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Suzanne Lorge (New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Norah Jones, Day Breaks (Blue Note)
  2. Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley (Blue Note)
  3. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  4. Pat Metheny, Unity Sessions (Nonesuch)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  6. Branford Marsalis, Upward Spiral (OKeh)
  7. Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, Nearness (Nonesuch)
  8. Bad Plus, It's Hard (Okeh)
  9. Bill O'Connell and the Latin Jazz All-Stars, Heart Beat (Savant)
  10. Dean Johnson, Triology (CD Baby)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)
  2. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  3. Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, '76 (Resonance)

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Phillip Lutz (DownBeat, The New York Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  2. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Andando el Tiempo (ECM)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  4. Mark Dresser, Sedimental You (Clean Feed)
  5. Dave Liebman, Expansions Live (Whaling City Sound)
  6. Wolfgang Muthspiel, Rising Grace (ECM)
  7. Jonathan Finlayson, Moving Still (Pi)
  8. Robert Glasper Experiment, ArtScience (Blue Note)
  9. Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Infinitude (Whirlwind)
  10. Bobby Avey, Inhuman Wilderness (InnerVoice)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  2. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)

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Jim Macnie (DownBeat, TONE Audio)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)
  2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam)
  3. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  4. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  5. Eric Revis, Crowded Solitudes (Clean Feed)
  6. Guillermo Klein, Los Gauchos V (Sunnyside)
  7. Andrew Cyrille & Bill McHenry, Proximity (Sunnyside)
  8. Julian Lage, Arclight (Mack Avenue)
  9. Aruán Ortiz, Hidden Voices (Intakt)
  10. Jakob Bro, Streams (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Picnic, Picnic (Corbett vs Dempsey)
  2. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  3. various, The Savory Collection, Volume 1: Body and Soul: Coleman Hawkins & Friends (Apple Music)

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Howard Mandel (DownBeat, ArtsJournal/JazzBeyondJazz, NPR)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  2. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  3. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  4. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  5. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  6. Herlin Riley, New Directions (Mack Avenue)
  7. Robert Dick, Our Cells Know (Tzadik)
  8. Jonathan Finlayson, Moving Still (Pi)
  9. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  10. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)

REISSUES

  1. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Don Cherry-John Tchicai-Irène Schweizer-Léon Francioli-Pierre Favre, Musical Monsters: Willisau Concert (Intakt)
  3. Albert Ayler, Bells/Prophecy (ESP Disk)

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Matt Marshall (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matthew Shipp & Michael Bisio, Live in Seattle (Arena)
  2. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)
  3. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  4. Michael Blake, Fulfillment (Songlines)
  5. Bob Gluck-Billy Hart-Eddie Henderson-Christopher Dean Sullivan, Infinite Spirit: Revisiting Music of the Mwandishi Band (FMR)
  6. Anna Webber's Simple Trio, Binary (Skirl)
  7. Dan Weiss, Sixteen: Drummers Suite (Pi)
  8. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Duet (Long Song)
  9. Ches Smith, The Bell (ECM)
  10. Samo Salamon & Stefano Battaglia, Winds (Sazas/Klopotec)

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Lee Mergner (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. John Scofield, Country for Old Men (Impulse!)
  2. Charles Lloyd, I Long to See You (Blue Note)
  3. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  4. René Marie, Sound of Red (Motéma)
  5. Miroslav Vitous, Music of Weather Report (ECM)
  6. Branford Marsalis, Upward Spiral (OKeh)
  7. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  8. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  9. Joey Alexander, Countdown (Motéma)
  10. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)
  2. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  3. Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens Live (Resonance)

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Milo Miles (NPR, Boston Arts Fuse, Miles to Go)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam)
  2. Marc Ribot & the Young Philadelphians, Live in Tokyo (Yellowbird)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  4. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  5. Avishai Cohen, Into the Silence (ECM)
  6. Thumbscrew, Convallaria (Cuneiform)
  7. Donny McCaslin, Beyond Now (Motéma)
  8. Mark Dresser, Sedimental You (Clean Feed)
  9. Ralph Peterson's Aggregate Prime, Dream Deferred (Onyx)
  10. Naftule's Dream, Blood (Naftule's Dream)

REISSUES

  1. Don Cherry-John Tchicai-Irène Schweizer-Léon Francioli-Pierre Favre, Musical Monsters: Willisau Concert (Intakt)
  2. Randy Weston, The Complete Recordings 1955-1957 (Enlightenment)
  3. Sandy Bull, Fantasias (Real Gone)

