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Ballots 2009 [4]: Howard Mandel - Robert D. Rusch

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Howard Mandel (Jazz Journalist Association, artsjournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi)
  2. Steve Lehman: Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi)
  3. Darcy James Argue: Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam)
  4. Charles Tolliver: Emperor March (Savant)
  5. Thirteenth Assembly: (un)sentimental (Important)
  6. Bela Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart (Rounder)
  7. Kurt Elling: Dedicated to You (Concord)
  8. Keith Jarrett: Paris/London: Testament (ECM)
  9. Indigo Trio: Anya (RogueArt)
  10. Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)

REISSUES

  1. Charlie Parker: Bird in Time 1940-1947 (ESP-Disk)
  2. Lester Bowie: All the Numbers (Nessa)
  3. Eddie Harris & Ellis Marsalis: Homecoming (ELM)

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Peter Margasak (Chicago Reader, Downbeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi)
  2. Vijay Iyer: Historicity (ACT)
  3. : (Intakt)
  4. Steve Lehman: Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi)
  5. Martial Solal: Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz)
  6. Christian Lillinger: First Reason (Clean Feed)
  7. Liam Noble: Brubeck (Basho)
  8. J.D. Allen: Shine! (Sunnyside)
  9. Jeremy Udden: Plainville (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  10. Mike Reed: About Us (482 Music)

REISSUES

  1. Sun Ra: The Antique Blacks (Art Yard)
  2. Codona (Don Cherry-Nana Vasconcelos-Collin Walcott): The Codona Trilogy (ECM)
  3. Michel Portal-John Surman-Barre Phillips-Stu Martin-Jean-Pierre Drouet: Alors!!! (Futura)

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John McDonough (Downbeat, Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Louis Armstrong: Fleischmann's Yeast Show (Jazz Society)
  2. Gary Burton-Pat Metheny-Steve Swallow-Antonio Sanchez: Quartet Live (Concord)
  3. Dick Hyman: 100 Years of Jazz Piano (Arbors)
  4. Joe Lovano: Folk Art (Blue Note)
  5. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Jack DeJohnette: Yesterdays (ECM)
  6. Tom Harrell: Prana Dance (HighNote)
  7. Ruby Braff: For the Last Time (Arbors)
  8. Keith Jarrett: Paris/London: Testament (ECM)
  9. Martial Solal: Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz)
  10. Heath Brothers: Endurance (Jazz Legacy)

REISSUES

  1. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-46) (Mosaic)
  2. Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins: The Classic Prestige Sessions, 1951-1956 (Prestige)
  3. Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)

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Ken Micallef

NEW RELEASES

  1. Daniel Santiago: Metropole (Adventure Music)
  2. David Murray: The Devil Tried to Kill Me (Justin Time)
  3. Steve Lehman: Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi)
  4. Stefon Harris: Urbanus (Concord)
  5. Benjamin Taubkin-Sergio Reze-Zeca Assumpcao-Joatan Nascimento: Trio + 1 (Adventure Music)
  6. Poncho Sanchez: Psychedelic Blues (Concord)
  7. Jim Black: Houseplant (Winter & Winter)
  8. Robby Ameen: Days in the Life (Two and Four)
  9. Wayne Krantz: Krantz Carlock Lefebvre (Abstract Logix)
  10. E.J. Strickland: In This Day (Strick Muzik)

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Bill Milkowski (JazzTimes, The Absolute Sound)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi)
  2. : Esta Plena (Marsalis Music)
  3. Jim Hall & Bill Frisell: Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
  4. The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF/Concord)
  5. Jeff "Tain" Watts: Watts (Dark Key)
  6. John Patitucci: Remembrance (Concord)
  7. Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
  8. Bobby Broom: Plays for Monk (Origin)
  9. Joe Lovano: Folk Art (Blue Note)
  10. Masada Quintet: Stolas: The Book of Angels, Vol. 12 (Tzadik)

