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Tom Hull (tomhull.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  2. Heroes Are Gang Leaders, The Amiri Baraka Sessions (Flat Langston's Arkeyes)
  3. Dr. Mark Lomax, II, 400: An African Epic (CFG Multimedia -12CD)
  4. Moppa Elliott, Jazz Band/Rock Band/Dance Band (Hot Cup -2CD)
  5. James Brandon Lewis, An UnRuly Manifesto (Relative Pitch)
  6. Dave Rempis-Brandon Lopez-Ryan Packard, The Early Bird Gets (Aerophonic)
  7. Rich Halley, Terra Incognita (Pine Eagle)
  8. Quinsin Nachoff's Flux, Path of Totality (Whirlwind)
  9. Per "Texas" Johansson-Torbjörn Zetterberg-Konrad Agnas, Orakel (Moserobie)
  10. Liebman Rudolph & Drake, Chi (RareNoise)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD)
  3. Stan Getz, Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve)

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Quinsin Nachoff's Flux, Path of Totality (Whirlwind)
  2. Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra, Ambar (Sony Masterworks)
  3. The North, Plays the Music of Kenny Wheeler (AMM)
  4. Anna Webber, Clockwise (Pi)
  5. Miho Hazama, Dancer in Nowhere (Sunnyside)
  6. Fabian Almazan Trio, This Land Abounds With Life (Biophilia)
  7. Kit Downes, Dreamlife of Debris (ECM)
  8. Ethan Iverson Quartet With Tom Harrell, Common Practice (ECM)
  9. Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia)
  10. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Stan Getz, Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve)
  2. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  3. Charles Lloyd Quartet, Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 [Swiss Radio Days Volume 46] (TCB -2CD)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette, The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  3. Quinsin Nachoff's Flux, Path of Totality (Whirlwind)
  4. Alex Harding & Lucian Ban, Dark Blue (Sunnyside)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  6. Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul, Around Again (TUM)
  7. Gebhard Ullmann Basement Research, Impromptus and Other Short Works (WhyPlayJazz)
  8. Thomas Heberer, X Marks the Spot (OutNow)
  9. Mark Dresser Seven, Ain't Nothing but a Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed)
  10. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  3. Dudu Pukwana-Han Bennink-Misha Mengelberg, Yi Yole (1978, Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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Willard Jenkins (The Independent Ear, WPFW "Jazz & Justice Radio" [Washington DC], JazzTimes, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  2. Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy 2 (Concord -2CD)
  3. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema)
  4. Johnathan Blake, Trion (Giant Step Arts)
  5. George Cables, I'm All Smiles (HighNote)
  6. Monty Alexander, Wareika Hill: Rastamonk Variations (MACD)
  7. Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia)
  8. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Ancestral Recall (Ropeadope)
  9. T.K. Blue, The Rhythms Continue (JaJa)
  10. Vanessa Rubin, The Dream Is You: Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron (Nibur)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)
  3. Gil Evans Orchestra, Hidden Treasures: Monday Nights Vol. 1 (Deko Music)

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Note: Gil Evans Orchestra should have been considered as New.

David Brent Johnson (Jazz Director, WFIU [Bloomington, IN])

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Carter Organ Trio, Live From Newport Jazz (Blue Note)
  2. Melissa Aldana, Visions (Motema)
  3. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  4. Paul Combs, Unknown Dameron (Summit)
  5. Jeremy Pelt, Jeremy Pelt, the Artist (HighNote)
  6. Jazzmeia Horn, Love and Liberation (Concord)
  7. Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy 2 (Concord -2CD)
  8. Anat Cohen Tentet, Triple Helix (Anzic)
  9. Karrin Allyson Sextet, Shoulder to Shoulder: Centennial Tribute to Women's Suffrage (eOne)
  10. Luke Gillespie, Moving Mists (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. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)

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Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  2. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  3. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  4. Ahmad Jamal, Ballades (Jazz Village)
  5. Chris Lightcap, SuperBigmouth (Pyroclastic)
  6. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  7. Gerald Cleaver & Violet Hour, Live at Firehouse 12 (2006, Sunnyside)
  8. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  9. Noah Preminger, Preminger Plays Preminger (Newvelle)
  10. Tomas Fujiwara, Seven Poets Trio (RogueArt)

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. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)

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Note: Gerald Cleaver should have been considered as Historical.

