16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021
Ballots 2021 [2]
Bill Brownlee (Plastic Sax, KCUR)
NEW RELEASES
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
- Mathias Eick, When We Leave (ECM)
- Pino Palladino and Blake Mills, Notes With Attachments (Impulse!)
- Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 (Warp)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Evan Parker Quartet, All Knavery and Collusion (Cadillac)
- Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Angel Bat Dawid, Hush Harbor Mixtape Vol. 1 Doxology (International Anthem)
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
- Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)
DEBUT
- Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Greg Bryant (WBGO Jazz After Hours and Jazz United Podcast)
NEW RELEASES
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
- Dara Tucker, Dreams of Waking: Music for a Better World (Green Hill)
- Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
- The Baylor Project, Generations (Be a Light)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
- Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
- Marc Cary, Life Lessons (Sessionheads United)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
VOCAL
- Dara Tucker, Dreams of Waking: Music for a Better World (Green Hill)
DEBUT
- No Stress, Prelude No. 1 (YK)
LATIN
- Berta Moreno Afro-Jazz Soul Project, Tumaini (Tiger Turn)
Robert Bush (New York City Jazz Record, San Diego Reader, San Diego Troubadour)
NEW RELEASES
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)
- Pedro Melo Alves, In Igma (Clean Feed -20)
- Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
Dan Buskirk (WPRB [Princeton], Fun2Know Podcast)
NEW RELEASES
- William Parker, Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem)
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
- Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
- Sonic Liberation Front, Moon Rust Red Streets (High Two)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Maria Grand, Reciprocity (Biophilia)
- Linda Fredriksson, Juniper (We Jazz)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (1962-65, Omnivore)
- Jeanne Lee, Conspiracy (1975, Moved-by-Sound)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
VOCAL
- Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFunk, We've Had Enough! (ESP-Disk -20)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
- Amaro Freitas, Sankofa (Far Out)
Dave Cantor (various publications)
NEW RELEASES
- Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette-Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Skyline (5 Passion)
- Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
- Allison Miller & Jane Ira Bloom, Tues Days (Outline)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- Mario Pavone Dialect Trio + 1, Blue Vertical (Out of Your Head)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Hedvig Mollestad, Tempest Revisited (Rune Grammofon)
- Francisco Mela, M.P.T. Trio: Volume 1 (577)
- Amaro Freitas, Sankofa (Far Out)
- Ahmed, Nights on Saturn (Communication) (Astral Spirits)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Bill Evans, Behind the Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings (Resonance)
VOCAL
- Kurt Elling, SuperBlue (Edition)
DEBUT
- Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, Cosmic Transitions (Division 81)
LATIN
- Orquesta Akokán, 16 Rayos (Daptone)
John Chacona (Erie [PA] Times-News, All About Jazz, Postgenre Media, Let's Call This)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
- Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM)
- Kevin Sun, <3 Bird (Endectomorph)
- Diego Rivera, Indigenous (Posi-Tone)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
VOCAL
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
DEBUT
- David Leon, Aire De Agua (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra, The Latin Jazz Project (ArtistShare)
Brad Cohan (JazzTimes, Bandcamp Daily)
NEW RELEASES
- William Hooker, Big Moon (Org Music)
- Jeremiah Cymerman, Citadels & Sanctuaries (5049)
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
- Mike Pride, I Hate Work (RareNoise)
- Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
- William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
- The Flying Luttenbachers, Negative Infinity (UgExplode)
- East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
- Amirtha Kidambi & Matteo Liberatore, Neutral Love (Astral Editions)
- Roscoe Mitchell-Sandy Ewen-Damon Smith-Weasel Walter, A Railroad Spike Forms the Voice (Balance Point Acoustics)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- New Life, Visions of the Third Eye (1979, Early Future)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Amirtha Kidambi & Matteo Liberatore, Neutral Love (Astral Editions)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
Aaron Cohen (Chicago Reader, DownBeat)
NEW RELEASES
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Code of Being (Intakt)
- Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Mandatory Reality (Eremite)
- Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
- Ben Allison, Moments Inside (Sonic Camera)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Charles Rumback, Seven Bridges (Astral Spirits)
- Gustavo Cortiñas, Desafío Candente (Woolgathering)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
- Gustavo Cortiñas, Desafío Candente (Woolgathering)
Troy Collins (Point of Departure)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Erik Friedlander, Sentinel (Skipstone -20)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
- John Zorn, New Masada Quartet (Tzadik)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Thumbscrew, Never Is Enough (Cuneiform)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus at Carnegie Hall [Deluxe Edition] (1974, Atlantic)
- Paul Bley, Touching & Blood Revisited (1965, Ezz-thetics)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes, Stereophile, New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
- Francesco Cafiso, Irene of Boston: Conversation Avec Corto Maltese (EFLAT -20)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Will Vinson-Gilad Hekselman-Antonio Sanchez, Trio Grande (Whirlwind -20)
- Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
- Marcin Wasilewski Trio, En Attendant (ECM)
- Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
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)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
VOCAL
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
