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Christian Broecking (Jazz Thing, Berliner Zeitung)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Irene Schweizer & Han Bennink, Welcome Back (Intakt)
  2. Alexander von Schlippenbach, Features (Intakt)
  3. Rolf Kühn, Stereo (MPS)
  4. Christian Lillinger, Grund (Pirouet)
  5. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  6. Angelika Niescier-Simone Zanchini-Stefano Senni, Now (Blue Pearls Music)
  7. Daniel Erdmann-Samuel Rohrer-Vincent Courtois-Frank Möbus, Ten Songs About Real Utopia (Arjunamusic)
  8. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  9. Michael Wollny, Nachtfahrten (Act)

REISSUES

  1. Steve Lacy, Last Tour (Emanem)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Evan Parker, Seven (Victo)
  2. Rhodri Davies & John Butcher, Routing Lynn (Ftarri)
  3. Nate Wooley, Battle Pieces (Relative Pitch)
  4. Bertrand Denzler, Morph ( Confront)
  5. Joshua Abrams, Magnetoception (Eremite)
  6. Mats Gustafsson, Knockin' (Not Two)
  7. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  8. KAZE, Uminari (Circum-Libra)
  9. Simon Nabatov & Mark Dresser, Projections (Clean Feed)
  10. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993: 2nd Set (hatOLOGY)
  2. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)
  3. Red Garland, Swingin' on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner (Elemental Music)

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John Chacona (Erie [PA] Times-News)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  2. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  4. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  5. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)
  6. Ingrid Laubrock, Roulette of the Cradle (Intakt)
  7. Matthew Shipp, The Conduct of Jazz (Thirsty Ear)
  8. Jen Shyu, Sounds and Cries of the World (Pi)
  9. Tomas Fujiwara, After All Is Said (482 Music)
  10. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)

REISSUES

  1. Keith Jarrett-Charlie Haden-Paul Motian, Hamburg '72 (ECM)
  2. various, Creative Music Studio, Archive Selections Vol. 2 (Innova)
  3. David S. Ware, Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity)

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Alan Chase (University of N.H. Traditional Jazz Series)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Terell Stafford, Brotherlee Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan (Capri)
  2. Chris Potter, Imaginary Cities (ECM)
  3. Danilo Perez-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Children of the Night (Mack Avenue)
  4. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  5. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  6. Ben Williams, Coming of Age (Concord)
  7. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  8. John Scofield, Past Present (Impulse!)
  9. Antonio Sanchez, The Meridian Suite (CAM Jazz)
  10. Opus 5, Tickle (Criss Cross)

REISSUES

  1. various, The Complete Bee Hive Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. John Coltrane, So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 (Acrobat)
  3. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)

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Nate Chinen (The New York Times, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  2. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  4. Ben Wendel, The Seasons (self-released)
  5. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  6. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  7. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music)
  8. Liberty Ellman, Radiate (Pi)
  9. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  10. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)
  3. David S. Ware, Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity)

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Aaron Cohen (Chicago Tribune, DownBeat, TONEAudio)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  2. Mike Reed, A New Kind of Dance (482 Music)
  3. Tomeka Reid, Quartet (Thirsty Ear)
  4. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  6. Matthew Shipp, The Conduct of Jazz (Thirsty Ear)
  7. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music)
  8. Michael Bates, Northern Spy (Stereoscopic)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg, Celestial Weather (TUM)
  10. Josh Berman, A Dance and a Hop (Delmark)

REISSUES

  1. various, The Complete Bee Hive Sessions (Mosaic)

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Troy Collins (All About Jazz, Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Barry Altschul, Tales of the Unforseen (TUM)
  2. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  4. Rob Reddy, Bechet: Our Contemporary (Reddy Music)
  5. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  6. Nate Wooley, Dance to the Early Music (Clean Feed)
  7. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Mauch Chunk (Hot Cup)
  8. Joshua Redman & Bad Plus, Joshua Redman & Bad Plus (Nonesuch)
  9. John Scofield, Past Present (Impulse!)
  10. Gary Peacock, Now This (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Sonny Sharrock, Ask The Ages (M.O.D. Technologies)
  2. Last Exit, Iron Path (ESP-Disk)
  3. John Carter/Bobby Bradford, Self Determination Music (Ace)

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Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes, Stereophile, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)
  3. Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance (Blue Note)
  4. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  5. Amina Figarova, Blue Whisper (In + Out)
  6. Chris Potter, Imaginary Cities (ECM)
  7. Chris Dingman, The Subliminal and the Sublime (Inner Arts Initiative)
  8. Giovanni Guidi, This Is the Day (ECM)
  9. Jon Irabagon, Behind the Sky (Irrabagast)
  10. Noah Preminger, Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar (Noah Preminger)

