14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019

Ballots 2019 [6]

Tim Niland (Music & More)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Rempis-Brandon Lopez-Ryan Packard, The Early Bird Gets (Aerophonic)
  2. Larry Ochs-Nels Cline-Gerald Cleaver, What Is to Be Done (Clean Feed)
  3. David Torn-Tim Berne-Ches Smith, Sun of Goldfinger (ECM)
  4. Paul Dunmall Sun Ship Quartet, John Coltrane 50th Memorial Concert at Cafe Oto (Confront)
  5. Peter Brötzmann-Alexander Von Schlippenbach-Han Bennink, Fifty Years After . . . Live at the Lila Eule 2018 (Trost)
  6. Made to Break, F4 Fake (Trost)
  7. Matthew Shipp Trio, Signature (ESP-Disk)
  8. Boneshaker, Fake Music (self-released)
  9. CP Unit, Riding Photon Time (Eleatic)
  10. Teodross Avery, After the Rain: A Night for Coltrane (Tompkins Square -18)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sam Rivers Trio, Emanation (1971, NoBusiness)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  3. Albert Ayler, Quartets 1964: Spirits to Ghosts Revisited (Ezz-thetics)

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Note: Ballot also named Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Efflorescence Vol. 1.

Sean J. O'Connell (DownBeat, Los Angeles Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joel Ross, KingMaker (Blue Note)
  2. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox)
  3. Ryan Porter, Force for Good (World Galaxy)
  4. Cochemea, All My Relations (Daptone)
  5. Brandee Younger, Soul Awakening (self-released)
  6. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family)
  7. Dwight Trible, Mothership (Gearbox)
  8. Jamael Dean, Black Space Tapes (Stones Throw)
  9. Dexter Story, Bahir (Soundway)
  10. Louis Cole, Live Sesh & Xtra Songs (Brainfeeder)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  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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Note: Voted for Sara Gazarek, Thirsty Ghost for Vocal, but Brandee Younger higher on new music ballot. Voted for Jamael Dean, Space Tapes for Debut, but Joel Ross higher on new music ballot.

Ysi Ortega (Stalker 21)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Fire! Orchestra, Arrival (Rune Grammofon)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  3. Anna Webber, Clockwise (Pi)
  4. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette, The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12)
  5. Matt Mitchell, Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)
  6. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  7. Enrico Fazio Critical Mass, Wabi Sabi (Leo)
  8. Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn, The Transitory Poems (ECM)
  9. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (Firehouse 12 -4CD)
  10. David Torn-Tim Berne-Ches Smith, Sun of Goldfinger (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Jimmy Giuffre 3, Graz Live 1961 (Ezz-thetics)
  2. Sam Rivers Trio, Emanation (1971, NoBusiness)

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LATIN

Note: Extra votes in Vocal: Peter Eldridge, Somewhere; Debut: Nick Dunston, Atlantic Extraction; Joshua Espinoza Trio, Journey Into Night; Latin: Miguel Zenón, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera.

Dan Ouellette (DownBeat, QWEST.TV, Medium, Billboard, Variety, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry (ECM)
  2. Noah Preminger Group, Zigsaw: Music of Steve Lampert (self-released)
  3. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  5. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox)
  6. Ralph Alessi, Imaginary Friends (ECM)
  7. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  8. Paul Zauner's Blue Brass Feat. David Murray, Roots n' Wings (PAO/Blujazz)
  9. Miho Hazama, Dancer in Nowhere (Sunnyside)
  10. Antonio Sánchez & Migration, Lines in the Sand (CAM Jazz)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Errol Garner, Octave Remastered Series (Mack Avenue)
  2. The Fred Hersch Trio, 10 Years/6 Discs (Palmetto)
  3. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)

