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Martin Longley (DownBeat, Jazzwise, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Erlend Apneseth Trio, Ara (Hubro)
  2. John Butcher-Damon Smith-Weasel Walter, The Catastrophe of Minimalism (Balance Point Acoustics)
  3. Brandon Seabrook, Die Trommel Fatale (New Atlantis)
  4. Black Flower, Artifacts (SDBAN -16)
  5. Arve Henriksen, Towards Language (Rune Gramophon)
  6. Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside)
  7. Hush Point, III (Sunnyside)
  8. Led Bib, Umbrella Weather (RareNoise)
  9. Reflections in Cosmo, Eponymous (RareNoise)
  10. Gregory Lewis Organ Monk, The Breathe Suite (self-released)

REISSUES

  1. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
  2. Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Karyobin (Emanem)
  3. Mulatu Astatke, Mulatu of Ethiopia (Strut)

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Suzanne Lorge (New York City Jazz Record, Five Music Minutes (FMM), All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige)
  2. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
  4. Christian McBride Big Band, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue)
  5. Chick Corea, The Musician (Stretch/Concord)
  6. Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch)
  7. Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge, On the Wind (MAMA)
  8. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
  9. Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Body and Shadow (Blue Note)
  10. Jen Shyu, Songs of Silver Geese (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. Ornette Coleman & Various Artists, Celebrate Ornette (Song X -16)
  2. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane, Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Craft)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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Phillip Lutz (DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Martial Solal & Dave Liebman, Masters in Bordeaux (Sunnyside)
  2. Sam Newsome, Sopranoville (Some New Music)
  3. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  4. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
  5. Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto)
  6. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
  7. Dave Liebman, Expansions Live (Whaling City Sound)
  8. Mark Dresser Seven, Sedimental You (Clean Feed)
  9. Gary Peacock Trio, Tangents (ECM)
  10. John Patitucci, Irmão de Fe (Newvelle)

REISSUES

  1. Dave Holland, Conference of the Birds (ECM)
  2. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
  3. various, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 (Mosaic)

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Jim Macnie (DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tom Rainey Obbligato, Float Upstream (Intakt)
  2. Mario Pavone Dialect Trio, Chrome (Playscape)
  3. Billy Mintz, Ugly Beauty (Thirteenth Note)
  4. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  5. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  6. Kirk Knuffke, Cherryco (SteepleChase)
  7. Matt Mitchell, Førage (Screwgun)
  8. Eric Revis, Sing Me Some Cry (Clean Feed)
  9. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  10. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)

REISSUES

  1. Picnic, Picnic (Corbett vs Dempsey)
  2. Phillip Wilson, Esoteric (Corbett vs Dempsey)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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Howard Mandel (ArtsJournal/JazzBeyondJazz, DownBeat, NPR)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ornette Coleman & Various Artists, Celebrate Ornette (Song X -16)
  2. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  3. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  4. Gregory Lewis Organ Monk, The Breathe Suite (self-released)
  5. Lisa Mezzacappa, AvantNOIR (Clean Feed)
  6. Amir ElSaffar & Rivers of Sound, Not Two (New Amsterdam)
  7. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  8. Mike Reed, Flesh & Bone (482 Music)
  9. John Beasley, MONK'estra, Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue)
  10. Mike Stern, Trip (Heads Up)

REISSUES

  1. Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (Resonance)
  2. Albert Ayler, Copenhagen Live 1964 (Hatology)
  3. Lester Bowie, Numbers 1 and 2 (Nessa)

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Peter Margasak (Chicago Reader, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant)
  2. Chris Speed Trio, Platinum on Tap (Intakt)
  3. Ikue Mori, Obelisk (Tzadik)
  4. Tom Rainey Obbligato, Float Upstream (Intakt)
  5. Kaja Draksler Octet, Gledalec (Clean Feed)
  6. Alexander Hawkins, Unit[e] (AH)
  7. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  8. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
  9. Han Bennink Trio, Adelante (ICP)
  10. Kate Gentile, Mannequins (Skirl)

