8. William Parker Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World: Volumes 1-10 (Centering)

Parker’s discography is dense enough to curate 10-disc box sets several times over. Yet, as always, the veteran avant-garde totem doesn’t take the easy way out. Migration is an all-new collection of full-length suites featuring female vocalists. Despite what Parker’s byline might connote, each suite is accessible—even catchy—and only becomes more mysterious and fascinating with every new listen. MICHAEL J. WEST

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