Music Tracking 2024

These are 2024 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

  • Monty Alexander: D Day (Pee Wee) [03-29] - jazz
  • Ricky Alexander: Just Found Joy (Turtle Bay) [04-26] - jazz
  • Pedro Melo Alves: Conundrum Vol. 1: Itself Through Disappearance (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz
  • Antistatic: Relics (Cuneiform) [01-26] - jazz
  • Tim Armacost: Something About Believing (TMA) [08-02] - jazz
  • Mulatu Astatke and Hoodna Orchestra: Tension (Batov) [11-08] - jazz
  • The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions (Mack Avenue) [11-08] - jazz
  • Basher: May Day (Sinking City) [05-31] - jazz
  • John Blum Quartet Featuring Marshall Allen: Deep Space (Astral Spirits) [08-21] - jazz
  • John Butcher + 13: Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) [02-01] - jazz
  • Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi: Altera Vita (BBE) [04-05] - jazz
  • Summer Camargo: To Whom I Love (Blue Engine) [03-15] - jazz
  • Daniel Carter & Playfield: Magic Heart (577) [01-19] - jazz
  • Daniel Carter/Patrick Holmes/Matthew Putman/Hilliard Greene/Federico Ughi: Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 2 (577) [07-05] - jazz
  • Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Journey to Where (Stoney Lane) [03-08] - jazz
  • Ed Clute: Shadows on the Moon (Rivermont) - jazz
  • Sylvie Courvoisier: To Be Other-Wise (Intakt) - jazz
  • Dal Sasso Big Band: Chick Corea's Three Quartets Revisited (Jazz & People) [05-17] - jazz
  • Caroline Davis: Portals Vol. 2: Returning (Intakt) - jazz
  • Seth Andrew Davis/Will Yager: April 8th, 1969 (Ox Cart New Music) [06-06] - jazz
  • Jorrit Dijkstra: PorchBone () [J|jazz]
  • DJ Ws da Igrejinha: Caça Fantasma, Vol. 1 ()
  • Kit Downes: Dr. Snap (Bimhuis) [04-26] - jazz
  • Paul Dunmall/Paul Rogers/Mark Sanders: Wildlife (Fundacja Słuchaj) [03-20] - jazz
  • Paul Dunmall/Tobias Delius/Olie Brice/Mark Sanders: No Better Than Butcher Bird (Fundacja Słuchaj) [07-13] - jazz
  • Elephant9: Mythical River (Rune Grammofon) [04-19] - jazz
  • John Ellis Quartet: Bizet: Carmen in Jazz (Blue Room Music -23) [2023-12-22] - jazz
  • Joe Ely: Driven to Drive ()
  • Wayne Escoffery: Alone (Smoke Sessions) [08-30] - jazz
  • Tanja Feichtmair/Mara Kolibri/Stefan Krist/Josef Novotny/Fredi Pröll/Julius Winter/Uli Winter: Adschi (Creative Sources) [02-27] - jazz
  • Floros Floridis/Matthias Bauer/Joe Hertenstein: Temporal Driftness (Evil Rabbit) [10-15] - jazz
  • Mabe Fratti: Sentir Que No Sabes (Unheard of Hope) [06-28] - art pop
  • Jürg Frey: Outermost Melodies (Another Timbre) [05-27] - jazz
  • The Fury: Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts) [12-06] - jazz
  • Fuubutsushi: Meridians (Cached.Media) [07.08] - jazz
  • Raffi Garabedian: The Crazy Dog (Clandestine) [03-15] - jazz
  • Tim Garland: Moment of Departure (Ubuntu Music) [05-03] - jazz
  • Ghost Trees: Intercept Method (self-released) [04-12] - jazz
  • Girl and Girl: Call a Doctor (Sub Pop) [05-24] - alt/indie
  • Girl Scout: Headache (235 Music) [11-08] - alt/indie
  • Adam Goldfarb: Fire Lapping at the Creek (Infrequent Seams) [04-12] - jazz
  • The Heavy Hitters: That's What's Up! (Cellar Music) [11-22] - jazz
  • François Houle/Kate Gentile/Alexander Hawkins: Fatrasies (Victo) [05-10] - jazz
  • Fernando Huergo Big Band: Relentless (Whaling City Sound) [04-19] - jazz
