Following are additional albums released during May 2020 across multiple genres—some will be reviewed in future issues of Black Grooves.
Blues, Folk, Country
Errol Linton: No Entry (dig) (Brassdog)
Fenton Robinson: Out of Chicago: Live & Studio Sessions (JSP)
Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys: La Danse à St. Ann’s (Nouveau Electric)
Classical
Karim Kamar: Smll Mvmnts (Osterio)
Roderick Williams: Scubert Schwanengesang & Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte (Chandos)
William Chapman Nyaho: Kete Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora (MSR Classics)
Funk, Rock, Pop, House, Electronic
Chuck Berry: Original King of Rock ‘N’ Roll (DVD) (MVD)
Ghostpoet: I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep (Play It Again Sam)
Haggis Horns: Stand Up For Love (Haggis)
Moses Sumney: Grae (Jagjaguwar)
Mourning [A] BLKstar: The Cycle (Don Giovanni)
Nat King Cole: Straighten Up and Fly Right: Best of Hittin’ the Ramp, the Early Years (Dig) (Resonance)
Prince: Rainbow Children (reissue) (SMG)
Prince: Up All Nite With Prince: One Nite Alone Collection (SMG)
Gospel, Spirituals, CCM
Earnest Pugh:The Outpour Experience (dig) (Worldwide Music)
Rev. Luther Barnes: Look to the Hills (Shanachie)
Ricky Dillard: Choirmaster (Motown Gospel)
Jazz, Fusion
Ambiance: Into a New Journey (reissue) (BBE)
Charnett Moffett & Jana Herzen: Round the World (Motéma Music)
Christian Sands: Be Water (Mack Avenue)
David L. Harris: More Than Love, to Be a Man (dig) (Dlee Prod.)
Gabriel Chakarji: New Beginning (Chaksmusic)
Gary Bartz & Maisha: Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis:Christopher Crenshaw’s The Fifties: A Prism (Blue Engine)
Joshua Crumbly: Rise (Open Book)
Kaidi Tatham: In Search of Hope (reissue)
Karuna Trio: Imaginary Archipelago (Meta)
Kim Waters: Shakedown (Shanachie)
Lightning Orchestra: Source and Deliver (Blue Corn Music)
Mathis Sound Orchestra: World Unity (dig) (Outside In Music)
Matthew Shipp: The Piano Equation (Tao Forms)
Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band: Intangible Between (Smoke Sessions)
Steve Swell’s Kende Dreams: Hommage à Bartok (Silkheart)
Pasquale Grasso: Solo Bud Powell (Okeh/Sony Masterworks)
Reggie Parker: Black N Beautiful (dig)
R&B, Soul
Blakk Soul: Take Your Time (Mello Music Group)
Chadd Black: Black Hearts Don’t Break (dig) (The 713 Agency)
Don Bryant: You Make me Feel (Fat Possum)
Emontre: The Journey (dig)
Jacob Latimore: C3 (dig)
Jonah Mutono: GERG (EQT)
Lamont Butler: It’s Time for a Change (reissue) (Acid Jazz)
Loren Oden: Adrian Younge Presents (Linear Labs)
Patrice Rushen: Posh (remastered) (Strut)
Professor Longhair: Bach of Rock (Sunset Blvd.)
SNNY: Otito EP
Rap, Hip Hop
Ace Hood: Self Preservation EP (dig) (Hood Nation/Empire)
Bishop Nehru: Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts (dig) (Nehruvia)
Chris Brown & Young Thug: Slime & B (300 Ent.)
Damu the Fudgemunk, Archie Shepp & Raw Poetic: Ocean Bridges (dig) (Redefinition)
Deante Hitchcock: Better (dig) (RCA)
Dee-1:Timeless (dig) (Mission Vision Music)
Drake: Dark Lane Demo Tapes (dig) (OVO/Republic)
E-40: Curb Commentator Channel 1 (dig) (Heavy on the Grind Ent.)
Future: High Off Life (dig) (Epic)
Futuristic: Still on the Rise (dig) (Dropout)
Gunna: Wunna (dig) (300 Ent.)
Hit-Boy: Chauncey Hollis Project (dig) (HS87)
HoodRich Pablo Juan: Hood Champ (dig) (Empire)
Jamo Gang: Walking With Lions (Fat Beats)
Jgreen: 510 (dig) (Empire)
Key Glock: Son of a Gun (dig) (Paper Route Empire)
Kiddo Marv: Unappreciated Blessing (dig)
Kota the Friend: Everything (dig) (Fltbys LLC)
KSI: Dissimulation (dig) (BMG)
Leven Kali: Hightide (Interscope)
Lil Durk: Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 (dig) (Alamo)
Lil Flip & Tum-Tum: Made in Texas (dig)
Lil Tjay: State of Emergency (Columbia)
Lil Yahty: Lil Boat 3 (Motown)
Medhane: Cold Water (dig) (TBHG)
Moneybagg Yo: Time Served (dig) (Interscope)
Mozzy: Beyond Bulletproof (dig) (Mozzy)
Nav: Good Intentions (dig) (Republic)
Polo G: The Goat (dig) (Columbia)
Problem: Coffee & Kush Vol. 1 (dig)
Rockie Fresh: Destination (deluxe ed.) (Rostrum)
RonSoCold: S/T (dig)
Runway Richy: Perc 30 (dig) (Flygoon Business)
Sheff G: One and Only (dig) (Empire)
Skooly: Nobody Likes Me (dig) (Atlantic)
Smoove’L: Boy From Brooklyn (dig) (Interscope)
Styles P: Styles David Ghost Your Enthusiasm (dig) (Empire)
Taylor J: Game Time (dig) (Scenious Ent.)
Tha Chill: Fohead (dig)
TJ Porter: We Gon Ball (dig)
Treva Holmes: Big Trev (dig)
Various: Cold Day In Hell (dig) (1017 Eskimo)
Young Buck: Outbreak (dig) (Cashville)
Young M.A: Red Flu (dig)
Reggae, International, Latin
Africa Airways Six: Mile High African Funk 1974-1981 (Africa Seven)
Bamba Wassoulou Groove: Dankele (Lusafrica)
Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers: Vodou Alé (Bongo Joe)
Eric (Showboy) Akaeze & His Royal Ericos: Ikoto Rock (Everland)
Fadhilee Itulya: Kwetu (Naxos)
Ghetto Youths International: Real Champion Riddim (dig)
Jahmiel Reveal: Revamp EP (dig)
Jake Sollo: Boogie Legs (reissue) (Tidal Waves Music)
Kearney, Davis, Atambire, Sukura: Still Flying (Verve Forecast)
Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers: Ozobia Special (reissue) (BBE)
Sibusile Xaba: Ngiwu Shwabada (Komos)
Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Vladislav Delay: 500-Push-Up (Sub Rosa)
The Archives:Carry Me Home: Reggae Tribute Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (Montserrat House)
WurlD: AfroSoul EP
Soundtrack
Kamasi Washington:Becoming (Young Turks)
Robert Glasper: The Photograph (Backlot Music)