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Larry Hollis (Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dial & Oatts-Rich DeRosa-WDR Big Band, Rediscovered Ellington (Zoho)
  2. Willie Jones III, My Point Is . . . (WJ3)
  3. Lucky Peterson, Tribute to Jimmy Smith (Jazz Village)
  4. Lena Bloch & Feathery, Heart Knows (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  5. Gregory Lewis Organ Monk, Blue (self-released)
  6. Ernest McCarty, Jr & Jimmie Smith, Reunion Tribute to Erroll Garner (Blujazz)
  7. Steve Slagle, Dedication (Panorama)
  8. Troy Roberts, Tales & Tones (Inner Circle)
  9. Gary Peacock Trio, Tangents (ECM)
  10. Noah Haidu, Infinite Distances (Cellar Live)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans Trio, On a Monday Evening (Fantasy)
  2. Chet Baker, Live in London (Ubuntu)
  3. John Jenkins, Young Jenkins (Fresh Sound)

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Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Luis Muñoz, The Dead Man (Pelin Music)
  2. various, Viva Mauricio Einhorn (Sonora)
  3. John Vanore, Stolen Moments: Celebrating Oliver Nelson (Acoustical Concepts)
  4. Gerald Cannon, Combinations (Woodneck)
  5. Charlie Sepúlveda & the Turnaround, Mr. EP: A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri (HighNote)
  6. Dave Douglas & Frank Woeste, Dada People (Greenleaf Music -16)
  7. Brian Landrus Orchestra, Generations (BlueLand)
  8. Sergio Pamies, What Brought You Here? (Bebyne)
  9. Berta Rojas, Felicidade (ON Music)
  10. Vanessa Racci, Italiana Fresca (self-released)

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Tom Hull (tomhull.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)
  2. Satoko Fujii Orchestra, Peace (Libra)
  3. Gonçalo Almeida-Rodrigo Amado-Marco Franco, The Attic (NoBusiness)
  4. Aki Takase & David Murray, Cherry Sakura (Intakt)
  5. Rich Halley & Carson Halley, The Wild (Pine Eagle)
  6. Rocco John, Peace and Love (Unseen Rain)
  7. Buffalo Jazz Octet, Pausa Live (Cadence)
  8. Francois Carrier-Rafal Mazur-Michel Lambert, Oneness (FMR)
  9. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Loafer's Hollow (Hot Cup)
  10. Barry Altschul 3dom Factor, Live in Krakow (Not Two)

REISSUES

  1. various, American Epic: The Collection (Third Man/Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Paul Rutherford & Sabu Toyozumi, The Conscience (NoBusiness)
  3. The Three Sounds Featuring Gene Harris, Groovin' Hard: Live at the Penthouse 1964-1968 (Resonance)

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  2. Fabian Almazan & Rhizome, Alcanza (Biophilia)
  3. Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird)
  4. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  5. Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM)
  6. Matt Mitchell, Førage (Screwgun)
  7. Django Bates' Belovèd, The Study of Touch (ECM)
  8. Noah Preminger, Meditations on Freedom (Dry Bridge)
  9. Mario Laginha-Julian Arguelles-Helge Andreas Norbakken, Setembro (Edition)
  10. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)

REISSUES

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

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jason Kao Hwang, Sing House (Euonymous)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  3. Mario Pavone Dialect Trio, Chrome (Playscape)
  4. Roswell Rudd-Fay Victor-Lafayette Harris-Ken Filiano, Embrace (RareNoise)
  5. Satoko Fujii-Wadada Leo Smith-Natsuki Tamura-Ikue Mori, Aspiration (Libra)
  6. Jane Ira Bloom, Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline)
  7. Tom Rainey Obbligato, Float Upstream (Intakt)
  8. Buffalo Jazz Octet, Pausa Live (Cadence)
  9. Kaja Draksler Octet, Gledalec (Clean Feed)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)

