The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll:
2022
Ballots 2022 [1]
Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz Collective)
NEW RELEASES
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Rodrigo Amado, Refraction Solo (Trost)
- Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
- Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra, Eurythmia (Clean Feed)
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live (Intakt)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Fruition (ESP-Disk')
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
- Tim Berne & Gregg Belisle-Chi, Mars (Intakt)
- Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio, Boiling Point (Astral Spirits)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Soft Machine, Facelift: France & Holland (1970, Cuneiform)
- Sam Rivers, Caldera [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 6] (2002, NoBusiness)
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
LATIN
Note: New Releases ballot cited both Mary Halvorson albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna. Voter published an extended list here.
David R. Adler (freelance)
NEW RELEASES
- Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)
- Anna Butterss, Activities (Colorfield)
- David Binney, Tomorrow's Journey (Ghost Note)
- Tim Berne & Gregg Belisle-Chi, Mars (Intakt)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Sasha Berliner, Onyx (self-released)
- Brad Mehldau, Jacob's Ladder (Nonesuch)
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
- Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
- Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone, Xaybu: The Unseen (Pi)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
- James Newton, Flute Music (1977, Morning Trip)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Anna Butterss, Activities (Colorfield)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
NEW RELEASES
- Marquis Hill, New Gospel Revisited (Edition)
- Suzan Veneman Sextet, Migration of the Mind (Zennez)
- Emile Parisien, Louise (ACT)
- Bliss Quintet, Dramaqueen (Jazzland)
- Maximilian Hering, Nostalgia (Klangraum)
- Donatas Petreikis, Another Spirit (Muzika)
- Benjamin Petit, Dear John (Art District)
- Aaron Seeber, First Move (Cellar Live)
- Carol Sloane, Live at Birdland (Club 44)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook (1958, Verve)
- Lennie Tristano, Personal Recordings, 1946-1970 (Mosaic)
- Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Carol Sloane, Live at Birdland (Club 44)
DEBUT
- Suzan Veneman Sextet, Migration of the Mind (Zennez)
LATIN
- Nestor Torres & Corey Allen, Dominican Suite (Nine-PM)
Shannon Ali (Shannon J. Effinger) (New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR Music, Pitchfork)
NEW RELEASES
- Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, Living Sky (Omni Sound)
- Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
- Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
- Ezra Collective, Where I'm Meant to Be (Partisan)
- Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Mal Waldron, Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
DEBUT
LATIN
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
Note: Rara Avis ballot cited both Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights albums, 1963-1964 and 1965-1966.
Larry Appelbaum (JazzTimes, WPFW-FM)
NEW RELEASES
- Dafnis Prieto Featuring Luciana Souza, Cantar (Dafnison)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- Wayne Shorter-Terri Lyne Carrington-Leo Genovese-Esperanza Spalding, Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid)
- Vadim Neselovskyi, Odesa: A Musical Walk Through a Legendary City (Sunnyside)
- Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
- Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra, In the Valley (Stricker Street)
- John Scofield, John Scofield (ECM)
- Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Miles Davis, That's What Happened [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: 1982-1985] (Columbia/Legacy)
- Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
DEBUT
- Laufey, Everything I Know About Love (AWAL)
LATIN
- Chucho Valdés & Paquito D'Rivera Reunion Sextet, I Missed You Too! (Sunnyside)
Mirian Arbalejo (Ditirambop, Jazz Committee (GRAMMY))
NEW RELEASES
- Lynne Arriale Trio, The Lights Are Always On (Challenge)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- Al Foster, Reflections (Smoke Sessions)
- Fred Hersch, Breath by Breath (Palmetto)
- Barcelona Art Orchestra, Ragtime Stories (UnderPool)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Xose Miguélez, Contradictio (Origin)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Steve Turre, Generations (Smoke Sessions)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- Lennie Tristano, Personal Recordings, 1946-1970 (Mosaic)
- Bill Evans, Morning Glory: The 1973 Concert at the Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires (Resonance)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Tess Tyler, Fractals (Manners McDade)
LATIN
Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.