  • The Jazz Defenders: Memory in Motion (Haggis) [04-19] - jazz
  • Eddie Kaine & Big Ghost Ltd;: Last Exit to Crooklyn () [04-02] - hiop-hop
  • Walter Kemp 3: Black Whole Live (self-released) [01-26] - jazz
  • Kokoko!: Butu (Transgressive) - African
  • Marie Krüttli Trio: Scoria (Intakt) - jazz
  • Harald Lassen: Opplevelser Fra N (Jazzland) - jazz
  • LDL [Urs Leimgruber/Jacques Demierre/Thomas Lehn]: In the Endless Wind (Wide Ear) [04-27] - jazz
  • Jihye Lee Orchestra: Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) [05-31] - jazz
  • Ravyn Lenae: Bird's Eye (Atlantic) [08-09] - r&b
  • José Lencastre/Zbigniew Kozera/Vasco Trilla: Chymeia (Phonogram Unit) [02-02] - jazz
  • Jeffrey Lewis: Ghosterbusters (-EP) - anti-folk
  • Casimir Liberski/Tatsuya Yoshida: Troubled Water (Totalism) [03-21] - jazz
  • Mark Lockheart: Smiling (Edition) [03-29] - jazz
  • Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland: United (Edition) [11-08] - jazz
  • Orlando Madrid: From This Moment Forward (OM) [01-12] - jazz
  • Malcria: Fantasias Histericas (Iron Lung) - Mexican
  • Michael Mayo: Fly (Mack Avenue) [10-04] - jazz
  • Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Live at the Adler Planetarium ( International Anthem) [09-27] - jazz
  • Francisco Mela/Zoh Amba: Causa y Efecto (Vol. 2) (577) [02-02] - jazz
  • Piotr Michalowski/Damon Smith: How to Ripen in Ice (Balance Point Acoustics) [05-17] - jazz
  • John Minnock: A Different Riff: Minnock Sings Shire (Dot Time) [04-18] - vocal jazz
  • Matt Mitchell: Illimitable (Obliquity) [05-03] - jazz
  • Montanera: A Flor de Piel (Western Vinyl)
  • Tim Motzer/Gregg Bendian: The Eternal (1k) [01-04] - jazz
  • Mount Eerie: Night Palace (PW Elverum & Sun) [11-01] - slacker rock
  • Mxmtoon: Liminal Space (AWAL) [11-01] - bedroom pop
  • Simon Nabatov: Raging Bulgakov (Fundacja Sluchaj) - jazz
  • Camila Nebbia/Leo Genovese/Alfred Vogel: Eyes to the Sun (Boomslang) [09-20] - jazz
  • New Orleans Klezmer All Stars: Tipish (self-released) [04-23] - jazz
  • The New Orleans Night Owls: St. Louis Rag and Other Ragtime Classics (Rivermont) - jazz
  • Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Japan 2019 (PNL/Audiographic -7CD) [02-09] - jazz
  • The Nordic Quintet: Originals (AMM) [01-26] - jazz
  • Adam O'Farrill: Hueso (Food) [08-30] - jazz
  • One Another Orchestra: One Another Orchestra (Nato) [03-24] - jazz
  • Kresten Osgood Quintet: Live at H15 Studio (ILK Music) [06-07] - jazz
  • Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund: e.s.t. 30 (ACT Music) [05-31] - jazz
  • Matthew Ottingnon: Volant (Earshift) [07-26] - jazz
  • Out Of/Into: Motion I (Blue Note) [12-06] - jazz
  • Painkiller: Samara (Tzadik) [11-24] - jazz
  • Jason Palmer: The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts) [12-06] - jazz
  • Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) [11-22] - jazz
  • Katy J Pearson: Someday, Now (Heavenly) [09-20] - art pop
  • Pedro the Lion: Santa Cruz (Polyvinyl)
  • Pentadox: As if It Were Tomorrow (Challenge) [10-11] - jazz
  • Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Magical Incantation (Soul City Sounds) [05-24] - jazz
  • Poeji: Nant (Squama) [08-09] - jazz
  • Present: This Is NOT the End (Cuneiform) [03-29] - jazz
  • Arun Ramamurthy Trio: New Moon (Greenleaf Music) [09-20] - Indian jazz