REISSUES

  1. Willem Breuker Kollektief, Out of the Box (BVhaast)
  2. Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Karyobin (Emanem)
  3. Dave Burrell & Bob Stewart, The Crave (NoBusiness)

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David Brent Johnson (Jazz Director and Night Lights host, WFIU [Bloomington, IN])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  2. Chick Corea, The Musician (Stretch/Concord)
  3. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  4. Christian McBride Big Band, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue)
  5. Liberation Music Collective, Rebel Portraiture (Ad Astrum)
  6. Jane Ira Bloom, Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline)
  7. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  8. Louis Hayes, Serenade for Horace (Blue Note)
  9. various, The Passion of Charlie Parker (Impulse)
  10. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Sessions (Tompkins Square)
  2. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  3. Ornette Coleman, Ornette at 12/Crisis (Real Gone)

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Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Incidentals (ECM)
  2. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
  3. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  4. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  5. Jen Shyu, Songs of Silver Geese (Pi)
  6. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  7. Akua Dixon, Akua's Dance (Akua's Music)
  8. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  9. Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird)
  10. Mike Reed, Flesh & Bone (482 Music)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nicholas Payton, Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (Paytone)
  2. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
  3. Gerald Clayton, Tributary Tales (Motéma)
  4. Dayme Arocena, Cubofonia (Brownswood)
  5. Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Simultonality (Eremite)
  6. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  7. Blue Note All-Stars, Our Point of View (Blue Note)
  8. Bob Dylan, Triplicate (Columbia)
  9. Anne Mette Iverson, Round Trip (CD Baby)
  10. Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Body and Shadow (Blue Note)

REISSUES

  1. Joe Henderson & Alice Coltrane, The Elements (Milestone)
  2. Pharaoh Sanders, Deaf Dumb and Blind (Anthology)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  2. Fabian Almazan & Rhizome, Alcanza (Biophilia)
  3. Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble, Monk Dreams, Hallucinations, and Nightmares (Red Piano)
  4. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  5. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)
  6. Tal Cohen, Gentle Giants (Inner Circle)
  7. Ken Schaphorst Big Band, How to Say Goodbye (JCA -16)
  8. Kenny Warren Quartet, Thank You For Coming to Life (Whirlwind)
  9. Amir ElSaffar & Rivers of Sound, Not Two (New Amsterdam)
  10. Jane Ira Bloom, Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline)

REISSUES

  1. David Liebman & Joe Lovano, Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane (Resonance)
  2. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  2. Ranky Tanky, Ranky Tanky (Resilience Music Alliance)
  3. Ernest McCarty, Jr & Jimmie Smith, Reunion Tribute to Erroll Garner (Blujazz)
  4. Dial & Oatts-Rich DeRosa-WDR Big Band, Rediscovered Ellington (Zoho)
  5. John Beasley, MONK'estra, Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue)
  6. Michael Dease, All These Hands (PosiTone)
  7. Russell Malone, Time for the Dancers (HighNote)
  8. Bob Ferrell, Jazztopian Dream (BFM: Bob Ferrell Music)
  9. Jane Ira Bloom, Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline)
  10. Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Nat "King" Cole, Zurich 1950 (TCB: The Montreux Jazz Label)
  3. Blue Mitchell & Sonny Red, Baltimore 1966 (Uptown)

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Fred Kaplan (Slate, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
  2. Jason Moran, MASS {Howl, eon} ()
  3. Ornette Coleman & Various Artists, Celebrate Ornette (Song X -16)
  4. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)
  5. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  6. Jason Moran and the Bandwagon, Thanksgiving at the Vanguard (Yes)
  7. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  8. Dave Douglas, Little Giant Still Life (Greenleaf)
  9. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Music of John Lewis (Blue Engine)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
  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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Mark Keresman (Iron, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Najwa (TUM)
  2. Irene Schweizer & Joey Baron, Live! (Intakt)
  3. Chet Doxas, Rich in Symbols (Ropeadope)
  4. David Weiss & Point of Departure, Wake Up Call (Ropeadope)
  5. Alan Ferber Big Band, Jigsaw (Sunnyside)
  6. The Microscopic Septet, Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down to Me (Cuneiform)
  7. Gene Perla, Out of the Gate (PM)
  8. Houston Person, Rain or Shine (HighNote)
  9. Omri Ziegele, Where's Africa Going South (Intakt)
  10. Simona Premazzi, Outspoken (PRE)

