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Karl Ackermann (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Awakening Orchestra, Vol. 1: This Is Not the Answer (Innova)
  2. Sylvain Rifflet & Jon Irabagon, Perpetual Motion(A Celebration of Moondog) (Jazz Village)
  3. Alexander Hawkins, Song Singular (Babel -13)
  4. Nils Petter Molvær, Switch (Okeh)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, Alloy (Pi)
  6. Marcin Wasilewski With Joakim Milder, Spark of Life (ECM)
  7. Pharoah Sanders & the Underground, Spiral Mercury (Clean Feed)
  8. Black Top, No. 1 (Babel)
  9. Michael Mantler, Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update (ECM)
  10. Michael Musillami, Pride (Playscape)

REISSUES

  1. Pauline Oliveros, The Wanderer (Important)
  2. Sam Rivers, Contrasts (ECM)
  3. Charlie Haden, Helium Tears (West Wind)

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Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz Blog)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Marc Ribot, Live at the Village Vanguard (Pi)
  2. Nels Cline & Julian Lage, Room (Mack Avenue)
  3. Mary Halvorson-Michael Formanek-Tomas Fujiwara, Thumbscrew (Cuneiform)
  4. Raoul Björkenheim, Ecstasy (Cuneiform)
  5. Anna Webber, Simple (Skirl)
  6. Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey, And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch)
  7. Made to Break, Cherchez la Femme (Trost)
  8. Whammies, Play the Music of Steve Lacy Vol. 3: Live (Driff)
  9. Dave Rempis & Tim Daisy, Second Spring (Aerophonic)
  10. Ideal Bread, Beating the Teens (Cuneiform)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore [The Bootleg Series Vol. 3] (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Jimmy Giuffre, New York Concerts (Elemental)
  3. Frank Lowe, Out Loud (Triple Point)

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David R. Adler (JazzTimes, Stereophile, The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Diego Barber & Craig Taborn, Tales (Sunnyside)
  2. Rufus Reid, Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project (Motéma)
  3. David Virelles, Mbókò (ECM)
  4. Anne Mette Iversen, So Many Roads (BJU)
  5. Wadada Leo Smith, The Great Lakes Suites (TUM)
  6. Yosvany Terry, New Throned King (5 Pasion)
  7. Billy Childs, Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks)
  8. Steve Lehman, Mise en Abime (Pi)
  9. Walter Smith III, Still Casual (self-released)
  10. Tom Harrell, Trip (HighNote)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  2. Charlie Haden & Jim Hall, Charlie Haden & Jim Hall (Impulse!)
  3. Jimmy Giuffre, New York Concerts (Elemental)

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Scott Albin (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miguel Zenón, Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music)
  2. Joshua Redman, Trios Live (Nonesuch)
  3. Ernie Watts, A Simple Truth (Flying Dolphin)
  4. Gordon Lee & Mel Brown Septet, Tuesday Night (OA2)
  5. Ezra Weiss, Before You Know It (Roark)
  6. Frank Kimbrough, Quartet (Palmetto)
  7. Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Over Time: The Music of Bob Brookmeyer (Planet Arts)
  8. Bobby Hutcherson-Dave Sanborn-Joey DeFrancesco-Billy Hart, Enjoy the View (Blue Note)
  9. Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)
  10. Dee Alexander, Songs My Mother Loves (Blujazz)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis f. John Coltrane, All of You: The Last Tour 1960 (Acrobat)
  2. Roland Kirk, The Limelight/Verve Albums (Mosaic)
  3. Michael Bloomfield, From His Head to His Heart to His Hands (Legacy)

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Larry Appelbaum (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Billy Childs, Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks)
  2. Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden, Last Dance (ECM)
  3. Otis Brown III, The Thought of You (Blue Note)
  4. Tom Harrell, Trip (HighNote)
  5. Wadada Leo Smith, The Great Lakes Suites (TUM)
  6. Mark Turner, Lathe of Heaven (ECM)
  7. Kenny Barron & Dave Holland, The Art of Conversation (Impulse)
  8. Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note)
  9. Fred Hersch, Floating (Palmetto)
  10. Bill Frisell, Guitar in the Space Age! (Okeh)

