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Stuart Broomer (The New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Taylor Ho Bynum, Navigation (Firehouse 12)
  2. Nate Wooley, Seven Storey Mountain III and IV (Pleasure of the Text)
  3. Various, Just Not Cricket! Three Days of British Improvised Music in Berlin (N! Vu N! Connu)
  4. Rocket Science, Live at the Vortex (More Is More)
  5. Anthony Braxton, Echo Echo Mirror House (Victo)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith & Tumo, Occupy the World (TUM)
  7. John Butcher-Thomas Lehn-John Tilbury, Exta (Fataka)
  8. Ellery Eskelin-Susan Alcorn-Michael Formanek, Mirage (Clean Feed)
  9. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Red Hot (Hot Cup)
  10. Bruno Heinen, Karlheinz Stockhausen: Tierkreis (Babel)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Sun Ship: The Complete Session (Impulse/Mosaic)
  2. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Clifford Jordan, The Complete Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic)

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John Chacona (Erie, PA Times-News, Signal to Noise)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman, Functional Arrythmias (Pi)
  2. Matt Mitchell, Fiction (Pi)
  3. John O'Gallagher, Anton Webern Project (Cadiz)
  4. Ceramic Dog, Your Turn (Northern Spy)
  5. Tim Berne, Shadow Man (ECM)
  6. Ches Smith, Hammered (Clean Feed)
  7. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)
  8. Roswell Rudd, Trombone for Lovers (Sunnyside)
  9. Matthew Shipp, Piano Sutras (Thirsty Ear)
  10. Chris Morrissey, North Hero (Sunnyside)

REISSUES

  1. Paul Motian, Paul Motian (ECM)
  2. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Roscoe Mitchell, Live at "A Space" 1975 (Delmark)

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Alan Chase (The Wire, Portsmouth, NH)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  2. Kikoski, Carpenter, Novak & Sheppard, From the Hip (BMF)
  3. Quest, Circular Dreaming (Enja)
  4. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)
  5. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  6. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Trios (ECM)
  7. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  8. Joe Lovano, Cross Culture (Blue Note)
  9. Christian McBride, Out Here (Mack Avenue)
  10. Tower of Power, Hipper than Hip: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow: Live On the Air 1974 (Real Gone)

REISSUES

  1. Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald, Complete Decca Sessions 1934-1941 (Mosaic)
  2. Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition (ECM)
  3. John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions (Pablo)

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Nate Chinen (New York Times, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)
  2. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  3. Andy Bey, The World According to Andy Bey (HighNote)
  4. Eric Revis-Kris Davis-Andrew Cyrille, City of Asylum (Clean Feed)
  5. Dave Douglas, Time Travel (Greenleaf)
  6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  7. Chris Potter, Sirens (ECM)
  8. Chucho Valdes, Border-Free (Jazz Village)
  9. Joshua Redman, Walking Shadows (Nonesuch)
  10. Ben Monder, Hydra (Sunnyside)

REISSUES

  1. New York Art Quartet, Call It Art (Triple Point)
  2. Clifford Jordan, The Complete Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Herbie Hancock, The Complete Columbia Album Collection (Legacy)

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Sharonne Cohen (DownBeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  2. Darcy James Argue, Brooklyn Babylon (New Amsterdam)
  3. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  4. Manuel Valera, Expectativas (Mavo)
  5. Christine Jensen, Habitat (Justin Time)
  6. Marc Cary, For the Love of Abbey (Motéma)
  7. Dave Douglas, Time Travel (Greenleaf)
  8. Allison Miller, No Morphine, No Lilies (Royal Potato Family)
  9. Tomasz Stanko, Wislawa (ECM)
  10. Steve Coleman, Functional Arrythmias (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. Ornette Coleman, Friends and Neighbors: Ornette Live at Prince Street (Flying Dutchman/BGP)