T.R. Johnson (WWOZ 98.7 FM [New Orleans])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nicholas Payton, Relaxin' With Nick (Smoke Sessions -2CD)
  2. Joel Ross, KingMaker (Blue Note)
  3. Theo Croker, Star People Nation (Sony Masterworks)
  4. Greg Ward Presents Rogue Parade, Stomping Off From Greenwood (Greenleaf Music)
  5. Julian Lage, Love Hurts (Mack Avenue)
  6. Chris Potter, Circuits (Edition)
  7. Joshua Redman Quartet, Come What May (Nonesuch)
  8. Dave Douglas-Uri Caine-Andrew Cyrille, Devotion (Greenleaf Music)
  9. James Carter Organ Trio, Live From Newport Jazz (Blue Note)
  10. Matt Mitchell, Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Bill Evans, Evans in England (1969, Resonance)

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Sanford Josephson (Jersey Jazz Magazine)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Catherine Russell, Alone Together (Dot Time)
  2. Bria Skonberg, Nothing Never Happens (self-released)
  3. Ehud Asherie Trio, Wild Man Blues (Capri)
  4. Eric Reed, Everybody Gets the Blues (Smoke Sessions)
  5. Alexa Tarantino, Winds of Change (Posi-Tone)
  6. Nicki Parrott, From New York to Paris (Arbors)
  7. Ted Nash-Steve Cardenas-Ben Allison, Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs (Plastic Sax)
  8. Jimmy Cobb, This I Dig of You (Smoke Sessions)
  9. George Coleman, The Quartet (Smoke Sessions)
  10. The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, DIVA + the Boys (MCG Jazz)

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Amar Kalia (The Guardian, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Binker Golding, Abstractions of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers (Gearbox)
  2. Soweto Kinch, The Black Peril (self-released)
  3. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox)
  4. Junius Paul, Ism (International Anthem)
  5. Bill Laurance, Cables (Flint Music)
  6. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  7. Joel Ross, KingMaker (Blue Note)
  8. Mark De Clive-Lowe, Heritage (Ropeadope)
  9. Sarathy Korwar, More Arriving (The Leaf Label)
  10. SEED Ensemble, Driftglass (Jazz Re:freshed)

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Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Johnathan Blake, Trion (Giant Step Arts)
  2. Brian Lynch Big Band, The Omni-American Book Club: My Journey Through Literature in Music (Holistic MusicWorks)
  3. Remy Le Boeuf, Assembly of Shadows (SoundSpore)
  4. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  5. Alex LoRe & Weirdear, Karol (Challenge)
  6. Fabian Almazan Trio, This Land Abounds With Life (Biophilia)
  7. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  8. Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra, Ambar (Sony Masterworks)
  9. Zack Brock-Matt Ulery-Jon Deitemyer, Wonderment (Woolgathering)
  10. Nature Work, Nature Work (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD)
  2. Bill Evans, Evans in England (1969, Resonance)
  3. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ethan Iverson Quartet With Tom Harrell, Common Practice (ECM)
  2. Michael Dease, Never More Here (Posi-Tone)
  3. Brian Lynch Big Band, The Omni-American Book Club: My Journey Through Literature in Music (Holistic MusicWorks)
  4. Anat Cohen Tentet, Triple Helix (Anzic)
  5. Ken Peplowski & Diego Figueiredo, Amizade (Arbors)
  6. Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy 2 (Concord -2CD)
  7. Miggy Augmented Orchestra, Colorful (ArtistShare)
  8. Vic Juris, Two Guitars (SteepleChase)
  9. Scott Robinson, Tenormore (Arbors Jazz)
  10. Jim Snidero, Project-K (Savant -20)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  2. Hank Mobley, The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70 (Mosaic)
  3. Ben Webster, Ben Webster's First Concert in Denmark (Storyville)

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Fred Kaplan (Slate, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ted Nash-Steve Cardenas-Ben Allison, Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs (Plastic Sax)
  2. Rob Schwimmer, Heart of Hearing (Sunken Heights Music)
  3. Etienne Charles, Carnival: The Sound of a People Vol. 1 (Culture Shock Music)
  4. Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba, Hallowed (Advance Dance Disques)
  5. Ran Blake & Clare Ritter, Eclipse Orange (Zoning)
  6. Billy Lester, From Scratch (Newvelle)
  7. Sofía Rei & JC Maillard, Keter [John Zorn Masada Book 3] (Tzadik)
  8. Joe Pesci, Still Singing (BMG)
  9. Broken Shadows, Broken Shadows (Newvelle)
  10. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. Paul Bley-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, When Will the Blues Leave (1999, ECM)
  3. Stan Getz, Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve)

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Matthew Kassel (JazzTimes, DownBeat, Pitchfork)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joel Ross, KingMaker (Blue Note)
  2. Fabian Almazan Trio, This Land Abounds With Life (Biophilia)
  3. Jan Garbarek & Hilliard Ensemble, Remember Me, My Dear (ECM)
  4. Guillermo Klein, Los Guachos Cristal (Sunnyside)
  5. Nérija, Blume (Domino)
  6. Aaron Goldberg, At the Edge of the World (Sunnyside)
  7. Brad Mehldau, Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch)
  8. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  9. Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn, The Transitory Poems (ECM)
  10. Chano Dominguez & Hadar Noiberg, Paramus (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

