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Karl Ackermann (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Aruán Ortiz, Cub(an)ism (Intakt)
  2. Abdul Moimême, Exosphere (Creative Sources)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)
  4. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Paint (Hot Cup)
  5. Angles 9, Disappeared Behind the Sun (Clean Feed)
  6. Satoko Fujii, Invisible Hand (Cortez Sound)
  7. Matthew Shipp Trio, Piano Song (Thirsty Ear )
  8. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  9. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  10. Oded Tzur, Translator's Note (Enja/Yellowbird)

REISSUES

  1. Pharoah Sanders, Tauhid (Anthology)
  2. Terje Rypdal, Bleak House (Round 2)
  3. Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Sessions (Tompkins Square)

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Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz Collective)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ken Vandermark, Momentum 1: Stone (Audiographic -16)
  2. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
  3. Joe McPhee-Damon Smith-Alvin Fielder, Six Situations (Not Two)
  4. David S. Ware Trio, Live in New York, 2010 (AUM Fidelity)
  5. Ivo Perelman-Nate Wooley-Bradon Lopez-Gerald Cleaver, Octagon (Leo)
  6. Peter Brötzmann-Steve Swell-Paal Nilssen-Love, Live in Tel Aviv (Not Two)
  7. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Incidentals (ECM)
  8. John Butcher-John Edwards-Mark Sanders, Last Dream of the Morning (Relative Pitch)
  9. Gebhard Ullman-Oliver Potratz-Eric Schaefer, Das Kondensat (Why Play Jazz)
  10. Paula Shocron-Germán Lamonega-Pablo Diaz, Tensegridad (Hatology)

REISSUES

  1. Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Karyobin (Emanem)
  2. Trevor Watts Amalgam, Closer to You (HI4HEAD)
  3. The James Marshall Human Arts Trio, Illumination (Freedonia Music)

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David R. Adler (JazzTimes, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
  2. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Caipi (Razdz/Heartcore)
  3. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  4. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
  5. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  6. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  7. Peter Bernstein, Signs Live! (Smoke Sessions)
  8. David Virelles, Gnosis (ECM)
  9. JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant)
  10. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)

REISSUES

  1. various, The Savory Collection Vol. 3: Honeysuckle Rose ()
  2. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  3. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)

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Michael J. Agovino (The Village Voice, Pitchfork)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  2. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  3. The Heliocentrics, A World of Masks (Soundway)
  4. Trio Heinz Herbert, The Willisau Concert (Intakt)
  5. Tomas Fujiwara, Triple Double (Firehouse 12)
  6. Matthew Shipp Trio, Piano Song (Thirsty Ear )
  7. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  8. Irene Schweizer & Joey Baron, Live! (Intakt)
  9. Ellery Eskelin/Christian Weber/Michael Griener, Sensations of Tone (Intakt)
  10. Dayna Stephens, Gratitude (Contagious)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  3. Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Sessions (Tompkins Square)

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Scott Albin (Amazon.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  2. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
  3. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  4. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
  5. Quinsin Nachoff, Ethereal Trio w/Mark Helias & Dan Weiss (Whirlwind)
  6. Dick Hyman, Solo at the Sacramento Jazz Festival 1983-1988 (Arbors)
  7. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Memphis . . . Yes, I'm Ready (OKeh)
  8. Larry Coryell's 11th House, Seven Secrets (Savoy)
  9. Dave Douglas, Little Giant Still Life (Greenleaf)
  10. Cuong Vu 4-Tet, Ballet (RareNoise)

REISSUES

  1. Art Pepper, Presents "West Coast Sessions!" Vol.3: Lee Konitz (Omnivore)
  2. Lucky Thompson, Complete Parisian Small Group Sessions 1956-1959 (Fresh Sound)
  3. Sonny Rollins Trio/Horace Silver Quartet, Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 40: Zürich 1959 (TCB -16)

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Hrayr Attarian (All About Jazz, Chicago Jazz Magazine)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  2. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  3. Satoko Fujii-Wadada Leo Smith-Natsuki Tamura-Ikue Mori, Aspiration (Libra)
  4. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Incidentals (ECM)
  5. Noah Preminger, Meditations on Freedom (Dry Bridge)
  6. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  7. Tony Malaby-Mat Maneri-Daniel Levin, New Artifacts (Clean Feed)
  8. Sam Newsome & Jean-Michel Pilc, Magic Circle (Some New Music)
  9. Tomas Fujiwara, Triple Double (Firehouse 12)
  10. Jihye Lee Orchestra, April (self-released)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Roscoe Mitchell, Duets With Anthony Braxton (Sackville/Delmark)
  3. Eddie Daniels and Roger Kellaway, Just Friends: Live at the Village Vanguard (Resonance)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  2. Barry Altschul 3dom Factor, Live in Krakow (Not Two)
  3. Quinsin Nachoff, Ethereal Trio w/Mark Helias & Dan Weiss (Whirlwind)
  4. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  5. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)
  6. The Reunion Project, Varanda (Capri)
  7. The Heliosonic Tone-Tette, Heliosonic Toneways Vol. 1 (ScienSonic Laboratories)
  8. Jason Rigby, One (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  9. Aruán Ortiz, Cub(an)ism (Intakt)
  10. various, Sky Music: A Tribute to Terje Rypdal, Vol. 1 (Rune Grammofon)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. various, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 (Mosaic)
  3. Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Sessions (Tompkins Square)

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Chris Barton (Los Angeles Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  2. Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird)
  3. Kate Gentile, Mannequins (Skirl)
  4. Chris Speed Trio, Platinum on Tap (Intakt)
  5. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
  6. Miles Okazaki, Trickster (Pi)
  7. Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York, Fukushima (Libra)
  8. Jason Moran, Bangs (Yes)
  9. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  10. Cameron Graves, Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  3. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)