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Troy Collins (All About Jazz, Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Barry Altschul, The 3dom Factor (TUM)
  2. Joe Lovano, Cross Culture (Blue Note)
  3. Ben Goldberg, Unfold Ordinary Mind (BAG)
  4. Mary Halvorson, Illusionary Sea (Firehouse 12)
  5. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Red Hot (Hot Cup)
  6. São Paulo Underground, Beija Flors Velho e Sujo (Cuneiform)
  7. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak (ACT)
  8. Amir ElSaffar, Alchemy (Pi)
  9. Mark Dresser, Nourishments (Clean Feed)
  10. Taylor Ho Bynum, Navigation (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES

  1. John Carter & Bobby Bradford, Flight for Four (International Phonograph)
  2. Anthony Braxton, Eight (+1) Tristano Compositions 1989 for Warne Marsh (Hatology)
  3. Byron Allen, Trio (ESP-Disk)

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Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tomasz Stanko, Wislawa (ECM)
  2. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  3. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  4. Tim Berne, Shadow Man (ECM)
  5. Wadada Leo Smith & Tumo, Occupy the World (TUM)
  6. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Somewhere (ECM)
  7. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  8. Stefano Battaglia, Songways (ECM)
  9. Jakob Bro, December Song (Loveland)
  10. Art Pepper, Live at the Winery: Unreleased Art, Vol. VIII (Widow's Taste)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Sun Ship: The Complete Session (Impulse/Mosaic)
  2. John Carter & Bobby Bradford, Flight for Four (International Phonograph)
  3. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)

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J.D. Considine (The Globe and Mail [Canada])

NEW RELEASES

  1. John Hollenbeck, Songs I Like a Lot (Sunnyside)
  2. Steve Swallow, Into the Woodwork (ECM)
  3. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  4. Trifolia, Le Refuge (Productions Marianne Trudel)
  5. Dave Holland, Prism (Dare 2)
  6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  7. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Somewhere (ECM)
  8. Christine Jensen, Habitat (Justin Time)
  9. Drew Gress, The Sky Inside (Pirouet)
  10. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Louis Armstrong, Satchmo at Symphony Hall 65th Anniversary: The Complete Recordings (Decca -12)

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Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile (Constellation)
  2. Petr Cancura, Down Home (Roots to Boot)
  3. William Parker, Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Matt Parker, Worlds Put Together (BYNK)
  5. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)
  6. Peter Evans, Zebulon (More Is More)
  7. John McNeil, Hush Point (Sunnyside)
  8. John Escreet, Sabotage and Celebration (Whirlwind)
  9. Ivo Perelman, Enigma (Leo)
  10. Ken Vandermark/Made to Break, Lacerba (Clean Feed)

REISSUES

  1. Art Hodes, I Remember Bessie (Delmark)
  2. Paul Bley, Closer (ESP-Disk)
  3. Albert Ayler, Live on the Riviera (ESP-Disk)

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Michael Coyle (WRCU, Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Odean Pope w/ Marshall Allen, In This Moment (CIMP)
  2. Clotilde Rullaud, In Extremis (The Orchard -11)
  3. Jane Ira Bloom, Sixteen Sunsets (Outline)
  4. Mike Jones, Plays Well With Others (Capri)
  5. René Marie, I Wanna Be Evil: With Love to Eartha Kitt (Motéma)
  6. Andrew Lamb, Honeymoon on Saturn (CIMP)
  7. Billy Bang, Da Bang! (TUM)
  8. Marc Cary, Four Directions (Motéma)
  9. David Haney, Avenue of the Americas (CIMP)
  10. Mark Masters, Everything You Did: The Music of Becker & Fagen (Capri)

REISSUES

  1. Clifford Jordan, Seven Classic Albums (Real Gone)

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Raul da Gama (Latin Jazz Net, World Music Report)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  2. Roswell Rudd, Trombone for Lovers (Sunnyside)
  3. Chucho Valdes, Border-Free (Jazz Village)
  4. Steve Turre, The Bones of Art (HighNote)
  5. Kenny Garrett, Pushing the World Away (Mack Avenue)
  6. Antonio Sanchez, New Life (CAM Jazz)
  7. Harold Lopez-Nussa, New Day (Jazz Village)
  8. Charnett Moffett, The Bridge (Solo Bass Works) (Motéma)
  9. Marc Cary, For the Love of Abbey (Motéma)
  10. Tom Harrell, Colors of a Dream (HighNote)

