clermont Music) A− 
• Tchini Tchini (2012, Clermont Music, EP) B+(***) 
• Gossip (2015, Clermont Music) B+(***) 

Arca:

• Xen (2014, Mute) B 
• Mutant (2015, Mute) A− 
• Entrañas (2016, self-released, EP) B+(*) 
• Arca (2017, XL) B 
• @@@@@ (2020, XL) B+(*) 
• Kick I (2020, XL) B+(*) 
• Kick II (2021, XL) B+(*) 
• Kick III (2021, XL) B 
• Kick IIII (2021, XL) B 
• Kick IIIII (2021, XL) B 

Arcade Fire:

• The Suburbs (2010, Merge) A− 
• Reflektor (2013, Merge, 2CD) A− 
• Everything Now (2017, Columbia) A− 
• We (2022, Columbia) B+(***) 

Amber Arcades:

• Fading Lines (2016, Heavenly) B+(*) 
• Barefoot on Diamond Road (2023, Fire) B+(*) 

Arcana: The Last Wave (1995 [1996], DIW) B+(***) 

Vicente Archer: Short Stories (2022 [2023], Cellar) B+(**) 

Archers of Loaf:

• Archers of Loaf Vs. the Greatest of All Time (1994, Alias, EP) B+(**) 
• The Speed of Cattle (1992-94 [1996], Alias) B+(*) 
• Vitus Tinnitus (1997, Alias, EP) B+(**) 
• White Trash Heroes (1998 [2012], Merge) B+(**) 
• Reason in Decline (2022, Merge) B+(*) 

Architecture in Helsinki: Moment Bends (2011, V2) B+(***) 

Nia Archives:

• Forbidden Feelingz (2022, Hijinxx, EP) B+(**) 
• Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall (2023, Island, EP) B+(*) 
• Silence Is Loud (2024, Hijinxx/Island) A− 

Archivist & Fugal: Undertow (2018, BleeD, EP) B+(**) 

The Arcs: Yours, Dreamily (2015, Nonesuch) B 

Arctic Monkeys:

• Humbug (2009, Domino) B 
• Suck It and See (2011, Domino) B− 
• AM (2013, Domino) B− 
• Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018, Domino) C+ 
• The Car (2022, Domino) B− 

Roo Arcus: Tumbleweed (2020, Social Family) B+(*) 

Ethan Ardelli: The Island of Form (2018, self-released) B+(***) 

Amédé Ardoin: The Roots of Zydeco: I'm Never Comin' Back (1930-34 [1995], Arhoolie) A− 

Harrison Argatoff: Toronto Streets Tour (2019 [2020], self-released) B+(*) 

Gene Argel: Luminescent (2014 [2015], Origin) B+(**) 

Darcy James Argue:

• Infernal Machines (2008 [2009], New Amsterdam) B+(***) 
• Brooklyn Babylon (2012 [2013], New Amsterdam) B+(**) 
• Real Enemies (2016, New Amsterdam) B+(**) 
• Dynamic Maximum Tension (2023, Nonesuch) B+(***) 

Julian Arguëlles:

• Escapade (1999, Provocateur) B+(***) 
• Partita (2005 [2006], Basho) B+(***) 

Julian Argüelles:

• Let It Be Told (2012 [2015], Basho) B+(***) 
• Tetra (2014 [2015], Whirlwind) B+(***) 
• Tonadas (2017 [2018], Edition) B+(**) 

Riddy Arman: Riddy Arman (2021, La Honda) B+(***) 

Armand Hammer:

• Paraffin (2018, Backwoodz Studioz) B+(**) 
• Shrines (2020, Backwoodz Studioz) B+(***) 
• /The Alchemist: Haram (2021, Backwoodz Studioz) B+(**) 
• We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (2023, Fat Possum) B+(***) 

The Armed: Ultrapop (2021, Sargent House) B 

Joe Armon-Jones: Turn to Clear View (2019, Brownswood) B 

Jon Armstrong: Reabsorb (2020, Orenda) B+(**) 

JoVia Armstrong & Eunoia Society:

• The Antidote Suite (2022, Black Earth Music) B+(**) 
• Inception (2021 [2023], Black Earth Music) B 

Louis Armstrong:

• Satchmo at Symphony Hall [65th Anniversary]: The Complete Performances (1947 [2012], Hip-O Select, 2CD) A− 
• The Standard Oil Sessions (1950 [2017], Dot Time) B+(**) 
• Satchmo at Pasadena (1951 [2009], Verve) A− 
• Live in Europe (1948-52 [2019], Dot Time) B+(**) 
• Satchmo Serenades (1949-53 [2000], Verve) B+(**) 
• New Orleans Nights (1950-54 [2008], Verve) A− 
• Ambassador Satch (1955 [2000], Columbia/Legacy) A− 
• From the Big Band to the All Stars (1946-1956) (1932-56 [1992], RCA, 2CD) A− 
• Louis Under the Stars (1957 [1958], Verve) B+(*) 
• I've Got the World on a String (1957 [1960], Verve) B 
• /Oscar Peterson: Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957, Verve) B+(**) 
• Pops Is Tops: The Complete Verve Studio Albums and More (1957 [2018], Verve, 4CD) B 
• The Nightclubs (1950-58 [2017], Dot Time) B+(***) 
• The Complete Newport 1956 & 1958 Recordings (1956-58 [2019], Legacy) A− 
• Louis and the Good Book (1958 [2001], Verve) B 
• Live at the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival (1958 [2007], MJF) B+(**) 
• /Duke Ellington: The Great Summit: The Master Takes (1961 [2000], Roulette) A 
• Sparks, Nevada 1964! (1964 [2018], Dot Time) A− 
• & Friends: What a Wonderful Christmas (1950-66 [1997], Hip-O) B+(***) 
• 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Louis Armstrong (1949-67 [1999], MCA) A 
• Louis Armstrong and His Friends (1970, Flying Dutchman) B+(*) 
• Fleischmann's Yeast Show & Louis' Home-Recorded Tapes (1937-70 [2009], Jazz Heritage Society, 2CD) B+(***) 
• 'Country & Western' (1970, Avco Embassy) B− 
• Louis in London (1968 [2024], Verve) A− 

Jeff Arnal/Curt Cloninger: Drum Major Instinct (2021 [2022], Mahakala Music) B+(***) 

Billy Boy Arnold/Jimmy McCracklin/Charlie Musselwhite/Christian Rannenberg With Keith Dunn/Henry Townsend with Ben Corritore: The Walter Davis Project (2013, Electro-Fi) B+(***) 

Daymé Arocena:

• Sonocardiogram (2019, Brownswood) B 
• Alkemi (2024, Brownswood) B+(*) 

Arrested Development: Bullets in the Chamber (2024, Vagabond Productions) B+(*) 

Lynne Arriale:

• Give Us These Days (2017 [2018], Challenge) B+(*) 
• The Lights Are Always On (2021 [2022], Challenge) B+(**) 
• Being Human (2023 [2024], Challenge) B+(**) 

Steve Arrington:

• Dancin' in the Key of Life (1985, Atlantic) B+(***) 
• Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions (2019-20 [2020], Stones Throw) B+(*) 

Arrow:

• Soca Savage (1984, Arrow) B+(*) 
• Knock Dem Dead (1987 [1988], Mango) B+(**) 

Art Brut:

• It's a Bit Complicated (2007, Downtown) B+(**) 
• Art Brut vs Satan (2009, Downtown) A− 
• Brilliant! Tragic! (2011, Cooking Vinyl) B+(***) 
• Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out! (2018, Alcopop!) B+(**) 

Art Ensemble of Chicago:

• A Jackson in Your House/Message to Our Folks/Reese and the Smooth Ones (1969 [2012], Snapper, 2CD) B+(***) 
• Live in Paris (1969 [2003], Charly, 2CD) B+(**) 
• Live Part 1 (1969 [1975], BYG) B+(**) 
• Live Part 2 (1969 [1975], BYG) B+(**) 
• Tutankhamun (1969, Black Lion) B+(*) 
• Bap-Tizum (1972 [1973], Atlantic) B 
• Chi Congo (1972, Decca) B+(**) 
• Nice Guys (1978 [1979], ECM) B+(***) 
• Live in Berlin (1979 [1998], West Wind, 2CD) B+(*) 
• Full Force (1980, ECM) B+(***) 
• The Third Decade (1984 [1985], ECM) B+(**) 
• We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2018 [2019], Pi, 2CD) B+(**) 
• The Meeting (2003, Pi) B+(*) 
• Sirius Calling (2003 [2004], Pi) B+(*) 
• The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (2020 [2023], RogueArt, 2CD) A− 

