Ballots 2018 [3]

NEW RELEASES

1. Irreversible Entanglements, Irreversible Entanglements (International Anthem/Don Giovanni -17)
2. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
3. Andrew Bernstein, An Exploded View of Time (Hausu Mountain)
4. Black Spirituals, Black Access/Black Axes (Sige)
5. Sara Serpa, Close Up (Clean Feed)
6. Ben LaMar Gay, Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun (International Anthem)
7. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
8. Quin Kirchner, The Other Side of Time (Astral Spirits)
9. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Overload (Brainfeeder)
10. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Betty Davis, The Columbia Years 1968-1969 (Light in the Attic -16)
2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
3. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop -17)

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa, Close Up (Clean Feed)

DEBUT

• Quin Kirchner, The Other Side of Time (Astral Spirits)

LATIN

• Javier Santiago, Phoenix (Ropeadope)

Note: Original debut pick -- Stephanie Richards, Fullmoon (Unit) -- changed due to ballot priority.

NEW RELEASES

1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
2. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
3. William Parker, Voices Fall From the Sky (AUM Fidelity)
4. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
5. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
6. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints, Scandal (Greenleaf Music)
7. Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)
8. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
9. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
10. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Dexter Gordon Quartet, Espace Cardin 1977 (Elemental Music)
2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
3. Fred Hersch Trio, '97 @ The Village Vanguard (Palmetto)

VOCAL

• William Parker, Voices Fall From the Sky (AUM Fidelity)

DEBUT

• John Bailey, In Real Time (Summit)

LATIN

• David Virelles, Igbó Alákorin (The Singer's Grove), Vol. I & II (Pi)

Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Theirs.

NEW RELEASES

1. Jeff Hamilton Trio, Live From San Pedro (Capri)
2. Benjamin Boone & Philip Levine, The Poetry of Jazz (Origin)
3. Lynne Arriale Trio, Give Us These Days (Challenge)
4. Eric Alexander, Song of No Regrets (HighNote -17)
5. Benito Gonzalez-Gerry Gibbs-Essiet Okon Essiet, Passion Reverence Transcendence (Whaling City Sound)
6. Fred Hersch Trio, Live in Europe (Palmetto)
7. Yelena Eckemoff, Desert (L&H)
8. Mica Bethea Big Band, Suite Theory (self-released)
9. Roxy Coss, The Future Is Female (Posi-Tone)
10. Dongfeng Liu, China Caribe (Zoho)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. Esbjorn Svensson Trio, E.S.T. Live in London (ACT)
3. Fred Hersch Trio, '97 @ The Village Vanguard (Palmetto)

VOCAL

• Amy Cervini, No One Ever Tells You (Anzic)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Back to the Sunset (Dafnison)

NEW RELEASES

1. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
2. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
3. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
4. We Out Here (Brownswood)
5. Camilla George, The People Could Fly (Ubuntu)
6. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
7. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
8. Nicole Mitchell, Maroon Cloud (FPE)
9. Maisha, There Is a Place (Brownswood)
10. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. J-Jazz (Deep Modern Jazz From Japan, 1969-1984)
2. Wes Montgomery, In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording (Resonance)
3. Milford Graves, Bäbi (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Maisha, There Is a Place (Brownswood)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
2. Jamie Saft, Solo a Genova (RareNoise)
3. Bobby Previte, Rhapsody (RareNoise)
4. Jonathan Finlayson, 3 Times Round (Pi)
5. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
6. Jon Irabagon Quartet, Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics (Irabbagast)
7. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
8. John Escreet, Learn to Live (Blue Room)
9. Ben Wendel, The Seasons (Motéma)
10. JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. Alice Coltrane, Spiritual Eternal: The Complete Warner Brothers Studio Recordings (Real Gone)
3. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa, Close Up (Clean Feed)

DEBUT

• Adam Hopkins, Crickets (Out of Your Head)