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Sergio Piccirilli (El Instruso)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Anna Webber, Clockwise (Pi)
  2. Fire! Orchestra, Arrival (Rune Grammofon)
  3. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette, The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  5. Entr'acte, Soigne Ta Droite (Audiographic)
  6. Matt Mitchell, Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)
  7. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (Firehouse 12 -4CD)
  8. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  9. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  10. Enrico Fazio Critical Mass, Wabi Sabi (Leo)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Paul Bley-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, When Will the Blues Leave (1999, ECM)
  2. Sam Rivers Trio, Emanation (1971, NoBusiness)
  3. Jimmy Giuffre 3, Graz Live 1961 (Ezz-thetics)

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Peter Quinn (Jazzwise, The Arts Desk)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  2. Fred Hersch & the WDR Big Band, Begin Again (Palmetto)
  3. Gwilym Simcock, Near and Now (ACT)
  4. Brian Lynch Big Band, The Omni-American Book Club: My Journey Through Literature in Music (Holistic MusicWorks)
  5. SEED Ensemble, Driftglass (Jazz Re:freshed)
  6. Ralph Peterson & the Messenger Legacy, Legacy Alive: Volume 6 at the Sidedoor (Onyx Productions)
  7. Nérija, Blume (Domino)
  8. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox)
  9. Michael Janisch, Worlds Collide (Whirlwind)
  10. Brandee Younger, Soul Awakening (self-released)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Monk's Music (Jazz Images)
  3. Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM)

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Mac Randall (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra, Ambar (Sony Masterworks)
  2. Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Epistrophy (ECM)
  3. Crosscurrents Trio [Dave Holland/Zakir Hussain/Chris Potter], Good Hope (Edition)
  4. The Bad Plus, Activate Infinity (Edition)
  5. Cyrille Aimée, Move On: A Sondheim Adventure (Mack Avenue)
  6. Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller, Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller's Parlour Game (Royal Potato Family)
  7. Jazzmeia Horn, Love and Liberation (Concord)
  8. Melissa Aldana, Visions (Motema)
  9. Joel Ross, KingMaker (Blue Note)
  10. Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn (Mack Avenue -18)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)
  3. Wes Montgomery, Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings (Resonance)

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Simon Rentner (WBGO's The Checkout)

NEW RELEASES

  1. FKJ, Live @ Salar De Uyuni for Cercle (self-released)
  2. The Comet Is Coming, The Afterlife (Impulse!)
  3. Mark Guiliana, Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! (Motéma)
  4. Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia)
  5. Kassa Overall, Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz (self-released)
  6. Marta Sánchez Quintet, El Rayo De Luz (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  7. Godwin Louis, Global (Blue Room Music)
  8. Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller, Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller's Parlour Game (Royal Potato Family)
  9. Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra, Ambar (Sony Masterworks)
  10. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Brainfeeder X (Brainfeeder -18)
  2. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  3. Stan Getz, Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Vocal vote specified Djesse V1 & V2, two separate releases, awarded to Vol. 1.

Derk Richardson (The Absolute Sound, KPFA [Berkeley], Peghead Nation, Acoustic Guitar)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ben Goldberg, Good Day for Cloud Fishing (Pyroclastic)
  2. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  3. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices: Two Works for Orchestra With Soloists (Intakt -18)
  4. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  5. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (Firehouse 12 -4CD)
  6. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family)
  7. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette, The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12)
  8. Mark Dresser Seven, Ain't Nothing but a Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed)
  9. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Four (Long Song)
  10. Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Bill Dixon & Cecil Taylor, Duets 1992 (Triple Point)
  2. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD)
  3. David S. Ware New Quartet, Théâtre Garonne, 2008 (AUM Fidelity)

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LATIN

Britt Robson (JazzTimes, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis City Pages, Bandcamp, Red Bull (RIP))

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  2. Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia)
  3. Spaza, Spaza (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
  4. Mario Pavone Dialect Trio, Philosophy (Clean Feed)
  5. Crosscurrents Trio [Dave Holland/Zakir Hussain/Chris Potter], Good Hope (Edition)
  6. James Carter Organ Trio, Live From Newport Jazz (Blue Note)
  7. Miho Hazama, Dancer in Nowhere (Sunnyside)
  8. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  9. Ralph Alessi, Imaginary Friends (ECM)
  10. Alex Sipiagin, NoFo Skies (Blue Room)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)
  2. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (1979-2017, ECM -21CD -18)
  3. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)