REISSUES

  1. various, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 (Mosaic)
  2. Ornette Coleman, Ornette at 12/Crisis (Real Gone)
  3. Rüdiger Carl, Inc. King Alcohol (New Version) (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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Matt Marshall (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
  2. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  3. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  4. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)
  5. The Black Butterflies Featuring Gato Barbieri, Luisa (self-released)
  6. Gato Libre, Neko (Libra)
  7. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  8. Francois Couturier & Tarkovsky Quartet, Nuit Blanche (ECM)
  9. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
  10. Aki Rissanen, Another North (Edition)

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Lee Mergner (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
  2. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
  3. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  4. Christian McBride Big Band, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue)
  5. Avishai Cohen, Cross My Palm With Silver (ECM)
  6. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
  7. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
  8. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition, Agrima (Mahanthappa)
  9. Anat Cohen Tentet, Happy Song (Anzic)
  10. JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant)

REISSUES

  1. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  3. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ornette Coleman & Various Artists, Celebrate Ornette (Song X -16)
  2. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Incidentals (ECM)
  3. Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Small Town (ECM)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith, Najwa (TUM)
  5. Paul Jones, Clean (Outside Music)
  6. JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant)
  7. Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM)
  8. Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird)
  9. Kirk Knuffke, Cherryco (SteepleChase)
  10. Greg Abate, Road to Forever (Whaling City Sound)

REISSUES

  1. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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Bill Milkowski (Downbeat, Jazziz, Absolute Sound)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  2. Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)
  3. Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird)
  4. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
  5. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
  6. Cuong Vu 4-Tet, Ballet (RareNoise)
  7. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  8. John McLaughlin & the Fourth Dimension, Live @ Ronnie Scott's (Abstract Logix)
  9. Roswell Rudd-Fay Victor-Lafayette Harris-Ken Filiano, Embrace (RareNoise)
  10. Ralph Towner, My Foolish Heart (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  2. Sonny Rollins Trio/Horace Silver Quartet, Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 40: Zürich 1959 (TCB -16)
  3. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane, Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Craft)

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Ralph A. Miriello (Notes on Jazz, Huffington Post, Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Billy Childs, Rebirth (Mack Avenue)
  2. Nate Smith, Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere (Ropeadope)
  3. Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige)
  4. Dayna Stephens, Gratitude (Contagious)
  5. Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)
  6. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
  7. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  8. Sherman Irby & Momentum, Cerulean Canvas (Black Warrior)
  9. Steve Nelson, Brothers Under the Sun (HighNote)
  10. Alan Broadbent With the London Metropolitan Orchestra, Developing Story (Eden River)

REISSUES

  1. David Liebman & Joe Lovano, Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane (Resonance)
  2. Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes, The Tour Volume 2 (HighNote)
  3. Roger Kellaway & Eddie Daniels, Just Friends (Resonance)

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Chris Monsen (Klassekampen's Musikkmagasinet, Jazznytt)

NEW RELEASES

  1. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)
  2. Angles 9, Disappeared Behind the Sun (Clean Feed)
  3. Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside)
  4. Trio 3 (Andrew Cyrille-Oliver Lake-Reggie Workman), Visiting Texture (Intakt)
  5. Eric Revis, Sing Me Some Cry (Clean Feed)
  6. Aki Takase & David Murray, Cherry Sakura (Intakt)
  7. Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi)
  8. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
  9. Akmee, Neptun (Nakama)
  10. Kate Gentile, Mannequins (Skirl)

REISSUES

  1. Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Karyobin (Emanem)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  3. Winston Mankunku Ngozi Quartet, Yakhal' Inkomo (Jazzman Holy Grail Series)

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Tom Moon (NPR All Things Considered, NPR Music)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

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John Frederick Moore (Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi)
  3. Matt Mitchell, Førage (Screwgun)
  4. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  5. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  6. William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity)
  7. Amir ElSaffar & Rivers of Sound, Not Two (New Amsterdam)
  8. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
  9. Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM)
  10. Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  2. Jay Clayton & Fred Hersch, Beautiful Love (Sunnyside)