REISSUES

  1. Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition (ECM)
  2. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Tito Puente, Quatro: The Definitive Collection (Sony Music Latin)

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Francis Davis (Poll Master)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson, Illusionary Sea (Firehouse 12)
  2. Darcy James Argue, Brooklyn Babylon (New Amsterdam)
  3. Revolutionary Ensemble, Counterparts (Mutable)
  4. Barry Altschul, The 3dom Factor (TUM)
  5. Tim Berne, Shadow Man (ECM)
  6. Marty Ehrlich, A Trumpet in the Morning (New World)
  7. Ethan Iverson-Lee Konitz-Larry Grenadier-Jorge Rossy, Costumes Are Manditory (High Note)
  8. Travis Sullivan's Björkestra, I Go Humble (Zoho)
  9. Myra Melford, Life Carries Me This Way (Firehouse 12)
  10. Eric Revis-Kris Davis-Andrew Cyrille, City of Asylum (Clean Feed)

REISSUES

  1. New York Art Quartet, Call It Art (Triple Point)
  2. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Clifford Jordan, The Complete Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic)

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Anthony Dean-Harris (Nextbop, The Art of Cool Project; radio host of The Line-Up, KRTU San Antonio)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Butcher Brown, A-Sides/B-Sides (self-released)
  2. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  3. Darryl Reeves, The Herbie Sessions (self-released)
  4. Now vs. Now, Earth Analog (Now vs Now Productions)
  5. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  6. Albert "Tootie" Heath, Tootie's Tempo (Sunnyside)
  7. Kendrick Scott, Conviction (Concord Jazz)
  8. Etienne Charles, Creole Soul (Culture Shock)
  9. Gerald Clayton, Life Forum (Concord)
  10. Thundercat, Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Paris 1969 (Blue Note)

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Steve Dollar (Stomp and Stammer, Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. William Parker, Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity)
  2. Black Host, Life in the Sugar Candle Mines (Northern Spy)
  3. Dawn of Midi, Dysnomia (Thirsty Ear)
  4. Andy Bey, The World According to Andy Bey (HighNote)
  5. Matthew Shipp, Piano Sutras (Thirsty Ear)
  6. Mary Halvorson, Illusionary Sea (Firehouse 12)
  7. Tim Berne, Shadow Man (ECM)
  8. Joe McPhee, . . . Sonic Elements (for pocket trumpet and alto saxophone) (Clean Feed)
  9. Mike Pride, Drummer's Corpse (AUM Fidelity)
  10. Ingrid Laubrock, Strong Place (Intakt)

REISSUES

  1. Various, The Rise & Fall of Paramount, Volume One, 1917-1927 (Third Man/Revenant)

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Laurence Donohue-Greene (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  2. Colin Stetson, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light (Constellation)
  3. Sex Mob, Plays Fellini (Royal Potato Family)
  4. David Chesky, Jazz in the New Harmonic (Chesky)
  5. Nicole Mitchell, Aquarius (Delmark)
  6. Odean Pope, Odean's Three (In+Out)
  7. Benoît Delbecq/Fred Hersch, Fun House (Songlines)
  8. Frank Rosaly, Cicada Music (Delmark)
  9. Too Noisy Fish, Fight Eat Sleep (Rat)
  10. Liberty Ship, Approaching (Eclipse)

REISSUES

  1. New York Art Quartet, Call It Art (Triple Point)
  2. Ran Blake, Plays Solo Piano (ESP-Disk)
  3. Jeri Southern, The Warm Singing Style of Jeri Southern (The Complete Decca Years: 1951-1957) (Fresh Sound)

