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

  • The 5.6.7.8's: Run Run Run (Bomb) [05-30]
  • Christine Abelnour/Frantz Loriot/David Meier/Pascal Niggenkemper: Et Il Y Aura . . . (Veto) [02-01] - jazz
  • Ralph Alessi: A Sun That Never Sleeps (ECM) [07-03] - jazz
  • Ishmael Ali: Burn the Plastic, Sell the Copper (Amalgam) [02-13] - jazz
  • Samir Aouad: Casablanca (Les Luths Du Monde) [02-27] - jazz
  • Florian Arbenz w/Bill Frisell and Greg Osby: Quiet Lights (Conversation Lab) [05-29] - jazz
  • Meredith Bates: The Observer Effect (Phonometrograph) [03-13] - electronic
  • Josh Berman Trio: Everybody Else's Life Too (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [06-19] - jazz
  • Nat Birchall Quartet: Live at Low Four Studio, Manchester (Ancient Archive of Sound) [07-17] - jazz
  • Towa Bird: Gentleman ()
  • Michael Blake: Piccolos Before Rifles (Baby Tank) [05-01] - jazz
  • Seamus Blake: The Electrifying Seamus Blake: EH! (Plays the Music of Eddie Harris) (Cellar) [07-03] - jazz
  • Jonas Cambien/Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard/Dag Erik Knedal Andersen: The Ear Behind the Airport (Motvind) [02-27] - jazz
  • Cheer Accident: CheerAx Basement, Chicago 4/2/22 // Reggie's Chicago 9/26/23 (Cuneiform) [05-29] - jazz
  • Keyvan Chemirani: Tales of Nar (PeeWee!) [02-06] - jazz
  • Billy Childs: Triuimvirate (Mack Avenue) [04-24] - jazz
  • Isaiah Collier: Joy (Brownswood -EP) [07-31] - jazz
  • Corook: How Do I Relate to You (-EP)
  • Gustavo Cortinas: The Drum Also Sings (Desafio Candente) [06-05] - jazz
  • 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
  • Douglas J. Cuomo: A Raft, the Sky, the Wild Sea (Blue Cloud Music) [02-06] - jazz
  • Christopher Dammann: Dead Words (Shifting Paradigm) [07-17] - jazz
  • Kris Davis Quartet: John Zorn: The Bagatelles Vol. 5 (Tzadik) [01-23] - jazz
  • Catherine Delaunay: L'Homme Des Damps (Nato) [01-09] - jazz
  • Dietrichs: Live Bahdu (Relative Pitch) [03-27] - jazz
  • Riley Downing: Landfill Poetry (Oh Boy) - country
  • Kaja Draksler Octet: Bare, Unfolding (Zavod Sploh/Clean Feed) [01-16] - jazz
  • Paul Dunmall Quartet: Afghan Women (RogueArt) [04-10] - jazz
  • E'Joung-Ju/Simon Mary/Anne-Laure Bourget: Samin Dong Rak (Label Ouest) [05-08] - jazz/Korean
  • Open Mike Eagle/Kenny Segal: Doomed! (Backwoodz Studioz) [08-14] - hip-hop
  • Marty Ehrlich: Open Air: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Julius Hemphill (Out of Your Head) [08-28] - jazz
  • Eliane Elias: Ao Vivo (Candid) [05-22] - jazz
  • Jimmy Farace: Big Shoulders, Big Sounds (Shifting Paradigm) [04-17] - jazz
  • Fathers: Fathers (Blue Note) [07-10] - jazz
  • Hugo Fernandez: Rivermind (self-released) [03-04] - jazz
  • Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr: Fly (Sauajazz) [06-05] - jazz
  • Flöjter: Brest Flow (Utech) [04-26] - jazz
  • Asher Gamedze: A Semblance: Of Return (Northern Spy) [02-27] - jazz
  • Rob Garcia: Sizzle Works (Connection Works) [05-29] - jazz
  • Maria Grand: Both Sides (Lilaila) [04-23] - jazz
  • Marquis Hill: (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender (Black Unlimited) [03-13] - jazz