REISSUES

  1. Dave Brubeck: Time Out (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)

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Siddhartha Mitter (Boston Globe, WNYC-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer: Historicity (ACT)
  2. Robert Glasper: Double Booked (Blue Note)
  3. Darius Jones: Man'ish Boy (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Linda Oh: Entry (Linda Oh Music)
  5. Darcy James Argue: Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam)
  6. Mike Reed: About Us (482 Music)
  7. Alex Cline: Continuation (Cryptogramophone)
  8. Melvin Gibbs: Ancients Speak (Live Wired)
  9. Marcus Strickland: Idiosyncrasies (Strick Muzik)
  10. Corey Wilkes: Cries From Tha Ghetto (Pi)

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Tom Moon (All Things Considered, 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer: Historicity (ACT)
  2. Keith Jarrett: Paris/London: Testament (ECM)
  3. Branford Marsalis: Metamorphosen (Marsalis Music)
  4. Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics: Inspiration Information, Vol. 3 (Strut)
  5. Kurt Rosenwinkel: Reflections (Word of Mouth Music)
  6. Eric Alexander: Prime Time (HighNote)
  7. Buika & Chucho Valdes: (WEA International)
  8. Bela Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart (Rounder)
  9. Bill Frisell: Disfarmer (Nonesuch)
  10. Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. Freddie Hubbard: Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969 (Blue Note)
  2. Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Hip-O Select/Verve)
  3. Barbara Cook: The Essential Barbara Cook (DRG)

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Dan Morgenstern (Jersey Jazz, Annual Review of Jazz Studies)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vitaly Golovnev: To Whom It May Concern (Tippin')
  2. Tom Harrell: Prana Dance (HighNote)
  3. Pacquito D'Rivera: jaZZ--claZZ (Timba)
  4. Joe Cohn: Shared Contemplations (Criss Cross)
  5. Roni Ben-Hur: Fortuna (Motema)
  6. Oliver Jones & Hank Jones: Pleased to Meet You (Justin Time)
  7. Nellie McKay: Normal as Blueberry Pie (Verve)
  8. Peter Hand: The Wizard of Jazz (Savant)
  9. Alex Sipiagin: Mirages (Criss Cross)
  10. Terry Vosbein & Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: Progressive Jazz 2009 (Max Frank Music)

REISSUES

  1. Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Hip-O Select/Verve)
  2. Artie Shaw: Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird and Victor Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Fud Livingston: The Story of Joseph "Fud" Livinston (Jazz Oracle)

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Russ Musto (All About Jazz-New York, jazz.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. : Esta Plena (Marsalis Music)
  2. Omar Sosa: Across the Divide (Half Note)
  3. Jeff "Tain" Watts: Watts (Dark Key)
  4. David Binney: Third Occasion (Mythology)
  5. Roy Hargrove: Emergence (Emarcy)
  6. Christian McBride: Kind of Brown (Mack Avenue)
  7. Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform)
  8. Cedar Walton: Voices Deep Within (HighNote)
  9. Heath Brothers: Endurance (Jazz Legacy)
  10. David S. Ware: Shakti (AUM Fidelity)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Bill Evans: Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings (Nonesuch)
  3. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)

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Michael G. Nastos (All Music Guide, Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF/Concord)
  2. Martial Solal: Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz)
  3. Jim Hall & Bill Frisell: Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
  4. Joe Lovano: Folk Art (Blue Note)
  5. Darcy James Argue: Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam)
  6. Warren Smith: Old News, Borrowed Blues (Engine)
  7. Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day (Clean Feed)
  8. Michael Musillami: From Seeds (Playscape)
  9. Nels Cline: Coward (Cryptogramophone)
  10. Vijay Iyer: Historicity (ACT)

REISSUES

  1. Denny Zeitlin: Mosaic Select: The Columbia Trio Recordings (Mosaic)
  2. Tito Rodriguez: El Inolvidable: A Man and His Music (Fania)
  3. Buddy Collette: An Original Westcoaster (Fresh Sound)

