Ballots 2017 [3]

NEW RELEASES

1. Adam Rudolph, Morphic Resonances (Meta)
2. Aruán Ortiz, Cub(an)ism (Intakt)
3. Mark Wingfield-Markus Reuter-Aaron Stavi-Asaf Sirkis, The Stonehouse (MoonJune -16)
4. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
5. Jen Shyu, Songs of Silver Geese (Pi)
6. Dusan Jevtovic, No Answer (MoonJune)
7. Anouar Brahem-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette-Django Bates, Blue Maqams (ECM)
8. Gaudi, Magnetic (RareNoise)
9. Samo Salamon Sextet, The Colours Suite (Clean Feed)
10. Rain Sultanov, Inspired by Nature (Ozella)

REISSUES

1. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
2. Ella Fitzgerald, Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Books (Verve/UMe)
3. Ella Fitzgerald, Someone to Watch Over Me (Verve/UMe)

VOCAL

• Jen Shyu, Songs of Silver Geese (Pi)

DEBUT

• Jessica Curran, Here (self-released)

LATIN

• Fredrik Kronkvist, Afro-Cuban (Supreme Connective)

NEW RELEASES

1. Tomas Fujiwara, Triple Double (Firehouse 12)
2. John McNeil & Mike Fahie, Plainsong (Destiny)
3. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
4. Jane Ira Bloom, Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline)
5. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
6. Eric Revis, Sing Me Some Cry (Clean Feed)
7. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
8. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
9. Satoko Fujii Orchestra, Peace (Libra)
10. Alan Broadbent With the London Metropolitan Orchestra, Developing Story (Eden River)

REISSUES

1. Albert Ayler, Copenhagen Live 1964 (Hatology)
2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
3. Chet Baker, Live in London (Ubuntu)

VOCAL

• Dominique Eade & Ran Blake, Town and Country (Sunnyside)

DEBUT

• Shabaka and the Ancestors, Wisdom of Elders (Brownswood)

LATIN

• Michel Camilo, Live in London (Redondo Music)

NEW RELEASES

1. Jimmy Scott, I Go Back Home (Eden River)
2. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
3. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
4. Jeff Rupert & Richard Drexler, Imagination (Rupe Media)
5. Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Infinitude (Whirlwind -16)
6. Benedikt Jahnel, The Invariant (ECM)
7. Yoko Miwa Trio, Pathways (Ocean Blue Tear Music)
8. Joachim Kühn New Trio, Beauty & Truth (ACT)
9. Gary Meek, Originals (self-produced)
10. University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band I, The Romeo and Juliet Project (Artist Alliance)

REISSUES

1. Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (Resonance)
2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
3. The Three Sounds Featuring Gene Harris, Groovin' Hard: Live at the Penthouse 1964-1968 (Resonance)

VOCAL

• Sarah Partridge, Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian (Origin)

DEBUT

• Roxy Coss, Chasing the Unicorn (Posi-Tone)

LATIN

• Eliane Elias, Dance of Time (Concord)

Note: Shouldn't Vocal point be awarded to Jimmy Scott? Also Roxy Coss has two previous albums.

NEW RELEASES

1. Yazz Ahmed, La Saboteuse (Naim)
2. Tony Allen, The Source (Blue Note)
3. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
4. Camilla George Quartet, Isang (Ubuntu Music)
5. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope)
6. Irreversible Entanglements, Irreversible Entanglements (International Anthem)
7. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
8. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
9. Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside)
10. JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant)

REISSUES

1. Ornette Coleman, Ornette at 12/Crisis (Real Gone)
2. Lucky Thompson, Complete Parisian Small Group Sessions 1956-1959 (Fresh Sound)
3. Roscoe Mitchell, Duets With Anthony Braxton (Sackville/Delmark)

VOCAL

• Zara McFarlane, Arise (Brownswood)