REISSUES

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

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joshua Redman & Bad Plus, Joshua Redman & Bad Plus (Nonesuch)
  2. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  3. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  4. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  5. Dave Douglas, Brazen Heart (Greenleaf)
  6. Barry Altschul, Tales of the Unforseen (TUM)
  7. Ben Monder, Amorphae (ECM)
  8. Brad Mehldau, 10 Years Solo Live (Nonesuch)
  9. Ernesto Cervini, Turboprop ( Anzic)
  10. Jon Irabagon, Behind the Sky (Irrabagast)

REISSUES

  1. Barry Harris, Plays Tadd Dameron (Xanadu)
  2. Weather Report, The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 (Legacy)
  3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)

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Owen Cordle (The [Raleigh, NC] News & Observer, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Patrick Williams, Home Suite Home (BFM Jazz)
  2. John Fedchock, Like It Is (Mama)
  3. Joey DeFrancesco, Trip Mode (HighNote)
  4. Dave Stryker, Messin' With Mister T (Strikezone)
  5. Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio, Live in Studio (Whaling City Sound)
  6. Mike LeDonne, AwwlRight! (Savant)
  7. Sax Gordon, In the Wee Small Hours (Delmark -14)
  8. UNCG Jazz Ensemble 1, Turns Out (self-released -13)
  9. UNCG Jazz Ensemble 1, Bouncing With Blue Note at 75 (self-released -14)
  10. Warren Vache, Remembers Benny Carter (Arbors Jazz)

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Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. The Resonance Ensemble, Double Arc (Not Two)
  2. Jean-Michel Pilc, What Is This Thing Called? (Sunnyside)
  3. Michael Bisio, Accortet (Relative Pitch)
  4. Matthew Shipp, The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael (Relative Pitch)
  5. Michael Blake, Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside -14)
  6. Michael Bates, Northern Spy (Stereoscopic)
  7. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)
  8. Mario Pavone, Blue Dialect (Clean Feed)
  9. Josh Berman, A Dance and a Hop (Delmark)
  10. Geof Bradfield, Our Roots (Origin)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)
  2. Peter Brotzmann-Fred Van Hove-Han Bennink, 1971 (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  3. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)

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Kevin Coultas (Mingle on 97.1 WXOX / artxfm.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joanna Wallfisch, The Origin of Adjustable Things (Sunnyside)
  2. Daniel Herskedal, Slow Eastbound Train (Edition)
  3. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  4. Chris Potter, Imaginary Cities (ECM)
  5. Anat Cohen, Luminosa (Anzic)
  6. Gregg Belisle-Chi, Tenebrae (Songlines)
  7. Chris Dingman, The Subliminal and the Sublime (Inner Arts Initiative)
  8. Julia Hulsmann w Theo Bleckmann, A Clear Midnight - Kurt Weill and America (ECM)
  9. Jeff "Tain" Watts, Blue, Vol. 1 (Dark Key)
  10. Avishai Cohen, From Darkness (Razdaz)

REISSUES

  1. Sonny Sharrock, Ask The Ages (M.O.D. Technologies)
  2. Albert "Tootie" Heath, Kwanza (The First) (Elemental)
  3. Mike Osborne, Dawn (Cuneiform)

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Michael Coyle (WRCU, The Slim & Him Show)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Mauch Chunk (Hot Cup)
  2. Dave Stryker, Messin' With Mister T (Strikezone)
  3. Terell Stafford, Brotherlee Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan (Capri)
  4. Barry Altschul, Tales of the Unforseen (TUM)
  5. Ochion Jewell, Volk (Mythology)
  6. Satoko Fujii, Yamiyo Ni Karasu (Libra)
  7. Big Picture Holiday, Shimmer and Melt (Ropeadope)
  8. Wolff and Clark Expedition, 2 (Random Act)
  9. Polly Gibbons, Many Faces of Love (Resonance)
  10. Jazz Ensemble Baden-Württemberg, Doors Without Words (JazznArts)

REISSUES

  1. Roland Kirk, The Limelight/Verve Records (Mosaic)
  2. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Billie Holiday, The Centennial Collection (Columbia/Legacy)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  3. Chuck Israels, Joyful Noise - A Tribute to Horace Silver (Independent)
  4. Fred Hersch, Solo (Palmetto)
  5. Will Herrington, Solace (Independent)
  6. Joshua Redman & Bad Plus, Joshua Redman & Bad Plus (Nonesuch)
  7. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  8. John Scofield, Past Present (Impulse!)
  9. Aaron Goldberg, The Now (Sunnyside)
  10. John Patitucci, Brooklyn (Three Faces)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Weather Report, The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 (Legacy)
  3. Billie Holiday, The Centennial Collection (Columbia/Legacy)

