16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021
Ballots 2021 [1]
Karl Ackermann (All About Jazz, Chicago Jazz Magazine)
NEW RELEASES
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Allen Lowe, A Love Supine: Ascension Into the Maelstrom (ESP Disk)
- Ill Considered, Liminal Space (New Soil)
- Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
- Johan Lindström Septett, On the Asylum (Moserobie)
- Marc Johnson, Overpass (ECM)
- Pearring Sound, Socially Distanced Duos (self-released)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Trumpet (TUM)
- East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
- Michael Monhart-Michael Bisio-Ben Chadabe, MMBC Terma (self-released)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Billy Bang, Lucky Man (2008, BBE)
- Eberhard Weber, Once Upon a Time: Live in Avignon (1994, ECM)
- Roberto Miranda's Home Music Ensemble, Live at Bing Theatre: Los Angeles, 1985 (Dark Tree)
VOCAL
- Becca Stevens and Elan Mehler, Pallet on Your Floor (Newvelle -20)
DEBUT
LATIN
Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz Collective)
NEW RELEASES
- Rodrigo Amado This Is Our Language Quartet, Let the Free Be Men (Trost)
- Nate Wooley, Mutual Aid Music (Pleasure of the Text)
- Angelika Niescier & Alexander Hawkins, Soul in Plain Sight (Intakt)
- Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Fire!, Defeat (Rune Grammofon)
- Jon Irabagon, Bird With Streams (Irabbagast)
- Matthew Shipp & William Parker, Re-Union (RogueArt)
- Chamber 4, Dawn to Dusk (JACC)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Total Music Association, Walpurgisnacht (1971, NoBusiness)
- Marc Ribot, Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus (1989-93, Knockwurst)
VOCAL
- KUU!, Artificial Sheep (ACT)
DEBUT
LATIN
David R. Adler (freelance)
NEW RELEASES
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Kimbrough (Newvelle)
- Michael Mayo, Bones (Artistry Music)
- Ben LaMar Gay, Open Arms to Open Us (International Anthem)
- Caroline Davis, Portals, Volume 1: Mourning (Sunnyside)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Pino Palladino and Blake Mills, Notes With Attachments (Impulse!)
- Gregg Belisle-Chi, Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne (Relative Pitch)
- Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile, Snark Horse (Pi)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Michael Mayo, Bones (Artistry Music)
DEBUT
- Michael Mayo, Bones (Artistry Music)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Michael J. Agovino (The Village Voice, Pitchfork, Esquire, L.A. Review of Books)
NEW RELEASES
- Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM)
- Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
- Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Sacred Ceremonies (TUM)
- Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Coltrane (Smoke Sessions)
- Dave Liebman Expansions, Selflessness: The Music of John Coltrane (Dot Time)
- Craig Taborn, 60 X Sixty (Pyroclastic)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Mary LaRose, Out Here (Little (i) Music)
DEBUT
- Sara Schoenbeck, Sara Schoenbeck (Pyroclastic)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
NEW RELEASES
- Miho Hazama & Danish Radio Big Band, Imaginary Visions (Edition)
- Pierrick Pédron, Fifty-Fifty: New York Sessions (Gazebo)
- Samo Salamon-Dominique Pifarely-Michel Godard-Dejan Terzic, Live Ones: Vol. 1 (self-released)
- Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
- Cowboys & Frenchmen, Our Highway (Outside In Music)
- Thomas Lossius Septet, Seven Words for Ekstasia (AMP)
- Timo Lassy, Trio (We Jazz)
- Jacky Naylor, The Industrial Suite (Ubuntu)
- Gwen Cahue, Margin Call (Quest)
- Code Quartet, Genealogy (Justin Time)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Joe Henderson, The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions (1963-66, Mosaic)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- Bud Powell, 1962 Copenhagen (SteepleChase)
VOCAL
- Lady Blackbird, Black Acid Soul (BMG)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho)
Shannon Ali (Shannon J. Effinger) (New York Times, The Washington Post, Pitchfork, NPR Music)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Jeremy Pelt, Griot: This Is Important! (HighNote)
- Jamire Williams, But Only After You Have Suffered (International Anthem)
- Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
- Matthew Stevens, Pittsburgh (Whirlwind)
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Live (International Anthem)
- Terence Blanchard, Absence (Blue Note)
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
- Abdullah Ibrahim, Solotude: My Journey, My Vision (Gearbox)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- Abbey Lincoln, It's Magic (1958, Riverside)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
DEBUT
- Weedie Braimah, The Hands of Time (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho)
Larry Appelbaum (JazzTimes, WPFW-FM)
NEW RELEASES
- Jason Moran, The Sound Will Tell You (Yes)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Jeff Lederer's Sunwatcher, Eightfold Path (Little(i)Music)