DEBUT

• Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)
2. Jason Kao Hwang, Sing House (Euonymous)
3. Eric Revis, Sing Me Some Cry (Clean Feed)
4. Tiger Trio (Myra Melford-Joelle Leandre-Nicole Mitchell), Unleashed (RogueArt -16)
5. Satoko Fujii, Invisible Hand (Cortez Sound)
6. The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Cochonnerie (Aerophonic)
7. Uwe Oberg-Rudi Mahall-Michael Greiner, Lacy Pool 2 (Leo)
8. Staub Quartet, House Full of Colors (JACC)
9. Aki Takase & David Murray, Cherry Sakura (Intakt)
10. Gunter Baby Sommer, Le Piccole Cose (Intuition)

REISSUES

1. Steve Lacy, Free for a Minute (Disposability & Sortie) (Emanem)
2. Sun Ra, The Magic City (Cosmic Myth)
3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

VOCAL

• Dee Dee Bridgewater, Memphis . . . Yes, I'm Ready (OKeh)

DEBUT

• Molly Jones, Microliths (Polyfold)

LATIN

• Aruán Ortiz, Cub(an)ism (Intakt)

NEW RELEASES

1. Lizz Wright, Grace (Concord)
2. Dominique Eade & Ran Blake, Town and Country (Sunnyside)
3. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
4. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
5. Laszlo Gardony, Serious Play (Sunnyside)
6. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
7. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
8. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
9. Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble, Monk Dreams, Hallucinations, and Nightmares (Red Piano)
10. Gato Libre, Neko (Libra)

REISSUES

1. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)

VOCAL

• Lizz Wright, Grace (Concord)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)

NEW RELEASES

1. Tom Harrell, Moving Picture (HighNote)
2. Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)
3. Ben Goldberg School, Vol. I: The Humanities (BAG)
4. Billy Childs, Rebirth (Mack Avenue)
5. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
6. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
7. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
8. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
9. Bobby Watson, Made in America (Smoke Sessions)
10. Art Hirahara, Central Line (Posi-Tone)

REISSUES

1. Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (Resonance)
2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
3. Kenny Dorham, K.D. Is Here: New York City 1962 & 1966 (Uptown Jazz)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Danny Janklow, Elevation (OutsideIn Music)

LATIN

• Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)

NEW RELEASES

1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
2. Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM)
3. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
4. Heloísa Fernandes, Faces (self-released)
5. Ahmad Jamal, Marseille (Jazz Village/PIAS)
6. Ralph Towner, My Foolish Heart (ECM)
7. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
8. Bill Charlap, Uptown Downtown (Impulse)
9. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
10. Nguyên Lê & Ngô Hong Quang, Há Nôi Duo ()

REISSUES

• No choice.

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)

NEW RELEASES

1. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
2. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
3. Jason Moran, Bangs (Yes)
4. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
5. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
6. David Virelles, Gnosis (ECM)
7. Wadada Leo Smith, Najwa (TUM)
8. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
9. Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Small Town (ECM)
10. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)

REISSUES

• No choice.

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Laura Dubin Trio, Live at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (self-produced)
2. Carol Morgan, Post Cool, Vol. 1: The Night Shift (self-released)
3. Organissimo, B3tles (Big O)
4. Curtis Brothers Quartet, Syzygy (Truth Revolution -16)
5. The Co-Op, The Co-Op (Brown Brothers -16)
6. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)
7. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)
8. The New Triumph, Keep on Push'n (self-released)
9. Satoko Fujii Orchestra, Peace (Libra)
10. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)

REISSUES

1. Dizzy Gillespie & Friends, Concert of the Century: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (Justin Time)
2. Sun Ra, Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection (Strut)
3. Sonny Rollins Trio/Horace Silver Quartet, Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 40: Zürich 1959 (TCB -16)

VOCAL

• Gregory Porter, Nat "King" Cole & Me (Blue Note)

DEBUT

• The New Triumph, Keep on Push'n (self-released)

LATIN

• Curtis Brothers Quartet, Syzygy (Truth Revolution -16)

