16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021
Ballots 2021 [5]
George Kanzler (Hot House, New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- Kimbrough (Newvelle)
- Ulysses Owens Jr Big Band, Soul Conversations (Outside In Music)
- Rossano Sportiello, That's It (Arbors)
- Greg Abate, Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron (Whaling City Sound)
- Doug MacDonald, Serenade to Highland Park (DMAC Music)
- Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)
- Steven Feifke Big Band, Kinetic (Outside In Music)
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
- Edmar Castañeda, Family (Arpa y Voz)
- Uptown Jazz Tentet, What's Next (Irrabagast -20)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Bill Evans, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956-1980) (Concord)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
VOCAL
- Paul Jost Quartet, While We Were Gone (Paul Jost Music)
DEBUT
- Yuma Uesaka-Cat Toren-Colin Hinton, Ocelot (577)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Fred Kaplan (Slate, Stereophile)
NEW RELEASES
- David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
- Kimbrough (Newvelle)
- Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
- William Parker, Painters Winter (AUM Fidelity)
- John Zorn, New Masada Quartet (Tzadik)
- Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
- Jason Moran, The Sound Will Tell You (Yes)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus at Carnegie Hall [Deluxe Edition] (1974, Atlantic)
- Nina Simone, The Montreux Years (1968-90, BMG)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Sarah Vaughan, Live at the Berlin Philharmonie 1969 (The Lost Recordings)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
Yoshi Kato (San Francisco Chronicle, DownBeat)
NEW RELEASES
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)
- Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
- Helen Sung, Quartet + (Sunnyside)
- Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
- Satoko Fujii, Piano Music (Libra)
- Bremer McCoy, Natten (Luaka Bop)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time OutTakes (1959, Brubeck Editions -20)
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
DEBUT
- Jared Schonig, Two Takes Vol. 1 Quintet / Two Takes Vol. 2 Big Band (Anzic)
LATIN
- Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)
NEW RELEASES
- William Parker, Painters Winter (AUM Fidelity)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Helen Sung, Quartet + (Sunnyside)
- Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor, Long Tall Sunshine (Not Two)
- Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
- Alchemy Sound Project, Afrika Love (ARC)
- Lena Bloch & Feathery, Rose of Lifta (Fresh Sound New Talent)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
VOCAL
- Roseanna Vitro, Sing a Song of Bird (Skyline)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
NEW RELEASES
- William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
- Ivo Perelman, Brass and Ivory Tales (Fundacja Sluchaj)
- Whit Dickey-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Village Mothership (TAO Forms)
- Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Larry Ochs-Donald Robinson Duo, A Civil Right (ESP-Disk)
- Benoît Delbecq, The Weight of Light (Pyroclastic)
- Beady Beast [Christy Doran & Franz Hellmuller], On the Go (Between the Lines)
- Mario Pavone Dialect Trio + 1, Blue Vertical (Out of Your Head)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Harvie S Trio, Going for It (1985, Savant)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
David Kunian (WWOZ-FM New Orleans, Offbeat, New Orleans Jazz Museum)
NEW RELEASES
- Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
- Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
- Craig Klein, Talkative Horns (Tromboklein Music)
- Sun Ra Arkestra, Swirling (Strut -20)
- Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
- Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem -20)
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note)
- Dave Rempis-Tomeka Reid-Joshua Abrams-Tim Daisy-Tyler Damon, The Covid Tapes: Solos, Duos, & Trios (Aerophonic)
- Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
- Matt Booth & Palindromes, Mythomania (Ears & Eyes)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
VOCAL
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
DEBUT
- Matt Booth & Palindromes, Mythomania (Ears & Eyes)
LATIN
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Block Ensemble, Hugs & Bugs (Clean Feed)
- Françcois Houle & Samo Salamon, Unobservable Mysteries (Samo)
- Ivo Perelman, Brass and Ivory Tales (Fundacja Sluchaj)
- Tom Rainey Obbligato, Untucked in Hannover (Intakt)
- ROVA, The Circumference of Reason (ESP-Disk)
- Sten Sandell & Lisa Ullén, Double Music (Clean Feed)
- Kevin Sun, <3 Bird (Endectomorph)
- Alexander von Schlippenbach, Slow Pieces for Aki (Intakt -20)
- Andreas Willers, Haerae (Evil Rabbit -20)
- Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
NEW RELEASES
- Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
- Dan Blake, Da Fé (Sunnyside)