Artchipel Orchestra With Jonathan Coe: Suspended Moment: The Music of Jonathan Coe (2021 [2023], British Progressive Jazz) B+(**) 

Artemis:

• Artemis (2020, Blue Note) B+(**) 
• In Real Time (2023, Blue Note) B+(*) 

Kwesi Arthur: Son of Jacob (2022, Ground Up Chale) B+(**) 

Arthur's Landing: Arthur's Landing (2011, Strut) B+(**) 

Artifacts [Tomeka Reid/Nicole Mitchell/Mike Reed]: . . . And Then There's This (2021, Astral Spirits) A− 

Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985, Manhattan) A− 

Christian Artmann:

• Fields of Pannonia (2014 [2015], self-released) B+(*) 
• The Middle of Life (2021-22 [2023], Sunnyside) B 

Artvark Saxophone Quartet: Truffles (2010, Challenge) B+(**) 

As Is Featuring Alan & Stacey Schulman: Here's to Life (2017 [2018], self-released) B 

Takeshi Asai: French Trio Vol. 2 (2014 [2015], De Trois Cités) B+(**) 

Asake:

• Mr. Money With the Vibe (2022, YBNL Nation/Empire) B+(***) 
• Work of Art (2023, YBNL Nation) B+(**) 

ASAP Ferg: Always Strive and Prosper (2016, Polo Grounds/RCA) B+(**) 

ASAP Rocky:

• LiveLoveASAP (2011, RCA/Polo Grounds Music) B+(***) 
• Long. Live. ASAP (2013, Polo Grounds/RCA) B+(**) 
• At.Long.Last.ASAP (2015, Polo Grounds/RCA) B+(**) 

Ashbury Stabbins Duo: Fire Without Bricks (1976 [2021], Corbett vs. Dempsey) B+(*) 

Dorothy Ashby:

• The Jazz Harpist (1957, Regent) B+(**) 
• /Frank Wess: Hip Harp (1958, Prestige) B 
• /Frank Wess: In a Minor Groove (1958, New Jazz) B 
• Soft Winds: The Swinging Harp of Dorothy Ashby (1961, Jazzland) B 
• Dorothy Ashby (1962, Argo) B+(**) 
• The Jazz Harpist (1957-62 [2012], Fresh Sound, 3CD) B+(*) 
• The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (1965, Atlantic) B+(*) 
• With Strings Attached (1957-1965) (1957-65 [2023], New Land) B+(*) 
• Afro-Harping (1968, Cadet) B+(*) 
• Dorothy's Harp (1969, Cadet) B− 
• The Rubáiyát of Dorothy Ashby (1969-70 [1970], Cadet) B 

Byron Asher:

• Byron Asher's Skrontch Music (2018 [2019], Sinking City) B+(**) 
• Skrontch Music: Lord, When You Send the Rain (2022 [2024], Sinking City) B+(**) 

Ehud Asherie:

• Shuffle Along (2015 [2016], Blue Heron) B+(***) 
• Wild Man Blues (2018 [2019], Capri) B+(**) 

Ashford & Simpson:

• So So Satisfied (1977, Warner Brothers) B+(***) 
• Send It (1977, Warner Brothers) B+(**) 
• Stay Free (1979, Warner Brothers) B+(*) 
• Solid (1984, Capitol) B+(*) 

Ashnikko: Demidevil (2021, Parlophone, EP) B+(**) 

Dave Askren/Jeff Benedict: Denver Sessions (2022 [2023], Tapestry) B+(**) 

Asleep at the Wheel:

• Comin' Right at Ya (1973, United Artists) A− 
• Asleep at the Wheel (1974, Columbia) B+(**) 
• Texas Gold (1975, Capitol) B+(**) 
• Wheelin' and Dealin' (1976, Capitol) B+(*) 
• The Wheel (1977, Capitol) B+(***) 
• Collision Course (1978, Capitol) B 
• Western Standard Time (1988, Columbia) B+(*) 
• Live From Austin TX (1992 [2006], New West) B+(*) 
• 20 Greatest Hits (1972-2003 [2003], Capitol) B+(**) 
• /Leon Rausch: It's a Good Day (2010, Bismeaux) B+(***) 
• Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (2015, Bismeaux) A− 
• New Routes (2018, Bismeaux) B+(*) 
• Half a Hundred Years (2021, Home) A− 