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Stuart Nicholson (Jazzwise, jazz.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tomasz Stanko: Dark Eyes (ECM)
  2. Keith Jarrett: Paris/London: Testament (ECM)
  3. Helge Lien: Hello Troll (Ozella)
  4. Nina Ramsby & Ludvig Berghe: Du Har Blivit Stor Nu (Moserobie)
  5. Tubis Trio: Live in Luxembourg (Beim Zaiks)
  6. Jan Garbarek: Dresden (ECM)
  7. Juka Eskola: Walkover (Ricky Tick)
  8. Eple Trio: Widening the Sphere of Influence (NorCD)
  9. Portico Quartet: Isla (Real World)
  10. Angelika Niescier: Sublim III (Enja)

REISSUES

  1. Keith Jarrett: Facing You (ECM)
  2. Chris McGregor: Very Urgent (Fledgling)
  3. Phil Seaman: The Late Great Phil Seaman (SWP)

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Dan Ouellette (Downbeat, napster.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Anouar Brahem: The Astounding Eyes of Rita (ECM)
  2. Ben Allison: Think Free (Palmetto)
  3. Joe Lovano: Folk Art (Blue Note)
  4. Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi)
  5. Dave Douglas: Spirit Moves (Greenleaf Music)
  6. J.D. Allen: Shine! (Sunnyside)
  7. Nels Cline: Coward (Cryptogramophone)
  8. Medeski Martin & Wood: Radiolarians II (Indirecto)
  9. Bad Plus: For All I Care (Heads Up)
  10. Jon Balke: SIWAN (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Gary Burton & Chick Corea: Crystal Silence: The ECM Recordings 1972-79 (ECM)

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Ted Panken (Downbeat, jazz.com, WKCR-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Keith Jarrett: Paris/London: Testament (ECM)
  2. John Patitucci: Remembrance (Concord)
  3. Jeff "Tain" Watts: Watts (Dark Key)
  4. : Transatlantic Visions (RogueArt)
  5. : Esta Plena (Marsalis Music)
  6. Christian McBride: Kind of Brown (Mack Avenue)
  7. Robert Glasper: Double Booked (Blue Note)
  8. Jim Hall & Bill Frisell: Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
  9. David Binney: Third Occasion (Mythology)
  10. Steve Kuhn: Mostly Coltrane (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-46) (Mosaic)
  2. Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Hip-O Select/Verve)

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Thierry Peremarti (Visiting Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi)
  2. Keith Jarrett: Paris/London: Testament (ECM)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform)
  4. Jon Hassell: Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street (ECM)
  5. Wayne Krantz: Krantz Carlock Lefebvre (Abstract Logix)
  6. Bojan Z: Humus (Emarcy)
  7. Sam Yahel: Hometown (Posi-Tone)
  8. Tigran Hamasyan: Red Hail/Aratta Rebirth (Plus Loin)
  9. Jim Hall & Bill Frisell: Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
  10. Darcy James Argue: Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam)

REISSUES

  1. : The 1956 Legendary Sessions (Fresh Sound)
  2. Stan Getz: Dynasty (Verve)
  3. Don Cherry & Latif Khan: Music/Sangam (Heavenly Sweetness)

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Bob Porter (WBGO-FM, jazzetc.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Leroy Jones: Sweeter Than a Summer Breeze (LJCD)
  2. Harry Allen & Joe Cohn: Plays Music From South Pacific (Arbors)
  3. Evan Christopher: ()
  4. Tim Laughlin: A Royal Street Serenade (Gentilly)
  5. Bill Easley: Hearing Voices (18th & Vine)
  6. Duke Heitger & Bernd Lhotzky: Doin' the Voom Voom (Arbors)
  7. Godfathers of Groove: 3 (18th & Vine)
  8. Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
  9. Marcus Belgrave: Once Again (Detroit Jazz Musicians Co-Op)
  10. Gerald Wilson: Detroit (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Billie Holiday: The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters (Hip-O Select/Verve)
  2. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) (Mosaic)
  3. Artie Shaw: Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird and Victor Sessions (Mosaic)

