Ballots 2020 [8]

NEW RELEASES

1. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Molecular (Intakt)
2. Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic)
3. Toh-Kichi [Satoko Fujii/Taysuya Yoshida], Baikamo (Libra -19)
4. Lafayette Gilchrist, Now (Lafayette Gilchrist Music)
5. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
6. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)
7. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Live in Willisau (Intakt)
8. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
9. Fred Hersch, Songs From Home (Palmetto)
10. Gordon Grdina-Matt Mitchel-Jim Black, Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio (Skirl)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

• No choice.

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Charles Tolliver, Connect (Gearbox)
2. Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord)
3. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
4. Chicago Underground Quartet, Good Days (Astral Spirits)
5. Jim Snidero, Project-K (Savant)
6. Tyshawn Sorey, Unfiltered (self-released)
7. Charles McPherson, Jazz Dance Suites (Chazz Mack Music)
8. Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)
9. Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)
10. Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio Featuring Johnathan Blake, Without Deception (Dare2)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
2. Bob James, Once Upon a Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
3. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)

VOCAL

• Thana Alexa, ONA (self-released)

DEBUT

• Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
• Ellery Eskelin-Christian Weber-Michael Griener, The Pearls (Intakt -19)
• Eddie Henderson, Shuffle and Deal (Smoke Sessions)
• Oscar Jan Hoogland & Han Bennink, Goede Reis! (ICP)
• François Houle 4, RECODER (Songlines)
• Lisa Mezzacappa Six, Cosmicomics (Queen Bee)
• Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)
• Jeremy Pelt, The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1 (HighNote)
• Dayna Stephens Trio, Liberty (Contagious Music)
• Chad Taylor Trio, The Daily Biological (Cuneiform)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

• Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)
• The MacroQuarktet, The Complete Night: Live at the Stone NYC (2007, Out of Your Head)
• Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa, Recognition (Biophilia)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Diego Urcola Quartet Featuring Paquito D'Rivera, El Duelo (Sunnyside)

NEW RELEASES

1. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
2. Irreversible Entanglements, Who Sent You? (International Anthem)
3. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
4. Hedvig Mollestad, Ekhidna (Rune Grammofon)
5. Matana Roberts & Pat Thomas, The Truth (Otoroku)
6. Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang, Snow Catches on Her Eyelashes (Jazzland)
7. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
8. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
9. Jasper Høiby, Planet B (Edition)
10. Binker Golding, Abstractions of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers (Gearbox -19)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
2. Mike Westbrook, Love and Understanding: Citadel/Room 315 Sweden '74 (My Only Desire)
3. Jon Hassell/Farafina, Flash of the Spirit (1988, Tak:Til)

VOCAL

• Lucia Cadotsch, Speak Low II (We Jazz)

DEBUT

• Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)

LATIN

• Dino Saluzzi, Albores (ECM)

NEW RELEASES

1. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
2. Nate Wooley, Seven Storey Mountain VI (Pyroclastic)
3. Jason Palmer, The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella (Giant Steps Arts)
4. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
5. Denise Mangiardi, Brown Book (Alice's Loft Music)
6. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
7. Avishai Cohen, Big Vicious (ECM)
8. Michael Thomas, Event Horizon (Giant Step Arts)
9. Omer Avital Qantar, New York Paradox (Jazz & People)
10. Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Mike Westbrook, Love and Understanding: Citadel/Room 315 Sweden '74 (My Only Desire)
2. Bill Evans, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1968, Resonance)
3. Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker, Quintet Sessions 1979 (Dot Time)

VOCAL

• Denise Mangiardi, Brown Book (Alice's Loft Music)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho)

NEW RELEASES

1. Django Bates' Beloved With Norrbotten Big Band, Tenacity (Lost Marble)
2. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
3. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
4. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
5. Ingrid Laubrock, Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (Intakt)
6. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM)
7. Dopolarians, Garden Party (Mahakala)
8. Gregory Porter, All Rise (Blue Note)
9. Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho)
10. Elliot Galvin, Live in Paris at Fondation Louis Vuitton (Edition)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
2. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
3. Albert Ayler, New Grass (1968, Third Man)

VOCAL

• Gregory Porter, All Rise (Blue Note)

DEBUT

• Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)

LATIN

• Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho)

NEW RELEASES

1. Jimmy Heath, Love Letter (Verve)
2. Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note)
3. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Round Again (Nonesuch)
4. Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho)
5. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom (Ropeadope)
6. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
7. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
8. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
9. Norah Jones, Pick Me Up Off the Floor (Blue Note)
10. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
2. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962, Verve)
3. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)

VOCAL

• Norah Jones, Pick Me Up Off the Floor (Blue Note)

DEBUT

• Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)

LATIN

• Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho)

NEW RELEASES

1. Alan Barnes + Eleven, 60th Birthday Celebration (Woodville -19)
2. Josie Falbo, You Must Believe in Spring (Southport)
3. Christopher Hollyday & Telepathy, Dialogue (Jazzbeat Productions)
4. Susie Meissner, I Wish I Knew (Lydian Jazz)
5. Sharel Cassity, Fearless (Reisha Works)
6. Connie Han, Iron Starlet (Mack Avenue)
7. James Carney Sextet, Pure Heart (Sunnyside)
8. Carl Saunders, Jazz Trumpet (Summit)
9. Rachel Therrien, Vena (Bonsai Music)
10. Jason Miles & Kind of New, Black Magic (Ropeadope)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Paul Desmond, The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings (Mosaic)
2. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962, Verve)
3. Joe Castro, Passion Flower: For Doris Duke (1955-66, Sunnyside)

VOCAL

• Josie Falbo, You Must Believe in Spring (Southport)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho)

NEW RELEASES

1. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
2. Gregg August, Dialogues on Race: Volume One (Iacuessa)
3. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, Free Hoops (Intakt)
4. Amanda Gardier, Flyover Country (Green Mind)
5. Marshall Allen-Roscoe Mitchell-Milford Graves-Scott Robinson, Flow States (ScienSonic)
6. Ran Blake & Frank Carlberg, Gray Moon (Red Piano)
7. JD Allen, Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant)
8. Sigurd Hole, Lys/Morke (Eivesang)
9. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
10. Bill Frisell, Valentine (Blue Note)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
2. Bill Evans, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1968, Resonance)
3. Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit, Axis/Another Revolvable Thing (1975, Blank Forms Editions)

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa, Recognition (Biophilia)

DEBUT

• Alonzo Demetrius, Live From the Prison Nation (Onyx Music)

LATIN

• Dan Costa, Live in California (self-released)