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Bill Milkowski (Downbeat, Jazziz, Absolute Sound)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cookers, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (Smoke Sessions)
  2. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  3. Ralph Peterson's Aggregate Prime, Dream Deferred (Onyx)
  4. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  6. John Scofield, Country for Old Men (Impulse!)
  7. Julian Lage, Arclight (Mack Avenue)
  8. Marc Copland, Zenith (Innervoice)
  9. John Raymond, Real Feels (Shifting Paradigm)
  10. Rale Micic-John Abercrombie-Peter Bernstein-Lage Lund, Inspired (ArtistShare)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  2. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  3. Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens Live (Resonance)

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Chris Monsen (Musikkmagasinet, Jazznytt)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  4. Anna Högberg, Attack (Omlott)
  5. Jane Ira Bloom, Early Americans (Outline)
  6. Roswell Rudd-Jamie Saft-Trevor Dunn-Balázs Pándi, Strength & Power (RareNoise)
  7. Damana [Dag Magnus Narvesen], Cornua Copiae (Clean Feed)
  8. Steve Swell, Soul Travelers (Rogue Art)
  9. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  10. James Brandon Lewis, No Filter (BNS Sessions)

REISSUES

  1. Peter Brötzmann-Fred Hopkins-Rashied Ali, Songlines (Trost)
  2. Arthur Blythe, Lennox Avenue Breakdown/In the Tradition/Bush Baby/Blythe Spirit (BGO)
  3. Tom Prehn, Axiom Rune (Grammofon)

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Tom Moon (NPR, 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)
  2. Donny McCaslin, Beyond Now (Motéma)
  3. Norah Jones, Day Breaks (Blue Note)
  4. Julian Lage, Arclight (Mack Avenue)
  5. Charles Lloyd, I Long to See You (Blue Note)
  6. Dave Holland-Chris Potter-Lionel Loueke-Eric Harland, Aziza (Dare2)
  7. Laurence Hobgood, Honor Thy Fathers (Circumstantial)
  8. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  9. Robert Glasper Experiment, ArtScience (Blue Note)
  10. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  2. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)
  3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)

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John Frederick Moore (Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  2. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  3. Etienne Charles, San Jose Suite (Culture Shock)
  4. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  5. Masabumi Kikuchi, Black Orpheus (ECM)
  6. Ryan Keberle, Azul Infinito (Greenleaf)
  7. Jason Moran, The Armory Concert (Band Camp)
  8. Logan Richardson, Lift (Blue Note)
  9. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  10. Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic)

REISSUES

  1. Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens Live (Resonance)
  2. Sarah Vaughan, Live at Rosy's (Resonance)
  3. Peter Erskine, As It Was (ECM)

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Allen Morrison (DownBeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Trio Corrente, Vol. 3 (self-released)
  2. Bill Charlap, Notes From New York (Impulse!)
  3. Peter Bernstein, Let Loose (Smoke Sessions)
  4. Fred Hersch, Sunday Night at the Vanguard (Palmetto)
  5. Cyrille Aimée, Let's Get Lost (Mack Avenue)
  6. Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley (Blue Note)
  7. Tillery (Becca Stevens, Gretchen Parlato, Rebecca Martin), Tillery (Larrecca Music)
  8. Christian McBride, Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue -15)
  9. George Coleman, A Master Speaks (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Snarky Puppy, Family Dinner, Vol. 2 (Ground Up)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  2. various, The Savory Collection, Volume 1: Body and Soul: Coleman Hawkins & Friends (Apple Music)
  3. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)

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Russ Musto (New York City Jazz Record, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

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Michael G. Nastos (Hot House, WCBN-FM [Ann Arbor, MI], Ann Arbor District Library, Pulp)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mark Dresser, Sedimental You (Clean Feed)
  2. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  3. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  4. Avataar, Petal (Sundar Sond)
  5. Mn'Jam Experiment, Live With a Boom (Sena)
  6. Dave Holland-Chris Potter-Lionel Loueke-Eric Harland, Aziza (Dare2)
  7. Ingrid Laubrock, Serpentines (Intakt)
  8. Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic)
  9. Jeff Parker, The New Breed (International Anthem)
  10. Stephan Crump, Rhombal (Papillon Sounds)

REISSUES

  1. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Sonny Sharrock, Ask the Ages (MOD Technologies)
  3. Don Cherry-John Tchicai-Irène Schweizer-Léon Francioli-Pierre Favre, Musical Monsters: Willisau Concert (Intakt)

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Stuart Nicholson (Jazzwise)

