16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021
Ballots 2021 [4]
Scott Gutterman (The Brooklyn Rail)
NEW RELEASES
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
- Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
- Cat Toren's Human Kind, Scintillating Beauty (New Focus -20)
- Chet Doxas, You Can't Take It With You (Whirlwind)
- Dahveed Behroozi, Echos (Sunnyside)
- Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
- Aakash Mittal, Nocturne (self-released)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
- Horace Silver Quintet, 6 Pieces of Silver (1956, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord)
DEBUT
- Keshav Batish, Binaries in Cycle (Woven Strands)
LATIN
- Conclave, Conclave (Love Injection)
NEW RELEASES
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
- Kimbrough (Newvelle)
- Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Wandersphere (Intakt)
- Daniel Herskedal, Harbor (Edition)
- Thumbscrew, Never Is Enough (Cuneiform)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
- Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
- Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
- Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- Bill Evans, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956-1980) (Concord)
- Ray Charles, True Genius (1960-2004, Tangerine)
VOCAL
- Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (Pi)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Robert Ham (DownBeat, Aquarium Drunkard, KQED)
NEW RELEASES
- Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
- Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 (Warp)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Sana Nagano, Smashing Humans (577)
- Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)
- Barbara Ellison, CyberSongs (Unsounds)
- Nortonk, Nortonk (Biophilia)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
- Jessica Ackerley, Morning/Mourning (Cacophonous Revival)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
- Michael Gregory Jackson, Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, self-released -20)
VOCAL
- Arooj Aftab, Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam)
DEBUT
- Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 (Warp)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
NEW RELEASES
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
- Jenny Klukken, Color in Motion (self-released)
- Simon Moullier Trio, Countdown (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- Joe Fiedler's "Open Sesame", Fuzzy and Blue (Multiphonics)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- The Tiptons Sax Quartet & Drums, Wabi Sabi (Sowie Sound)
- Pat Coil, How Deep Is the Ocean (Burton Avenue)
- Diego Rivera, Indigenous (Posi-Tone)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Ben Allison, Moments Inside (Sonic Camera)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Bill Evans, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956-1980) (Concord)
- Bola Sete, Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Tompkins Square)
- Harvie S Trio, Going for It (1985, Savant)
VOCAL
- Roseanna Vitro, Sing a Song of Bird (Skyline)
DEBUT
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
LATIN
- Lauren Henderson, Musa (Brontosaurus)
Andrey Henkin (New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- Barry Guy, Irvin's Comet (NoBusiness -20)
- Martial Solal, Coming Yesterday: Live at Salle Gaveau 2019 (Challenge)
- Alexander Hawkins, Togetherness Music: For Sixteen Musicians (Intakt)
- Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)
- Koma Saxo, Live (We Jazz)
- Christer Bothén 3, Omen (Bocian)
- Jü, III (RareNoise)
- Irène Schweizer & Hamid Drake, Celebration (Intakt)
- Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
- Stephanie Nilles, I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag - The White Flag (Sunnyside)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- Mujician, 10 10 10 (2010, Cuneiform)
VOCAL
- Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force, Dear Love (Empress Legacy)
DEBUT
- Linda Fredriksson, Juniper (We Jazz)
LATIN
- Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)
Geoffrey Himes (JazzTimes, Paste, Washington Post)
NEW RELEASES
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
- Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
- David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
- Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)
- Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Sam Rivers Quartet, Braids [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 4] (1979, NoBusiness -20)
- 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
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho)
Rob Hoff (WQLN NPR [Erie, PA], JazzErie)
NEW RELEASES
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Allison Miller & Jane Ira Bloom, Tues Days (Outline)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force, Dear Love (Empress Legacy)
DEBUT
- Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Eugene Holley, Jr. (DownBeat, Hot House, Publishers Weekly)
NEW RELEASES
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
- The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox)
- Ralph Peterson, Raise Up Off Me (Onyx Music)
- Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)
- Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
- Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
- Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette-Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Skyline (5 Passion)
- Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber, Angels Over Oakanda (Avant Groidd)
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
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
- Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Salswing! (Rubén Blades Productions)
NEW RELEASES
- Sharel Cassity-Rajiv Halim-Greg Ward, Altoizm (Afar Music)
- George Cables, Too Close for Comfort (HighNote)
- Greg Abate, Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound)
- Noah Haidu-Buster Williams-Billy Hart, Slowly: Song for Keith Jarrett (Sunnyside)
- Carlos Vega, Art of the Messenger (Origin)
- Louis Hayes, Crisis (Savant)
- Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
- Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction (ArtistShare)
- Richard D. Johnson, First Glance (Afar Music)
- Pat Bianchi, Something to Say: The Music of Stevie Wonder (Savant)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Sonny Clark, My Conception (1959, Blue Note Tone Poet)
- Hal Galper Quintet, Live at the Berlin Philharmonic 1977 (Origin)
- Jim Snidero, Strings (2001, Savant)
VOCAL
- Champian Fulton, Live From Lockdown (Champian)
DEBUT
- Trineice Robinson, All or Nothing (4RM Music Productions)
LATIN
- Charlie Sepúlveda & the Turnaround, This Is Latin Jazz (HighNote)
Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino)
NEW RELEASES
- Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)
- Doug Beavers, Sol (Circle 9 -20)
- Jon Gordon, Stranger Than Fiction (ArtistShare)
- Wayne Coniglio & Scott Whitfield, Faster Friends (Summit)
- Aaron Germain, Bell Projections (Aaron Germain Music)
- Gabriel Vicéns, The Way We Are Created (Inner Circle Music)
- Reggie Quinerly, New York Nowhere (Redefinition)
- Angel Roman & Mambo Blue, Festive Interplay (self-released)
- Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
- Victor Rendón & Bronx Conexión Latin Jazz Big Band, Mambo Boulevard (Bronx Conexión Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- It's a Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records: The Singles (1965-75, Craft)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
- Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)
NEW RELEASES
- East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
- Dave Rempis-Tomeka Reid-Joshua Abrams-Tim Daisy-Tyler Damon, The Covid Tapes: Solos, Duos, & Trios (Aerophonic)
- Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House)
- François Carrier, Glow (FMR)
- Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Sacred Ceremonies (TUM)
- Rodrigo Amado This Is Our Language Quartet, Let the Free Be Men (Trost)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Duck Baker, Confabulations (1994-2017, ESP-Disk)
- Total Music Association, Walpurgisnacht (1971, NoBusiness)
- Bill Evans, Behind the Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings (Resonance)
VOCAL
- Anthony Joseph, The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives (Heavenly Sweetness)
DEBUT
- Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)
NEW RELEASES
- Kimbrough (Newvelle)
- Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
- Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
- Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
- Nate Smith, Kinfolk 2: See the Birds (Edition)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)
- The Generations Quartet [Dave Liebman-Billy Test-Evan Gregor-Ian Froman], Invitation (Albert Murray/John Aveni)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
DEBUT
- Ben Tiberio, Rare Peace (Outside In Music)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Robert Iannapollo (New York City Jazz Record, Cadence, ARSC Journal)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
- Lucian Ban-John Surman-Mat Maneri, Transylvanian Folk Songs (Sunnyside -20)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- This Is It! [Satoko Fujii-Natsuki Tamura-Takashi Itani], Mosaic (Libra)
- Blue Reality Quartet, Blue Reality Quartet! (Mahakala)
- Mario Pavone Dialect Trio + 1, Blue Vertical (Out of Your Head)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Futari [Satoko Fujii & Taiko Saito], Underground (Libra)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (1962-65, Omnivore)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
NEW RELEASES
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
- Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette-Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Skyline (5 Passion)
- Ethan Iverson & Umbria Jazz Orchestra, Bud Powell in the 21st Century (Sunnyside)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Sone Ka-La 2: Odyssey (Enja)
- Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
- Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Allan Harris, Kate's Soulfood (Love Productions)
DEBUT
- Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr., Lineage (CD Baby)
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
David Brent Johnson (Jazz Director, Night Lights host, WFIU [Bloomington, IN])
NEW RELEASES
- Terence Blanchard, Absence (Blue Note)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
- Ethan Iverson & Umbria Jazz Orchestra, Bud Powell in the 21st Century (Sunnyside)
- The Tiptons Sax Quartet & Drums, Wabi Sabi (Sowie Sound)
- Jeremy Pelt, Griot: This Is Important! (HighNote)
- Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
- The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox)
- Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note -20)
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)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
VOCAL
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
- Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)
Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal, NPR, JazzTimes, Bandcamp, Tidal)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Caroline Davis, Portals, Volume 1: Mourning (Sunnyside)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
- The Baylor Project, Generations (Be a Light)
- Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force, Dear Love (Empress Legacy)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
- Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
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)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
VOCAL
- Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force, Dear Love (Empress Legacy)
DEBUT
LATIN
T.R. Johnson (WWOZ 98.7 FM [New Orleans])
NEW RELEASES
- Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
- John Ellis-Adam Levy-Glenn Patscha, Say It Quiet (Sunnyside)
- Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
- Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge, Jazz Is Dead 6: Gary Bartz (Jazz Is Dead)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, I Told You So (Colemine)
- Weedie Braimah, The Hands of Time (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Miles Davis, Merci, Miles! Live at Vienne (1991, Warner/Rhino)
- Bill Evans Trio, On a Friday Evening (1975, Craft)
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato, Flor (Edition)
DEBUT
- Weedie Braimah, The Hands of Time (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)
LATIN
- Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)
Sanford Josephson (Jersey Jazz Magazine)
NEW RELEASES
- Emmet Cohen, Future Stride (Mack Avenue)
- Joe Farnsworth, City of Sound (Smoke Sessions)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- Andy Farber and His Orchestra, Early Blue Evening (ArtistShare)
- Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves, Reconvexo (Anzic)
- Michael Dease, Give It All You Got (Posi-Tone)
- Terell Stafford & the Temple University Jazz Band, Without You, No Me (BCM+D)
- Gary Smulyan & Ronnie Cuber, Tough Baritones (SteepleChase)
- Scott Hamilton & Duke Robillard, Swingin' Again (Blue Duchess)
- Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander, I'm in Love Again (Turtle Bay)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
- 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
- Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander, I'm in Love Again (Turtle Bay)
DEBUT
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
LATIN
- Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves, Reconvexo (Anzic)
Ammar Kalia (The Guardian)
NEW RELEASES
- Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
- Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- Jaubi, Nafs at Peace (Astigmatic)
- Balimaya Project, Wolo So (Jazz Re:Freshed)
- Arooj Aftab, Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam)
- Theon Cross, Intra-I (New Soil)
- Arushi Jain, Under the Lilac Sky (Leaving)
- Myele Manzanza, Crisis & Opportunity (Vol 1) (London) (DeepMatter)
- Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 (Warp)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Journeys in Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972) (Decca)
- Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Rosie Lowe & Duval Timothy, Son (Carrying Colour)
DEBUT
- Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
LATIN
- It's a Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records: The Singles (1965-75, Craft)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Kimbrough (Newvelle)
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
- Glenn Close & Ted Nash, Transformation (Tiger Turn)
- Mario Pavone & The Tampa Quartet, Isabella (Clean Feed)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Chet Doxas, You Can't Take It With You (Whirlwind)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance -20)
VOCAL
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
DEBUT
LATIN