LATIN

• Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Back to the Sunset (Dafnison)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Michael Beharie & Teddy Rankin-Parker, A Heart From Your Shadow (Mondoj)
• Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt, Brace Up! (Palilalia)
• Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
• GDFX, Young Ox Restraint (Mondoj)
• Mary Halvorson & Bill Frisell, The Maid With the Flaxen Hair (Tzadik)
• Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
• Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
• Jamie Saft Quartet, Blue Dream (RareNoise)
• Szun Waves, New Hymn to Freedom (The Leaf Label)
• Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Prince, Piano and a Microphone 1983 (NPG/Warner Bros)
2. Eliane Radigue, Oeuvres Électroniques (INA-GRM)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Theirs.

NEW RELEASES

1. Gabriela Friedli Trio, Areas (Leo)
2. Spectral [Dave Rempis-Darren Johnston-Larry Ochs], Empty Castles (Aerophonic)
3. Paul Dunmall-John Irabagon-Mark Sanders-Jim Bashford, The Rain Sessions (FMR)
4. Henry Threadgill, Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus (Pi)
5. Jason Kao Hwang Burning Bridge, Blood (True Sound)
6. Tim Daisy Fulcrum Ensemble, Animation (Relay)
7. Salim Washington, Dogon Revisited (Passin' Thru)
8. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
9. Martin Blume-Tobias Delius-Achim Kaufmann-Dieter Manderscheid, Frames & Terrains (No Business)
10. Marco Colonna-Agustí Fernandez-Zlatko Kaucic, Agrakal (Not Two)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Alan Braufman, Valley of Search (Valley of Search)
2. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
3. Bobby Naughton-Leo Smith-Perry Robinson, The Haunt (NoBusiness)

VOCAL

• William Parker, Voices Fall From the Sky (AUM Fidelity)

DEBUT

• Quin Kirchner, The Other Side of Time (Astral Spirits)

LATIN

• Aguankó, Pattern Recognition (Aguanko Music)

NEW RELEASES

1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams, Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
2. Luciana Souza, The Book of Longing (Sunnyside)
3. Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson, Temporary Kings (ECM)
4. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
5. Noah Preminger, Genuinity (Criss Cross)
6. Kevin Sun, Trio (Ectomorph Music)
7. Bill Frisell, Music IS (Okeh)
8. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
9. Lee Konitz & Dan Tepfer, Decade (Impulse!)
10. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Discipline 27-11 (Corbett vs. Dempsey -17)
2. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

VOCAL

• Luciana Souza, The Book of Longing (Sunnyside)

DEBUT

• Kevin Sun, Trio (Ectomorph Music)

LATIN

• Luciana Souza, The Book of Longing (Sunnyside)

Note: Original vocal pick -- Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue) -- changed due to ballot priority.

NEW RELEASES

1. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
2. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
3. Chris Lightcap, Superette (The Royal Potato Family)
4. Maisha, There Is a Place (Brownswood)
5. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
6. Justin Brown, Nyeusi (Biophilia)
7. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
8. John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, All Can Work (New Amsterdam)
9. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
10. Michael Leonhart, The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)
2. Alan Braufman, Valley of Search (Valley of Search)
3. Eumir Deodato & Os Catedráticos, Ataque (Far Out)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Justin Brown, Nyeusi (Biophilia)

LATIN

• Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)

NEW RELEASES

1. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
2. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
3. Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy La Tradición (Miel)
4. Rudy Royston, Flatbed Buggy (Greenleaf Music)
5. Edward Simon, Sorrows & Triumphs (Sunnyside)
6. Jamie Baum Septet+, Bridges (Sunnyside)
7. Kristen Strom, Moving Day: The Music of John Shifflett (OA2)
8. François Moutin & Kavita Shah Duo, Interplay (Dot Time)
9. Shakers n' Bakers, Heart Love (Little i Music)
10. JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. Wes Montgomery, In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording (Resonance)
3. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)