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

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Yoshi Kato (DownBeat, San Francisco Chronicle, Palo Alto Weekly)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema)
  2. Remy Le Boeuf, Assembly of Shadows (SoundSpore)
  3. Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia)
  4. Anat Cohen Tentet, Triple Helix (Anzic)
  5. Romain Collin, Tiny Lights (XM)
  6. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  7. Melissa Aldana, Visions (Motema)
  8. Avram Fefer Quartet, Testament (Clean Feed)
  9. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  10. Chris Potter, Circuits (Edition)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  2. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (1979-2017, ECM -21CD -18)
  3. Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)

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Elzy Kolb (Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba, Hallowed (Advance Dance Disques)
  2. Eri Yamamoto Trio & Choral Chameleon, Goshu Ondo Suite (AUM Fidelity)
  3. Brandee Younger, Soul Awakening (self-released)
  4. George Garzone-Peter Erskine-Alan Pasqua-Darek Oles, 3 Nights in L.A. (Fuzzy Music -3CD)
  5. Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte, You Don't Know the Life (RareNoise)
  6. Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul, Around Again (TUM)
  7. Johnathan Blake, Trion (Giant Step Arts)
  8. Gil Evans Orchestra, Hidden Treasures: Monday Nights Vol. 1 (Deko Music)
  9. Marta Sánchez Quintet, El Rayo De Luz (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  10. Itamar Borochov, Blue Nights (Laborie Jazz)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Paul Bley-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, When Will the Blues Leave (1999, ECM)
  3. Joseph Daley, The Seven Deadly Virtues/The Seven Deadly Sins (2011-13, JoDaMusic)
  4. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)

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Note: Ballot specified Daley and Dolphy Historical titles as tied for 3rd, but we don't do that. Only the first three Historial records are counted.

Stuart Kremsky (Mr. Stu's Record Room)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Douglas-Uri Caine-Andrew Cyrille, Devotion (Greenleaf Music)
  2. Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul, Around Again (TUM)
  3. Rich Halley, Terra Incognita (Pine Eagle)
  4. Lafayette Gilchrist, Dark Matter (self-released)
  5. Miles Okazaki, The Sky Below (Pi)
  6. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  7. Steph Richards, Take the Neon Lights (Birdwatcher)
  8. Lapis Trio, The Travelers (Shifting Paradigm)
  9. Whit Dickey Tao Quartets, Peace Planet/Box of Light (AUM Fidelity -2CD)
  10. Go: Organic Orchestra & Brooklyn Raga Massive, Ragmala (Meta)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Esbjörn Svensson Trio, EST Live in Gothenburg (2001, ACT -2CD)
  2. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  3. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)

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David Kunian (Offbeat, DownBeat, New Orleans Jazz Museum)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
  2. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Ancestral Recall (Ropeadope)
  3. Tony Dagradi, Down Time (Astral Music)
  4. Brad Walker Quartet, Live at Snug Harbor (self-released)
  5. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, A Tuba to Cuba (Sub Pop)
  6. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  7. Jon Batiste, Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard (Verve)
  8. Tom McDermott, Meets Scott Joplin (Arbors)
  9. JD Allen, Barracoon (Savant)
  10. Dave Rempis/Joshua Abrams/Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker, Apsis (Aerophonic)

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. Louis Armstrong, Sparks Nevada 1964! (Dot Time -18)

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Art Lange (Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

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Josh Langhoff (Minneapolis City Pages, The Cresset, Living Lutheran)

NEW RELEASES

  1. ¿Que Vola? [Fidel Fourneyron], ¿Que Vola? (No Format)
  2. Dr. Mark Lomax, II, 400: An African Epic (CFG Multimedia -12CD)
  3. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
  4. Sarah Tandy, Infection in the Sentence (Jazz Re:freshed)
  5. Ezra Collective, You Can't Steal My Joy (Enter the Jungle)
  6. The Comet Is Coming, Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse!)
  7. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family)
  8. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  9. Antonio Sánchez & Migration, Lines in the Sand (CAM Jazz)
  10. Maurice Louca, Elephantine (Northern Spy)

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Will Layman (PopMatters)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  2. Matt Mitchell, Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)
  3. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  4. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema)
  5. Fabian Almazan Trio, This Land Abounds With Life (Biophilia)
  6. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family)
  7. Anna Webber, Clockwise (Pi)
  8. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  9. Melissa Aldana, Visions (Motema)
  10. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ow! Live at the Penthouse (1962, Reel to Reel)
  3. Kenny Barron & Mulgrew Miller, The Art of Piano Duo: Live (Sunnyside)

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