- Rich Halley-Dan Clucas-Clyde Reed-Carson Halley, Boomslang (Pine Eagle)
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
- Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem)
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, The Democracy! Suite (Blue Engine)
- Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)
- Miho Hazama & Danish Radio Big Band, Imaginary Visions (Edition)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Michael Gregory Jackson, Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, self-released -20)
VOCAL
- Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue)
DEBUT
- Daniel Casimir, Boxed In (Jazz Re:freshed)
LATIN
- Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
- Jon Irabagon, Bird With Streams (Irabbagast)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
- Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
- Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
- Maria Grand, Reciprocity (Biophilia)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Sun Ra, Lanquidity [Definitive Edition] (1978, Strut)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato, Flor (Edition)
DEBUT
- Nortonk, Nortonk (Biophilia)
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
Devin Leonard (Bloomberg)
NEW RELEASES
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Caroline Davis, Portals, Volume 1: Mourning (Sunnyside)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Chris Potter Circuits Trio, Sunrise Reprise (Edition)
- Tom Rainey Obbligato, Untucked in Hannover (Intakt)
- Ben Monder-Tony Malaby-Tom Rainey, Live at the 55 Bar (Sunnyside)
- Kevin Hays-Ben Street-Billy Hart, All Things Are (Smoke Sessions)
- Christopher Hoffman, Asp Nimbus (Out of Your Head)
- Noah Preminger & Kim Cass, Thunda (Day Bridge)
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!)
- Jeanne Lee, Conspiracy (1975, Moved-by-Sound)
VOCAL
- Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)
DEBUT
- Lex Korten, Forward (self-released)
LATIN
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
John Litweiler (WHPK-FM [Chicago], Point of Departure)
NEW RELEASES
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Potsa Lotsa XL, Silk Songs for Space Dogs (Leo -20)
- Larry Ochs & Aram Shelton Quartet, Continental Drift (Clean Feed -20)
- Angelika Niescier & Alexander Hawkins, Soul in Plain Sight (Intakt)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Douglas R Ewart-Mike Reed, Sun Beans of Shimmering Light (Astral Spirits)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Roscoe Mitchell, Dots: Pieces for Percussion and Woodwinds (Wide Hive)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Rich Halley-Dan Clucas-Clyde Reed-Carson Halley, Boomslang (Pine Eagle)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Joel Futterman, Creation Series (2008, NoBusiness)
- Joe Harriott Quintet, Free Form & Abstract Revisited (1960-62, Ezz-Thetics)
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
Suzanne Lorge (New York City Jazz Record, DownBeat, Jazziz)
NEW RELEASES
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
- Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)
- Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Live! (Concord Jazz)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho)
- Gretchen Parlato, Flor (Edition)
- Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
- Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid)
- Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Keith Jarrett, Sun Bear Concerts (1976, ECM)
- Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato, Flor (Edition)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho)
NEW RELEASES
- Dave Liebman Expansions, Selflessness: The Music of John Coltrane (Dot Time)
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
- Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
- Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
- Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
- Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)
- Pat Metheny, Road to the Sun (Modern)
- Jon Irabagon, Bird With Streams (Irabbagast)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Horace Silver Quintet, 6 Pieces of Silver (1956, Blue Note)
- Sun Ra, Lanquidity [Definitive Edition] (1978, Strut)
- Eberhard Weber, Once Upon a Time: Live in Avignon (1994, ECM)
VOCAL
- Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
- Henry Cole & Villa Locura, Buscando La Vida (La Música Artesanal)
NEW RELEASES
- Kimbrough (Newvelle)
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
- Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
- Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile, Snark Horse (Pi)
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
- Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
- Tom Rainey Obbligato, Untucked in Hannover (Intakt)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
- Gregg Belisle-Chi, Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne (Relative Pitch)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (1962-65, Omnivore)
VOCAL
- Mary LaRose, Out Here (Little (i) Music)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
NEW RELEASES