Hrayr Attarian (Jazziz, All About Jazz)
NEW RELEASES
- Eri Yamamoto-Chad Fowler-William Parker-Steve Hirsh, Sparks (Mahakala Music)
- Ivo Perelman-Tim Berne-Tony Malaby-James Carter, (D)IVO (Mahakala Music)
- Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Chris Greene Quartet, PlaySpace 2: Play Harder (Single Malt)
- Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
- Ben LaMar Gay, Open Arms to Open Us (International Anthem '21)
- Sasha Berliner, Onyx (self-released)
- Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Allison Shearer, View From Above (self-released)
LATIN
- Eliane Elias, Quietude (Candid)
Chris Barton (Los Angeles Times, DownBeat)
NEW RELEASES
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
- Jeff Parker, Forfolks (International Anthem '21)
- Miles Okazaki, Thisness (Pi)
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- John Escreet, Seismic Shift (Whirlwind)
- Qasim Naqvi-Wadada Leo Smith-Andrew Cyrille, Two Centuries (Red Hook)
- Thumbscrew, Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Tom Skinner, Voices of Bishara (Brownswood/International Anthem/Nonesuch)
LATIN
Andy Beta (Texas Monthly, Washington Post, New York Times, Maggot Brain, Bandcamp)
NEW RELEASES
- Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph, Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef (Strut)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
- Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, Living Sky (Omni Sound)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Mary Halvorson, Belladonna (Nonesuch)
- Tumi Mogorosi, Group Theory: Black Music (Mushroom Hour Half Hour/New Soil)
- Anteloper, Pink Dolphins (International Anthem)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- RA Washington & Jah Nada, In Search of Our Father's Gardens (Astral Spirits)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Donald Byrd, Live: Cookin' With Blue Note at Montreux (1973, Blue Note)
- Horace Tapscott Quintet, The Quintet (1969, Mr. Bongo)
- Mal Waldron, Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Surya Botofasina, Everyone's Children (Spiritmuse)
LATIN
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
Dan Bilawsky (JazzTimes, New York City Jazz Record, All About Jazz)
NEW RELEASES
- Dave Stryker, As We Are (Strikezone)
- Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM)
- Ryan Keberle Collectiv Do Brasil, Sonhos Da Esquina (Alternate Side)
- Abdullah Ibrahim, Solotude: My Journey, My Vision (Gearbox '21)
- Melissa Stylianou, Dream Dancing (Anzic)
- Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini, Auburn Whisper (GroundUP)
- Anat Cohen, Quartetinho (Anzic)
- Jason Yeager, Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite (Sunnyside)
- Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal, Yes!!! (Sunnyside)
- Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Heat Map (Imani)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Dave Brubeck Trio, Live From Vienna 1967 (Brubeck Editions)
- Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, Live From the Archives: Bootleg June 15, 2000 (Stoner Hill)
VOCAL
- Melissa Stylianou, Dream Dancing (Anzic)
DEBUT
- Ethan Philion, Meditations on Mingus (Sunnyside)
LATIN
- Ryan Keberle Collectiv Do Brasil, Sonhos Da Esquina (Alternate Side)
Larry Birnbaum (Stereophile)
NEW RELEASES
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Henry Kaiser-Alex Varty, Pacifica Koral Reef (577)
- Brad Mehldau, Jacob's Ladder (Nonesuch)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, Living Sky (Omni Sound)
- Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
- Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
- The Comet Is Coming, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (Impulse!)
- Oren Ambarchi-Johan Berthling-Andreas Werliin, Ghosted (Drag City)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ornette Coleman, Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums (1958-59, Craft)
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk [Deluxe Edition] (1958, Rhino)
- Hank Mobley, Curtain Call (1957, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Allen Dennard, Flashback (Allen Dennard Music)
LATIN
- Chano Dominguez-Rubem Dantas-Hamilton de Holanda, Chabem (Altafonte)
Note: New Releases ballot cited both Mary Halvorson albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna.
