Ballot 2018

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
• Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
• Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
• Onyx Collective, Lower East Suite Part Three (Big Dada)
• Yoni Kretzmer's New Dilemma, Months, Weeks and Days (OutNow)
• Eddie Henderson, Be Cool (Smoke Sessions)
• Steve Swell, Music for Six Musicians: Hommage À Olivier Messiaen (Silkheart -17)
• Medeski Martin & Wood and Alarm Will Sound, Omnisphere (Indirecto)
• Ben LaMar Gay, Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun (International Anthem)
• Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. Sun Ra, Sun Ra Plays Gershwin (Enterplanetary Koncepts)
3. Sonny Rollins, Way Out West [Deluxe Edition] (Craft)

VOCAL

• Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco, You're Driving Me Crazy (Legacy)

DEBUT

• Ben LaMar Gay, Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun (International Anthem)

LATIN

• Eddie Palmieri, Full Circle (Ropeadope)