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Masters
Leonard Cohen, You Want it Darker (Columbia) – Mr. Cohen’s last suite of poem-songs add to cart
David Bowie, Blackstar (Columbia) – Bowie’s evocative last testimony, singing and playing with an electric jazz quintet add to cart
Lucinda Williams, The Ghosts of Highway 20 (Thirty Tigers, 2CDs) – A double-CD set of powerful new songs add to cart
Allen Toussaint, American Tunes (Nonesuch Records) – The last project by New Orleans’s great producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and pianist add to cart
Mavis Staples, Livin’ on a High Note (Anti) – joyful songs written for her by younger singer/songwriters add to cart
Bonnie Raitt, Dig in Deep (Red Wing Records) – Still commanding and joyful in blues and ballads add to cart
Paul Simon, Stranger to Stranger (Concord Records) – Another sonic and lyrical masterwork add to cart
A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service (Epic) – A return after 18 years add to cart
William Bell, This is Where I Live (Stax) – Soul legend William Bell had a hit on the Stax label add to cart
Van Morrison, Keep Me Singing (Caroline) – After his Duets from last year, a strong follow-up of new songs add to cart
Eric Clapton, I Still Do (Surfdog Records) – Songs by Skip James, James Carr, JJ Cale add to cart
Rolling Stones, Blue & Lonesome (Polydor) – The Stones return to their first love—the blues add to cart
More
Regina Spektor, Remember Us to Life (Sire Records) – Ms. Spektor returns with all new songs add to cart
Leyla McCalla, A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey (Jazz Village) – Cellist/singer sings Haitian and Louisiana Creole traditional songs, with banjo, guitars, and Cajun fiddle add to cart
Norah Jones, Day Breaks (Blue Note) – Norah Jones returns to her jazz roots add to cart
Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (Atlantic) – Powerful “roots country” with added horns add to cart
Beyoncé, Lemonade (Parkwood Entertainment, CD & DVD) – Beyoncé’s epic “visual album” add to cart
Suzanne Vega, Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers (Perpetual Sounds) – a song cycle add to cart
Maxwell, blackSUMMERS’night (Columbia) – After seven years, Maxwell returns add to cart
Angel Olsen, My Woman (Jagjaguwar) – A new “1960s jangle pop, swirling psychedelia” direction add to cart
Folk & Roots
Shirley Collins, Lodestar (Domino) – A British Folk Revival pioneer returns after 38 years add to cart
Sarah Jarosz, Undercurrent (Sugar Hill Records) – Beautiful voice, with new songs add to cart
Sara Watkins, Young in all the Wrong Ways (New West) – Ex-Nickel Creek vocalist & fiddler add to cart
Aoife O’Donovan, In the Magic Hour (Yep Roc Records) – New songs with a Celtic tinge add to cart
Dori Freeman, Dori Freeman (Free Dirt Records) – From Galax, with a beautiful voice and wonderful songs add to cart
Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams (Dust to Digital, Book & CD) – Mr. Phillips’s gentle voice, and the mysterious strummed instrument he played gave the 16 songs he recorded an ethereal quality which has continued to move and haunt listeners. add to cart
Duets
Kacy & Clayton, Strange Country (New West) – Young but sounding like the greats (like Sandy Denny) add to cart
Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones, Little Windows (Cooking Vinyl) – Exquisite harmonies with r&roll touches add to cart
Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle, Colvin & Earle (Fantasy Records) – A heavyweight collaboration between two stellar songwriters add to cart
Cactus Blossoms, You’re Dreaming (Red House Records) – Duets with a high-energy Everly Brothers quality add to cart
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, The C & O Canal (Red Beet Records) – A tribute to DC musicians add to cart
Trios
Neko Case, KD Lang, and Laura Veir, Case / Lang / Veirs (Anti) add to cart
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, The Complete Trio Collection (Rhino Records, 3 CDs) add to cart
All-Star Sessions
The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration (Rounder, CD & DVD) – Everybody who’s anybody is here, recorded live at Constitution Hall: Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Mavis Staples, Sara Watkins, Lucinda Williams, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Buddy Miller, the Milk Carton Kids, Lee Ann Womack, John Starling, Chris Hillman & Herb Petersen, Rodney Crowell, Shovels & Rope, and Conor Oberst. add to cart
Buddy Miller & Friends, Cayamo Sessions at Sea (New West) – Shawn Colvin, Lucinda Williams, Lee Ann Womack, Nikki Lane, Richard Thompson, Kacey Musgraves, Kris Kristofferson, Brandi Carlile with Lone Bellow, Elizabeth Cook, Jill Andrews, and Doug Seegers add to cart
Jazz
Sax
JD Allen, Americana: Musings on Jazz and Blues (Savant Records) – A powerful tenor trio continues add to cart
Sonny Rollins, Holding the Stage: Road Shows, Vol. 4 (Sony) – Hand-picked live performances by the titan add to cart
