On his sophomore Blue Note date, this trumpeter puts the emphasis on his bold and diverse compositions to thrilling effect.
Several years in the making, the platinum-selling singer's fifth album is consistently satisfying, with appearances from Rick Ross, Jeremih, and French Montana.
Warm and cozy soft rock goodness from the West Coast craftsman and his well-chosen band.
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Forty-two years after this futurist jazz classic hit the top spot on Downbeat's year-end list, it receives a deluxe reissue.
After one of a few lengthy disappearances, this cult songwriter resurfaces with an album of optimistic jangly guitar pop.
This experienced quartet delivers expansive, disciplined group interplay in composition and improvisation over eight tunes.
The band's third album is another garage-psych-noise pop gem that finds them doing a little bit of stretching while still sounding great.
The great singer/songwriter completes his trilogy with players from Brazil's indie rock scene, by saving the best for last.
The inspired musician delivers her "pop" album, which makes recognizable genres bleed into one of her own sublime creations.
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A document of a September 1995 performance, originally abridged for a 1996 Japan-only EP, now expanded to include the whole satisfying set.
Following an eight-year hiatus, this veteran of the anti-folk scene returns with an album of dark yet hopeful brilliance.
The country legend is in excellent voice on this surprising set of classic and new songs.
Mike Cooley steps up to co-star status on this band's tenth album, a relatively low-key set of thoughtful character studies.
The group's fourth album finds them streamlining their synth pop-influenced sound into something danceable and emotionally cutting.
Rapper Grieves shows significant growth on this 2014 release, expanding on his signature style without losing any of his pathos.
Part freedom fighter, part fuzzy friend, comedian Kondabolu is a maverick mix of progressive and approachable on this fantastic debut.
Inspired by ghost towns, Hauschka's first solo album in nearly a decade teems with fascinating, melancholic musical life.
A sharp clarity in production and performance makes this album of country-blues-punk hybrids one of the duo's best.
This auspicious debut by a London-based international ensemble sets a new bar for the fusion of African and electronic music.
There's hardly a weak spot throughout: No. 2 keeps its threatening quality, No. 4 is entirely competent, and No. 5 is gorgeous.
Stravinsky's short piano works are often overlooked, but Jenny Lin makes a strong case for including them on recital programs.
Joan as Police Woman's fifth album is a soulful treatise on happiness and what it takes to get it.
Glière's symphony on the medieval Russian hero Il'ya Muromets is performed uncut by JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
On his third solo album, this Barn Owl member summons isolation and coldness in his wordless electronic drones.
Seven years after his first attempt, Broken Social Scene's frontman finally makes a proper solo record.
This member of avant drone duo Mountains presents patiently unfolding synth and processed guitar compositions.
Experimental, genre-busting debut from the Juilliard-trained jazz pianist.
The agelessly brilliant pop star's 12th album is an uplifting, frequently sexy album that's tailor-made for nights out on the dancefloor.
Nine months after their breakout album, this Grammy-winning Angelino quartet delivers a hot set of new tunes and covers.
This is an extremely exciting album of virtuoso violin music, centered on the most famous violinist of them all, Niccolò Paganini.
On her first recording in 44 years, this singer/songwriter -- with help from younger players -- picks up where she left off.
This album is a delightful exercise in melody harnessed to technique, and it will be a hardhearted listener indeed who can resist it.
Lushes' debut delivers post-rock full of bold contrasts that sound natural instead of obvious.
The Mississippi guitarist showcases his writing ability in this riveting autobiographical song cycle drenched in blues, country, and folk.
Debut album of thrilling retro-house music complete with trilling divas and pounding piano, as well as catchy songs.
Trading breezy synth-pop for urgent, heartbroken soul and psych-rock influences, Metronomy deliver some of their most gripping music.
This complete and superb document of the trumpeter's four-night Fillmore East stand includes 135 minutes of unreleased music.
Stoic and sensual like Chris Isaak and Roy Orbison before him, Waterhouse adds indie and abstract to the mix on the great Holly.
Impressively dark and dramatic shoegaze/noise rock debut that takes the tropes of those styles and totally owns them.
The band's mix of fury and vulnerability is even more potent and poetic on their official debut.
Pharrell follows his astonishingly successful 2013 with a set of frivolous and upbeat pop-R&B, featuring the number one single "Happy."
Pink Martini's engaging collaboration with the family who inspired The Sound of Music plays to both parties' strengths.
More sophisticated, straightforward, and confident, the third album from these tuneful indie rockers is their most mature.
On her fine Sony debut, the violinist explores the folk traditions of the American South.
For their 25th anniversary, the Norse rockers dig deeper into their catalog of unrecorded material and deliver a stunner.
Sakari Oramo's recordings of Nielsen's Fourth and Fifth symphonies are a sonic showcase of works that ordinarily aren't treated as display pieces.
The sophomore solo outing from the colorful Aussie singer/songwriter is a psych pop, bucolic country-folk delight.
Another seductively wild ride from one of heavy metal's last bands of purists.
Featuring a wide range of guests and showing a mastery of electronic dance music of all kinds, Shit Robot's second LP is a gem.
Taking Back Sunday's original lineup continue their blazing run on the band's sixth album, Happiness Is.
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The German DJ and producer offers prime nu-disco and future funk with Nile Rodgers, Fiora, and others as his guests.
This wildly inventive trio deliver a faithful, incendiary rendering of Igor Stravinsky's iconic orchestral work.
Third inning from this baseball-obsessed indie supergroup, featuring tales of great players, box scores, and beanballs.
The sophomore outing by the Los Angeles-based sibling duo (and grandchildren of film composer John Williams) is a pure folk-pop delight.
This superb release by Britain's Brodsky Quartet makes a fine place to start with performances of American music by British and continental European groups.
Former Lucero guitarist Steve Selvidge makes his album debut with the Hold Steady on the band's sixth album, Teeth Dreams.
The Brooklyn band continue their evolution from abrasive hardcore to rollicking bar rock on their fifth album.
The Shrine dig into the early days of punk and metal for inspiration on their reckless sophomore outing, Bless Off.
The French neo-psych group's second album refines the expansively dreamy sound of their debut into something more focused and immediate.
Third album of dreamy, understated, and slowly unfurling rock stands as this Philly group's finest hour.
Twelve perfectly formed guitar pop nuggets, played loud and sad with plenty of GBV and TFC in the DNA.
Second in a series of box sets reissuing the entire catalog from these essential '90s indie punk legends.
The MacArthur-winning pianist and composer delivers a magnificent long-form work on his ECM debut.
Y.G.'s Def Jam debut is a thrilling throwback to the days when the West Coast ruled Gangsta Rap.