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
- Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
- Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America's Musicians' Emergency Fund (Mack Avenue)
- Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)
- Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus at Carnegie Hall [Deluxe Edition] (1974, Atlantic)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
VOCAL
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
DEBUT
- Anaïs Reno, Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn (Harbinger)
LATIN
- Roxana Amed, Ontology (Sony Music Latin)
Mirian Arbalejo (La Cesión de las Voluntades)
NEW RELEASES
- Abdullah Ibrahim, Solotude: My Journey, My Vision (Gearbox)
- Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
- Ethan Iverson & Umbria Jazz Orchestra, Bud Powell in the 21st Century (Sunnyside)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Alex Riel-Bo Stief-Carsten Dahl, Our Songs (Storyville)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Jean-Marie Machado, Majakka (La Buissonne)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- George Cables, Too Close for Comfort (HighNote)
- Pablo Martín Caminero, Al Toque (Karonte)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
VOCAL
- Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Quiet Is the Star (Roomspin)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
- UNDP Collective, Esto Sí Se Llama Querer (UnderPool)
Hrayr Attarian (Jazziz, All About Jazz)
NEW RELEASES
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Ivo Perelman, Brass and Ivory Tales (Fundacja Sluchaj)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- The Flatland Quartet, Songs From the Urban Forest (Gold Lion Arts)
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
- William Parker, Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- Maria Grand, Reciprocity (Biophilia)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (Pi)
DEBUT
- Sara Schoenbeck, Sara Schoenbeck (Pyroclastic)
LATIN
- Gustavo Cortiñas, Desafío Candente (Woolgathering)
Chris Barton (Los Angeles Times, DownBeat)
NEW RELEASES
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Live (International Anthem)
- Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
- Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes, Music for Saxofone and Bass Guitar More Songs (Leaving)
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
- Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
DEBUT
LATIN
Andy Beta (Pitchfork, Washington Post, New York Times, Bandcamp)
NEW RELEASES
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- Sam Gendel & Josiah Steinbrick, Mouthfeel/Serene (Full Bloom)
- Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Mandatory Reality (Eremite)
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
- Ben LaMar Gay, Open Arms to Open Us (International Anthem)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Douglas R Ewart-Mike Reed, Sun Beans of Shimmering Light (Astral Spirits)
- Bremer McCoy, Natten (Luaka Bop)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
- Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes, Music for Saxofone and Bass Guitar More Songs (Leaving)
- Bitchin Bajas, Switched On Ra (Drag City)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Horace Tapscott & Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Live at Century City Playhouse 9/9/79 (Nimbus West -20)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
Bill Beuttler (Emerson College, Boston Globe)
NEW RELEASES
- Jason Moran, The Sound Will Tell You (Yes)
- Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
- Erroll Garner, Liberation in Swing: The Octave Records Story & Complete Symphony Hall Concert (1959-73, Mack Avenue)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
DEBUT
- Weedie Braimah, The Hands of Time (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Dan Bilawsky (All About Jazz, JazzTimes, New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- Nadje Noordhuis, Gullfoss (Little Mystery)
- Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Architecture of Storms (SoundSpore)
- Dan McCarthy, A Place Where We Once Lived (self-released)
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
- Simon Moullier Trio, Countdown (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- Steven Feifke Big Band, Kinetic (Outside In Music)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- JD Allen, Queen City (Savant)
- Mariel Bildsten, Backbone (Outside In Music -20)
- Scott DuBois, Summer Water (Sunnyside)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
DEBUT
- Mariel Bildsten, Backbone (Outside In Music -20)
LATIN
- Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)
Larry Birnbaum (Stereophile)
NEW RELEASES
- Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House)
- Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
- Whit Dickey-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Village Mothership (TAO Forms)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Sacred Ceremonies (TUM)
- Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette-Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Skyline (5 Passion)
- Chris Potter Circuits Trio, Sunrise Reprise (Edition)
- Thumbscrew, Never Is Enough (Cuneiform)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Sun Ra, Lanquidity [Definitive Edition] (1978, Strut)
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato, Flor (Edition)
DEBUT
- Anaïs Reno, Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn (Harbinger)
LATIN
- Charlie Sepúlveda & the Turnaround, This Is Latin Jazz (HighNote)
Larry Blumenfeld (Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Jazziz)
NEW RELEASES
- William Parker, Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, Tinctures in Time (Community Music Vol. 1) (Royal Potato Family)
- Hank Roberts Sextet, Science of Love (Sunnyside)
- Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (Pi)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (Pi)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix)
NEW RELEASES
- Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
- Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Live! (Concord Jazz)
- Chris Potter, There Is a Tide (Edition -20)
- Kurt Elling, SuperBlue (Edition)
- Nate Smith, Kinfolk 2: See the Birds (Edition)
- Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)
- Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Architecture of Storms (SoundSpore)
- Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge, Within Us: Celebrating 25 Years of the Jazz Surge (MAMA/Summit)
- The Baylor Project, Generations (Be a Light)
- Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Harvie S Trio, Going for It (1985, Savant)
VOCAL
- Kurt Elling, SuperBlue (Edition)
DEBUT
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
Mike Borella (Avant Music News)
NEW RELEASES
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Anthony Braxton, 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12)
- Sana Nagano, Smashing Humans (577)
- Strictly Missionary, Heisse Scheisse (Astral Spirits)
- Bisbâyé, Le Sens De La Fin (Cuneiform)
- Gabby Fluke-Mogul–Matteo Liberatore–Joanna Mattrey–Ava Mendoza, Death in the Gilded Age (Tripticks Tapes)
- Body Meπa, The Work Is Slow (Hausu Mountain)
- Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem)
- Jessica Pavone, Lull (Chalkin)
- Gabriel Zucker, Leftover Beats From the Edges of Time (ESP Disk)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Bloodcount, 5 (1997, Screwgun)
- Bloodcount, Attention Spam (1997, Screwgun)
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Strictly Missionary, Heisse Scheisse (Astral Spirits)
LATIN
Shaun Brady (Philadelphia Inquirer, JazzTimes, Tidal)
NEW RELEASES
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- William Parker, Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House)
- Thumbscrew, Never Is Enough (Cuneiform)
- Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Maurice Louca, Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) (Sub Rosa/Northern Spy)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (Pi)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Greg Abate, Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound)
- Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Salswing! (Rubén Blades Productions)
- Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Swing! (Rubén Blades Productions)
- Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Salsa Plus! (Rubén Blades Productions)
- Brian Charette, Power From the Air (SteepleChase)
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- Gene Perla, 3 Trios (PM)
- Sharp 5, Shine a Bright Light (Valley Jazz)
- Deanna Witkowski, Force of Nature: The Music of Mary Lou Williams (MCG Jazz)
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Sharp 5, Shine a Bright Light (Valley Jazz)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Stuart Broomer (Free Jazz Collective, Musicworks, New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure, Wholenote)
NEW RELEASES
- Natural Information Society & Evan Parker, Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) (Aguirre/Eremite)
- Ahmed, Nights on Saturn (Communication) (Astral Spirits)
- Anthony Braxton, 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12)
- Nate Wooley, Mutual Aid Music (Pleasure of the Text)
- Joëlle Léandre-Pauline Oliveros-George Lewis, Play as You Go (Trost)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Henry Kaiser-Alex Varty, Pacifica Koral Reef (577 -22)
- Rodrigo Amado This Is Our Language Quartet, Let the Free Be Men (Trost)
- Disquiet [Christof Kurzmann-Sofia Jernberg-Joe Williamson-Mats Brandlmayr], Disquiet (Trost)
- Iain Sinclair & London Experimental Ensemble, Dark Before Dark (577)
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Code of Being (Intakt)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor Ensemble, Göttingen (1990, Fundacja Sluchaj)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Disquiet [Christof Kurzmann-Sofia Jernberg-Joe Williamson-Mats Brandlmayr], Disquiet (Trost)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)