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Tom Hull (tomhull.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Aly Keita-Jan Galega Bronnimann-Lucas Niggli, Kalo Yele! (Intakt)
  2. Houston Person & Ron Carter, Chemistry (HighNote)
  3. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  4. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)
  5. George Coleman, A Master Speaks (Smoke Sessions)
  6. Roswell Rudd-Jamie Saft-Trevor Dunn-Balázs Pándi, Strength & Power (RareNoise)
  7. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  8. Gary Lucas Fleischerei, Music From Max Fischer Cartoons (Cuneiform)
  9. Dave Rempis/Joshua Abrams/Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker, Periheleon (Aerophonic)
  10. Rodrigo Amado, Desire and Freedom (Not Two)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  2. Peter Kuhn, No Coming No Going (Living Right) (No Business)
  3. William Hooker, Light: The Early Years 1975-1989 (No Business)

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  2. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  3. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  4. Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, Nearness (Nonesuch)
  5. Marc Copland, Zenith (Innervoice)
  6. Donny McCaslin, Beyond Now (Motéma)
  7. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam)
  8. Patrick Cornelius, While We're Still Young (Whirlwind)
  9. Edward Simon, Latin American Songbook (Sunnyside)
  10. Wolfgang Muthspiel, Rising Grace (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Keith Jarrett, A Multitude of Angels (ECM)
  2. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  3. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)

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Robert Iannapollo (Cadence, New York City Jazz Record, ARSC Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  3. Andrew Cyrille, The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM)
  4. Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman-Ikue Mori-Evan Parker, Miller's Tale (Intakt)
  5. Mark Dresser, Sedimental You (Clean Feed)
  6. Taylor Ho Bynum, Enter the PlusTet (Firehouse 12)
  7. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  8. Generations Quartet, Flow (Not Two)
  9. Tierra Mestiza (Angelica Sanchez & Omar Tamez), Floresta (Nonjazz)
  10. Jon Lundbom, 2016: EPs: Make the Magic Happen/Play All the Notes/Bring Their 'A' Game/Make the Changes (Hot Cup)

REISSUES

  1. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Jimmy Lyons, Push/Pull (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  3. Mothers of Invention/Frank Zappa, Meat Light (Zappa)

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Willard Jenkins (The Independent Ear, WPFW "Jazz & Justice Radio" [Washington DC], JazzTimes, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Randy Weston, The African Nubian Suite (African Rhythms)
  2. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  3. Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, Work Songs (Motéma)
  4. Logan Richardson, Lift (Blue Note)
  5. Herlin Riley, New Directions (Mack Avenue)
  6. Sonny Rollins, Holding the Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4 (Doxy/OKeh)
  7. John Beasley, MONK'estra, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue)
  8. Little Johnny Rivero, Music in Me (Truth Revolution)
  9. Ted Nash, Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom (Motéma)
  10. Lori Williams, Behind the Smiles (Pacific Coast Jazz)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)
  2. Woody Shaw, Field Recordings of a Jazz Master (ITG -12)
  3. Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens Live (Resonance)

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David Brent Johnson (WFIU [Bloomington, IN])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Brad Mehldau, 10 Years Solo Live (Nonesuch -15)
  2. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  3. Warren Wolf, Convergence (Mack Avenue)
  4. Jeremy Pelt, jiveculture (HighNote)
  5. Takuya Kuroda, Zigzagger (Concord)
  6. Renee Rosnes, Written in the Rocks (Smoke Sessions)
  7. Cookers, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (Smoke Sessions)
  8. Tom Harrell, Something Gold, Something Blue (HighNote)
  9. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  10. Marquis Hill, The Way We Play (Concord Jazz)

REISSUES

  1. Count Basie & Lester Young, Classic 1936-1947 Studio Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  3. Arthur Blythe, Lennox Avenue Breakdown/In the Tradition/Bush Baby/Blythe Spirit (BGO)

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Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam)
  2. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)
  3. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  4. Jonathan Finlayson, Moving Still (Pi)
  5. Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic)
  6. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  7. Ryan Keberle, Azul Infinito (Greenleaf)
  8. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  9. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  10. Taylor Ho Bynum, Enter the PlusTet (Firehouse 12)

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T.R. Johnson (WWOZ [New Orleans])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jeff Parker, The New Breed (International Anthem)
  2. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)
  3. Marcus Strickland, Nihil Novi (Blue Note)
  4. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  5. Sao Paulo Underground, Cantos Invisiveis (Cuneiform)
  6. Derrick Hodge, The Second (Blue Note)
  7. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  8. Dave Douglas, Dark Territory (Greenleaf)
  9. Nicholas Payton, Textures (Paytone)
  10. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  2. Stan Getz, Moments in Time (Resonance)