  • Shelley Hirsch/Christian Weber/Alfred Vogel: Vanish (Boomslang) [01-30] - jazz
  • Dave Holland/Norma Winstone/London Vocal Project: Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) (Edition) [02-20] - jazz
  • Corcoran Holt: Freedom of Art (Holt House/Outside In Music) [02-20] - jazz
  • Hyper Elastic Jinx: We Vote Force Majeure (Barefoot) [02-19] - jazz
  • Brian Jackson: Now More Than Ever (BBE) [05-29] - jazz
  • Clément Janinet/Arve Henriksen/Ambre Vuillermoz/Robert Lucaciu: Garden of Silences (BMC) [05-01] - jazz
  • Hilary Jeffrey: Green Prism: Music by Keith Tippett (Discus Music) [05-29] - jazz
  • Per Texas Johansson: Orkester Omnitonal På Musikaliska Kvarteret (Moserobie) [05-08] - jazz
  • Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds: Mutiny After Midnight (High Top Mountain/Atlantic) [03-13] - alt-country
  • Noah Kahan: The Great Divide ()
  • Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band: Incarnadine (self-released) [05-08] - jazz
  • Mike Khoury/Jason Kao Hwang/Ben Hall/Andrew Drury: Spite of Darkness (Entropy Stereo) [07-24] - jazz
  • Caroline Kraabel/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Transgressive Coastlines (Shrike) [01-05] - jazz
  • Almut Kühne/João Pedro Brandão/Marcos Cavaleiro: Stones and Seeds (Carimbo Porta-Jazz) [02-06] - jazz
  • Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves: Bury Deep My Heart (Carrier) [07-27] - country
  • Last Dream of the Morning [John Butcher/John Edwards/Mark Sanders]: Sharp Illusion (Fundacja Słuchaj -25) [2025-12-05] - jazz
  • Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick: Tragic Magic (InFiné) [01-16] - jazz
  • Noa Levy & Paul Edis Trio: Portrait in Evans (Dot Time) [03-20] - jazz
  • Christian Lillinger: Open Form for Society II (Plaist) [04-23] - jazz
  • Charles Lloyd: Sangam & Friends (Blue Note) [07-24] - jazz
  • Fred Lonberg-Holm/João Madeira/Bruno Pedroso/Carlos Zinagaro: Convergência Do Vôo (4DaRecord) [02-06] - jazz
  • Madonna: Confessions II ()
  • Alexis Marcelo: Solo Piano (Intakt) [01-30] - jazz
  • Hannah Marks: Feed the Fire (Endectomorph) [06-12] - jazz
  • Brian Marsella & Sae Hashimoto: Tunnel Vision (Red Palace) [03-06] - jazz
  • Magda Mayas: Chant (Unsounds) [05-15] - jazz
  • Magda Mayas' Filamental: Murmur (Relative Pitch) [02-20] - jazz
  • Finola Merivale/Catherine Sikora: Abhaile (Fort Evil Fruit) [04-30] - jazz
  • Sei Miguel: Viva! (Clean Feed) [05-28] - jazz
  • Jason Moran: Plays Duke Ellington (Yes) [02-27] - jazz
  • Luis Nacht & Camila Nebbia: Noche Y Niebla (Ears & Eyes) [03-06] - jazz
  • Paal Nilssen-Love & Terrie Ex: What?! (Terp) [07-10] - jazz
  • Kaori Nishijima/Yasuhito Mori: Conversations at Vilja (Apparat Studios) [06-06] - jazz
  • NOHMI: Brightness & Darkness (ZenneZ) [01-23] - jazz
  • North Sea String Quartet: Zonar (Happy Seal) [03-01] - jazz
  • Odense Jazz Orchestra: Meets Loren Stillman (AMM) [01-16] - jazz
  • Henrik Olsson: Antumbra Ensemble (Cuneiform)
  • Onilu: Jakuta's Dance (577) [06-26] - jazz
  • Eivind Opsvik/Elias Stemeseder/Will Graefe: The Setting (Loyal) [02-20] - jazz
  • Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: Theta Seven (Discus Music) [01-30] - jazz
