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Karl Ackermann (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. PLS. Trio, East River (Echo Chamber)
  2. Rob Mazurek, Alternate Moon Cycles (International Anthem)
  3. Wayne Horvitz, Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (Songlines)
  4. Adam Berenson, Lumen (Dream Play)
  5. Irek Wojtczak & The Fonda-Stevens Group, Folk Five (ForTune)
  6. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  7. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)
  8. Mette Henriette, Mette Henriette (ECM)
  9. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Mauch Chunk (Hot Cup)
  10. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. David S. Ware, Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity)
  2. Joe McPhee, Solo -- The Lost Tapes (1980-1981-1984) (Roaratorio)
  3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)

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Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz Collective)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mette Rasmussen & Chris Corsano, All the Ghosts at Once (Relative Pitch)
  2. Tim Berne, You've Been Watching Me (ECM)
  3. Pulverize the Sound, Pulverize the Sound (Relative Pitch)
  4. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music)
  5. Cortex, Live (Clean Feed -14)
  6. Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love, Candy (PnL)
  7. Barry Altschul, Tales of the Unforseen (TUM)
  8. Ingrid Laubrock, Roulette of the Cradle (Intakt)
  9. Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley, East by Northwest (Audiographic)
  10. Marcelo dos Reis & Angélica V. Salvi, Concentric Rinds (Cipsela)

REISSUES

  1. John Russell-Phil Durrant-John Butcher, Conceits (Emanem)
  2. Last Exit, Iron Path (ESP-Disk)
  3. John Abercrombie, The First Quartet (ECM)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  3. Julian Lage, World's Fair (Modern Lore)
  4. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)
  5. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  6. Myra Melford, Snowy Egret (Enja/Yellowbird)
  7. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  8. Christian McBride, Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)
  9. Rez Abbasi, Intents and Purposes (Enja)
  10. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)

REISSUES

  1. John Abercrombie, The First Quartet (ECM)
  2. David S. Ware, Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity)
  3. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)

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Scott Albin (Amazon.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  2. Jon Irabagon, Behind the Sky (Irrabagast)
  3. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dee Dee's Feathers (Okeh)
  4. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  5. Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble, Circulation: The Music of Gary McFarland (Planet Arts)
  6. Terell Stafford, Brotherlee Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan (Capri)
  7. Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love (Mack Avenue)
  8. Pat Martino With Jim Ridl, Nexus (HighNote)
  9. Errol Rackipov, Pictures From a Train Window (First Orbit Sounds)
  10. Myriam Phiro, Voyages (self-released)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside)
  2. John Coltrane, So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 (Acrobat)
  3. Bill Evans, The Complete Fantasy Recordings (Concord)

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Larry Appelbaum (JazzTimes, WPFW-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  2. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  3. Joe Locke, Love Is a Pendulum (Motema)
  4. Heads of State, Search for Peace (Smoke Sessions)
  5. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  6. Danilo Perez-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Children of the Night (Mack Avenue)
  7. Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love (Mack Avenue)
  8. John Scofield, Past Present (Impulse!)
  9. Luciana Souza, Speaking in Tongues (Sunnyside)
  10. Pat Metheny, Hommage a Eberhard Weber (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. George Lewis, The Solo Trombone Record (Sackville)
  3. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Glenn Astarita (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  2. Charlie Hunter, Let the Bells Ring On (Charlie Hunter Music)
  3. Tim Berne, You've Been Watching Me (ECM)
  4. Lucia Von Wyl, Frost (hatOLOGY)
  5. Tom Harrell, Trip (HighNote )
  6. Dave Burrell & Steve Swell, Turning Point (NoBusiness)
  7. Russ Johnson, Meeting Point (Relay)
  8. Jerome Sabbagh, The Turn (Sunnyside)
  9. Matthew Shipp, The Conduct of Jazz (Thirsty Ear)
  10. John Hebert, Rambling Confessions (Sunnyside)

REISSUES

  1. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993: 2nd Set (hatOLOGY)