Svend Asmussen: Makin' Whoopee! . . . and Music! (2009, Arbors) B 

A.S.O.: A.S.O. (2023, Low Lying) A− 

Clarice Assad: Imaginarium (2014, Adventure Music) B− 

Hashem Assadullahi: Strange Neighbor (2009, 8Bells) B+(**) 

Assiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff: Magg Tekki (2023, Mississippi) B+(*) 

Nanny Assis: Rovanio: The Music of Nanny Assis (2023, In + Out) B+(**) 

The Association: And Then . . . Along Comes the Association (1966, Valiant) B− 

Fred Astaire:

• The Astaire Story (1952 [2017], Verve) B+(***) 
• Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings (1952 [1994], Verve) B+(***) 

Mulatu Astatke:

• Mulatu of Ethiopia (1972 [2017], Strut) B+(***) 
• Éthiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz and Musique Instrumentale (1969-74 [2004], Buda Musique) A− 
• /The Heliocentrics: Inspiration Information, Vol. 3 (2009, Strut) A− 
• Mulatu Steps Ahead (2010, Strut) B+(**) 
• Skeches of Ethiopia (2013, Jazz Village) A− 
• /Black Jesus Experience: To Know Without Knowing (2020, Agogo) B+(***) 

Astronautalis: This Is Our Science (2011, Fake Four) B+(*) 

Asylum Street Spankers:

• Spanker Madness (2000, Spanks-a-Lot) A− 
• Mercurial (2004, Yellow Dog) B+(***) 
• What? And Give Up Show Biz? (2008, Yellow Dog, 2CD) B+(***) 
• The Last Laugh (2014, Yellow Dog) A− 

Ata Kak: Obaa Sima (1994 [2015], Awesome Tapes From Africa) A− 

Nicole Atkins: Goodbye Rhonda Lee (2017, Single Lock) B 

Atlantic Road Trip: One (2023, Calligram) B+(**) 

Dem Atlas: Bad Actress (2018, Rhymesayers) B 

Natacha Atlas: Mounqaliba (2010, World Village) B 

Atlas Sound:

• Logos (2007-09 [2009], Kranky) B+(*) 
• Parallax (2011, 4AD) B 

Atmosphere:

• Sad Clown Bad Dub II (2000 [2023], Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(**) 
• When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold (2008, Rhymesayers) B+(***) 
• To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EPs (2010, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(**) 
• The Family Sign (2011, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(***) 
• Southsiders (2014, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(***) 
• Fishing Blues (2016, Rhymesayers Entertainment) A− 
• Mi Vida Local (2018, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(**) 
• Whenever (2019, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(***) 
• Word? (2021, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(*) 
• So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously (2023, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(***) 
• Talk Talk EP (2023, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(**) 

Atom[TM]:

• Lassigue Bendhaus/Matter (1992 [2019], AtomTM Audio Archive, 2CD) A− 
• HD (2013, Raster-Noton) B+(**) 

Atomic:

• Feet Music (2001, Jazzland) B+(***) 
• Boom Boom (2002 [2003], Jazzland) B+(***)  The Bikini Tapes (2004 [2005], Jazzland, 3CD) B+(***) 
• Happy New Ears! (2005 [2006], Jazzland) B+(*) 
• Retrograde (2007-08 [2008], Jazzland, 2CD) B+(**) 
• Live in Seattle (2008, Jazzland) B+(*) 
• Theater Tilters Vol. 1 (2009 [2010], Jazzland) B+(**) 
• Theater Tilters Vol. 2 (2009 [2010], Jazzland) B+(***) 
• Here Comes Everybody (2011, Jazzland) B+(**) 
• There's a Hole in the Mountain (2012 [2013], Jazzland) B+(*) 
• Lucidity (2014 [2015], Jazzland) B+(***) 
• Six Easy Pieces (2016 [2017], Odin) B+(**) 
• Pet Variations (2018 [2019], Odin) B+(**)