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Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Camila Meza, Traces (Sunnyside)
  2. Patrick Cornelius, While We're Still Young (Whirlwind)
  3. Anthony Branker & Imagine, Beauty Within (Origin)
  4. Billy Hart & WDR Big Band, The Broader Picture (Enja/Yellowbird)
  5. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  6. Alexis Cuadrado, Poètica (Sunnyside)
  7. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  8. Jane Ira Bloom, Early Americans (Outline)
  9. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  10. René Marie, Sound of Red (Motéma)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  2. Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens Live (Resonance)
  3. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)

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George Kanzler (Hot House, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  2. Randy Weston, The African Nubian Suite (African Rhythms)
  3. Ted Nash, Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom (Motéma)
  4. Ralph Peterson's Aggregate Prime, Dream Deferred (Onyx)
  5. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)
  6. Kenny Barron, Book of Intuition (Impulse!)
  7. Frank Kimbrough, Solstice (Pirouet)
  8. Warren Wolf, Convergence (Mack Avenue)
  9. Jacknife, The Music of Jackie McLean (Primary)
  10. Harry Allen, For George, Cole and Duke (Blue Heron -15)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  2. Svend Asmussen, The Incomparable Fiddler: 100 Years (Storyville)
  3. Jeri Southern, Blue Note, Chicago, March 1956 (Uptown)

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Fred Kaplan (Slate, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam)
  3. Frank Kimbrough, Solstice (Pirouet)
  4. Fred Hersch, Sunday Night at the Vanguard (Palmetto)
  5. Brad Mehldau, Blues and Ballads (Nonesuch)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  7. Dave Douglas, Dark Territory (Greenleaf)
  8. Krakauer's Ancestral Groove, Checkpoint (Table Pounding)
  9. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  10. Kenny Barron, Book of Intuition (Impulse!)

REISSUES

  1. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Erroll Garner, Ready Take One (Octave/Legacy)
  3. Sarah Vaughan, Live at Rosy's (Resonance)

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Yoshi Kato (DownBeat, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd, I Long to See You (Blue Note)
  2. Wolfgang Muthspiel, Rising Grace (ECM)
  3. Branford Marsalis, Upward Spiral (OKeh)
  4. Donny McCaslin, Beyond Now (Motéma)
  5. Edward Simon, Latin American Songbook (Sunnyside)
  6. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)
  7. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  8. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Otis Was a Polar Bear (Royal Potato Family)
  9. Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic)
  10. Aruán Ortiz, Hidden Voices (Intakt)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)
  2. Keith Jarrett, A Multitude of Angels (ECM)
  3. Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens Live (Resonance)

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Elzy Kolb (Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  2. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)
  3. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Andando el Tiempo (ECM)
  4. Charles Lloyd, I Long to See You (Blue Note)
  5. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  6. Lew Tabackin, Soundscapes (self-released)
  7. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  8. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  9. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  10. Roberta Piket, One for Marian: Celebrating Marian McPartland (Thirteenth Note)

REISSUES

  1. Stan Getz, Moments in Time (Resonance)
  2. Jane Bunnett, Spirits of Havana/Chamalongo 25th Anniversary (Linus Entertainment)
  3. Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes, The Tour Volume One (HighNote)

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Stuart Kremsky (Journal of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, Mr. Stu's Record Room)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  2. Keefe Jackson & Jason Adasiewicz, Rows and Rows (Delmark)
  3. Jane Ira Bloom, Early Americans (Outline)
  4. Juhani Aaltonen & Iro Haarla, Kirkastus (TUM -15)
  5. Fred Hersch, Sunday Night at the Vanguard (Palmetto)
  6. Aruán Ortiz, Hidden Voices (Intakt)
  7. Mark Dresser, Sedimental You (Clean Feed)
  8. Thumbscrew, Convallaria (Cuneiform)
  9. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  10. Rich Halley, The Outlier (Pine Eagle)

REISSUES

  1. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Count Basie & Lester Young, Classic 1936-1947 Studio Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Art Pepper & Warne Marsh, Unreleased Art: Volume 9: Art Pepper & Warne Marsh at Donte's April 26, 1974 (Widow's Taste)