- Michael Wollny-Emile Parisien-Tim Lefebvre-Christian Lillinger, XXXX (ACT Music)
- Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
- Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
- Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
- Kimbrough (Newvelle)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
- Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber, Angels Over Oakanda (Avant Groidd)
- Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, Corona (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Don Cherry, The Summer House Sessions (1968, Blank Forms Editions)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
VOCAL
- Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force, Dear Love (Empress Legacy)
DEBUT
- Gabriel Ahkmad Marin, Ruminate: Improvisations for Fretless Guitar and Dutar (Worlds Within Worlds)
LATIN
- Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Chapter 10: Breaking Cover (Picaro)
Peter Margasak (DownBeat, The Wire, Chamber Music, The Quietus, Bandcamp Daily)
NEW RELEASES
- Jeff Parker, Forfolks (International Anthem)
- Punkt. Vrt. Plastik [Kaja Draksler/Petter Eldh/Christian Lillinger], Somit (Intakt)
- Natural Information Society & Evan Parker, Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) (Aguirre/Eremite)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia)
- Chris Pattishall, Zodiac (self-released)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
- Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, (Exit) Knarr (Odin)
- Ahmed, Nights on Saturn (Communication) (Astral Spirits)
- Irène Schweizer & Hamid Drake, Celebration (Intakt)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- Tom Prehn, Centrifuga & Sohlverv (1964, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato, Flor (Edition)
DEBUT
- David Leon, Aire De Agua (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
NEW RELEASES
- Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)
- John Pizzarelli, Better Days Ahead: Solo Guitar Takes on Pat Metheny (Ghostlight)
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
- Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Helen Sung, Quartet + (Sunnyside)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
- Kurt Elling, SuperBlue (Edition)
- Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (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)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
DEBUT
- Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind)
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note)
Ken Micallef (Stereophile, JazzTimes, DownBeat)
NEW RELEASES
- Marc Cary, Life Lessons (Sessionheads United)
- Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber, Angels Over Oakanda (Avant Groidd)
- William Parker & Patricia Nicholson, No Joke! (ESP-Disk)
- Alexis Parsons, Alexis (New Artists)
- Kevin Sun, <3 Bird (Endectomorph)
- Tobias Meinhart, The Painter (Sunnyside)
- James Francies, Purest Form (Blue Note)
- Matthew Stevens, Pittsburgh (Whirlwind)
- Stephanie Nilles, I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag - The White Flag (Sunnyside)
- Dan Wilson, Vessels of Wood and Earth (Brother Mister/Mack Avenue)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
- Nina Simone, The Montreux Years (1968-90, BMG)
VOCAL
- Alexis Parsons, Alexis (New Artists)
DEBUT
- Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
LATIN
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Rahsaan Barber, Mosaic (Jazz Music City)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
- Boubacar "Badian" Diabaté, Mande Guitar (Lion Songs)
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue)
- Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
- William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
- Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Sacred Ceremonies (TUM)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus at Carnegie Hall [Deluxe Edition] (1974, Atlantic)
VOCAL
- Maria Muldaur With Tuba Skinny, Let's Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
DEBUT
LATIN
- It's a Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records: The Singles (1965-75, Craft)
NEW RELEASES
- Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Live! (Concord Jazz)
- Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition)
- Lyle Mays, Eberhard (self-released)
- Alex Sipiagin, Upstream (Posi-Tone)
- Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
- Steve Gadd Band, At Blue Note Tokyo (BFM Jazz)
- Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette-Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Skyline (5 Passion)
- Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
- Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
- Dave Zinno Unisphere, Fetish (Whaling City Sound)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
- Roseanna Vitro, Listen Here (1982, Skyline)
- Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker, Quintet Sessions 1979 (Dot Time -20)
VOCAL
- Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience)
DEBUT
- Rachel Eckroth, The Garden (Rainy Days)
LATIN
- Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn)