Following are additional albums released during September 2019 across multiple genres—some will be reviewed in future issues of Black Grooves.
Blues, Folk, Country
Altered Five Blues Band: Ten Thousand Watts (Blind Pig)
Elmore James: Sky Is Crying Ultimate Collection (3 CDs) (Sunset Blvd.)
Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Styles –
Mike Seeger’s Last Documentary (Smithsonian Folkways)
Vince Agwada: Light of Day (Rocketnoodle)
Classical
Branford Marsalis: Gabriel Prokofiev Saxophone Concerto (Signum UK)
Black Voices Rise: African American Artists at the Met, 1955-1985 (Metropolitan Opera)
Documentaries (DVD/Blu-Ray)
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me (MVD Visual)
Clarence Clemons : Who Do I Think I Am? (MVD Visual)
Funk, Rock, Pop, House, Electronic
Brittany Howard: Jaime (ATO)
Esa Presents Amandla: Music To The People (Soundway)
Fitz and The Tantrums: All The Feels (New Elektra)
Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper: Director’s Cut Collection, Vol. 2 (Def Mix/So Sure)
Hornē Electric Band: S/T (Ropeadope)
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band: Mèdaho (vinyl) (Ubiquity)
KXM: Circle of Dolls (Rat Pak)
Prince: VERSACE Experience (SMG/Legacy)
Sequoyah Murray: Before You Begin (Thrill Jockey)
Theo Parrish: First Floor (reissue) (Peacefrog)
Gospel, CCM
Byron Cage: Isolation (Atlanta International)
Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls: D-Vine Spirituals Recordings (Bible and Tire)
Emeli Sandé: Real Life (Capitol)
Melvin Crispell, III: Prologue III EP (RCA Inspiration)
Renee Spearman: I Love Him (JDI)
Sensational Barnes Brothers: Nobody’s Fault But My Own (Bible and Tire)
William McDowell: The Cry: A Live Worship Experience (Integrity Music)
Holiday
Brent Jones: The Soul of Christmas (JDI)
Jazz
Ahmad Jamal: Ballades (Jazz Village)
Brand New Heavies: TBNH (Acid Jazz)
Brian Lynch: The Omni-American Book Club: My Journey Through Literature in Music (Hollistic MusicWorks)
Erroll Garner: Closeup in Swing (Octave Remastered Series) (Mack Ave/Octave)
Erroll Garner: Dreamstreet (Octave Remastered Series) (Mack Ave/Octave)
Erroll Garner: New King of Love (Octave Remastered Series) (Mack Ave/Octave)
Erroll Garner: One World Concert (Octave Remastered Series) (Mack Ave/Octave)
George Coleman: The Quartet (Smoke Sessions)
Geri Allen: Grand River Crossings: Motown & Motor City Inspirations (Motéma)
Jacky Terrasson: 53 (Blue Note)
Lawrence Clark: Inner Visions (Jazz Tribes)
Lloyd McNeill: Elegia (Soul Jazz)
Louis Armstrong: Armstrong in Germany (Dot Time)
Miles Davis: Rubberband (The Lost Album) (Rhino)
Orice Jenkins: Centennial Cole (Nat King Cole) (Truth Revolution Recording Collective)
Souljazz Orchestra: Chaos Theory (Strut)
R&B, Soul
Ego Ella May: So Far (Tru Thoughts)
Johnny Gill: Game Changer II (Kavalry)
Mahalia: Love and Compromise (Atlantic)
Mel Production Band: Trying to Get Out of Here (reissue) (Everland)
Nooky Jones: Like Candy (dig)
Rebecca Jade & the Cold Fact: Running Out of Time (The Redwoods Music)
Roland Guerin: Grass Roots (Louisiana Red Hot)
Swamp Dogg: Refried: Remixes for the 21st Century (Essential Media Group)
Vagabon: All The Women In Me (Nonesuch)
Rap, Hip Hop
Charlie Heat: Fireworks (dig)
Childish Major: Dirt Road Diamond (dig) (Empire)
Chukwu: Process (Veriditas)
Conway The Machine: Look What I Became (Griselda)
Earthgang: Mirrorland (dig) (Interscope)
Euro: Don’t Expect Nothing (Secret Weapon/Empire)
Ghostface Killahs: Ghostface (dig) (Now Generation Music)
GNAR: Fire Hazard (TenThousand Projects)
IDK: Is He Real? (dig) (Warner)
Jackboy: Lost in My Head (Sniper Gang/Empire)
Joey Cool: Old Habits Die Hard (Strange Music)
JPEGMAFIA: All My Heroes Are Cornballs (dig) (EQT)
Jungle Brown: Full House (Mr. Bongo)
Kemba: Gilda (Republic)
Kool Keith: Computer Technology (vinyl) (Junkadelic)
Lil Tracy: Anarchy (Toreshi)
Lil West: Vex Part 2 (Republic)
Molly Brazy: Built To Last (dig) (Empire)
Murs & 9th Wonder: The Iliad is Dead and the Odyssey is Over (Jamla/Empire)
Nef The Pharaoh: Mushrooms & Coloring Books (dig) (Empire)
Quality Control: Control the Streets Vol. 2 (Quality Control Music)
Rodney P: The Next Chapter (Tru Thoughts)
Skyzoo & Pete Rock: Retropolitan (Mello Music Group)
Supa Bwe: Jaguar (Freddy Got Magic/Empire)
Terror Danjah: Invasion (Tru Thoughts)
Von Pea: City For Sale (dig) (HiPNOTT)
Young M.A: Herstory in the Making (dig) (M.A Music/3D)
Reggae, International
Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984 (Strut)
Alex Cuba: Sublime (Caracol)
Ashley Henry: Beautiful Vinyl Hunter (Sony UK)
Ebo Taylor Jr.: Gotta Take It Cool (reissue) (Mr. Bongo)
Ebo Taylor: Palaver (BBE)
Eliasse: Amani Way (Soulbeats)
Jwhite: Driven (TCB)
Mah Damba: Hakili Kele (Buda Musique)
Nahawa Doumbia: La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol. 1 (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
Sampa The Great: The Return (Ninja Tune)
Tinariwen: Amadjar (Anti/Epitaph)
Soundtracks
Hitsville: The Making of Motown (Motown)
John Coltrane: Blue World (Verve)
Michael R. Jackson: A Strange Loop: Original Cast Recording (Yellow Sound)