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David Kunian (DownBeat, Offbeat, Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Louisiana State Museum)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Noah Preminger, Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (self-released)
  2. Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, Work Songs (Motéma)
  3. Magnetic Ear, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability (self-released)
  4. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music -15)
  5. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  6. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  7. Nolatet, Dogs (Royal Potato Family)
  8. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  9. Cookers, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Herlin Riley, New Directions (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Sun Ra, The Space Age Is Here to Stay (Modern Harmonic)
  2. Albert Ayler, Bells/Prophecy (ESP Disk)
  3. Sonny Sharrock, Ask the Ages (MOD Technologies)

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Art Lange (Point of Departure, WNUR-FM)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

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Josh Langhoff (NorteņoBlog, The Cresset, The Singles Jukebox)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Esperanza Spalding, Emily's D+Evolution (Concord)
  2. I.P.A., I Just Did Say Something (Cuneiform)
  3. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  4. Anna Webber's Simple Trio, Binary (Skirl)
  5. René Marie, Sound of Red (Motéma)
  6. Naftule's Dream, Blood (Naftule's Dream)
  7. Noah Preminger, Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (self-released)
  8. Avishai Cohen, Into the Silence (ECM)
  9. Jeff Denson, Concentric Circles (Ridgeway)
  10. Empirical, Connection (Cuneiform)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)

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Will Layman (PopMatters)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jonathan Finlayson, Moving Still (Pi)
  2. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, The Abyssinian Mass (Blue Engine)
  3. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  4. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  5. Cuong Vu & Pat Metheny, Meets (Nonesuch)
  6. Stephan Crump, Rhombal (Papillon Sounds)
  7. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  8. Ryan Keberle, Azul Infinito (Greenleaf)
  9. Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic)
  10. Uri Caine, Calibrated Thickness (816)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)
  2. Arthur Blythe, Lennox Avenue Breakdown/In the Tradition/Bush Baby/Blythe Spirit (BGO)
  3. Charlie Parker, Unheard Bird, The Unissued Takes (Verve)

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Aidan Levy (JazzTimes, Village Voice)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sonny Rollins, Holding the Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4 (Doxy/OKeh)
  2. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  3. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  4. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  5. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  6. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  7. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam)
  8. Andrew Cyrille, The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM)
  9. Melissa Aldana, Back Home (Wommusic)
  10. John Zorn [Craig Taborn-Christian McBride-Tyshawn Sorey], Flaga: The Book of Angels, Volume 27 (Tzadik)

REISSUES

  1. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)
  3. John Cage & Sun Ra, John Cage Meets Sun Ra: The Complete Concert June 8, 1986 Coney Island, NY (Modern Harmonic)

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John Litweiler (Point of Departure, Encyclopedia Britannica, WHPK-FM [Chicago])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Josh Berman, A Dance and a Hop (Delmark -15)
  2. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  3. Barry Guy, The Blue Shroud (Intakt)
  4. Simon Nabatov, Monk and More (Leo)
  5. I.P.A., I Just Did Say Something (Cuneiform)
  6. Keefe Jackson & Jason Adasiewicz, Rows and Rows (Delmark)
  7. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  8. George Freeman & Chico Freeman, All in the Family (Southport)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  10. Tomeka Reid, Quartet (Thirsty Ear -15)

REISSUES

  1. James P. Johnson, Classic James P. Johnson Sessions (Mosaic -15)
  2. Art Pepper & Warne Marsh, Unreleased Art: Volume 9: Art Pepper & Warne Marsh at Donte's April 26, 1974 (Widow's Taste)
  3. Anthony Braxton-Derek Bailey, First Duo Concert (London 1974) (Emanem)

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Martin Longley (The Guardian, DwonBeat, Jazzwise, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mara Rosenbloom, Prairie Burn (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  2. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  3. Moker, Ladder (El Negocito)
  4. John Escreet, The Unknown (Sunnyside)
  5. Peter Evans, Genesis (More Is More)
  6. RED Trio & John Butcher, Summer Skyshift (Clean Feed)
  7. Ches Smith, The Bell (ECM)
  8. Tord Gustavsen, What Was Said (ECM)
  9. Fire! Orchestra, Ritual (Rune Grammofon)
  10. Black Bombaim and Peter Brotzmann (Shhpuma)

REISSUES

  1. Arthur Blythe, Lennox Avenue Breakdown/In the Tradition/Bush Baby/Blythe Spirit (BGO)
  2. Duke Ellington, Far East Suite (RCA Victor/Legacy)
  3. Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Withdrawal (Emanem)

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