  • Rebecca Patterson/Ron Wilkins: The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant (Adhyâropa) [04-10] - jazz
  • Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Bobby Kapp: Synesthesia (Defkaz) [05-19] - jazz
  • Margo Price: Days of Unrest () - country
  • Bruce Prumo Orchestra: Good Bait (self-released) [02-26] - jazz
  • Quagmire & Christer Bothén: Rörane (Relative Pitch) [05-22] - jazz
  • Adrian Quesada: Trio Asesino (ATO) [03-27] - jazz
  • Tom Raworth & Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: A Decent Run (We Insist!) [05-28] - jazz
  • Lisa Rich: I Still Rise (Tritone) [06-26] - vocal jazz
  • Emily Scott Robinson: Appalachia (Oh Boy) [01-30] - country
  • Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love ()
  • Willy Rodriguez: In the Unknown (I Will Find You) (Sunnyside) [03-13] - jazz
  • Jorge Rossy/Michael Kanan: Red on Maroon (UnderPool) [05-28] - jazz
  • Adam Rudolph/Alexis Marcelo/Kaoru Watanabe: Sunrise (Meta) [05-15] - jazz
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant: With Every Breath I Take (Nonesuch) [06-26] - vocal jazz
  • Susana Santos Silva/Vasco Trilla: Mushin (Defkaz) [05-23] - jazz
  • Slow Tiger: Slow Tiger (Endectomorph Music) [07-17] - jazz
  • David G Smith: Hero Street (Hey Dave) [06-26] - Americana
  • Nicolas Souchal/João Madeira/Bruno Parrinha: Parcours D'Impulsions (4DaRecord) [05-12] - jazz
  • Tommaso Starace Organ Trio: Live at the Beaver Inn (Dodicilune) [05-20] - jazz
  • Helen Sung Big Band: Oracles (Sunnyside) [06-12] - jazz
  • Skúli Sverrisson/Bill Frisell: For All Your Flowers (Newvelle) [08-01] - jazz
  • Steve Swallow: Winter Songs (ECM) [06-26] - jazz
  • Swamp Dogg: Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife ()
  • Håkon Thelin: Echoes and Traces, Together (Peninsula Audio) [04-24] - jazz
  • These Things Happen: A Gentle Reminder (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [02-27] - jazz
  • Jean-Luc Thomas Quartet: Sillons (Hirustica) [05-08] - jazz
  • Micah Thomas: Lucid (self-released) [06-19] - jazz
  • Henry Threadgill/Vijay Iyer/Dafnis Prieto: Fifteen (Nonesuch) [08-21] - jazz
  • Henry Threadgill Zooid: Cut You Where You Was (Pi) [08-28] - jazz
  • Frnak Trompeter/Richard Gilman-Opalsky: Antifascist Freedom Music (Mahakala Music) [07-04] - jazz
  • Juanma Trujillo/Kenneth Jiménez/Vasco Trilla: Nada Es Nada (Ramble) [05-29] - jazz
  • Kalia Vandever: Kana (International Anthem) [06-12] - jazz
  • Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Non Sonett (Aspen Edities) [05-08] - jazz
  • Trevor Watts/Barry Guy/Ramon Lopez: The First Touch (Fundacja Słuchaj) [03-06] - jazz
  • Tierra Whack: Whack's Museum () - hip-hop
  • Håvard Wiik/Antonio Borghini/Tim Daisy: One Brief Cure (Relay) [02-14] - jazz
  • Wiki: Ancient History () - hip-hop
  • Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong () [01-23] - roots rock
  • Ben Wolfe: Any Time After Now (Resident Arts) [05-15] - jazz
  • Wrens: Live @ NUBLU (Out of Your Head) [06-12] - jazz
  • Miguel Zenón/Luis Perdomo: El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 3 (Miel Music) [08-28] - jazz
  • Tucker Zimmerman: Dream Me a Dream ()

Reissues, Etc.