VOCAL

• François Moutin & Kavita Shah Duo, Interplay (Dot Time)

DEBUT

• Maria Grand, Magdalena (Biophilia)

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy La Tradición (Miel)

NEW RELEASES

1. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
2. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
3. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
4. Fred Hersch Trio, Live in Europe (Palmetto)
5. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
6. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
7. Dan Tepfer, Natural Machines (self-released)
8. Julian Lage, Modern Lore (Mack Avenue)
9. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints, Scandal (Greenleaf Music)
10. Denny Zeitlin, Wishing on the Moon (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
3. Erroll Garner, Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Bobby Sanabria, West Side Story Reimagined (Jazzheads)

NEW RELEASES

1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
2. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
3. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
4. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
5. Bill Frisell, Music IS (Okeh)
6. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
7. JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant)
8. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
9. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
10. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. Keith Jarrett, La Fenice (ECM)
3. Erroll Garner, Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Connie Han, Crime Zone (Mack Avenue)

LATIN

• Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Back to the Sunset (Dafnison)

NEW RELEASES

1. Tyler Higgins, Blue Mood (Shhpuma)
2. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
3. Schnellertollermeier, Rights (Cuneiform -17)
4. Henry Threadgill, Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus (Pi)
5. William Parker, Voices Fall From the Sky (AUM Fidelity)
6. The Mattson 2, A Love Supreme (Spiritual Pajamas)
7. Elephant9, Greatest Show on Earth (Rune Grammofon)
8. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
9. Jeremy Pelt, Noir En Rouge: Live in Paris (HighNote)
10. This Is It!, 1538 (Libra)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Sonny Rollins, Way Out West [Deluxe Edition] (Craft)
2. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Jack DeJohnette, After the Fall (ECM)
3. Sun Ra, Astro Black (Modern Harmonic)

VOCAL

• Kat Edmonson, Old Fashioned Gal (Spinnerette)

DEBUT

• This Is It!, 1538 (Libra)

LATIN

• Mike Freeman ZonaVibe, Venetian Blinds (VOF)

Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Theirs.

NEW RELEASES

1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
2. Kris Davis-Matt Mitchell-Aruán Ortiz-Matthew Shipp, New American Songbooks, Volume 2 (Sound American)
3. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
4. Harriet Tubman, The Terror End of Beauty (Sunnyside)
5. Noah Preminger & Frank Carlberg, Whispers and Cries (Red Piano)
6. Thollem-DuRoche-Stjames Trio, Live in Our Time (ESP-Disk)
7. Jamie Saft, Solo a Genova (RareNoise)
8. Jason Moran and the Bandwagon, Looks of a Lot (Yes)
9. Theo Hill, Interstellar Adventures (Posi-Tone)
10. Bobo Stenson Trio, Contra La Indecisión (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
2. Fred Hersch Trio, '97 @ The Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
3. Woody Shaw, Live in Bremen 1983 (Elemental Music)

VOCAL

• Luciana Souza, The Book of Longing (Sunnyside)

DEBUT

• Anteloper, Kudu (International Anthem)

LATIN

• Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Back to the Sunset (Dafnison)

NEW RELEASES

1. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
2. Matthew Shipp Quartet, Sonic Fiction (ESP-Disk)
3. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
4. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
5. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
6. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
7. Brian Marsella Trio, Outspoken: The Music of the Legendary Hasaan (Tzadik)
8. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
9. Jonathan Finlayson, 3 Times Round (Pi)
10. Binker and Moses, Alive in the East? (Gearbox)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
3. Sun Ra, Astro Black (Modern Harmonic)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Dayramir Gonzalez, The Grand Concourse (Hippos in Tanks)

Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Theirs.