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Hrayr Attarian (Jazziz, Chicago Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  2. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  4. Satoko Fujii, Ichigo Ichie (Libra)
  5. Joe Daley, Portraits: Wind, Thunder and Love (JoDa Music)
  6. Kris Davis, Save Your Breath (Clean Feed)
  7. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  8. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)
  9. Ingrid Laubrock, Ubatuba (Firehouse 12)
  10. Yuhan Su, A Room of One's Own (Inner Circle)

REISSUES

  1. Jutta Hipp, Hipp Is Cool: The Life and Art of Jutta Hip (Be!)
  2. Red Garland, Swingin' on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner (Elemental Music)
  3. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ran Blake, Ghost Tones (A-Side)
  2. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg, Celestial Weather (TUM)
  4. Mose Allison, American Legend - Live in California (IBis)
  5. Roscoe Mitchell, Angel City (RogueArt)
  6. Ingrid Laubrock, Ubatuba (Firehouse 12)
  7. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  8. Jon Lundbom, Jeremiah (Hot Cup)
  9. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Song Is My Story (Sunnyside)
  10. KAZE, Uminari (Circum-Libra)

REISSUES

  1. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)
  2. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)
  3. Tubby Hayes, Live at the Hopbine 1968 Vol. 1: The Syndicate (Gearbox)

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Chris Barton (Los Angeles Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  2. Makaya McCraven, In the Moment (International Anthem)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  4. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  6. Ben Monder, Amorphae (ECM)
  7. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  8. Myra Melford, Snowy Egret (Enja/Yellowbird)
  9. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note)
  10. Mike Reed, A New Kind of Dance (482 Music)

REISSUES

  1. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)
  2. Joe Harriott & Amancio D'Silva, Hum Dono (Dutton Vocalion)
  3. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  2. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  4. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note)
  5. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  6. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  7. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)
  8. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  9. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Stretch Music (Ropeadope)
  10. Joshua Redman & Bad Plus, Joshua Redman & Bad Plus (Nonesuch)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Branford Marsalis, A Love Supreme (OKeh)
  3. Keith Jarrett-Charlie Haden-Paul Motian, Hamburg '72 (ECM)

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Nick Bewsey (Icon Magazine, WRTI.org)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  2. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  3. Ben Williams, Coming of Age (Concord)
  4. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note)
  5. Nick Finzer, The Chase (Origin)
  6. Julian Lage, World's Fair (Modern Lore)
  7. various, Supreme Sonancy, Volume 1 (Revive/Blue Note)
  8. Jamison Ross, Jamison (Concord Jazz)
  9. Tom Harrell, First Impressions (HighNote)
  10. Orrin Evans, The Evolution of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)

REISSUES

  1. Red Garland, Swingin' on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner (Elemental Music)
  2. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)

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Dan Bilawsky (All About Jazz, JAZZed Magazine)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band, Köln (Alternate Side)
  3. Liberty Ellman, Radiate (Pi)
  4. Fred Hersch, Solo (Palmetto)
  5. David Berkman, Old Friends and New Friends (Palmetto)
  6. Oded Lev-Ari, Threading (Anzic)
  7. Joe Locke, Love Is a Pendulum (Motema)
  8. Brian Landrus, The Deep Below (BlueLand/Palmetto)
  9. Mike Holober, Balancing Act (Palmetto)
  10. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)

REISSUES

  1. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)
  2. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)

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Larry Birnbaum (Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  2. Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Tokyo Adagio (Impulse!)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  4. Kenny Wheeler, Songs for Quintet (ECM)
  5. Bill McHenry-Henry Grimes-Andrew Cyrille, Fish Stories (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg, Celestial Weather (TUM)
  7. Eddie Henderson, Collective Portrait (Smoke Sessions)
  8. Joshua Redman & Bad Plus, Joshua Redman & Bad Plus (Nonesuch)
  9. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  10. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)
  2. Joe Albany, An Evening With Joe Albany (SteepleChase)
  3. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)

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Larry Blumenfeld (Wall Street Journal, Artinfo: Blu Notes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  2. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  3. Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Tokyo Adagio (Impulse!)
  4. Fred Hersch, Solo (Palmetto)
  5. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  6. Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance (Blue Note)
  7. William Parker, For Those Who Are, Still (AUM Fidelity)
  8. Jen Shyu, Sounds and Cries of the World (Pi)
  9. Dafnis Prieto, Triangles and Circles (Dafnison)
  10. Chucho Valdés, Tribute to Irakere (Live in Marciac) (Jazz Village/Harmonia Mundi)