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Bill Beuttler (Boston Globe, JazzTimes, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
  2. Jason Moran and the Bandwagon, Thanksgiving at the Vanguard (Yes)
  3. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
  4. Anat Cohen Tentet, Happy Song (Anzic)
  5. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  6. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope)
  7. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  8. Dayna Stephens, Gratitude (Contagious)
  9. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
  10. Noah Preminger, Meditations on Freedom (Dry Bridge)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Sonny Rollins Trio, Live in Europe 1959: Complete Recordings (Essential Jazz Classics)
  3. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)

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Dan Bilawsky (All About Jazz, JAZZed Magazine, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Brian Landrus Orchestra, Generations (BlueLand)
  2. Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird)
  3. Scott DuBois, Autumn Wind (ACT)
  4. Sarah Partridge, Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian (Origin)
  5. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
  6. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)
  7. Christian McBride Big Band, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue)
  8. Alan Ferber Big Band, Jigsaw (Sunnyside)
  9. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  10. Adam Rogers, DICE (Adraj)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
  3. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)

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Larry Birnbaum (Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  2. Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM)
  3. Ahmad Jamal, Marseille (Jazz Village/PIAS)
  4. Kirk Knuffke, Cherryco (SteepleChase)
  5. Charnett Moffett, Music From Our Soul (Motéma)
  6. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  7. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  8. Barry Altschul 3dom Factor, Live in Krakow (Not Two)
  9. Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)
  10. Avishai Cohen, Cross My Palm With Silver (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Sun Ra, The Magic City (Cosmic Myth)
  2. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane, Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Craft)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. David Virelles, Gnosis (ECM)
  2. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  3. Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)
  4. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  6. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  7. Nicholas Payton, Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (Paytone)
  8. Bohemian Trio, Okónkolo (Innova)
  9. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)
  10. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
  3. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)

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Bob Blumenthal (freelance)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jane Ira Bloom, Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline)
  2. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  3. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  4. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
  5. Chris Speed Trio, Platinum on Tap (Intakt)
  6. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  7. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Incidentals (ECM)
  8. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith, Najwa (TUM)
  10. Anouar Brahem-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette-Django Bates, Blue Maqams (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Wynton Kelly, Unissued in Boston (Phono)
  2. various, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 (Mosaic)
  3. Oscar Pettiford Nonet/Big Band/Sextet, New York City 1955-1958 (Uptown Jazz)

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Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, DownBeat, Jazzlands)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nate Smith, Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere (Ropeadope)
  2. Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM)
  3. Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch)
  4. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
  5. Tom Harrell, Moving Picture (HighNote)
  6. John Beasley, MONK'estra, Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue)
  7. Joris Teepe & Don Braden, Conversations (Creative Perspective)
  8. Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge, On the Wind (MAMA)
  9. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  10. Terence Blanchard, The Comedian (Blue Note)

REISSUES

  1. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  2. Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (Resonance)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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Shaun Brady (JazzTimes, Philadelphia Inquirer)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  2. Dayna Stephens, Gratitude (Contagious)
  3. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  4. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Incidentals (ECM)
  5. David Weiss & Point of Departure, Wake Up Call (Ropeadope)
  6. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
  7. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  8. Mike Reed, Flesh & Bone (482 Music)
  9. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
  10. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)

REISSUES

  1. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  3. Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (Resonance)

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Marcela Breton (JJA)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Champian Fulton & Scott Hamilton, The Things We Did Last Summer (Blau)
  2. Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdes, Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico (Motéma)
  3. Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)
  4. Nestor Torres, Jazz Flute Traditions (Alfi)
  5. Anat Cohen & Marcello Goncalves, Outra Coisa (Anzic)
  6. Hiromi & Edmar Castaneda, Live in Montreal (Telarc)
  7. Camille Thurman, Inside the Moment (Chesky)
  8. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
  9. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  10. Carol Morgan, Post Cool, Vol. 1: The Night Shift (self-released)

REISSUES

  1. Teddy Edwards, The Complete Recordings (Enlightenment)
  2. Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes, The Tour Volume 2 (HighNote)
  3. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)

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Richard Brody (The New Yorker)

NEW RELEASES

REISSUES

  1. Ornette Coleman, Ornette at 12/Crisis (Real Gone)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Piano Solo: The Centennial Edition, Paris 1954 (Sony)
  3. Harold Land, A New Shade of Blue (We Want Sounds)

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Christian Broecking (Berliner Zeitung, Jazz Thing)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Borderlands Trio, Asteroideia (Intakt)
  2. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  3. Aki Takase & David Murray, Cherry Sakura (Intakt)
  4. Mike Reed, Flesh & Bone (482 Music)
  5. Charnett Moffett, Music From Our Soul (Motéma)
  6. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  7. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  8. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
  9. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  10. Irene Schweizer & Joey Baron, Live! (Intakt)

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Stuart Broomer (Musicworks, New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

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Robert Bush (New York City Jazz Record, San Diego Reader, San Diego Troubadour)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)
  2. Joshua White, 13 Short Stories (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  3. Gary Peacock Trio, Tangents (ECM)
  4. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
  5. Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM)
  6. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
  7. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  8. Matthew Shipp Trio, Piano Song (Thirsty Ear )
  9. Rich Halley & Carson Halley, The Wild (Pine Eagle)
  10. Mario Pavone, Vertical (Clean Feed))

REISSUES

  1. Albert Ayler, Copenhagen Live 1964 (Hatology)
  2. Bill Evans Trio, On a Monday Evening (Fantasy)
  3. Keith Jarrett, A Multitude of Angels (ECM)

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