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, I Long to See You (Blue Note) – Charles Lloyd teams with 2 guitars, bass & drums add to cart
Omer Avital, Abutbul Music (Jazz Village) – The bassist (with two saxes) uses traditional Yemeni and Israeli elements and rhythms add to cart
Chris Cheek, Saturday Songs (Sunnyside) – Tenor sax, pedal steel and electric guitar, bass & drums add to cart
Drummers Lead
Makaya McCraven, In the Moment (International Anthem, 2 CDs) – The groove album of the year, improvised, then reworked into new compositions add to cart
Jaimeo Brown, WORK SONGS (Motema Music) – Historical work-song samples, with voices and instruments weaving around them…A very powerful work. add to cart
Jack DeJohnette Ravi Coltrane Matthew Garrison, In Movement (ECM Records) – The drummer’s new trio includes Ravi Coltrane on saxophones, and Mattthew Garrison on electric bass. add to cart
Drummer Andrew Cyrille had two albums: Proximity (Sunnyside), an old-fashioned duet with tenor saxophonist Bill McHenryadd to cart, and The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM), with an adventurous new quartet, including Bill Frisell add to cart
Daniel Freedman, IMAGINE THAT (Anzic) – Drums, guitar, keyboards, bass and oud, and percussion add to cart
Pianists
Bill Charlap Trio, Notes from New York (Impulse Records – Another masterful trio date add to cart
Fred Hersch Trio, Sunday Night at the Vanguard (Palmetto) – The trio at its peak add to cart
Carla Bley, Andando el Tiempo (ECM Records) – The pianist and composer, with sax and drums add to cart
Keith Jarrett, A Multitude of Angels (ECM Records, 4 CDs) – Four solo piano concerts from October, 1996, in Modena, Ferrara, Turin, and Genova—Jarrett at his best add to cart
Vocalists
Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley (Blue Note Records) – The baritone takes you from club to church. add to cart
Catherine Russell, Harlem On My Mind (Jazz Village) – A tribute to the golden age of tunesmiths and songsters add to cart
Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens (Resonance Records) – From 1988, classic Shirley Horn & trio add to cart
Guitar
Julian Lage, Arclight (Mack Avenue) – Guitarist trio with bass, drums (and vibes) add to cart
Jeff Parker, The New Breed (International Anthem) – Textures that can swing and groove add to cart
John Scofield, Country for Old Men (Impulse) – Scofield and crew cover country and fold tunes add to cart
Jacob Bro, Thomas Morgan, Joey Barron, Streams (ECM) – Quiet and peaceful add to cart
Large Ensembles
Mary Halvorson, Away with You (Firehouse 12) – The electric guitarist’s adventurous octet add to cart
Greg Ward, Touch My Beloved’s Thoughts (Greenleaf Music) – Mr. Ward composed a piece for 11 musicians, inspired by Mingus’s Black Saint and the Sinner Lady add to cart
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam) – Recommended by David Hajdu, music critic of The Nation, and author of the new Love for Sale: Pop Music in America add to cart
Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note, 2 CDs) – The electric guitarist’s 17-piece band doing mostly ballads add to cart
Historical & Reissues
Stan Getz & João Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto ’76 (Resonance) – Recorded at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco, features Getz reuniting with Brazilian vocalist and guitarist João Gilberto add to cart
Bill Evans, Some Other Time: The Lost Sessions from the Black Forest (Resonance Records, 2 CDs) – All the tracks from a 1968 session (and never released) add to cart
Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Serises Vol. 5 (Columbia, 3 CDs) – You are in the studio for Miles Smiles (1966); see how Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hanco*ck, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, drums worked add to cart
Classical
Vocals
Joyce DiDonato, In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music (Erato Records) – The mezzo in works by Handel, Leo, Monteverdi, Jommelli, Handel and Purcell add to cart
Breathtaking (Passacille) – Hana Blažíková, soprano & Bruce Dickey, cornetto, in a wondrous recital add to cart
Meredith Monk, On Behalf of Nature (ECM Records) – Vocal pioneer with her ensemble of singers and instrumentalists add to cart
Anne Sofie Von Otter & Brooklyn Rider, So Many Things (Naïve) – Mezzo-soprano accompanied by the string quartet, sings songs by Björk, John Adams, Brad Mehldau, Caroline Shaw, Elvis Costello, Nico Muhly add to cart
Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres (Harmonia Mundi) – Sopranos Lucy Crowe and Elizabeth Watts are the featured vocalists with La Nuova Musica, directed by David Bates. add to cart
Hans Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You (Winter & Winter) – Soprano Barbara Hannigan and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons add to cart
Satie: Socrate (Winter & Winter) – In the 150th anniversary year of Erik Satie, soprano Barbara Hannigan and pianist Reinbert de Leeuw present a wonderful recital. add to cart