REISSUES

  1. Willem Breuker Kollektief, Out of the Box (BVhaast)
  2. Nat "King" Cole, Zurich 1950 (TCB: The Montreux Jazz Label)
  3. Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (Resonance)

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Elzy Kolb (Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Roswell Rudd-Fay Victor-Lafayette Harris-Ken Filiano, Embrace (RareNoise)
  2. Jane Ira Bloom, Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline)
  3. Brian Landrus Orchestra, Generations (BlueLand)
  4. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
  5. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
  6. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)
  7. Lisa Mezzacappa, AvantNOIR (Clean Feed)
  8. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  9. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  10. Tomas Fujiwara, Triple Double (Firehouse 12)

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. Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes, The Tour Volume 2 (HighNote)

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Stuart Kremsky (IAJRC, Mr. Stu's Record Room)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mike Reed, Flesh & Bone (482 Music)
  2. Noah Preminger, Meditations on Freedom (Dry Bridge)
  3. Aruán Ortiz, Cub(an)ism (Intakt)
  4. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
  5. Ivo Perelman, The Art Of Perelman-Shipp: Volume 7: Dione (Leo)
  6. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  7. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Loafer's Hollow (Hot Cup)
  8. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
  9. Noah Haidu, Infinite Distances (Cellar Live)
  10. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  3. various, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 (Mosaic)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nicholas Payton, Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (Paytone)
  2. Shotgun Jazz Band, Steppin' on the Gas (Self)
  3. Stanton Moore, With You in Mind (Cool Green)
  4. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  5. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope)
  6. Preservation Hall, So It Is (Sony Legacy)
  7. Bria Skonberg, With a Twist (OKeh)
  8. Noah Preminger, Meditations on Freedom (Dry Bridge)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)
  10. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)

REISSUES

  1. Albert Ayler, Copenhagen Live 1964 (Hatology)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  3. George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, 1943 (Jazzology)

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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 (The Cresset, NorteńoBlog, The Singles Jukebox)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Satoko Fujii Orchestra, Peace (Libra)
  2. Ahmad Jamal, Marseille (Jazz Village/PIAS)
  3. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
  4. Roots Magic, Last Kind Words (Clean Feed)
  5. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
  6. Preservation Hall, So It Is (Sony Legacy)
  7. Barry Altschul 3dom Factor, Live in Krakow (Not Two)
  8. Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside)
  9. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith, Najwa (TUM)

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Will Layman (PopMatters)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  2. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
  3. Miles Okazaki, Trickster (Pi)
  4. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
  5. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  6. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  7. Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird)
  8. Joe Fiedler, Like, Strange (Multiphonics)
  9. Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)
  10. Dan Tepfer Trio, Eleven Cages (Sunnyside)

REISSUES

  1. Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Sessions (Tompkins Square)
  2. Joe Henderson & Alice Coltrane, The Elements (Milestone)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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Devin Leonard (Bloomberg Businessweek)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  2. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  3. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  4. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  6. Jen Shyu, Songs of Silver Geese (Pi)
  7. Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM)
  8. David Binney, The Time Verses (Criss Cross)
  9. Matthew Stevens, Preverbal (Ropeadope)
  10. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)

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Aidan Levy (JazzTimes, Village Voice)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
  4. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  5. Fabian Almazan & Rhizome, Alcanza (Biophilia)
  6. Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige)
  7. Noah Preminger, Meditations on Freedom (Dry Bridge)
  8. Louis Hayes, Serenade for Horace (Blue Note)
  9. JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant)
  10. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  3. various, The Savory Collection Vol. 3: Honeysuckle Rose ()

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