REISSUES

  1. Sonny Rollins w. Don Cherry, Complete Live at the Village Gate 1962 (Solar)
  2. Weather Report, The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 (Legacy)
  3. various, Creative Music Studio, Archive Selections Vol. 2 (Innova)

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Bob Blumenthal (freelance)

NEW RELEASES

  1. JD Allen, Graffiti (Savant)
  2. Kenny Werner, The Melody (Pirouet)
  3. Liberty Ellman, Radiate (Pi)
  4. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  5. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)
  6. Chris Dingman, The Subliminal and the Sublime (Inner Arts Initiative)
  7. Tom Harrell, First Impressions (HighNote)
  8. Kris Davis, Save Your Breath (Clean Feed)
  9. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  10. Tom Varner, Nine Surprises (Tom Varner Music)

REISSUES

  1. various, The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Steve Lacy, Morning Joy (hatOLOGY)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  2. Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love (Mack Avenue)
  3. Snarky Puppy, Sylva (Impulse!)
  4. John Scofield, Past Present (Impulse!)
  5. Dave Douglas, Brazen Heart (Greenleaf)
  6. Anat Cohen, Luminosa (Anzic)
  7. Danilo Perez-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Children of the Night (Mack Avenue)
  8. Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (Columbia)
  9. Aaron Goldberg, The Now (Sunnyside)
  10. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Red Garland, Swingin' on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner (Elemental Music)
  3. Duke Ellington, The Conny Plank Session (Groenland)

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Michael Bourne (WBGO, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Antonio Hart, Blessings (JLP)
  2. Dave Stryker, Messin' With Mister T (Strikezone)
  3. Anat Cohen, Luminosa (Anzic)
  4. Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (Columbia)
  5. London, Meader, Pramuk & Ross, The Royal Bopsters Project (Motema)
  6. Kurt Elling, Passion World (Concord)
  7. John Scofield, Past Present (Impulse!)
  8. Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio, Live in Studio (Whaling City Sound)
  9. Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Karrin Allyson, Many a New Day (Motema)

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Cisco Bradley (JazzRightNow, Jazz Tokyo)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin - Chapter Three: River Run Thee (Constellation)
  2. Peter Evans, Destination: Void (More Is More -14)
  3. Tim Berne, You've Been Watching Me (ECM)
  4. Ingrid Laubrock, Roulette of the Cradle (Intakt)
  5. Chris Pitsiokos, Gordion Twine (New Atlantis)
  6. Michelle Arcila & Eivind Opsvik, A Thousand Ancestors (Loyal Label)
  7. Tomas Fujiwara, After All Is Said (482 Music)
  8. Mikko Innanen, Song For a New Decade (TUM)
  9. Secret Keeper, Emerge (Intakt)
  10. Ava Mendoza, Unnatural Ways (New Atlantis)

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Shaun Brady (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance (Blue Note)
  2. Tim Berne, You've Been Watching Me (ECM)
  3. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  4. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  5. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)
  6. John Scofield, Past Present (Impulse!)
  7. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  8. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  9. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  10. Dave Douglas, Brazen Heart (Greenleaf)

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Marcela Breton (JJA)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, Live in Cuba (Blue Engine)
  2. Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton, Live in Bern (Capri)
  3. Leny Andrade and Roni Ben-Hur, Alegria de Vivire (Motema)
  4. Charles McPherson, The Journey (Capri)
  5. Eliane Elias, Made in Brazil (Concord)
  6. Vincent Herring, Night and Day (Smoke Sessions)
  7. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  8. Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (Columbia)
  9. Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Nick Hempton, Catch and Release (Triple-Distilled)

REISSUES

  1. various, Jazz in Polish Cinema: Out of the Underground, 1958-1967 (Jazz on Film)
  2. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)
  3. Buena Vista Social Club, Lost and Found (Nonesuch)

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Richard Brody (The New Yorker)

NEW RELEASES

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. John Coltrane, Live at Penn State '63 (Hi Hat)
  3. John Carter/Bobby Bradford, Self Determination Music (Ace)

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