REISSUES

  1. Various, Jazz in Polish Cinema: Out of the Underground 1958-1967 (Jazz on Film)
  2. Jimmy Giuffre, New York Concerts (Elemental)
  3. Joe Henderson, Mirror, Mirror (Edel)

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Bridget Arnwine (examiner.com, axs.com, bridgetsjazzplanet.wordpress.com, jazzpolice.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Helen Sung, Anthem for a New Day (Concord)
  2. Orrin Evans, Liberation Blues (Smoke Session)
  3. Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note)
  4. Sean Jones, Im·pro·vise Never Before Seen (Mack Avenue)
  5. Delfeayo Marsalis, The Last Southern Gentlemen (Troubadour Jass)
  6. Jimmy Heath, Togetherness (Jazz Legacy)
  7. Miguel Zenón, Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music)
  8. Theo Croker, Afro Physicist (Okeh)
  9. Mimi Jones, Balance (Hot Tone)
  10. Chris Greene, Music Appreciation (Single Malt)

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Hrayr Attarian (Jazziz, Chicago Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, The Great Lakes Suites (TUM)
  2. 10^32K, That Which Is Planted (Passin' Tru -13)
  3. Hafez Modirzadeh, In Convergence Liberation (Pi)
  4. Trio 3 & Vijay Iyer, Wiring (Intakt)
  5. Farmers by Nature, Love and Ghosts (AUM Fidelity)
  6. Roscoe Mitchell, Conversations II (Wide Hive)
  7. Tarek Yamani, Lisan Al Tarab (Edict)
  8. Orrin Evans, Liberation Blues (Smoke Session)
  9. Samo Salamon, Free Strings: Orchestrology (self-released)
  10. Tineke Postma & Greg Osby, Sonic Halo (Challenge)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  2. Sam Rivers, Contrasts (ECM)
  3. Frank Lowe, Out Loud (Triple Point)

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Duck Baker (The Absolute Sound, New York Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, The Great Lakes Suites (TUM)
  2. Kalle Kalima, Buñuel de Jour (TUM)
  3. Connie Crothers, Deep Friendship (New Artists)
  4. Dave Douglas & Uri Caine, Present Joys (Greenleaf)
  5. Jon Irabagon, It Takes All Kinds (Irabbagast/Jazzwerkstatt)
  6. Peter Madsen, Elvis Never Left the Building (Playscape)
  7. Joshua Breakstone, With the Wind and the Rain (Capri)
  8. Ezra Weiss, Before You Know It (Roark)
  9. Dave "Knife" Fabris, Lettuce Prey (Great Winds)
  10. Jeff Colella & Putter Smith, Lotus Blossom (Capri)

REISSUES

  1. Frank Lowe, Out Loud (Triple Point)
  2. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  3. Louis Armstrong, The Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings (Mosaic)

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Chris Barton (Los Angeles Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Lehman, Mise en Abime (Pi)
  2. Brian Blade, Landmarks (Blue Note)
  3. Orrin Evans, Liberation Blues (Smoke Session)
  4. Matt Wilson + John Medeski, Gathering Call (Palmetto)
  5. Jerome Sabbagh, The Turn (Sunnyside)
  6. Sarah Manning, Harmonious Creature (Posi-Tone)
  7. Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note)
  8. Medeski, Martin & Wood + Nels Cline, Woodstock Sessions, Vol.2 (Indirecto)
  9. David Virelles, Mbókò (ECM)
  10. Tineke Postma & Greg Osby, Sonic Halo (Challenge)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  2. Charlie Haden & Jim Hall, Charlie Haden & Jim Hall (Impulse!)
  3. Jimmy Giuffre, New York Concerts (Elemental)