NEW RELEASES

1. Ben Wendel, The Seasons (Motéma)
2. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
3. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase, Untitled: After (Chaikin)
4. Kaja Draksler-Petter Eldh-Christian Lillinger, Punkt. Vrt. Plastik (Intakt)
5. Yuko Fujiyama, Night Wave (Innova)
6. Ben LaMar Gay, Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun (International Anthem)
7. Ben Goldberg & Michael Coleman, Practitioner (BAG Productions)
8. John Surman, Invisible Threads (ECM)
9. The Nels Cline 4, Currents Constellations (Blue Note)
10. Sarathy Korwar and Upaj Collective, My East Is Your West (Gearbox)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
3. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

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

LATIN

• Orquesta Akokán, Orquesta Akokán (Daptone)

NEW RELEASES

1. Satoko Fujii, Solo (Libra)
2. Henry Threadgill, Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus (Pi)
3. Jason Kao Hwang Burning Bridge, Blood (True Sound)
4. Kris Davis & Craig Taborn, Octopus (Pyroclastic)
5. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
6. Peter Kuhn Trio, Intention (FMR)
7. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
8. Kaja Draksler-Petter Eldh-Christian Lillinger, Punkt. Vrt. Plastik (Intakt)
9. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
10. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Beaver Harris-Don Pullen 360° Experience, A Well Kept Secret (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
2. Alan Braufman, Valley of Search (Valley of Search)
3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Ours.

NEW RELEASES

1. Ben Allison, Quiet Revolution (Sonic Camera)
2. Aaron Goldberg, At the Edge of the World (Sunnyside)
3. Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sonic Creed (Motéma)
4. Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)
5. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Jack DeJohnette, After the Fall (ECM)
6. Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau, Long Ago and Far Away (Impulse!)
7. Bill Anschell, Shifting Standards (Origin)
8. Steve Hobbs, Tribute to Bobby (Challenge)
9. Alfredo Rodriguez, The Little Dream (Mack Avenue)
10. Tim Warfield, Jazzland (Criss Cross)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Erroll Garner, Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)
2. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

VOCAL

• Kurt Elling, The Questions (Okeh)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Alfredo Rodriguez, The Little Dream (Mack Avenue)

Note: New votes for historical: Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Jack DeJohnette, After the Fall (ECM), and Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau, Long Ago and Far Away (Impulse!).

NEW RELEASES

1. Bill O'Connell, Jazz Latin (Savant)
2. Allan Harris, The Genius of Eddie Jefferson (Resilience Music)
3. Houston Person & Ron Carter, Remember Love (HighNote)
4. Judy Niemack, New York Stories (Sunnyside)
5. The Yellowjackets, Raising Our Voice (Mack Avenue)
6. Eddie Daniels, Heart of Brazil (Resonance)
7. Tess Souter, Picture in Black and White (NOA)
8. The New York All-Star Big Band, The Unheard Artie Shaw (Hep)
9. Judy Silvano & the Zephyr Band, Lessons Learned (Unit)
10. Eddie Henderson, Be Cool (Smoke Sessions)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
2. Eddie Harris, Listen Here: The Very Best of Eddie Harris (Varese Sarabande)
3. Joe Farrell, Penny Arcade/Upon This Rock/Canned Funk (BGO)

VOCAL

• Allan Harris, The Genius of Eddie Jefferson (Resilience Music)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Bill O'Connell, Jazz Latin (Savant)

NEW RELEASES

1. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
2. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
3. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
4. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
5. Esperanza Spalding, 12 Little Spells (Concord)
6. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
7. Lionel Loueke, Close Your Eyes (Newvelle)
8. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
9. John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, All Can Work (New Amsterdam)
10. Josephine Davies' Satori, In the Corners of Clouds (Whirlwind)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam -17)
3. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)

VOCAL

• Esperanza Spalding, 12 Little Spells (Concord)

DEBUT

• Justin Brown, Nyeusi (Biophilia)

LATIN

• Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, Una Noche Con Rubén Blades (Blue Engine)