  • Louis Armstrong: Reference: Hot Five & Hot Seven at 100 (1925-28, AlAy/Thingamajig) [01-02] - jazz
  • Albert Ayler Quintet: Reference: Copenhagen, Bordeaux 1966 & Newport 1967 Live First Release (AlAy/Thingamajig -25) [2025-] - jazz
  • Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Jazz Messengers '70 (Good Time) [06-04] - jazz
  • Carla Bley: Joyful Noise (Live in Hamburg 1984) (Made in Germany) [05-15] - jazz
  • Roland Brival: Créole Gypso (1980, Soundway) [03-20] - jazz
  • Donald Byrd: The Cat Walk (Blue Note) [05-15] - jazz [B]
  • Joe Chambers: Double Exposure (1977, Muse/Time Traveler) [01-29] - jazz
  • Jacques Coursil: Black Suite (1971, BYG/Charly) [02-13] - jazz
  • Miles Davis: The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 (Columbia/Legacy -8CD) [01-30] - jazz [A]
  • The DKV Thing Trio: Collider (2015, Trost) [05-27] - jazz [**]
  • James Emery & Anthony Braxton: Articulations, Florence, 1992 (self-released) - jazz
  • Ella Fitzgerald: Live at the Falkoner Theatre Copenhagen 6th February 1966 (Gearbox) [07-24] - vocal jazz
  • Satoko Fujii: Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra (2014, Libra) [07-10] - jazz
  • Dexter Gordon: Dexter Calling . . . (1961, Blue Note Tone Poet) [05-01] - jazz [B+]
  • Julius Hemphill: Dogon A.D. (1972, New World) [02-26] - jazz
  • Andrew Hill: Compulsion!!!!! (1965, Blue Note Tone Poet) [03-06] - jazz [A-]
  • Bobby Hutcherson: Components (1965, Blue Note Tone Poet) - jazz [***]
  • Michael Gregory Jackson: Clarity [50th Anniversary Edition] (1976, Moved-By-Sound) [05-29] - jazz
  • Fred Jackson: Hootin' 'N Tootin' (1962, Blue Note Tone Poet) [04-03] - jazz [B+]
  • Peggy Lee: Too Marvelous for Words (1955, Peggy Lee Associates) [06-12] - vocal jazz
  • Thelonious Monk: Live in Paris, 1967: Volume One (Rhythm-a-Ning) [04-24] - jazz
  • Michel Petrucciani/Jim Hall/Wayne Shorter: Power of Three (1986, Blue Note Tone Poet) [07-03] - jazz [B+]
  • Poing: Giants of Jazz (2001, Royal) [03-13] - jazz
  • Woody Shaw: Love Dance (1976, Time Traveler) [01-30] - jazz
  • Shudan Sokai: Alive at Alone (1977, Aguirre) [04-03] - jazz
  • Sun Ra: East Two + 7 (1972-73, Cosmic Myth) [06-19] - jazz
  • Sun Ra: Do the Impossible [Original Soundtrack to the Documentary] (1957-82, Modern Harmonic) [06-12] - jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane: At Iridium 2004 (Burning Ambulance) [07-03] - jazz
  • Keith Tippett/Claudio Gabbiani/Roberto Musci: Music for Labyrinths (2000, Dark Companion) - jazz
  • Keith Tippett: Mujician: Music to Accompany the Authorised Biography of Martin Phillips (1976-84, Jazz in Britain) [05-15] - jazz
  • Keith Tippett: At the BBC 1969-70 (Rhythm and Blues) [05-22] - jazz
  • Charles Tolliver All Stars: Right Now . . . and Then (1968, Strata-East) [04-18] - jazz [A-]
  • Charles Tyler Ensemble: Voyage From Jericho (1974, Frederiksberg) [01-23] - jazz [*]
  • Larry Young: Mothership (1969, Blue Note Tone Poet) [04-03] - jazz [B+]
  • Accentuate the Positive (Songbook Ink) [07-03] - jazz
  • CBGB: A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986 (Cherry Red -4CD) - punk
  • J Jazz Volume 5: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1970-1988 (BBE) [06-05] - jazz
  • Steppin' Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963-1965 (Strawberry -3CD) - rock

Priority Counts

  • Priority 2: 151
  • Priority 3: 11

Total: 162