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Bill Beuttler (JazzTimes, Esquire.com, Boston Globe, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sonny Rollins, Roadshows Volume 3 (Doxy/Okeh)
  2. Omer Avital, New Song (Motéma)
  3. Trio 3 & Vijay Iyer, Wiring (Intakt)
  4. Jason Moran, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy to Fats Waller (Blue Note)
  5. Danilo Pérez, Panama 500 (Mack Avenue)
  6. Steve Lehman, Mise en Abime (Pi)
  7. Miguel Zenón, Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music)
  8. Mark Turner, Lathe of Heaven (ECM)
  9. Avishai Cohen, Dark Nights (Anzic)
  10. Yosvany Terry, New Throned King (5 Pasion)

REISSUES

  1. Charlie Haden & Jim Hall, Charlie Haden & Jim Hall (Impulse!)
  2. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  3. Jaki Byard, The Late Show (HighNote)

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Nick Bewsey (Icon Magazine, WRTI.org)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sean Jones, Im·pro·vise Never Before Seen (Mack Avenue)
  2. Jimmy Cobb, The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)
  3. George Cables, Icons & Influences (HighNote)
  4. Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden, Last Dance (ECM)
  5. Fred Hersch, Floating (Palmetto)
  6. Alicia Olatuja, Timeless (World Tune)
  7. Brian Blade, Landmarks (Blue Note)
  8. Sonny Rollins, Roadshows Volume 3 (Doxy/Okeh)
  9. Jason Moran, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy to Fats Waller (Blue Note)
  10. Rotem Sivan, For Emotional Use Only (Fresh Sound New Talent)

REISSUES

  1. Louis Armstrong, The Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings (Mosaic)
  2. Various, The Sound of America: The Singles Collection (Verve)
  3. Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore [The Bootleg Series Vol. 3] (Columbia/Legacy)

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Dan Bilawsky (All About Jazz, JAZZed Magazine)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Brian Blade, Landmarks (Blue Note)
  2. Emilio Solla y la Inestable De Brooklyn, Second Half (self-released)
  3. Christine Jensen, Habitat (Justin Time -13)
  4. Matt Wilson + John Medeski, Gathering Call (Palmetto)
  5. Jeff Ballard, Time's Travels (Okeh)
  6. Bad Plus, The Rite of Spring (Sony Masterworks)
  7. Sonny Rollins, Roadshows Volume 3 (Doxy/Okeh)
  8. Marc Ribot, Live at the Village Vanguard (Pi)
  9. Fred Hersch, Floating (Palmetto)
  10. Ryan Keberle, Into the Zone (Greenleaf)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Lloyd, Manhattan Stories (Resonance)
  2. Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore [The Bootleg Series Vol. 3] (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)

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Larry Birnbaum (Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES

  1. Various, The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Bud Powell, The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
  3. Frank Lowe, Out Loud (Triple Point)

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Larry Blumenfeld (Wall Street Journal, Artinfo.com, Blu Notes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note)
  2. Marc Ribot, Live at the Village Vanguard (Pi)
  3. Yosvany Terry, New Throned King (5 Pasion)
  4. Brandon Ross & Stomu Takeishi, Revealing Essence (Sunnyside)
  5. Arturo O'Farrill, The Offense of the Drum (Motéma)
  6. Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein, Viper's Drag (Impulse)
  7. Steve Lehman, Mise en Abime (Pi)
  8. Kenny Barron & Dave Holland, The Art of Conversation (Impulse)
  9. Danilo Pérez, Panama 500 (Mack Avenue)
  10. Craig Handy, Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  2. Jimmy Giuffre, New York Concerts (Elemental)
  3. Charles Lloyd, Manhattan Stories (Resonance)

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Bob Blumenthal (freelance)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miguel Zenón, Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music)
  2. Ryan Keberle, Into the Zone (Greenleaf)
  3. Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note)
  4. Louis Sclavis, Silk & Salt Melodies (ECM)
  5. Michael Blake, Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside)
  6. Steve Lehman, Mise en Abime (Pi)
  7. Jane Ira Bloom, Sixteen Sunsets (Outline/Pure Audio -13)
  8. Eric Revis, In Memory of Things Yet Seen (Clean Feed)
  9. Dave Douglas, Riverside (Greenleaf)
  10. David Virelles, Mbókò (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Chubby Jackson, New York City 1949 (Uptown)
  2. Charles Lloyd, Manhattan Stories (Resonance)