Ian Bostridge & Antonio Pappano, Shakespeare Songs (Warner Classics) – Song settings from William Byrd, Haydn, and Schubert to 20th century works by Warlock, Poulenc, Finzi, and Stravinsky add to cart
Philippe Jaroussky, Bach Telemann: Sacred Cantatas (Erato) – The leading countertenor on the planet, singing Bach and Telemann, supported by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra add to cart
Orchestras and Ensembles
Shostakovich Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Decca) – Alisa Weilerstein and Bavarian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado add to cart
Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 413, 414, 415 (Harmonia Mundi) – Kristian Bezuidenhout on the fortepiano, joined by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra add to cart
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 and Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (both Sony Classical) – Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s last projects add to cart
CPE Bach: Cello Concertos (Hyperion) – Nicolas Alstaedt, cello, Jonathan Cohen directing Arcangelo add to cart
Vivaldi: Concerti per Due Violini (Harmonia Mundi) – Giuliano Carmignola and Amandine Beyer are the violinists, accompanied by Ms. Beyer’s group, Gli Incogniti. add to cart
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 17 & 25 (Decca) – Mitsuko Uchida concludes her Mozart Piano Concerto recording project directing the Cleveland Orchestra add to cart
Mozart: Violin Concertos (Harmonia Mundi) – Isabelle Faust & Il Giardino Harmonico add to cart
John Adams: Scheherazade.2 (Nonesuch) – A new “dramatic symphony” (like Berlioz) written for violinist Leila Josefowicz, recorded here with the St. Louis Symphony, conducted by David Robertson add to cart
Solos and Duets
Scarlatti: 18 Sonatas (BIS) – Yevgeny Sudbin on the piano add to cart
Brahms: Violin Sonatas (Ondine) – Christian Tetzlaff, violin and Lars Vogt, piano add to cart
Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov plays Franz Liszt (Deutsche Grammophon, 2 CDs) add to cart
Strings
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Death and the Maiden (Alpha) – In an inventive performance with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the violinist plays movements from Schubert’s Death and the Maiden (arranged for violin and chamber group), interspersed with resonating works: an anonymous Byzantine chant, a Toden Tanz, from Nörmiger, and pieces by Dowland, Gesualdo, and two short Kurtág pieces. add to cart
Ben Johnston: String Quartets Nos. 6, 7 & 8 (New World Records) – The Kepler Quartet playing the most complex and wondrous microtonal quartets add to cart
Grazyna Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets (Chandos, 2 CDs) – Polish composer (1909 – 1969), played by the Silesian Quartet add to cart
Vilde Frang, Britten & Korngold Violin Concertos (Warner Classics) add to cart
Paolo Pandolfo, Marais 1689 (Glossa) – Pieces for solo and duet viols and bass viol continuo add to cart
Rolf Lislevand, La Mascarade (ECM Records) – Lutenist/Baroque guitarist Rolf Lislevand plays repertoire of two composers from the court of Louis XIV add to cart
William Lawes: Complete Music for Solo Lyra Viol (Harmonia Mundi) – The lyra—one of the European descendants of the bowed lutes from the east add to cart
Broadway
She Loves Me: New Broadway Cast (Ghostlight) – Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, and Jane Krakowski add to cart
Lazarus: Original Cast Recording (Columbia, 2 CDs) – Old and new Bowie songs exploring the character from The Man Who Fell to Earth add to cart
International
Music of Morocco: From the Library of Congress, Recorded by Paul Bowles 1959 (Dust to Digital, 4 CDs & book ) – Writer and composer Paul Bowles field recordings add to cart
Mariza, Mundo (Nonesuch) – Mariza is most definitely the queen of fado singers. add to cart
Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, TaLes of Mozambique (Soul Jazz) – A 1975 meeting of Rastafari hand drumming (nyabinghi) and saxophone jazz add to cart
Noura Mint Seymali, Arbina (Glitterbeat) – The powerful vocalist in the Moorish griot tradition from Mauritania add to cart
A-Wa, Habib Galbi (S-Curve) – Three Israeli sisters make infectious pop music with Yemenite folk touches add to cart
Gaby Moreno, Ilusión (Sony Latin) – Originally from Guatemala, Ms. Moreno describes her sound as “Spanglish folk-soul.” add to cart
Pat Thomas, Coming Home: Original Ghanian Highlife and Afrobeat Classics 1964 – 1981 (Strut, 2 CDs) – A wonderful compilation by the “Golden Voice of Africa” add to cart
Carrie Rodriguez, Lola (Luz Records) – Carrie Rodriguez pays tribute to her great-aunt—ranchera singer Eva Garza—sung in English, Spanish, and Spanglish add to cart
Nigeria Freedom Sounds!: Popular Music and the Birth of Independent Nigeria 1960 – 63 (Soul Jazz) – The sounds of highlife, calypso, mambo, apala, jújù were all in the air add to cart