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Lloyd Sachs (DownBeat, Chicago Tribune)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Epistrophy (ECM)
  2. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  3. Uri Caine, The Passion of Octavius Catto (816 Music)
  4. Dave Rempis/Joshua Abrams/Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker, Apsis (Aerophonic)
  5. Maluba Orchestra, Maluba Orchestra (Stunt)
  6. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette, The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12)
  7. Matt Mitchell, Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi)
  8. Angles 9, Beyond Us (Clean Feed)
  9. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  10. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Stan Getz, Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve)
  2. Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Live at I.U.C.C. (Soul Jazz)
  3. Art Pepper, Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (1979, Omnivore -5CD)

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LATIN

Bret Saunders (Denver Post, KBCO-FM [Denver])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (Firehouse 12 -4CD)
  2. Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New (Cuneiform)
  3. William Parker & In Order to Survive, Live/Shapeshifter (AUM Fidelity -2CD)
  4. Anna Webber, Clockwise (Pi)
  5. Dave Douglas, Engage (Greenleaf Music)
  6. James Carter Organ Trio, Live From Newport Jazz (Blue Note)
  7. Dr. Mark Lomax, II, 400: An African Epic (CFG Multimedia -12CD)
  8. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  9. David Torn-Tim Berne-Ches Smith, Sun of Goldfinger (ECM)
  10. Nate Wooley, Columbia Icefield (Northern Spy)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  2. Alice Coltrane Sextet, Live at the Berkeley Community Theater 1972 (BCT)
  3. Wes Montgomery, Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings (Resonance)

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DEBUT

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Rich Scheinin (SFJAZZ)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jerome Jennings, Solidarity (Iola)
  2. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  3. Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry (ECM)
  4. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  5. Eric Reed, Everybody Gets the Blues (Smoke Sessions)
  6. Ethan Iverson Quartet With Tom Harrell, Common Practice (ECM)
  7. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  8. Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy 2 (Concord -2CD)
  9. The BABAorchestra, Marigold (Thirsty Owl/Slow and Steady)
  10. Ahmad Jamal, Ballades (Jazz Village)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD)
  3. Etta Jones, A Soulful Sunday: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Reel)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Gene Seymour (CNN, Bookforum, The Nation)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Etienne Charles, Carnival: The Sound of a People Vol. 1 (Culture Shock Music)
  2. James Carter Organ Trio, Live From Newport Jazz (Blue Note)
  3. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  4. Abdullah Ibrahim, The Balance (Gearbox)
  5. Joey DeFrancesco, In the Key of the Universe (Mack Avenue)
  6. Miguel Zenón, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music)
  7. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  8. Nicholas Payton, Relaxin' With Nick (Smoke Sessions -2CD)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  10. Paolo Fresu-Richard Galliano-Jan Lundgren, Mare Nostrum III (ACT)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. Stan Getz, Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve)
  3. Gerald Cleaver & Violet Hour, Live at Firehouse 12 (2006, Sunnyside)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Mike Shanley (JazzTimes, Pittsburgh Current, Shanley on Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nature Work, Nature Work (Sunnyside)
  2. Ben Goldberg, Good Day for Cloud Fishing (Pyroclastic)
  3. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  4. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (Firehouse 12 -4CD)
  5. Ralph Alessi, Imaginary Friends (ECM)
  6. Dave Douglas, Engage (Greenleaf Music)
  7. Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, Harder on the Outside (Hot Cup)
  8. Russ Lossing, Motian Music (Sunnyside)
  9. Matthew Shipp Trio, Signature (ESP-Disk)
  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, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  3. Johnny Costa, Plays Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Jazz (Omnivore)