NEW RELEASES

  1. E.S.T Symphony, E.S.T. Symphony (ACT)
  2. Tim Garland, One (Edition)
  3. Tommy Smith, Modern Jacobite (Spartacus)
  4. Grégory Privat, Family Tree (ACT)
  5. Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V, Lost Hero - Tears for Esbjörn (ACT)
  6. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam)
  7. George Coleman, A Master Speaks (Smoke Sessions)
  8. Eyolf Dale, Wolf Valley (Edition)
  9. Eivind Austed, Moving (Ozella)
  10. Tord Gustavsen, What Was Said (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, The Atlantic Years in Mono (Rhino)
  2. Kenny Wheeler, The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note (CAM Jazz)
  3. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)

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Tim Niland (Music & More)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cortex, Live in New York (Clean Feed)
  2. The DKV Thing Trio, Collider (Not Two)
  3. Jon Lundbom, 2016: EPs: Make the Magic Happen/Play All the Notes/Bring Their 'A' Game/Make the Changes (Hot Cup)
  4. LUME, Xabregas 10 (Clean Feed)
  5. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  6. John Zorn [Craig Taborn-Christian McBride-Tyshawn Sorey], Flaga: The Book of Angels, Volume 27 (Tzadik)
  7. Made to Break, Before the Code: Live (Audiographic)
  8. Abbey Rader With Kidd Jordan, Reunion (Abray)
  9. Black Bombaim and Peter Brotzmann (Shhpuma)
  10. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Live (ForTune)

REISSUES

  1. Peter Kuhn, No Coming No Going (Living Right) (No Business)
  2. David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp, Live in Sant'Anna Arresi 2004 (AUM Fidelity)
  3. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)

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Dan Ouellette (DownBeat, ZEALnyc.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  2. Marc Ribot & the Young Philadelphians, Live in Tokyo (Yellowbird)
  3. Charlie Hunter, Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth (Ground Up)
  4. Go Go Penguin, Man Made Object (Blue Note)
  5. Project Grand Slam, The Queen's Carnival (Cakewalk)
  6. Tigran Hamasyan/Arve Henriksen/Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang, Atmosphères (ECM)
  7. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  8. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)
  9. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  10. Terry Adams, Talk Thelonious (Clang!)

REISSUES

  1. Dizzy Gillespie, Concert of the Century: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (Justin Time)
  2. Keith Jarrett, A Multitude of Angels (ECM)

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Sergio Piccirilli (El Instruso)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  3. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  4. Barry Guy, The Blue Shroud (Intakt)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  6. Fire! Orchestra, Ritual (Rune Grammofon)
  7. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  8. Raphael Malfliet, Noumenon (Ruweh)
  9. Burning Ghosts, Burning Ghosts (Orenda)
  10. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Don Cherry-John Tchicai-Irène Schweizer-Léon Francioli-Pierre Favre, Musical Monsters: Willisau Concert (Intakt)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey, Koan+ (482)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith, Reflectativity (Tzadik)

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Bob Porter (WBGO/IAJRC Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Scott Hamilton & Harry Allen, Live! (GAC)
  2. Catherine Russell, Harlem on My Mind (Jazz Village)
  3. Bill Charlap, Notes From New York (Impulse!)
  4. Jon-Erik Kelso, Jon-Erik Kelso & the Ear Regulars (GHB)
  5. Marty Elkins, Walking by the River (Nagel-Heyer)
  6. Harry Allen, The Candy Men (Arbors)
  7. Russell Malone, All About Melody (HighNote)
  8. Hot Sardines, French Fries and Champagne (Decca)
  9. Jerry Weldon, On the Move (Doodlin')
  10. Joshua Breakstone, "88" (Capri)

REISSUES

  1. Count Basie & Lester Young, Classic 1936-1947 Studio Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. James P. Johnson, Classic James P. Johnson Sessions (Mosaic -15)
  3. Butch Miles, Miles and Miles of Swing (GHB)

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Craig Premo (Improvised Blog)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  2. Dan Weiss, Sixteen: Drummers Suite (Pi)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  4. Tim Stine, Tim Stine Trio (Astral Spirits)
  5. Christoph Irniger Pilgrim, Big Wheel Live (Intakt)
  6. Bill Charlap, Notes From New York (Impulse!)
  7. Illegal Crowns, Illegal Crowns (RogueArt)
  8. Ches Smith, The Bell (ECM)
  9. Igor Osypov, Dream Delivery (ForTune)
  10. Mark Dresser, Sedimental You (Clean Feed)

REISSUES

  1. Jimmy Giuffre, Bremen and Stuttgart 1961 (Emanem)
  2. Anthony Braxton, Quintet (Basel) 1977 (Hatology)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith, Reflectativity (Tzadik)

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