NEW RELEASES

1. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
2. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
3. Sam Newsome & Jean-Michel Pilc, Magic Circle (Some New Music)
4. Colin Vallon Trio, Danse (ECM)
5. Nicholas Payton, Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (Paytone)
6. Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet, December Avenue (ECM)
7. Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside)
8. Lisa Mezzacappa, Glorious Ravage (New World)
9. Roots Magic, Last Kind Words (Clean Feed)
10. Greg Saunier-Mary Halvorson-Ron Miles, New American Songbook Vol I (Sound American)

REISSUES

1. Sun Ra, Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection (Strut)
2. Billy Bang, Distinction Without a Difference (Corbett vs Dempsey)
3. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)

VOCAL

• Dominique Eade & Ran Blake, Town and Country (Sunnyside)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)

Note: Debut vote ruled ineligible: Endless Field, Endless Field (Biophilia).

NEW RELEASES

1. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
2. Mike Reed, Flesh & Bone (482 Music)
3. Wadada Leo Smith, Najwa (TUM)
4. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)
5. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
6. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
7. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)
8. Ran Blake & Kristen Osgood, The Dorothy Wallace Suite (ILK Music)
9. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
10. Aki Takase & David Murray, Cherry Sakura (Intakt)

REISSUES

1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
2. Sun Ra And His Arkestra, Thunder of the Gods (Modern Harmonic)
3. Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (Resonance)

VOCAL

• Dominique Eade & Ran Blake, Town and Country (Sunnyside)

DEBUT

• Jeong Lim Yang, Déjà Vu (Fresh Sound New Talent)

LATIN

• Aruán Ortiz, Cub(an)ism (Intakt)

NEW RELEASES

1. Ornette Coleman & Various Artists, Celebrate Ornette (Song X -16)
2. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
3. Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Small Town (ECM)
4. Kamasi Washington, Harmony of Difference (Young Turks)
5. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
6. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
7. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
8. Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)
9. Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside)
10. Adam Rogers, DICE (Adraj)

REISSUES

1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
2. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
3. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)

LATIN

• Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)

NEW RELEASES

1. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
2. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
3. Endless Field, Endless Field (Biophilia)
4. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
5. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
6. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
7. Eric Revis, Sing Me Some Cry (Clean Feed)
8. Dave Douglas, Little Giant Still Life (Greenleaf)
9. Aki Takase & David Murray, Cherry Sakura (Intakt)
10. Gary Peacock Trio, Tangents (ECM)

REISSUES

1. John Lee Hooker, King of the Boogie (Craft)
2. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
3. Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Reprise)

VOCAL

• Gregory Porter, Nat "King" Cole & Me (Blue Note)

DEBUT

• Hermon Mehari, Bleu (self-released)

LATIN

• Maureen Choi Quartet, Ida y Vuelta (self-released)

NEW RELEASES

1. Vincent Herring, Hard Times (Smoke Sessions)
2. Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)
3. Peter Erskine New Trio, In Praise of Shadows (Fuzzy Music)
4. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
5. Ralph Towner, My Foolish Heart (ECM)
6. Ben Sidran, Picture Him Happy (Nardis Music)
7. Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge, On the Wind (MAMA)
8. Audrey Ochoa Trio, Afterthought (Chronograph)
9. Jowee Omicil, Let's Bash (Jazz Village)
10. Roswell Rudd-Fay Victor-Lafayette Harris-Ken Filiano, Embrace (RareNoise)

REISSUES

1. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
2. Sun Ra, Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection (Strut)
3. Arthur Blythe, In the Tradition/Lennox Avenue Breakdown/Illusions/Blythe Spirit (BGO)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige)

LATIN

• Ray Mantilla, High Voltage (Savant)

NEW RELEASES

1. Richie Cole, Latin Lover (RCP)
2. Vanessa Racci, Italiana Fresca (self-released)
3. Johnny O'Neal, In the Moment (Smoke Sessions)
4. Ahmad Jamal, Marseille (Jazz Village/PIAS)
5. Judy Niemack & Dan Tepfer, Listening to You (Sunnyside)
6. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
7. Harold Mabern, To Love and Be Loved (Smoke Sessions)
8. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
9. Black Gardenia, Lucky Star (Vintage Jazz)
10. Eric Alexander, Song of No Regrets (HighNote)