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Alain Drouot (Downbeat, WNUR-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Black Host, Life in the Sugar Candle Mines (Northern Spy)
  2. Harris Eisenstadt, The Destructive Element (Clean Feed)
  3. Charles Evans, Subliminal Leaps (More Is More)
  4. Trio 3 & Jason Moran, Refraction: Breakin' Glass (Intakt)
  5. Ches Smith, Hammered (Clean Feed)
  6. Reut Regev's R*Time, Exploring the Vibe (Enja)
  7. Evan Parker & Matthew Shipp, Rex, Wrecks & XXX (RogueArt)
  8. Atomic, There's a Hole in the Mountain (Jazzland)
  9. Denman Maroney & Hans Tammen, Arson (OutNow)
  10. Rich Halley, Crossing the Passes (Pine Eagle)

REISSUES

  1. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Paul Motian, Paul Motian (ECM)
  3. Joe McPhee, Nation Time: The Complete Recordings (1969-70) (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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Ken Dryden (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Bill Mays, Life's a Movie (Chiaroscuro)
  2. Duke Pearson, Baltimore 1969 (Uptown)
  3. Joe Locke, Lay Down My Heart (Motéma)
  4. 3 Cohens, Tightrope (Anzic)
  5. Marcus Printup, Desire (SteepleChase)
  6. Roger Kellaway & Eddie Daniels, Duke at the Roadhouse: Live in Santa Fe (IPO)
  7. Jutta Hipp, The German Recordings 1952-1955 (Jazz Haus)
  8. Randy Weston & Billy Harper, The Roots of the Blues (Sunnyside)
  9. Tom Harrell, Colors of a Dream (HighNote)
  10. Gary Burton, Guided Tour (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Earl Hines, The Classic Earl Hines Sessions: 1928-1945 (Mosaic)
  2. Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald, Complete Decca Sessions 1934-1941 (Mosaic)
  3. Jeremy Steig, Flute Fever (International Phonograph)

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Steve Feeney (Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd, Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project (Pi)
  2. Tim Berne, Shadow Man (ECM)
  3. Michel Camilo, What's Up? (Okeh)
  4. Joe Lovano, Cross Culture (Blue Note)
  5. Peter Evans, Zebulon (More Is More)
  6. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  7. Stephan Crump & Mary Halvorson, Secret Keeper: Super Eight (Intakt)
  8. Frank Wess, Magic 101 (IPO)
  9. Randy Weston & Billy Harper, The Roots of the Blues (Sunnyside)
  10. Allison Miller, No Morphine, No Lilies (Royal Potato Family)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Sun Ship: The Complete Session (Impulse/Mosaic)
  2. Miles Davis, Original Mono Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)

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Sean Fitzell (Linked Jazz, The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Curtis Hasselbring, Number Stations (Cuneiform)
  2. Tim Berne, Shadow Man (ECM)
  3. Jonathan Finlayson, Moment & the Message (Pi)
  4. Ches Smith, Hammered (Clean Feed)
  5. Billy Martin's Wicked Knee, Heels Over Head (Amulet)
  6. Steve Coleman, Functional Arrythmias (Pi)
  7. Endangered Blood, Work Your Magic (Skirl)
  8. Drew Gress, The Sky Inside (Pirouet)
  9. Jamie Baum, In This Life (Sunnyside)
  10. Amir ElSaffar, Alchemy (Pi)

REISSUES

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Ken Franckling (JazzTimes, Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  2. Paolo Fresu, Desertico (Bonsaï/Otá)
  3. Patricia Barber, Smash (Concord Jazz)
  4. Pascal Le Boeuf, Pascal's Triangle (Nineteen-Eight)
  5. Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
  6. Marc Cary, For the Love of Abbey (Motéma)
  7. Giacomo Gates, Miles Tones (Savant)
  8. Tierney Sutton, After Blue (BFM Jazz)
  9. Scott Hamilton, Remembering Billie (Blue Duchess)
  10. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck, The White House Sessions, Live 1962 (Columbia/RPM/Legacy)
  3. Miles Davis, Original Mono Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)

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