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Doug Ramsey (Wall Street Journal, dougramsey.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jim Hall & Bill Frisell: Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
  2. Denny Zeitlin: In Concert (Sunnyside)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform)
  4. Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Hip-O Select/Verve) *
  5. Joe Lovano: Folk Art (Blue Note)
  6. John Hollenbeck: Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside)
  7. Chuck Berghofer: Film Music of Ralph Rainger (Fresh Sound)
  8. Kurt Rosenwinkel: Reflections (Word of Mouth Music)
  9. Bob Brookmeyer: Music for String Quartet and Orchestra (Challenge)
  10. Ximo Tebar: Celebrating Erik Satie (Xabia Jazz)

* Three points for Ella Fitzgerald's Twelve Nights in Hollywood transferred to reissues.

REISSUES

  1. Lester Young & Count Basie: The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-1940 (Mosaic)
  2. Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz: Two Not One (Storyville)
  3. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)

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Derk Richardson (Afar, The Absolute Sound, Acoustic Guitar)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi)
  2. Alex Cline: Continuation (Cryptogramophone)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform)
  4. Steve Lehman: Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi)
  5. Vijay Iyer: Historicity (ACT)
  6. Darcy James Argue: Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam)
  7. David S. Ware: Shakti (AUM Fidelity)
  8. Keith Jarrett: Paris/London: Testament (ECM)
  9. Minamo (Carla Kihlstedt-Satoko Fujii): Kuroi Kawa-Black River (Tzadik)
  10. Ben Goldberg-Charlie Hunter-Scott Amendola-Ron Miles: Go Home (BAG)

REISSUES

  1. Codona (Don Cherry-Nana Vasconcelos-Collin Walcott): The Codona Trilogy (ECM)
  2. Billie Holiday: The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters (Hip-O Select/Verve)
  3. Dave Brubeck: Time Out (Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy)

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Joel Roberts (All About Jazz-New York)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
  2. Bill Frisell: Disfarmer (Nonesuch)
  3. Joe Lovano: Folk Art (Blue Note)
  4. David Murrary: The Devil Tried to Kill Me (Justin Time)
  5. Steve Kuhn: Mostly Coltrane (ECM)
  6. Laurence Hobgood: When the Heart Dances (Naim)
  7. Wayne Escoffery: Uptown (Posi-Tone)
  8. Cyro Baptista: Infinito (Tzadik)
  9. John Patitucci: Remembrance (Concord)
  10. Heath Brothers: Endurance (Jazz Legacy)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans: Turn Out the Stars: The Final Vanguard Recordings (Nonesuch)
  2. Tony Bennett & Bill Evans: The Complete Recordings (Fantasy)
  3. Fela Kuti: The Best of the Black President (Knitting Factory)

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Michael Rosenstein (Signal to Noise, Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sebastian Lexer: dazwischen (Matchless)
  2. Keith Rowe: ErstLive (Erstwhile)
  3. Joe Morris-Simon H. Fell-Alex Ward: The Necessary and the Possible (Victo)
  4. Nate Wooley-David Grubbs-Paul Lytton: Seven Storey Mountain (Important)
  5. Charlie Kohlhase: Adventures (Boxholder)
  6. Steve Lehman: Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi)
  7. : Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 (Leo)
  8. John Butcher: Resonant Spaces (Confront)
  9. Ben Goldberg-Greg Cohen-Kenny Wollesen: Speech Communication (Tzadik)
  10. Daniel Levin: Live at Roulette (Clean Feed)

REISSUES

  1. Peter Kowald: Open Secrets (FMP)
  2. Solidarity Unit, Inc.: Red, Black, and Green (Eremite)
  3. Musica Elettronica Viva: MEV 40 (New World)

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Robert D. Rusch (Cadence)

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