DEBUT
- Enrico Morello, Cyclic Signs (Auand)
LATIN
- Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves, Reconvexo (Anzic)
J.D. Considine (DownBeat, JazzTimes)
NEW RELEASES
- Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
- Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Garden of Expression (ECM)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
DEBUT
- Sara Schoenbeck, Sara Schoenbeck (Pyroclastic)
LATIN
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)
NEW RELEASES
- Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)
- William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
- Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
- Muriel Grossmann, Union (RR Gems)
- Friends & Neighbors, The Earth Is # (Clean Feed)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Sacred Ceremonies (TUM)
- Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
- Mario Pavone Dialect Trio + 1, Blue Vertical (Out of Your Head)
- Il Sogno, Graduation (AUAND/Gotta Let It Out)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Mary LaRose, Out Here (Little (i) Music)
DEBUT
LATIN
Michael Coyle (WRCU, Colgate University)
NEW RELEASES
- Joe Fiedler's "Open Sesame", Fuzzy and Blue (Multiphonics)
- Rich Halley-Dan Clucas-Clyde Reed-Carson Halley, Boomslang (Pine Eagle)
- Helen Sung, Quartet + (Sunnyside)
- Joel Frahm, The Bright Side (Anzic)
- Yoko Miwa Trio, Songs of Joy (Ubuntu Music)
- Charlie Ballantine, Reflections/Introspection: The Music of Thelonious Monk (Green Mind)
- Simon Moullier Trio, Countdown (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
- Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Joe Henderson, The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions (1963-66, Mosaic)
- Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
DEBUT
LATIN
NEW RELEASES
- Anthony Braxton, 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12)
- Claire Chase, Density 2036 (2016-2017) (Corbett vs Dempsey)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Masabumi Kikuchi, Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording (Red Hook)
- Mulo Francel, Mountain Melody (GLM)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Moon on the Lake (Libra)
- Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh, Telepathy (Sunnyside)
- Yelena Eckemoff, Adventures of the Wildflower (L&H Production)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
- Bill Evans, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1968, Resonance -20)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
VOCAL
- Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti, The Weight of Hope (Modica Music)
DEBUT
- Chris Pattishall, Zodiac (self-released)
LATIN
- Roxana Amed, Ontology (Sony Music Latin)
Francis Davis (Erstwhile)
NEW RELEASES
- David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Theo Bleckmann and the Westerlies, This Land (Westerlies Music)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
- Unscientific Italians, Play the Music of Bill Frisell Vol. 1 (Hora)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
VOCAL
- Theo Bleckmann and the Westerlies, This Land (Westerlies Music)
DEBUT
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Anthony Dean-Harris (KRTU San Antonio, DownBeat)
NEW RELEASES
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
- Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
- Nate Smith, Kinfolk 2: See the Birds (Edition)
- Portico Quartet, Monument (Gondwana)
- BADBADNOTGOOD, Talk Memory (XL/Innovative Leisure)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
- BIGYUKI, Neon Chapter (Universal)
- Kiefer, Then There's Love Around (Stones Throw)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
DEBUT
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
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)
- Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
- William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
- Whit Dickey-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Village Mothership (TAO Forms)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House)
- David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
- Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
Laurence Donohue-Greene (The New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Garden of Expression (ECM)
- William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
- Fire!, Defeat (Rune Grammofon)
- Steph Richards With Joshua White, Zephyr (Relative Pitch)
- Punkt. Vrt. Plastik [Kaja Draksler/Petter Eldh/Christian Lillinger], Somit (Intakt)
- Bugpowder, Cage Tennis (Trytone)
- Mankwe Ndosi and Body MemOri, Felt/not said (Auspice NOW)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- Nathan Davis With Georges Arvanitas Trio, Live in Paris: The ORTF Recordings 1966/67 (Sam)
- Mujician, 10 10 10 (2010, Cuneiform)
VOCAL
- Mankwe Ndosi and Body MemOri, Felt/not said (Auspice NOW)
DEBUT
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
LATIN
- Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Salswing! (Rubén Blades Productions)
Troy Dostert (All About Jazz, Free Jazz Collective)
NEW RELEASES
- East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
- Wild Up, Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine (New Amsterdam)
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Code of Being (Intakt)
- Ivo Perelman, Brass and Ivory Tales (Fundacja Sluchaj)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Silke Eberhard Trio, Being the Up and Down (Intakt)
- Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vågan, Plastic Wave (Odin)
- Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (Pi)
DEBUT
- Jacob Shulman, Connectedness (Endectomorph Music)
LATIN
- Alex Conde, Descarga for Bud (Sedajazz)
NEW RELEASES
- Tim Berne-Chris Speed-Reid Anderson-Dave King, Broken Shadows (Intakt)
- Lina Allemano Four, Vegetables (Lumo)
- Benoît Delbecq, The Weight of Light (Pyroclastic)
- Okkyung Lee, Na-Reul (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Susie Ibarra, Talking Gong (New Focus)
- Sana Nagano, Smashing Humans (577)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Natsuki Tamura, Koki Solo (Libra)
- Aki Takase-Christian Weber-Michael Griener, Auge (Intakt)
- Cowboys & Frenchmen, Our Highway (Outside In Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- Hideto Kanai & King's Roar, Ode to Birds (1975, Three Blind Mice/Craftman)
VOCAL
- Theo Bleckmann and the Westerlies, This Land (Westerlies Music)
DEBUT
- Jason Nazary, Spring Collection (We Jazz)
LATIN
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)