Juddermeister’s 2025 in Review
By WTJU
New Orleans & all the Funky Stuff
Galactic & Irma Thomas: Audience With The Queen - Tipitina’s Record Club
Cymande: Renascence - BMG
The Third Mind: Right Now! – Yep Roc
Jon Cleary: The Bywater Sessions – Funk Headquarter Records
All Things Swamp: Dressed – Little Village
Cookin’ On 3 Burners: Cookin’ The Books – Soul Messin’
Jon Batiste: Big Money - Verve
Sure Fire Soul Ensemble: Gemini – Colemine
Kyle Roussel: Church of New Orleans – Self produced
Van Morrison: Remembering Now – Virgin
Jazz
Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring: Split Decision – Smoke Sessions
Etienne Charles: Gullah Roots – Culture Shock
Michael Wolff: Sunny Day – Sunnyside
Lafayette Harris Jr.: All in Good Time - Savant
Caelan Cardello: Chapter One – Jazz Bird
Ron Blake: Scratch Band – 7tên33 Records
Brandon Sanders: Lasting Impression – Savant
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse – Resonance
Horace Silver: Silver in Seattle: Live at The Penthouse – Blue Note
Leon Anderson: Live At Snug Harbor – Outside In Music
Blues
Dave Specter: Live At Space – Delmark
D.K. Harrell: Talkin’ Heavy – Alligator
Maria Muldaur: One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey – NOLA Blue
Yates McKendree: Need To Know – Qualified Records
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram: Hard Road – Redzer
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Live at LOCKN’ – Concord
Buddy Guy: Ain’t Done With The Blues – Silvertone
Chambers DesLauriers: Our Time To Ride – Forty Below
Tom Hambridge: Down The Hatch – Quarto Valley
Dean Zucchero: Song For The Sinners – Pugnacious
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