Ballots 2021 [3]

[Ackermann - Broomer] · [Brownlee - Drouot] · [Dryden - Grunenberg] · [Gutterman - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Miriello] · [Mitchell - Sachs] · [Saunders - Taylor] · [Tesser - Young]

NEW RELEASES

1. The Generations Quartet [Dave Liebman-Billy Test-Evan Gregor-Ian Froman], Invitation (Albert Murray/John Aveni)
2. Martin Wind Quartet, My Astorian Queen (Laika)
3. Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
4. Ed Neumeister Quartet, What Have I Done? (Meistero Music)
5. Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)
6. Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction (ArtistShare)
7. Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
8. Harold Danko, Spring Garden (SteepleChase)
9. Pieranunzi Fonnesbæk Duo, The Real You: A Bill Evans Tribute (Stunt)
10. Greg Abate, Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
2. Hal Galper Quintet, Live at the Berlin Philharmonic 1977 (Origin)
3. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)

VOCAL

• Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Billy Test Trio, Coming Down Roses (self-released)

LATIN

• Hendrik Meurkens, Manhattan Samba (Height Advantage)

NEW RELEASES

1. Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)
2. Amirtha Kidambi & Lea Bertucci, End of Softness (Astral Spirits -20)
3. Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
4. Luke Stewart, Works for Electric Bass Guitar (Tripticks Tapes)
5. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Live (International Anthem)
6. Steph Richards With Joshua White, Zephyr (Relative Pitch)
7. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
8. Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force, Dear Love (Empress Legacy)
9. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
10. Roxana Amed, Ontology (Sony Music Latin)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)

DEBUT

• Lauren Lee, The Queen of Cups (Ears & Eyes)

LATIN

• Emiliano Sampaio, Meretrio: Choros (self-released)

NEW RELEASES

1. Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
3. Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
4. Miho Hazama & Danish Radio Big Band, Imaginary Visions (Edition)
5. Brian Lynch, Songbook Vol. 1: Bus Stop Serenade (Holistic MusicWorks)
6. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)
7. Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
8. Steven Feifke Big Band, Kinetic (Outside In Music)
9. Tomoko Omura, Branches, Vol. 2 (Outside In Music)
10. Min Xiao-Fen, White Lotus (Outside In Music)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
3. Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)

VOCAL

• Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)

DEBUT

• Steven Feifke Big Band, Kinetic (Outside In Music)

LATIN

• Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Salswing! (Rubén Blades Productions)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
• Theo Croker, BLK2LIFE ∥ A Future Past (Sony Masterworks)
• Noah Haidu-Buster Williams-Billy Hart, Slowly: Song for Keith Jarrett (Sunnyside)
• Rich Halley-Dan Clucas-Clyde Reed-Carson Halley, Boomslang (Pine Eagle)
• Jean-Jacques Rojer, Soko (Sunnyside)
• Adam Rudolph Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra, Resonant Bodies (Meta)
• J Peter Schwalm, Aufbruch (RareNoise)
• Asaf Sirkis, Solar Flash (MoonJune)
• Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
• Stephan Thelen, Fractal Guitar 2 (MoonJune)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

• The Beach Boys, Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971 (Capitol)
• John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
• Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)

VOCAL

• Lina Nyberg & Daniel Karlsson, The Night and the Music (Prophone)

DEBUT

• Jacqueline Kerrod, 17 Days in December (Orenda)

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)

NEW RELEASES

1. Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
3. Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
4. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
5. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
6. William Parker, Painters Winter (AUM Fidelity)
7. Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
8. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
9. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
10. Yuma Uesaka and Marilyn Crispell, Streams (Not Two)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charles Mingus, Mingus at Carnegie Hall [Deluxe Edition] (1974, Atlantic)
2. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
3. Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)

VOCAL

• Mary LaRose, Out Here (Little (i) Music)

DEBUT

• Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)

LATIN

• Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)

NEW RELEASES

1. Yoko Miwa Trio, Songs of Joy (Ubuntu Music)
2. Greg Abate, Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound)
3. Pasquale Grasso, Pasquale Plays Duke (Sony Masterworks)
4. Paxton/Spangler Septet, Anthem for the New Nation (Eastlawn)
5. Dave Stryker, Baker's Circle (Strikezone)
6. Graham Dechter, Major Influence (Capri)
7. Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette-Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Skyline (5 Passion)
8. Diego Rivera, Indigenous (Posi-Tone)
9. Dan Wilson, Vessels of Wood and Earth (Brother Mister/Mack Avenue)
10. Out to Dinner, Play On (Posi-Tone)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
2. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)

VOCAL

• Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Emma-Jean Thackray, Yellow (Movementt/Warp)

