14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019

Ballots 2019 [1]

Karl Ackerman (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dr. Mark Lomax, II, 400: An African Epic (CFG Multimedia -12CD)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  3. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  4. Rob Mazurek, Desert Encrypts Vol. 1 (Astral Spirits)
  5. Satoko Fujii & Ramon Lopez, Confluence (Libra)
  6. Adam Berenson & Scott Barnum, Stringent and Sempiternal (Dream Play)
  7. Paul Bley-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, When Will the Blues Leave (1999, ECM)
  8. Matthew Shipp Trio, Signature (ESP-Disk)
  9. Patrick Brennan & Abdul Moimême, Terraphonia (Creative Sources)
  10. Club D'Elf, Night Sparkles (Live) (Face Pelt)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Live at I.U.C.C. (Soul Jazz)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  3. David S. Ware New Quartet, Théâtre Garonne, 2008 (AUM Fidelity)

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Note: Paul Bley record is old music (1999); awarded 3 points in Historical.

Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz Collective)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  2. Rodrigo Amado & Chris Corsano, No Place to Fall (Astral Spirits)
  3. Ken Vandermark, Momentum 4: Consequent Duos 2015-2019 (Audiograph -5CD)
  4. Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Epistrophy (ECM)
  5. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  6. James Brandon Lewis, An UnRuly Manifesto (Relative Pitch)
  7. SLD Trio, El Contorno Del Espacio (Fundacja Sluchaj)
  8. Gebhard Ullmann Basement Research, Impromptus and Other Short Works (WhyPlayJazz)
  9. Angelika Niescier-Christopher Tordini-Gerald Cleaver, New York Trio Feat. Jonathan Finlayson (Intakt)
  10. Nina De Heney-Karin Johansson-Henrik Wartel, Quagmire (Creative Sources)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Derek Bailey-Han Bennink-Evan Parker, Topographie Parisienne: Dunois, April 3d, 1981 (Fou -3CD)
  2. Bill Dixon & Cecil Taylor, Duets 1992 (Triple Point)
  3. David S. Ware New Quartet, Théâtre Garonne, 2008 (AUM Fidelity)

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David R. Adler (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miguel Zenón, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music)
  2. ELEW, ELEW Plays Rosenwinkel: Cubism (Heartcore)
  3. Johnathan Blake, Trion (Giant Step Arts)
  4. Anna Webber, Clockwise (Pi)
  5. Ben Eunson, Ace (Ocean Road)
  6. Rajna Swaminathan, Of Agency and Abstraction (Biophilia)
  7. Miles Okazaki, The Sky Below (Pi)
  8. JD Allen, Barracoon (Savant)
  9. Brad Mehldau, Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch)
  10. Mareike Wiening, Metropolist Paradise (Greenleaf Music)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  3. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)

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Michael J. Agovino (L.A. Review of Books, The Village Voice, Esquire, Pitchfork)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Lee Konitz Nonet, Old Songs New (Sunnyside)
  2. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  3. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette, The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12)
  4. Jazzmeia Horn, Love and Liberation (Concord)
  5. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  6. Johnathan Blake, Trion (Giant Step Arts)
  7. Mat Maneri Quartet, Dust (Sunnyside)
  8. Jason Palmer, Rhyme and Reason (Giant Step Arts -2CD)
  9. Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Live in Nuremberg (SMP)
  10. Jon Irabagon, Invisible Horizon (Irabbagast -2CD)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. Mal Waldron, Free at Last [Extended Edition] (1969, ECM)
  3. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD)

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Scott Albin (Amazon.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Enrico Rava & Joe Lovano, Roma (ECM)
  2. Crosscurrents Trio [Dave Holland/Zakir Hussain/Chris Potter], Good Hope (Edition)
  3. Johnathan Blake, Trion (Giant Step Arts)
  4. Matt Brewer, Ganymede (Criss Cross)
  5. Johnny Mansfield, Elftet (Edition)
  6. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman, Time Gone Out (Intakt)
  7. Miguel Zenón, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music)
  8. Jason Palmer, Rhyme and Reason (Giant Step Arts -2CD)
  9. Tamara Lukasheva Quartet, Homebridge (Traumton)
  10. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Frank Zappa, Zappa in New York [40th Anniversary] (Zappa/WEA -5CD)
  2. Charles Lloyd Quartet, Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 [Swiss Radio Days Volume 46] (TCB -2CD)
  3. Art Pepper, Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (1979, Omnivore -5CD)

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Larry Appelbaum (JazzTimes, WPFW-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  2. Crosscurrents Trio [Dave Holland/Zakir Hussain/Chris Potter], Good Hope (Edition)
  3. Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy 2 (Concord -2CD)
  4. Enrico Rava & Joe Lovano, Roma (ECM)
  5. Go: Organic Orchestra & Brooklyn Raga Massive, Ragmala (Meta)
  6. Bill Frisell, Harmony (Blue Note)
  7. Johnathan Blake, Trion (Giant Step Arts)
  8. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  9. Bria Skonberg, Nothing Never Happens (self-released)
  10. Ben Goldberg, Good Day for Cloud Fishing (Pyroclastic)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  2. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  3. Art Pepper, Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (1979, Omnivore -5CD)
  4. Errol Garner, Octave Remastered Series (Mack Avenue)
  5. Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ow! Live at the Penthouse (1962, Reel to Reel)

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Note: Only the top three Historical entries are counted.

Mirian Arbalejo (It Don't Mean a Thing, Cuepoint)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox)
  2. Al Foster, Inspirations & Dedications (Smoke Sessions)
  3. Aki Takase Japanic, Thema Prima (BMC)
  4. Larry Grenadier, The Gleaners (ECM)
  5. Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider, Sun on Sand (Nonesuch)
  6. Ahmad Jamal, Ballades (Jazz Village)
  7. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  8. Sebastián Chames, Reminiscing the Unknown Masters (self-released)
  9. Moisés P. Sánchez, Unbalanced: Concerto for Ensemble (Uno Música)
  10. Fred Hersch & the WDR Big Band, Begin Again (Palmetto)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ow! Live at the Penthouse (1962, Reel to Reel)
  2. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  3. Hank Mobley, The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70 (Mosaic)

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Hrayr Attarian (Jazziz, Chicago Jazz Magazine, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  2. Enrico Rava & Joe Lovano, Roma (ECM)
  3. OGJB Quartet [Oliver Lake/Graham Haynes/Joe Fonda/Barry Altschul], Bamako (TUM)
  4. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
  5. Yazz Ahmed, Polyhymnia (Ropeadope)
  6. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family)
  7. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  8. Brittany Anjou, Enamigo Reciprokataj (Origin)
  9. Laura Jurd, Stepping Back, Jumping In (Edition)
  10. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette, The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. John Coltrane, Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings (Craft -5CD)
  3. Charles Tolliver, All Stars (1969, Light in the Attic)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox)
  2. Ivo Perelman-Matthew Shipp-William Parker-Bobby Kapp, Ineffable Joy (ESP-Disk)
  3. Eric Hofbauer's Five Agents, Book of Water (Creative Nation Music)
  4. Lioness, Pride & Joy (Posi-Tone)
  5. Ellery Eskelin-Christian Weber-Michael Griener, The Pearls (Intakt)
  6. Wayne Horvitz European Orchestra, Live at the Bimhuis (Novara Jazz)
  7. Mark Turner & Gary Foster, Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster (2003, Capri -2CD)
  8. Rich Halley, Terra Incognita (Pine Eagle)
  9. Michael Bisio-Kirk Knuffke-Fred Lonberg-Holm, Requiem for a New York Slice (Iluso)
  10. Miguel Zenón, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  3. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD)
  4. Bill Dixon & Cecil Taylor, Duets 1992 (Triple Point)
  5. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)

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Note: Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster is old music (2003). Only the top three Historical votes counted.

Bill Beuttler (Boston Globe, Emerson College, Make It New: Reshaping Jazz in the 21st Century)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema)
  2. Jon Batiste, Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard (Verve)
  3. Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller, Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller's Parlour Game (Royal Potato Family)
  4. Ethan Iverson Quartet With Tom Harrell, Common Practice (ECM)
  5. Miguel Zenón, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music)
  6. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  7. Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry (ECM)
  8. Guillermo Klein, Los Guachos Cristal (Sunnyside)
  9. Anat Cohen Tentet, Triple Helix (Anzic)
  10. Julian Lage, Love Hurts (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (1979-2017, ECM -21CD -18)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  3. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Fabian Almazan Trio, This Land Abounds With Life (Biophilia)
  2. Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm, Bonegasm (Sunnyside)
  3. Dan McCarthy, Epoch (Origin)
  4. Skyjack, The Hunger (Enja/Yellowbird)
  5. Youn Sun Nah, Immersion (Warner Music)
  6. Peter Eldridge & Kenny Werner, Somewhere (Rosebud Music)
  7. Sara Gazarek, Thirsty Ghost (MRI)
  8. Matt Mitchell, Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)
  9. Scott Robinson, Tenormore (Arbors Jazz)
  10. Brittany Anjou, Enamigo Reciprokataj (Origin)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  3. Wes Montgomery, Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings (Resonance)

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Larry Birnbaum (Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson & John Dieterich, A Tangle of Stars (New Amsterdam)
  2. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  3. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
  4. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  5. Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn, The Transitory Poems (ECM)
  6. Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry (ECM)
  7. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  8. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  9. The Matthew Herbert Big Band, The State Between Us (Accidental)
  10. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)
  3. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)

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Larry Blumenfeld (Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba, Hallowed (Advance Dance Disques)
  2. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  3. Rajna Swaminathan, Of Agency and Abstraction (Biophilia)
  4. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox)
  5. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette, The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12)
  6. Miguel Zenón, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music)
  7. Matthew Shipp & Mat Maneri, Conference of the Mat/ts (RogueArt -18)
  8. Lee Konitz Nonet, Old Songs New (Sunnyside)
  9. Harriet Tubman, The Terror End of Beauty (Sunnyside -18)
  10. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. Sam Rivers Quintet, Zenith (1977, NoBusiness)
  3. John Coltrane, Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings (Craft -5CD)

