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

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  3. Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
  4. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
  5. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House)
  6. Whit Dickey-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Village Mothership (TAO Forms)
  7. Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile, Snark Horse (Pi)
  8. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  9. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
  10. East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  2. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
  3. Bola Sete, Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Tompkins Square)

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Rich Scheinin (SFJAZZ)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
  2. Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
  3. Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
  4. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
  5. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  6. Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
  7. JD Allen, Queen City (Savant)
  8. Todd Cochran TC3, Then and Again, Here and Now (Sunnyside)
  9. Jason Moran, The Sound Will Tell You (Yes)
  10. Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

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

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Ronald Schepper (Textura)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miho Hazama & Danish Radio Big Band, Imaginary Visions (Edition)
  2. Adi Meyerson, I Want to Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life (Adi Meyerson)
  3. Kazemde George, I Insist (Greenleaf Music)
  4. Jalen Baker, This Is Me, This Is Us (Outside In Music)
  5. Amanda Tosoff, Earth Voices (Empress Music Group)
  6. Firm Roots Duo [Chris White & Lara Driscoll], Firm Roots (Firm Roots Music)
  7. PRISM Quartet, Heritage/Evolution Volume 2 (XAS)
  8. Randal Despommier, Dio C'e (Outside In Music)
  9. Kjetil Mulelid, Piano (Rune Grammofon)
  10. Maria Grand, Reciprocity (Biophilia)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Bill Evans, Behind the Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Jim Snidero, Strings (2001, Savant)
  3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)

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Sarah Schmidt (Jazz Director, WRFL-FM [Lexington, KY])

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  3. Curtis Amy & Dupree Bolton, Katanga! (1963, Blue Note)

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Gene Seymour (CNN, Bookforum, The Nation)

NEW RELEASES

  1. William Parker, Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  2. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, The Democracy! Suite (Blue Engine)
  3. Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
  4. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  5. William Parker, Painters Winter (AUM Fidelity)
  6. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
  7. Kimbrough (Newvelle)
  8. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
  9. Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
  10. Matthew Shipp & William Parker, Re-Union (RogueArt)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  2. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
  3. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (1962-65, Omnivore)

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Mike Shanley (JazzTimes, Shanley on Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  2. Christopher Hoffman, Asp Nimbus (Out of Your Head)
  3. Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
  4. Kuzu, All Your Ghosts in One Corner (Aerophonic)
  5. Freddie Redd, Reminiscing (Bleebop)
  6. Caroline Davis, Portals, Volume 1: Mourning (Sunnyside)
  7. Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
  8. Maria Grand, Reciprocity (Biophilia)
  9. Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)
  10. Thumbscrew, Never Is Enough (Cuneiform)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

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

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Wandersphere (Intakt)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  3. Rachel Musson, Dreamsing (577)
  4. Ahmed, Nights on Saturn (Communication) (Astral Spirits)
  5. David Leon, Aire De Agua (Out of Your Head)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith-Douglas R Ewart-Mike Reed, Sun Beans of Shimmering Light (Astral Spirits)
  7. Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Special Edition Box: Procedural Language (SMP)
  8. Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio & Alexander von Schlippenbach, The Field (NoBusiness)
  9. Judson Trio [Joëlle Léandre-Mat Maneri-Gerald Cleaver], Light and Dance (RogueArt)
  10. Nate Wooley, Mutual Aid Music (Pleasure of the Text)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
  2. Joel Futterman, Creation Series (2008, NoBusiness)
  3. Sam Rivers Quartet, Braids [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 4] (1979, NoBusiness -20)

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Adam Shatz (London Review of Books)

NEW RELEASES

  1. William Parker, Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  2. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  4. David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey & Alarm Will Sound, For George Lewis/Autoschediasms (Cantaloupe)
  6. Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM)
  7. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  8. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
  9. Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
  10. Jeff Parker, Forfolks (International Anthem)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
  2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  3. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)

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Rob Shepherd (PostGenre Media)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kaidi Tatham, An Insight to All Minds (First Word)
  2. Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
  3. Natural Information Society & Evan Parker, Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) (Aguirre/Eremite)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
  5. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
  6. Pino Palladino and Blake Mills, Notes With Attachments (Impulse!)
  7. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
  8. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  9. Terence Blanchard, Absence (Blue Note)
  10. Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Marcos Resende & Index, Marcos Resende & Index (1976, Far Out)
  2. Khan Jamal, Infinity (1982, Jazz Room)
  3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)

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Hank Shteamer (Rolling Stone)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jason Moran, The Sound Will Tell You (Yes)
  2. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Code of Being (Intakt)
  3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  4. Dan Weiss & Miles Okazaki, Music for Drums and Guitar (Cygnus)
  5. Francisco Mela, M.P.T. Trio: Volume 1 (577)
  6. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
  7. Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
  8. The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox)
  9. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
  10. Chris Potter Circuits Trio, Sunrise Reprise (Edition)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor, Music From Two Continents: Live at Jazz Jamboree '84 (Fundacja Sluchaj)
  2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  3. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)

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Jackson Sinnenberg (CapitalBop, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  4. Work Money Death, The Space in Which the Uncontrollable Unknown Resides, Can Be the Place From Which Creation Arises (ATA)
  5. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
  6. Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
  7. Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
  8. Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
  9. R+R=Now, Live (Blue Note)
  10. Aaron Myers, The Pride Album (self-released)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Butch Warren & Freddie Redd, Baltimore Jazz Loft (2013, Bleebop)
  3. Utopic Cities: Progressive Jazz in Belgium 1968-1979 (Sbdan)