LATIN

• Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)

NEW RELEASES

1. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
4. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
5. Ivo Perelman Trio, Garden of Jewels (TAO Forms)
6. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
7. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem)
8. Indaba Is (Brownswood)
9. Wadada Leo Smith-Douglas R Ewart-Mike Reed, Sun Beans of Shimmering Light (Astral Spirits)
10. Cameron Graves, Seven (Mack Avenue)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
2. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
3. Anthony Braxton, Freedom Years (1969-76, Freedom)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Chelsea Carmichael, The River Doesn't Like Strangers (Native Rebel)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
2. Fire!, Defeat (Rune Grammofon)
3. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
4. Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
5. Alexander Hawkins, Togetherness Music: For Sixteen Musicians (Intakt)
6. Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
7. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
8. Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile, Snark Horse (Pi)
9. Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
10. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
2. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)

VOCAL

• Lara Solnicki, The One and the Other (Outside In Music)

DEBUT

• Hitra, Transparence (AMP Music)

LATIN

• Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)

NEW RELEASES

1. Alexander Hawkins, Togetherness Music: For Sixteen Musicians (Intakt)
2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
3. Wadada Leo Smith, Sacred Ceremonies (TUM)
4. Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
5. Barre Phillips-John Butcher-Ståle Liavik Solberg, We Met - And Then (Relative Pitch)
6. Enrico Rava, Edizione Speciale (ECM)
7. Nate Wooley-Liudas Mockunas-Barry Guy-Arkadijus Gotesmanas, Nox (NoBusiness -20)
8. Blue Reality Quartet, Blue Reality Quartet! (Mahakala)
9. Lucia Martinez-Agusti Fernández-Barry Guy, Bosque De Niebla (Fundacja Sluchaj)
10. Theo Jörgensmann-Christopher Dell-Christian Ramond-Klaus Kugel, At the Fields Edge (Not Two)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
2. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
3. Mujician, 10 10 10 (2010, Cuneiform)

VOCAL

• Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)

DEBUT

• Charlotte Keefe, Right Here Right Now (Discus)

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)

NEW RELEASES

1. Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
2. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
3. Kevin Sun, <3 Bird (Endectomorph)
4. Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM)
5. Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)
6. Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
7. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
8. Steph Richards With Joshua White, Zephyr (Relative Pitch)
9. Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
10. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
2. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)

VOCAL

• Patricia Barber, Clique (Impex)

DEBUT

• Sara Schoenbeck, Sara Schoenbeck (Pyroclastic)

LATIN

• Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
• Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Code of Being (Intakt)
• Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem)
• Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
• Roscoe Mitchell & Mike Reed, The Ritual and the Dance (Astral Spirits)
• William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
• Skeeter Shelton & Hamid Drake, Sclupperbep (Two Rooms)
• Patrick Shiroishi, Hidemi (American Dreams)
• Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

• Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
• Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)
• Ron Everett, Glitter of the City (1977, Jazzman)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
2. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem)
3. Tim Berne-Chris Speed-Reid Anderson-Dave King, Broken Shadows (Intakt)
4. David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
5. Dahveed Behroozi, Echos (Sunnyside)
6. Ill Considered, Liminal Space (New Soil)
7. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
8. Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
9. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
10. Sana Nagano, Smashing Humans (577)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sun Ra, Lanquidity [Definitive Edition] (1978, Strut)
2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
3. Wayne Horvitz, Live Forever Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80s (Other Room Music)

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)

DEBUT

• Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)

LATIN

• Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)

NEW RELEASES

1. David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
2. The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox)
3. Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Architecture of Storms (SoundSpore)
4. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
5. Larry Ochs-Donald Robinson Duo, A Civil Right (ESP-Disk)
6. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
7. Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
8. Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Coltrane (Smoke Sessions)
9. Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
10. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
2. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
3. Harold Land, Westward Bound! (1962-65, Reel-to-Real)

VOCAL

• Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Kazemde George, I Insist (Greenleaf Music)

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)

NEW RELEASES

1. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
2. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
3. Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Garden of Expression (ECM)
4. Theo Bleckmann and the Westerlies, This Land (Westerlies Music)
5. Pasquale Grasso, Solo Ballads (Sony Masterworks)
6. Nik Bärtsch, Entendre (ECM)
7. Ethan Iverson & Umbria Jazz Orchestra, Bud Powell in the 21st Century (Sunnyside)
8. Masabumi Kikuchi, Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording (Red Hook)
9. Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
10. Stephan Micus, Winter's End (ECM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
2. Bill Evans Trio, On a Friday Evening (1975, Craft)
3. Bola Sete, Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Tompkins Square)