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Philip Booth (JazzTimes, DownBeat, Jazziz, Relix, Bass Player)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tom Harrell, Trip (HighNote)
  2. Chick Corea, Trilogy (Stretch/Concord)
  3. Frank Kimbrough, Quartet (Palmetto)
  4. Snarky Puppy, We Like It Here (Ropeadope)
  5. Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein, Viper's Drag (Impulse)
  6. Brian Blade, Landmarks (Blue Note)
  7. Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note)
  8. Stanton Moore, Conversations (The Royal Potato Family)
  9. Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood, Juice (Indirecto)
  10. Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden, Last Dance (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Charlie Haden & Jim Hall, Charlie Haden & Jim Hall (Impulse!)
  2. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  3. Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore [The Bootleg Series Vol. 3] (Columbia/Legacy)

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Michael Bourne (WBGO, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Stryker, Eight Track (Panorama)
  2. Martin Wind, Turn Out the Stars (What If? Music)
  3. Michael Carvin, Flash Forward (Motéma)
  4. Ed Palermo, Oh No! Not Jazz!! (Cuneiform)
  5. Ted Rosenthal, Rhapsody in Gershwin (Playscape)
  6. Ahmad Jamal, Saturday Morning (Jazz Village -13)
  7. Chick Corea, Trilogy (Stretch/Concord)
  8. Omer Avital, New Song (Motéma)
  9. Houston Person, The Melody Lingers On (HighNote)
  10. Paquito D'Rivera, Jazz Meets the Classics (Paquito)

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Cisco Bradley (JazzRightNow.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ideal Bread, Beating the Teens (Cuneiform)
  2. Battle Trance, Palace of Wind (New Amsterdam)
  3. Mary Halvorson-Michael Formanek-Tomas Fujiwara, Thumbscrew (Cuneiform)
  4. Tomas Fujiwara, Variable Bets (Relative Pitch)
  5. VAX, Count to VAX (self-released)
  6. Matt Bauder, Nightshades (Clean Feed)
  7. Max Johnson, The Prisoner (NoBusiness)
  8. Tyshawn Sorey, Alloy (Pi)
  9. Anna Webber, Simple (Skirl)
  10. Patrick Breiner, Mileage (Sulde)

REISSUES

  1. Frank Lowe, Out Loud (Triple Point)

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Shaun Brady (Philadelphia Inquirer, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note)
  2. Steve Lehman, Mise en Abime (Pi)
  3. Jason Moran, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy to Fats Waller (Blue Note)
  4. Dan Weiss, Fourteen (Pi)
  5. Mark Turner, Lathe of Heaven (ECM)
  6. Ron Miles, Circuit Rider (Enja/Yellowbird)
  7. Matthew Shipp, I've Been to Many Places (Thirsty Ear)
  8. Sean Jones, Im·pro·vise Never Before Seen (Mack Avenue)
  9. Kris Davis, Waiting for You to Grow (Clean Feed)
  10. Alfredo Rodriguez, The Invasion Parade (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  2. Various, Creative Music Studio: Archive Selections, Vol. 1 (Innova)
  3. Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore [The Bootleg Series Vol. 3] (Columbia/Legacy)

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Marcela Breton (JJA)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Paquito D'Rivera, Jazz Meets the Classics (Paquito)
  2. Azar Lawrence, The Seeker (Sunnyside)
  3. Jane Ira Bloom, Sixteen Sunsets (Outline/Pure Audio -13)
  4. Harold Mabern, Right on Time (Smoke Sessions)
  5. Greg Abate, Motif (Whaling City Sound)
  6. Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra & Bobby Sanabria, Qué Viva Harlem! (Jazzheads)
  7. Rotem Sivan, For Emotional Use Only (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  8. Jimmy Greene, Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue)
  9. Majamisty Trio, Love (Cosmic Sounds)
  10. Diva, A Swingin' Life (MCG Jazz)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse/Resonance)
  2. Art Pepper, Unreleased Art Vol. VIII: Live at the Winery (Widows Taste -13)
  3. Rosemary Clooney, The CBS Radio Recordings 1955-61 (Mosaic)

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