Ballot 2016

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Jane Ira Bloom, Early Americans (Outline)
• The Diva Jazz Orchestra, Special Kay! (self-released)
• Anat Fort & Gianluigi Trovesi, Birdwatching (ECM)
• Benny Golson, Horizon Ahead (HighNote)
• Mat Walerian-Matthew Shipp-Hamid Drake, Jungle: Live at Okuden (ESP-Disk)
• Ken Peplowski, Enrapture (Capri)
• The Great American Music Ensemble, It's All in the Game (Jazzed Media)
• Sonny Rollins, Holding the Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4 (Doxy/OKeh)
• Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
• Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)

REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

• Count Basie & Lester Young, Classic 1936-1947 Studio Sessions (Mosaic)
• Joe Bushkin, Live at the Embers, 1952 (Dot Time Legends)
• New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Celebrating the Big 40 (BlackEagles.com)

VOCAL

• Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens Live (Resonance)

DEBUT

• Christopher Zuar, Musings (Sunnyside)

LATIN

• Ray Obiedo, Latin Jazz Project Vol. 1 (Rhythmus)