VOCAL

• Theo Bleckmann and the Westerlies, This Land (Westerlies Music)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Omar Sosa, An East African Journey (Ota)

NEW RELEASES

1. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem)
2. Karkhana, Al Azraqayn (Karlrecords)
3. Hamid Drake-Elaine Mitchener-William Parker-Orphy Robinson-Pat Thomas, Black Top Presents: Some Good News (Otoroku)
4. Roscoe Mitchell, Dots: Pieces for Percussion and Woodwinds (Wide Hive)
5. Punkt. Vrt. Plastik [Kaja Draksler/Petter Eldh/Christian Lillinger], Somit (Intakt)
6. Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Wandersphere (Intakt)
7. Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
8. Anthony Braxton, 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12)
9. Wadada Leo Smith, Trumpet (TUM)
10. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)
2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
3. Connie Crothers & Tom Hamilton, Two Improvisations: Live in Concert (2015, Data Day Music)

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)

DEBUT

• Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: The 3rd pick for Reissues/Historical was recorded less than 10 years ago, so should have been considered under New Releases.

NEW RELEASES

1. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
2. Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
4. Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
5. Kimbrough (Newvelle)
6. Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)
7. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
8. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
9. Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Wandersphere (Intakt)
10. Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
2. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
3. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)

VOCAL

• Melanie Charles, Y'all Don't (Really) Care About Black Women (Impulse!)

DEBUT

• Chris Pattishall, Zodiac (self-released)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
2. Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Live! (Concord Jazz)
3. Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)
4. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
5. Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
6. John McLaughlin, Liberation Time (Abstract Logix)
7. Branford Marsalis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [Original Soundtrack] (Milan -20)
8. Ivo Perelman Trio, Garden of Jewels (TAO Forms)
9. Diego Rivera, Indigenous (Posi-Tone)
10. Lyle Mays, Eberhard (self-released)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
2. Oscar Peterson, A Time for Love: Live in Helsinki, 1987 (Mack Avenue)
3. Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)

VOCAL

• Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Featuring Cyrille Aimée, Petite Fleur (Storyville)

DEBUT

• Horizons Quartet, Horizons Quartet (PM)

LATIN

• Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)

NEW RELEASES

1. Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
2. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
3. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, I Told You So (Colemine)
4. Jacqueline Kerrod, 17 Days in December (Orenda)
5. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
6. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
7. Wadada Leo Smith, Sacred Ceremonies (TUM)
8. Michael Wollny-Emile Parisien-Tim Lefebvre-Christian Lillinger, XXXX (ACT Music)
9. Jim Snidero, Live at the Deer Head Inn (Savant)
10. Yoko Miwa Trio, Songs of Joy (Ubuntu Music)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
2. Steve Tintweiss and the Purple Why, Markstown (1968, Inky Dot Media)
3. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance -20)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• WRD [Robert Walter-Eddie Roberts-Adam Deitch], The Hit (Color Red)

LATIN

• Albare, Albare Plays Jobim Vol. 2 (Alfi)

NEW RELEASES

1. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
2. Vincent Herring, Preaching to the Choir (Smoke Sessions)
3. Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Wandersphere (Intakt)
4. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
5. Thumbscrew, Never Is Enough (Cuneiform)
6. Marc Cary, Life Lessons (Sessionheads United)
7. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
8. Stephanie Nilles, I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag - The White Flag (Sunnyside)
9. Jane Ira Bloom & Mark Helias, Some Kind of Tomorrow (self-released)
10. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Don Cherry's New Researches, Organic Music Theatre: Festival De Jazz De Chateauvallon 1972 (Blank Forms Editions)
2. Miles Davis, Merci, Miles! Live at Vienne (1991, Warner/Rhino)
3. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)

VOCAL

• Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jazz Is Dead 7: João Donato (Jazz Is Dead)

NEW RELEASES

1. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
2. Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)
3. Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
4. Rachel Eckroth, The Garden (Rainy Days)
5. Young Pilgrims, We're Young Pilgrims (Stoney Lane)
6. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
7. Nubiyan Twist, Freedom Fables (Strut)
8. Charlotte Greve, Sediments We Move (New Amsterdam)
9. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
10. Lady Blackbird, Black Acid Soul (BMG)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. McCoy Tyner, Expansions (1968, Blue Note)
2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
3. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)

VOCAL

• Michael Mayo, Bones (Artistry Music)

DEBUT

• Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)

LATIN

• Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)

[Ackermann - Broomer] · [Brownlee - Drouot] · [Dryden - Grunenberg] · [Gutterman - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Miriello] · [Mitchell - Sachs] · [Saunders - Taylor] · [Tesser - Young]