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LATIN

John Sharpe (The New York City Jazz Record, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. DKV & Joe McPhee, The Fire Each Time (Not Two -6CD)
  2. Kuzu, Hiljaisuus (Astral Spirits/Aerophonic)
  3. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)
  4. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman, Time Gone Out (Intakt)
  5. James Brandon Lewis, An UnRuly Manifesto (Relative Pitch)
  6. Cooper Moore & Stephen Gauci, Studio Sessions Vol. 1 (Gaucimusic)
  7. Jones Jones [Larry Ochs-Mark Dresser-Vladimir Tarasov], A Jones in Time Saves Nine (NoBusiness -18)
  8. Matthew Shipp Trio, Signature (ESP-Disk)
  9. Evan Parker & Kinetics, Chiasm (Clean Feed)
  10. Rodrigo Amado & Chris Corsano, No Place to Fall (Astral Spirits)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sam Rivers Trio, Emanation (1971, NoBusiness)

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Hank Shteamer (Rolling Stone)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Angel Bat Dawid, The Oracle (International Anthem)
  2. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  3. Messthetics_The, Anthropocosmic Nest (Dischord)
  4. Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, To Whom Who Buys a Record (Odin)
  5. 10³²K, The Law of Vibration (self-released -18)
  6. Joel Ross, KingMaker (Blue Note)
  7. Chris Lightcap, SuperBigmouth (Pyroclastic)
  8. Blacks' Myths, Blacks' Myths II (Atlantic Rhythms)
  9. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi)
  10. JD Allen, Barracoon (Savant)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)
  2. 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)
  3. Masayuki Takayanagi New Directions Unit, April Is the Cruellest Month (Black Forms Editions)

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Jackson Sinnenberg (Capitalbop, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ahmad Jamal, Ballades (Jazz Village)
  2. Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez, Duologue (Mack Avenue)
  3. Brad Mehldau, Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch)
  4. Avishai Cohen & Yonathan Avishai, Playing the Room (ECM)
  5. Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs (TUM)
  6. The Bad Plus, Activate Infinity (Edition)
  7. Chris Potter, Circuits (Edition)
  8. Brad Linde's Dix Out, There Will Be Some Changes Made (Bleebop)
  9. Simone Baron & Arco Belo, The Space Between Disguises (GenreFluid)
  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. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD)
  3. Sun Ra, Monorails & Satellites: Works for Solo Piano Vols. 1, 2, 3 (Cosmic Myth)

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Slim (WRCU (Slim's Spins, The Slim & Him Show))

NEW RELEASES

  1. Laurence Hobgood, Tesseterra (Ubuntu Music)
  2. Ellen Rowe Octet, Momentum: Portraits of Women in Motion (Smokin' Sleddog)
  3. P.J. Perry Featuring Bill Mays, This Quiet Room (Cellar Live)
  4. Roger Kellaway, The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway (IPO)
  5. Toh-Kichi [Satoko Fujii & Taysuya Yoshida], Baikamo (Libra)
  6. Lafayette Gilchrist, Dark Matter (self-released)
  7. Paul Jost, Simple Life (PJ Music)
  8. Yoko Miwa Trio, Keep Talkin' (Ocean Blue Tear Music)
  9. Charlie Ballantine, Life Is Brief: The Music of Bob Dylan (Green Mind -18)
  10. Ståhls Trio, Källtorp Sessions: Volume One (Moserobie)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD)
  2. 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)
  3. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18)

VOCAL

DEBUT

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Stewart Smith (The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, The List)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Pi -2CD)
  2. Angel Bat Dawid, The Oracle (International Anthem)
  3. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
  4. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (Constellation)
  5. Ahmed, Super Majnoon (East Meets West) (Otoroku)
  6. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, Where Future Unfolds (International Anthem)
  7. Anna Webber, Clockwise (Pi)
  8. Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell, The Adornment of Time (Pi)
  9. Joe McPhee & John Butcher, At the Hill of James Magee (Trost)
  10. Whit Dickey Tao Quartets, Peace Planet/Box of Light (AUM Fidelity -2CD)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Louis Moholo Octet, Spirits Rejoice! (1978, Otoroku)
  2. Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Live at I.U.C.C. (Soul Jazz)
  3. Sam Rivers Trio, Emanation (1971, NoBusiness)

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