February Album listenings



Focusing on 2025 albums to catch up, keep things fresh and new. Spotify said my listening age was 88 in my yearly wrap. 

I'm going to publish these when they're full, I just go ahead and put albums I listen to with the next open date.


2/1 Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts 2025 spotify

Mary Halvorson, guitar (1-8), synth (Pocket Piano) (1–3, 8)

Immanuel Wilkins, alto saxophone (1-2, 4-5)

Brian Settles, tenor saxophone (1-2, 5, 8)

Adam O’Farrill, trumpet (1-8)

Jacob Garchik, trombone (1-8)

Patricia Brennan, vibraphone (1-8)

Nick Dunston, bass (1-8)

Tomas Fujiwara, drums (1-8)


Feel like Halvorson is the jazz musician of the year for 2025 as the only artist with two albums on the best albums lists. There are other artists who play on multiple albums, sure, but she headlines two albums that top many lists. 


2/2 Yazz Ahmed, A Paradise In The Hold 2025

2/3 Emma Rawicz, Inkyra 2025

2/4 Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, A Story Left Untold 2025

2/5 Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter, Eric Harland, Larry Grenadier, First Meeting Live At Dizzy’s Club 2025

2/6 Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses 2025

2/7 Brigitte Beraha, Teasing Reflections 2025

2/8 Laura Jurd, Rites & Revelations 2025

2/9 Brad Mehldau, Ride Into The Sun 2025

2/10 Charles Lloyd, Figure In Blue 2025

2/11 The Necks, Disquiet 2025

2/12 Josephine Davies & The Ensō Ensemble, The Celtic Wheel Of The Year Suite 2025

2/13 Joshua Redman, Worlds Fall Short 2025

2/14 Alex Hitchcock, Letters From Afar 2025

2/15 Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind 2025

2/16 Patricia Brennan, Of the Near and Far 2025

2/17 Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield, Speaking In Tongues 2025

2/18 Damon Locks, List of Demands 2025

2/19 Theon Cross, Affirmations (Live At Blue Note New York) 2025

2/20 Raul Monsalve y Los Forajidos, SOL 2025


The above is all jazz, took a turn towards folk below

2/21 Poor Creature, All Smiles Tonight 2025 (Guardian Review)  spotify  (See photo below)



2/22 Hannah Frances, Nested in Tangles 2025 spotify

2/23 Big Thief, Double Infinity 2025 spotify

2/24 Annahstasia, Tether

2/25 Heather Maloney Exploding Star 2025 spotify


Back to jazz

2/26/26 Jacob Bro, Wadada Lee Smith, Marcus Gilmore, Muraski 2025 spotify

2/27 Patrick Bartley Trio, First Song 2023 spotify

2/28 Wadada Lee Smith and Amina Claudine Myers 2024 album spotify


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