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Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tom Harrell, Infinity (HighNote)
  2. Ryan Keberle & Catharsis, The Hope I Hold (Greenleaf Music)
  3. Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy 2 (Concord -2CD)
  4. Jerry Bergonzi, The Seven Rays (Savant)
  5. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside -6CD -18)
  6. Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart Band, Antidote (Concord)
  7. Bob Sheppard, The Fine Line (Challenge)
  8. Anat Cohen Tentet, Triple Helix (Anzic)
  9. Hendrik Meurkens, Cobb's Pocket (In+Out)
  10. Snarky Puppy, Immigrance (GroundUP Music)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)
  3. Cannonball Adderley, Swingin' in Seattle, Live at the Penthouse 1966-67 (Reel to Real)

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Marcela Breton (JJA)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme (Linus Entertainment)
  2. The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, DIVA + the Boys (MCG Jazz)
  3. Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra, Ambar (Sony Masterworks)
  4. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  5. Melissa Aldana, Visions (Motema)
  6. Champian Fulton & Cory Weeds, Dream a Little . . . (Cellar Live)
  7. Roxy Coss, Quintet (Outside In Music)
  8. Aubrey Logan, Where the Sunshine Is Expensive (Resonance)
  9. Rhiannon Giddens, There Is No Other (Nonesuch)
  10. Moy Eng & Wayne Wallace, The Blue Hour (Patois)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  2. Stan Getz, Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve)
  3. Barney Wilen, Live in Tokyo '91 (Elemental Music -2CD)

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Christian Broecking (Berliner Zeitung, Jazz Thing)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  2. Aki Takase, Hokusai: Piano Solo (Intakt)
  3. Joachim Kühn, Melodic Ornette Coleman: Piano Works XIII (ACT)
  4. Michael Formanek Very Practical Trio, Even Better (Intakt)
  5. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  6. Oliver Hafke Ahmad, Future Blues (Urban Grooves Berlin)
  7. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  8. Christian Lillinger, Open Form for Society (Plaist Music)
  9. Joey DeFrancesco, In the Key of the Universe (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Paul Bley-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, When Will the Blues Leave (1999, ECM)

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Note: Vote for Paul Bley moved from New (number 6) to Historical.

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

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and the Great Voice of UGMAA, Why Don't You Listen? Live at LACMA 1998 (Dark Tree)
  2. Jimmy Giuffre 3, Graz Live 1961 (Ezz-thetics)
  3. Sam Rivers Trio, Emanation (1971, NoBusiness)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  2. Mark Dresser Seven, Ain't Nothing but a Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed)
  3. Wayne Peet Trio, What The? (pfMENTUM)
  4. Rez Abbasi, A Throw of Dice by the Silent Ensemble (Whirlwind)
  5. Joel Harrison, Still Point: Turning World (Whirlwind)
  6. Lionel Loueke, The Journey (Aparté -18)
  7. Rich Halley, Terra Incognita (Pine Eagle)
  8. Andrew Munsey, High Tide (Birdwatcher)
  9. Crosscurrents Trio [Dave Holland/Zakir Hussain/Chris Potter], Good Hope (Edition)
  10. Keith Jarrett, Munich 2016 (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  3. Wes Montgomery, Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings (Resonance)

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Dan Buskirk (WPRB [Princeton], Fun 2 Know Podcast)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  2. Fire! Orchestra, Arrival (Rune Grammofon)
  3. Steph Richards, Take the Neon Lights (Birdwatcher)
  4. Desertion Trio, Twilight Time (Long Song)
  5. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family)
  6. Dwight Trible, Mothership (Gearbox)
  7. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  8. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  9. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  10. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Yusef A. Lateef, Hikima: Creativity (The Key System)
  2. Sounds of Liberation, Unreleased (Columbia University 1973) (Dogtown -18)
  3. June Tyson, Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra (Modern Harmonic/Sundazed)

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John Chacona (Erie [PA] Times-News, Let's Call This)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  2. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  3. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  4. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  5. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (Firehouse 12 -4CD)
  6. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  7. Greg Ward Presents Rogue Parade, Stomping Off From Greenwood (Greenleaf Music)
  8. Mark Dresser Seven, Ain't Nothing but a Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed)
  9. Moppa Elliott, Jazz Band/Rock Band/Dance Band (Hot Cup -2CD)
  10. Dr. Mark Lomax, II, 400: An African Epic (CFG Multimedia -12CD)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (1979-2017, ECM -21CD -18)
  2. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  3. Allen Lowe, Jews & Roots/Radical Jewish Acculturation: An Avant Garde of Our Own: Disconnected Works 1980-2018 (Constant Sorrow/ESP-Disk)

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