REISSUES

1. Allan Holdsworth, Eidolon: The Allan Holdsworth Collection (Manifesto)
2. Roscoe Mitchell, Duets With Anthony Braxton (Sackville/Delmark)
3. Alphonse Mouzon, In Search of a Dream (MPS)

VOCAL

• Vanessa Racci, Italiana Fresca (self-released)

DEBUT

• Vanessa Racci, Italiana Fresca (self-released)

LATIN

• Richie Cole, Latin Lover (RCP)

Note: No debut vote on ballot -- assigned from rank list.

NEW RELEASES

1. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
2. Tony Allen, The Source (Blue Note)
3. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)
4. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
5. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
6. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)
7. Ken Vandermark-Klaus Kugel-Mark Tokar, Escalator (Not Two)
8. Amir ElSaffar & Rivers of Sound, Not Two (New Amsterdam)
9. Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM)
10. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

• No choice.

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Aruán Ortiz, Cub(an)ism (Intakt)

NEW RELEASES

1. Tommy Smith, Embodying the Light (Spartacus)
2. various, Sky Music: A Tribute to Terje Rypdal, Vol. 1 (Rune Grammofon)
3. Mars Williams, An Ayler Xmas (Soul What)
4. Made to Break, Trébuchet (Trost)
5. Paul Van Gysegem-Chris Joris-Patrick De Groote, Boundless (El Negocito)
6. Gebhard Ullman-Oliver Potratz-Eric Schaefer, Das Kondensat (Why Play Jazz)
7. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
8. Joana Gama-Luis Fernandes/Ricardo Jacinto, Harmonies (Clean Feed)
9. Matt Mitchell, Førage (Screwgun)
10. Reflections in Cosmo, Eponymous (RareNoise)

REISSUES

1. Ton-Klami, Prophecy of Nue (NoBusiness)
2. Tubby Hayes Quintet, Modes and Blues (8th February 1964): Live at Ronnie Scott's (Gearbox)
3. Steve Lacy, Free for a Minute (Disposability & Sortie) (Emanem)

VOCAL

• Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige)

DEBUT

• Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)

LATIN

• Curtis Brothers Quartet, Syzygy (Truth Revolution -16)

NEW RELEASES

1. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
2. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
3. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
4. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope)
5. Lucia Cadotsch, Speak Low (Yellowbird -16)
6. Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Small Town (ECM)
7. Dayna Stephens, Gratitude (Contagious)
8. Anat Cohen Tentet, Happy Song (Anzic)
9. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
10. SFJazz Collective, Music of Miles Davis & Original Compositions (SFJazz)

REISSUES

1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
2. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
3. Ruben Gonzalez, Introducing . . . Ruben Gonzalez (World Circuit)

VOCAL

• Lucia Cadotsch, Speak Low (Yellowbird -16)

DEBUT

• Lucia Cadotsch, Speak Low (Yellowbird -16)

LATIN

• Fabian Almazan & Rhizome, Alcanza (Biophilia)

Note: Vote for Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Ruler Rebel counted for The Centennial Trilogy.

NEW RELEASES

1. Ahmad Jamal, Marseille (Jazz Village/PIAS)
2. Sherman Irby & Momentum, Cerulean Canvas (Black Warrior)
3. Randy Weston, The African Nubian Suite (African Rhythms)
4. Akua Dixon, Akua's Dance (Akua's Music)
5. Matthew Shipp Trio, Piano Song (Thirsty Ear )
6. Jimmy Greene, Flowers, Beautiful Life, Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue)
7. Tony Allen, The Source (Blue Note)
8. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
9. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Music of John Lewis (Blue Engine)
10. Nicholas Payton, Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (Paytone)

REISSUES

1. Louis Armstrong, Standard Oil Sessions (Dot Time)
2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
3. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)

VOCAL

• Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige)

DEBUT

• Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige)

LATIN

• Yosvany Terry & Baptiste Trotignon, Ancestral Memories (OKeh)