16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballots 2021 [4]

Scott Gutterman (The Brooklyn Rail)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  3. Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
  4. Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
  5. Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
  6. Cat Toren's Human Kind, Scintillating Beauty (New Focus -20)
  7. Chet Doxas, You Can't Take It With You (Whirlwind)
  8. Dahveed Behroozi, Echos (Sunnyside)
  9. Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
  10. Aakash Mittal, Nocturne (self-released)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
  3. Horace Silver Quintet, 6 Pieces of Silver (1956, Blue Note)

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James Hale (DownBeat, SoundStageXperience.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
  2. Kimbrough (Newvelle)
  3. Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Wandersphere (Intakt)
  4. Daniel Herskedal, Harbor (Edition)
  5. Thumbscrew, Never Is Enough (Cuneiform)
  6. Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
  7. Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
  8. Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
  9. Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
  10. Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  2. Bill Evans, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956-1980) (Concord)
  3. Ray Charles, True Genius (1960-2004, Tangerine)

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Robert Ham (DownBeat, Aquarium Drunkard, KQED)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
  2. Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 (Warp)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  4. Sana Nagano, Smashing Humans (577)
  5. Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)
  6. Barbara Ellison, CyberSongs (Unsounds)
  7. Nortonk, Nortonk (Biophilia)
  8. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
  9. Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
  10. Jessica Ackerley, Morning/Mourning (Cacophonous Revival)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
  3. Michael Gregory Jackson, Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, self-released -20)

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Chris Heim (KMUW-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
  2. Jenny Klukken, Color in Motion (self-released)
  3. Simon Moullier Trio, Countdown (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  4. Joe Fiedler's "Open Sesame", Fuzzy and Blue (Multiphonics)
  5. Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
  6. The Tiptons Sax Quartet & Drums, Wabi Sabi (Sowie Sound)
  7. Pat Coil, How Deep Is the Ocean (Burton Avenue)
  8. Diego Rivera, Indigenous (Posi-Tone)
  9. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
  10. Ben Allison, Moments Inside (Sonic Camera)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Bill Evans, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956-1980) (Concord)
  2. Bola Sete, Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Tompkins Square)
  3. Harvie S Trio, Going for It (1985, Savant)

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Andrey Henkin (New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Barry Guy, Irvin's Comet (NoBusiness -20)
  2. Martial Solal, Coming Yesterday: Live at Salle Gaveau 2019 (Challenge)
  3. Alexander Hawkins, Togetherness Music: For Sixteen Musicians (Intakt)
  4. Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)
  5. Koma Saxo, Live (We Jazz)
  6. Christer Bothén 3, Omen (Bocian)
  7. Jü, III (RareNoise)
  8. Irène Schweizer & Hamid Drake, Celebration (Intakt)
  9. Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
  10. Stephanie Nilles, I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag - The White Flag (Sunnyside)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  3. Mujician, 10 10 10 (2010, Cuneiform)

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Geoffrey Himes (JazzTimes, Paste, Washington Post)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  2. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
  3. Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
  4. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
  5. Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
  6. David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
  7. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)
  8. Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho)
  9. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
  10. Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sam Rivers Quartet, Braids [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 4] (1979, NoBusiness -20)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  3. Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)

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Rob Hoff (WQLN NPR [Erie, PA], JazzErie)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  2. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
  3. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
  4. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
  5. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  6. Allison Miller & Jane Ira Bloom, Tues Days (Outline)
  7. Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
  8. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
  9. Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
  10. Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
  2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  3. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)

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Eugene Holley, Jr. (DownBeat, Hot House, Publishers Weekly)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
  2. The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox)
  3. Ralph Peterson, Raise Up Off Me (Onyx Music)
  4. Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)
  5. Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
  6. Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
  7. Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette-Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Skyline (5 Passion)
  8. Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
  9. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  10. Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber, Angels Over Oakanda (Avant Groidd)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  3. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)

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Larry Hollis (Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sharel Cassity-Rajiv Halim-Greg Ward, Altoizm (Afar Music)
  2. George Cables, Too Close for Comfort (HighNote)
  3. Greg Abate, Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound)
  4. Noah Haidu-Buster Williams-Billy Hart, Slowly: Song for Keith Jarrett (Sunnyside)
  5. Carlos Vega, Art of the Messenger (Origin)
  6. Louis Hayes, Crisis (Savant)
  7. Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
  8. Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction (ArtistShare)
  9. Richard D. Johnson, First Glance (Afar Music)
  10. Pat Bianchi, Something to Say: The Music of Stevie Wonder (Savant)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sonny Clark, My Conception (1959, Blue Note Tone Poet)
  2. Hal Galper Quintet, Live at the Berlin Philharmonic 1977 (Origin)
  3. Jim Snidero, Strings (2001, Savant)

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Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)
  2. Doug Beavers, Sol (Circle 9 -20)
  3. Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction (ArtistShare)
  4. Wayne Coniglio & Scott Whitfield, Faster Friends (Summit)
  5. Aaron Germain, Bell Projections (Aaron Germain Music)
  6. Gabriel Vicéns, The Way We Are Created (Inner Circle Music)
  7. Reggie Quinerly, New York Nowhere (Redefinition)
  8. Angel Roman & Mambo Blue, Festive Interplay (self-released)
  9. Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
  10. Victor Rendón & Bronx Conexión Latin Jazz Big Band, Mambo Boulevard (Bronx Conexión Music)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. It's a Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records: The Singles (1965-75, Craft)