  • Rodrigo Recabarren/Pablo Menares/Yago Yazquez: Familia (Greenleaf Music) [02-23] - jazz
  • Emilio Reyna: Los Niños Perdidos (Ropeadope Sur) [05-17] - jazz
  • Tomeka Reid/Isadora Edwards/Elisabeth Coudoux: Reid/Edwards/Coudoux (Relative Pitch) [02-23] - jazz
  • Reverso: Shooting Star [Etoile Filante] (self-released) [01-19] - jazz
  • Renee Rosnes: Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) [12-06] - jazz
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Hamilton De Holanda: Collab (Sony Music Brazil) [07-19] - jazz
  • Alice Russell: I Am (Tru Thoughts) [04-05]
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (Milan)
  • Hannah Selin: Dream Journal & the Apocalypse (Gold Bolus) [04-12] - classical
  • Elliott Sharp: Ere Guitar (Intakt) [06-21] - jazz
  • Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits: On Different Paths (Truth Revolution) [01-26] - jazz
  • Alex Sipiagin: Horizons (Blue Room Music) [05-24] - jazz
  • Mama Sissoko: Live (Meruba-ML) [02-16] - African
  • Wadada Leo Smith & Joe Morris: Earth's Frequencies (Fundacja Sluchaj) [01-30] - jazz
  • Kavain Wayne Space & XT: Yesyespeakersyes (Feedback Moves) [03-15] - jazz
  • Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal: Sunday (Loyal Label) [01-19] - jazz
  • Dayna Stephens: Closer Than We Think (Cellar Music) [04-05] - jazz
  • Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights on a Satellite (In+Out) - jazz
  • Takkak Takkak: Takkak Takkak (Nyege Nyege Tapes) - African
  • Micah Thomas: Mountains (Artwork) [09-13] - jazz
  • Pat Thomas: The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Otoroku) [09-06] - jazz
  • Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore (New West) [05-31]
  • Trance Map (Evan Parker and Matthew Wright): Horizons Held Close (Relative Pitch) [11-15] - jazz
  • Rebecca Trescher Tentet: Character Pieces (self-released) [05-03] - jazz
  • Federico Ughi: Infinite Cosmos Calling You You You, Vol. 1 (577) [03-08] - jazz
  • Petra Van Nuis & Dennis Luxion: From Me to You (String Damper) [05-13] - vocal jazz
  • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: Centennial: The Music of Thad Jones: Live at the Village Vanguard (BCM+D) [08-30] - jazz
  • Juliet Varnedoe Jazz Band: Cajun Bleu (self-released) [04-12] - jazz
  • April Varner: April (Cellar Music) [06-29] - jazz
  • Benjamin Vergara & Amanda Irrarrazabal: Último Sosiego (577) [01-04] - jazz
  • Jennifer Walshe/Tony Conrad: In the Merry Month of May (Blue Chopsticks) [05-24] - jazz
  • Greg Ward/Ziv Ravitz/Matthew Stevens/Leo Genovese: Full Cream (Sugah Hoof) [11-01] - jazz
  • Anna Webber: Simpletrio2000 (Intakt) - jazz
  • David Weiss Sextet: Auteur (Origin) [09-20] - jazz
  • Andrew Wilcox: Dear Mr. Hill (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) [08-16] - jazz
  • Kathrine Windfeld: Aldebaran (Stunt) [03-29] - jazz
  • Norma Winstone: Wheeler With Words (AMM) [11-01] - vocal jazz
  • Warren Wolf: History of the Vibraphone (Cellar Music) [08-23] - jazz
  • Ben Wolfe: The Understated (Resident Arts) [08-09] - jazz
  • Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn: Duo (ACT Music) [01-26] - jazz
  • Rebeka Rusjan Zajc: Prelude (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz
  • Zawose Queens: Maisha (Real World) [06-07] - African
  • John Zorn: Her Melodious Lay (Tzadik) - jazz