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Slim (WRCU: Slim's Spins and The Slim & Him Show)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charlie Ballantine, Reflections/Introspection: The Music of Thelonious Monk (Green Mind)
  2. Yoko Miwa Trio, Songs of Joy (Ubuntu Music)
  3. The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox)
  4. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  5. Joe Fiedler's "Open Sesame", Fuzzy and Blue (Multiphonics)
  6. 2B3 [Mike Abbott-Jeff Jenkins-Mike Marlier], Jimi (self-released)
  7. This Is It! [Satoko Fujii-Natsuki Tamura-Takashi Itani], Mosaic (Libra)
  8. Paul Jost Quartet, While We Were Gone (Paul Jost Music)
  9. Tony Coe & John Horler, Dancing in the Dark (Gearbox)
  10. Lady Blackbird, Black Acid Soul (BMG)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Joe Henderson, The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions (1963-66, Mosaic)
  2. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
  3. Hal Galper Quintet, Live at the Berlin Philharmonic 1977 (Origin)

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Stewart Smith (The Wire, The Quietus, Bandcamp Daily, We Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Anthony Braxton, 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12)
  2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  3. William Parker, Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  4. Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)
  5. Hamid Drake-Elaine Mitchener-William Parker-Orphy Robinson-Pat Thomas, Black Top Presents: Some Good News (Otoroku)
  6. Ahmed, Nights on Saturn (Communication) (Astral Spirits)
  7. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  8. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
  9. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
  10. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
  2. Jeanne Lee, Conspiracy (1975, Moved-by-Sound)
  3. Don Cherry's New Researches, Organic Music Theatre: Festival De Jazz De Chateauvallon 1972 (Blank Forms Editions)

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Jon Solomon (Westword)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  2. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
  3. Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
  4. Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
  5. Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
  6. Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
  7. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  8. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
  9. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
  10. East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  3. Bill Evans, Behind the Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings (Resonance)

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Sammy Stein (Something Else Reviews, Free Jazz Collective, Jazz Views)

NEW RELEASES

  1. The Underflow, Instant Opaque Evening (Blue Chopsticks)
  2. Nigel Price Organ Trio, Wes Reimagined (Ubuntu Music)
  3. Binker Golding-John Edwards-Steve Noble, Moon Day (Byrd Out)
  4. Evan Parker Quartet, All Knavery and Collusion (Cadillac)
  5. Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley, Polarity (Burning Ambulance Music)
  6. Rachel Musson, Dreamsing (577)
  7. Matthew Shipp & William Parker, Re-Union (RogueArt)
  8. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
  9. Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Quiet Is the Star (Roomspin)
  10. Polyorchard, An Excess of Primary Forms (Out and Gone)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)

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Mark Stryker (Jazz From Detroit (University of Michigan Press))

NEW RELEASES

  1. Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
  2. The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox)
  3. Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
  4. Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
  5. Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
  6. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  7. Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)
  8. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
  9. Houston Person, Live in Paris (HighNote)
  10. Tim Berne-Chris Speed-Reid Anderson-Dave King, Broken Shadows (Intakt)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  3. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)

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Dave Sumner (Bandcamp, Bird Is the Worm)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
  2. Daniel Carter-Tobias Wilner-Djibril Toure-Federick Ughi, New York United, Volume 2 (577)
  3. Christopher Hoffman, Asp Nimbus (Out of Your Head)
  4. Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vågan, Plastic Wave (Odin)
  5. Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
  6. La La Lars, La La Lars III (self-released)
  7. Tomoko Omura, Branches, Vol. 2 (Outside In Music)
  8. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  9. Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, Tinctures in Time (Community Music Vol. 1) (Royal Potato Family)
  10. Rocio Giménez López-Luciana Bass-Fermin Suarez-Rosina Scampino, Reunión En La Granja (Discos ICM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Bheki Mseleku, Beyond the Stars (2003, Tapestry Works)
  2. Billy Bang, Lucky Man (2008, BBE)
  3. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)

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John Szwed (The Wire, Center for Jazz Studies [Columbia University])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  2. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  3. East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
  4. Tim Berne-Chris Speed-Reid Anderson-Dave King, Broken Shadows (Intakt)
  5. Michael Wollny-Emile Parisien-Tim Lefebvre-Christian Lillinger, XXXX (ACT Music)
  6. Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Live! (Concord Jazz)
  7. Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
  8. Eivind Aarset 4tet, Phantasmagoria, or a Different Kind of Journey (Jazzland)
  9. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)
  10. João Lencastre's Communion, Unlimited Dreams (Clean Feed)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  3. Neil Ardley, Kaleidoscope of Rainbows Live '75 (Jazz in Britain)

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Jeff Tamarkin (JazzTimes, Relix, Mojo, Best Classic Bands, Tidal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cameron Graves, Seven (Mack Avenue)
  2. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
  3. Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
  4. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  5. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
  6. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  7. Brian Lynch, Songbook Vol. 1: Bus Stop Serenade (Holistic MusicWorks)
  8. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  9. Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

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

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Derek Taylor (Dusted)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Trumpet (TUM)
  2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  3. Joe McPhee-Michael Bisio-Fred Lonberg-Holm-Juma Sultan, The Sweet Spot (RogueArt)
  4. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
  5. Natural Information Society & Evan Parker, Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) (Aguirre/Eremite)
  6. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
  7. Irène Schweizer & Hamid Drake, Celebration (Intakt)
  8. JD Allen, Queen City (Savant)
  9. Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
  10. Stephen Riley, I Remember You (SteepleChase)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
  2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  3. Joel Futterman, Creation Series (2008, NoBusiness)

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