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Tom Hull (tomhull.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
  2. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
  3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  4. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
  5. Dave Rempis-Tomeka Reid-Joshua Abrams-Tim Daisy-Tyler Damon, The Covid Tapes: Solos, Duos, & Trios (Aerophonic)
  6. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House)
  7. François Carrier, Glow (FMR)
  8. Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith, Sacred Ceremonies (TUM)
  10. Rodrigo Amado This Is Our Language Quartet, Let the Free Be Men (Trost)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Duck Baker, Confabulations (1994-2017, ESP-Disk)
  2. Total Music Association, Walpurgisnacht (1971, NoBusiness)
  3. Bill Evans, Behind the Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings (Resonance)

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kimbrough (Newvelle)
  2. Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
  3. Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
  4. Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)
  5. Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
  6. Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
  7. Nate Smith, Kinfolk 2: See the Birds (Edition)
  8. Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
  9. Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)
  10. The Generations Quartet [Dave Liebman-Billy Test-Evan Gregor-Ian Froman], Invitation (Albert Murray/John Aveni)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
  3. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)

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Robert Iannapollo (New York City Jazz Record, Cadence, ARSC Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
  3. Lucian Ban-John Surman-Mat Maneri, Transylvanian Folk Songs (Sunnyside -20)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  5. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
  6. This Is It! [Satoko Fujii-Natsuki Tamura-Takashi Itani], Mosaic (Libra)
  7. Blue Reality Quartet, Blue Reality Quartet! (Mahakala)
  8. Mario Pavone Dialect Trio + 1, Blue Vertical (Out of Your Head)
  9. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
  10. Futari [Satoko Fujii & Taiko Saito], Underground (Libra)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (1962-65, Omnivore)
  3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)

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Willard Jenkins (DownBeat, JazzTimes, WPFW "Jazz & Justice Radio" [Washington DC], The Independent Ear, Savage Content)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
  2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  3. Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
  4. Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette-Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Skyline (5 Passion)
  5. Ethan Iverson & Umbria Jazz Orchestra, Bud Powell in the 21st Century (Sunnyside)
  6. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  7. Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
  8. Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Sone Ka-La 2: Odyssey (Enja)
  9. Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
  10. Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)

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David Brent Johnson (Jazz Director, Night Lights host, WFIU [Bloomington, IN])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Terence Blanchard, Absence (Blue Note)
  2. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
  3. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
  4. Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
  5. Ethan Iverson & Umbria Jazz Orchestra, Bud Powell in the 21st Century (Sunnyside)
  6. The Tiptons Sax Quartet & Drums, Wabi Sabi (Sowie Sound)
  7. Jeremy Pelt, Griot: This Is Important! (HighNote)
  8. Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
  9. The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox)
  10. Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note -20)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
  3. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)

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Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal, NPR, JazzTimes, Bandcamp, Tidal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  2. Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM)
  3. Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
  4. Caroline Davis, Portals, Volume 1: Mourning (Sunnyside)
  5. Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
  6. The Baylor Project, Generations (Be a Light)
  7. Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force, Dear Love (Empress Legacy)
  8. Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
  9. Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
  10. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  3. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)

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T.R. Johnson (WWOZ 98.7 FM [New Orleans])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
  2. John Ellis-Adam Levy-Glenn Patscha, Say It Quiet (Sunnyside)
  3. Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
  4. Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
  5. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  6. Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge, Jazz Is Dead 6: Gary Bartz (Jazz Is Dead)
  7. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
  8. Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
  9. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, I Told You So (Colemine)
  10. Weedie Braimah, The Hands of Time (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
  2. Miles Davis, Merci, Miles! Live at Vienne (1991, Warner/Rhino)
  3. Bill Evans Trio, On a Friday Evening (1975, Craft)

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Sanford Josephson (Jersey Jazz Magazine)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Emmet Cohen, Future Stride (Mack Avenue)
  2. Joe Farnsworth, City of Sound (Smoke Sessions)
  3. Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
  4. Andy Farber and His Orchestra, Early Blue Evening (ArtistShare)
  5. Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves, Reconvexo (Anzic)
  6. Michael Dease, Give It All You Got (Posi-Tone)
  7. Terell Stafford & the Temple University Jazz Band, Without You, No Me (BCM+D)
  8. Gary Smulyan & Ronnie Cuber, Tough Baritones (SteepleChase)
  9. Scott Hamilton & Duke Robillard, Swingin' Again (Blue Duchess)
  10. Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander, I'm in Love Again (Turtle Bay)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
  2. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)

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Ammar Kalia (The Guardian)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
  2. Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
  3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  4. Jaubi, Nafs at Peace (Astigmatic)
  5. Balimaya Project, Wolo So (Jazz Re:Freshed)
  6. Arooj Aftab, Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam)
  7. Theon Cross, Intra-I (New Soil)
  8. Arushi Jain, Under the Lilac Sky (Leaving)
  9. Myele Manzanza, Crisis & Opportunity (Vol 1) (London) (DeepMatter)
  10. Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 (Warp)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Journeys in Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972) (Decca)
  2. Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)

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Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest)

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  2. Kimbrough (Newvelle)
  3. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  5. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
  6. Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
  7. Glenn Close & Ted Nash, Transformation (Tiger Turn)
  8. Mario Pavone & The Tampa Quartet, Isabella (Clean Feed)
  9. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
  10. Chet Doxas, You Can't Take It With You (Whirlwind)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
  2. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
  3. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance -20)

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