Reissues, Etc.

  • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Live in Montreal: May 1975 (Liberation Hall) [05-17] - jazz
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago: A Jackson in Your House (1969, BYG Actuel) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Steve Beresford/Anne Marie Beretta: Dancing the Line (1985, WeWantSounds) [09-06] - jazz
  • Anthony Braxton: Solo Bern 1984 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [04-19] - jazz
  • Marion Brown: Three for Shepp to Gesprächsfetzen Revisited (1966-68, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
  • Johnny Cash: Songwriter (1993, Mercury Nashville) [06-28] - country
  • John Coltrane 4tet: Live in France July 27/28 1965: The Complete Concerts (Fingerpoppin) - jazz
  • Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras: After Midnight (1917-22, Archeophone) [05-17] - jazz
  • Georgann Eubanks: Song Keepers: A Music Maker Foundation Anthology (Music Maker -4CD) [01-08] - blues
  • Joe Fonda: From the Source (1998, Fundacja Sluchaj -23) [2023-12-15] - jazz
  • Jan Garbarek Quartet: Afric Pepperbird (1970, ECM) [01-03] - jazz [***]
  • Stan Getz & Bill Evans: Previously Unreleased Recordings (1963, Verve) [02-23] - jazz
  • Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child (1968, Blue Note) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • Hampton Hawes: For Real! (1958, Craft) [05-17] - jazz [A-]
  • Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: L'Intercommunal (1976-78, Souffle Continu) [06-14] - jazz
  • Fumio Itabashi: Watarase (1982, Wewantsounds) [04-00] - jazz
  • Louis Jordan: World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (Circle) [05-01] - jazz
  • Harold Land: The Fox (1960, Craft) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life (1975, ECM) [08-09] - jazz [**]
  • Charles Mingus: Mingus Takes Manhattan: The Complete Birdland Dates: 1961-1962 (New Land) [01-05] - jazz
  • Hank Mobley: Workout (1962, Blue Note Classic Vinyl) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Lee Morgan: Search for the New Land (1964, Blue Note) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder (1963, Blue Note) - jazz [A-]
  • Lee Morgan: The Very Best of Lee Morgan (Blue Note) - jazz [A-]
  • King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: Centennial (1923, Archeophone -4CD) - jazz
  • Abdallah Oumbadougou: Amghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music Vol 1 (Strong Place) [03-01] - Saharan rock
  • Oscar Peterson: City Lights: Live in Munich 1994 (Mack Avenue) [11-15] - jazz
  • Archie Shepp: Poem for Malcolm (1969, BYG Actuel) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Archie Shepp: Live at the Panafrican Festival (1971, BYG Actuel) [11-29] - jazz
  • Wayne Shorter: Odyssey of Iska (1970, Blue Note Tone Poet) [07-05] - jazz [**]
  • Soft Machine: Høvikkoden 1971 (Cuneiform) [05-31] - jazz
  • Louis Stewart & Jim Hall: The Dublin Concert (1982, Livia) [09-06] - jazz
  • Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father of Origin (1970, Eremite) [08-24] - jazz
  • Sun Ra: Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC (1986, Strut) [05-31] - jazz
  • Sun Ra Akrestra: Live at Pit-Inn Tokyo, Japan 8-8-1988 (Super Fuji Discs) - jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [03-01] - jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 10, 1980 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [10-31] - jazz
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Singles Collection As & Bs 1939-1950 (Acrotab -3CD) [04-09] - gospel
  • Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One: A Centennary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62 () - vocal jazz
  • Mal Waldron: The Quest (1962, Craft/OJC) [09-27] - jazz [B]
  • Bobby Watson: Love Remains (1986, RED) - jazz [A]
  • Kenny Wheeler: Angel Song (1996, ECM) [05-31] - jazz [B]
  • Gerald Wiggins: Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound) - jazz
  • Cootie Williams: Concerto for Cootie: Selected Recordings 1928-62 (Acrobat) [01-09] - jazz
  • Legends & the Lost: Rare & Hot Jazz 1929-1931 (Frog) - jazz
  • Love Hides All Faults: Deep Gospel Soul Selected by Jumbo (Elusive Vinyl/Pyramid) - gospel
  • Nigerian Guitar Roots: Juju, Guitar Band Highlife 1936-1968 (El Sur -2CD) - African

Priority Counts

  • Priority 2: 167
  • Priority 3: 15

Total: 182