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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], Detroit Free Press, G1NBC.com, Michigan Music Hall of Fame)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Club D'Elf, Live at Club Helsinki (Face Pelt)
  2. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  3. The Heliosonic Tone-Tette, Heliosonic Toneways Vol. 1 (ScienSonic Laboratories)
  4. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  5. Tomas Fujiwara, Triple Double (Firehouse 12)
  6. Ralph Towner, My Foolish Heart (ECM)
  7. Cowboys and Frenchmen, Bluer Than You Think (OutsideIn Music)
  8. Ed Palermo Big Band, The Great Un-American Songbook Volumes I & II (Cuneiform)
  9. Ernesto Cervini, Turboprop Rev (Anzic)
  10. Clark Sommers, Lens by a Thread (Eyes & Ears)

REISSUES

  1. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
  2. Paul McCandless-Paul Winter Consort, Morning Sun: Adventures With Oboe (Living Music)
  3. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)

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Stuart Nicholson (Jazzwise)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dwiki Dharmawan, Pasar Klewer (MoonJune -16)
  2. Parisien-Peirani-Schaerer-Wollny, Out of Land (ACT)
  3. Jeremy Saft-Steve Swallow-Bobby Previte, Loneliness Road (RareNoise)
  4. Tommy Smith, Embodying the Light (Spartacus)
  5. Helge Lien Trio, Guzuguzu (Ozella)
  6. Morten Schantz, Godspeed (Edition)
  7. Lars Danielson, Libretto III (ACT)
  8. Gregory Privat Trio, Family Tree (ACT)
  9. Arve Henriksen, Towards Language (Rune Gramophon)
  10. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
  2. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  3. Enrico Pieranunzi, Yesterdays (Stunt)

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Tim Niland (Music & More)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  2. Cortex, Avant-Garde Party Music (Clean Feed)
  3. CP Unit, Before the Heat Death (Clean Feed)
  4. Barry Altschul 3dom Factor, Live in Krakow (Not Two)
  5. Angles 9, Disappeared Behind the Sun (Clean Feed)
  6. Gonçalo Almeida-Rodrigo Amado-Marco Franco, The Attic (NoBusiness)
  7. Ken Vandermark-Klaus Kugel-Mark Tokar, Escalator (Not Two)
  8. Ivo Perelman, The Art of Perelman-Shipp, Volume 4: Hyperion (Leo)
  9. Bobby Zankel & the Wonderful Sound 6, Celebrating William Parker @ 65 (Not Two)
  10. Francois Carrier-Rafal Mazur-Michel Lambert, Oneness (FMR)

REISSUES

  1. David S. Ware Trio, Live in New York, 2010 (AUM Fidelity)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  3. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)

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Dan Ouellette (DownBeat, ZEALnyc)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Douglas, Little Giant Still Life (Greenleaf)
  2. Anouar Brahem-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette-Django Bates, Blue Maqams (ECM)
  3. Miles Mosley, Uprising (Verve)
  4. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  5. Tigran Hamasyan, An Ancient Observer (Nonesuch)
  6. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
  7. John Beasley, MONK'estra, Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue)
  8. Regina Carter, Ella: Accentuate the Positive (OKeh)
  9. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  10. Victor Wooten-Dennis Chambers-Bob Franceschini, Trypnotyk (VIX)

REISSUES

  1. Blue Mitchell, Step Lightly (Blue Note)

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Thierry Pérémarti (MGC Le Son du Monde [France])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kamasi Washington, Harmony of Difference (Young Turks)
  2. Martial Solal & Dave Liebman, Masters in Bordeaux (Sunnyside)
  3. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
  4. Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM)
  5. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano, Heritage (Qwest -16)
  6. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Caipi (Razdz/Heartcore)
  7. Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM)
  8. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
  9. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
  10. Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, Jersey (Motéma)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
  2. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  3. Albert Ayler, Copenhagen Live 1964 (Hatology)

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