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Francis Davis (Jazz Times, craftsmanship.org, Boyer School of Music and Dance [Temple Universityi])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  3. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  4. Michael Gibbs & NDR Big Band, Play a Bill Frisell Set List (Cuneiform)
  5. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)
  6. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  7. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  8. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  9. Nate Wooley, Dance to the Early Music (Clean Feed)
  10. Ghost Train Orchestra, Hot Town (Accurate)

REISSUES

  1. Joe Castro, Lush Life: A Musical Journey (Sunnyside)
  2. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)
  3. Abbey Lincoln, Sophisticated Abbey (HighNote)

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Anthony Dean-Harris (Nextbop: The Next Generation of Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Makaya McCraven, In the Moment (International Anthem)
  2. Liberty Ellman, Radiate (Pi)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  4. Rotem Sivan, A New Dance (Fresh Sound)
  5. Jeremy Pelt, Tales, Musings and Other Reveries (HighNote)
  6. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Stretch Music (Ropeadope)
  7. Act, Act II (self-released)
  8. Kendrick Scott, We Are the Drum (Blue Note)
  9. Aidan Carroll, Original Vision (Truth Revolution)
  10. Lionel Loueke, Gaia (Blue Note)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance (Blue Note)
  2. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  4. Matthew Shipp, The Conduct of Jazz (Thirsty Ear)
  5. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  6. David Chesky, Primal Scream (Chesky)
  7. Scott Dubois, Winter Light (ACT)
  8. Larry Ochs, The Fictive Five (Tzadik)
  9. Howard Alden, Guitar Solo (K2B2)
  10. Le Pot (Manuel Mengis-Hans-Peter Pfammatter-Manuel Troller-Lionel Friedli), Hera (Everest)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)
  2. various, Turtle Records: Pioneering British Jazz 1970-1971 (Cherry/RMP/Turtle))
  3. Bengt Nordström-Sven-Åke Johansson-Alexander von Schlippenbach, Stockholm Connection (Umlaut)

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Troy Dostert (Free Jazz Collective)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)
  2. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  3. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)
  4. Barry Altschul, Tales of the Unforseen (TUM)
  5. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  6. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  7. Potsa Lotsa Plus, Plays Love Suite by Eric Dolphy (Jazzwerkstadt)
  8. Kris Davis, Save Your Breath (Clean Feed)
  9. Lama & Joachim Badenhorst, The Elephant's Journey (Clean Feed)
  10. James Falzone & the Renga Ensemble, The Room Is (Allos Documents)

REISSUES

  1. Sonny Sharrock, Ask The Ages (M.O.D. Technologies)
  2. Alex von Schlippenbach, First Recordings (Trost)
  3. Mike Osborne, Dawn (Cuneiform)

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Alain Drouot (Downbeat, WNUR-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Blue Buddha, Blue Buddha (Tzadik)
  2. Paal Nilssen-Love, Erta Ale (PNL -14)
  3. Andrew Drury, Content Provider (Soup and Sounds)
  4. James Brandon Lewis, Days of FreeMan (OKeh)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  6. Steve Swell, Hommage a Bartok (Silkheart)
  7. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  8. Gebhard Ullmann, Hat and Shoes (Between the Lines)
  9. All Included, Satan in Plain Clothes (Clean Feed)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg, Celestial Weather (TUM)

REISSUES

  1. Alex von Schlippenbach, Globe Unity (MPS)
  2. Archie Shepp, Life at the Donaueschingen Music Festival (MPS)
  3. Albert Mangelsdorff, Triple Entente (MPS)

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Ken Dryden (The New York City Jazz Record, Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Fred Hersch, Solo (Palmetto)
  2. Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo, Swing Zing! (self-released)
  3. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)
  4. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  5. Michael Dease, Decisions (Posi-Tone)
  6. Joanna Wallfisch, The Origin of Adjustable Things (Sunnyside)
  7. Brian Charette-Will Bernard-Rudy Royston, Alphabet City (Posi-Tone)
  8. Erik Friedlander, Oscalypso (Skipstone)
  9. Dick Hyman, House of Pianos (Arbors)
  10. Stephen Riley & Peter Zak, Haunted Heart (Steeplechase)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 (Acrobat)
  2. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)
  3. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)

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Donald Elfman (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Aaron Irwin, A Room Forever (Aaron Irwin)
  2. Keith Jarrett, Creation (ECM)
  3. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)
  4. Tom Harrell, First Impressions (HighNote)
  5. Asphalt Orchestra, Surfer Rosa (Cantaloupe)
  6. Hot Jazz Jumpers, The Very Next Thing (On the Bol)
  7. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Mauch Chunk (Hot Cup)
  8. Anat Cohen, Luminosa (Anzic)
  9. Richard Nelson & Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Deep River (Heliotrope)
  10. Romain Collin, Press Enter (ACT)

REISSUES

  1. Cannonball Adderley, Complete Live in Tokyo ()
  2. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)
  3. Louis Armstrong, Complete Newport (Mosaic)

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