Larry Blumenfeld (Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Jazziz)
NEW RELEASES
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- Marta Sanchez, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (Whirlwind)
- Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- The Angelica Sanchez Trio, Sparkle Beings (Sunnyside)
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Trio D'été, Turning Point (5Passion)
- Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, Manifesto of Henryisms (Community Music Vol. 3) (Royal Potato Family)
- Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Mal Waldron, Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)
- Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.
Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix)
NEW RELEASES
- Julian Lage, View With a Room (Blue Note)
- Al Foster, Reflections (Smoke Sessions)
- Billy Drummond and Freedom of Ideas, Valse Sinistre (Cellar)
- Tom Harrell, Oak Tree (HighNote)
- Jeff Coffin, Between Dreaming and Joy (Ear Up)
- Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Long Gone (Nonesuch)
- Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge, Within Us: Celebrating 25 Years of the Jazz Surge (MAMA/Summit '21)
- Joel Ross, The Parable of the Poet (Blue Note)
- Martin Bejerano, #Cubanamerican (Figgland)
- Snarky Puppy, Empire Central (GroundUP Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Bill Evans, Morning Glory: The 1973 Concert at the Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires (Resonance)
- Bill Evans, Inner Spirit: The 1979 Concert at the Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires (Resonance)
- Jack McDuff, Live at Parnell's (1982, Soul Bank)
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
DEBUT
- Timothy Norton, Visions of Phaedrus (Truth Revolution)
LATIN
- Martin Bejerano, #Cubanamerican (Figgland)
NEW RELEASES
- Trevor Dunn Trio-Convulsant Avec Folie à Quatre, Séances (Pyroclastic)
- Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, Ghost Trance Septet Plays Anthony Braxton (El Negocito)
- Lisa Ullén-Elsa Bergman-Anna Lund, Space (Relative Pitch)
- Raven Chacon-Tatsuya Nakatini-Carlos Santistevan, Inhale/Exhale (Other Minds)
- The Flying Luttenbachers, Terror Iridescence (ugExplode)
- Stephen Gauci-Matthew Shipp-William Parker-Francisco Mela, Live at Scholes Street Studio (Gaucimusic)
- Brandon Seabrook Trio, In the Swarm (Astral Spirits)
- The Attic [Rodrigo Amado-Gonçalo Almeida-Onno Govaert], Love Ghosts (NoBusiness)
- Lisa Cameron-Damon Smith-Alex Cunningham, Time Without Hours (Storm Cellar)
- Hard Rubber Orchestra, Iguana (Redshift)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
VOCAL
- Tomeka Reid-Kyoko Kitamura-Taylor Ho Bynum-Joe Morris, Geometry of Trees (Relative Pitch)
DEBUT
- Secret People, Secret People (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
Shaun Brady (Philadelphia Inquirer, JazzTimes, Tidal, Jazziz, WRTI)
NEW RELEASES
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone, Xaybu: The Unseen (Pi)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Marta Sanchez, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (Whirlwind)
- David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Mal Waldron, Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Stuart Broomer (Free Jazz Collective, Musicworks, New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure, The Whole Note)
NEW RELEASES
- Columbia Icefield [Nate Wooley], Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic)
- Pat Thomas & XT (Seymour Wright-Paul Abbott-Will Holder), Akisakila/Attitudes of Preparation (Mountains, Oceans, Trees) (Edition Gamut)
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live (Intakt)
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
- Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra, Eurythmia (Clean Feed)
- Hyper.Object, Inter.Independence (Phonogram Unit)
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- Noël Akchoté, Music for the Film Loving Highsmith (Ayler)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Pandelis Karayorgis Trio, The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project (Driff)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Peter Brötzmann-Milford Graves-William Parker, Historic Music Past Tense Future (2002, Black Editions)
- Derek Bailey, Domestic Jungle (1990s, Scatter)
VOCAL
- Roxana Amed, Unánime (Sony Music Latin)
DEBUT
- Miha Gantar, Introducing (Clean Feed)
LATIN
- Roxana Amed, Unánime (Sony Music Latin)
Bill Brownlee (Plastic Sax)
NEW RELEASES
- Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
- Mary Halvorson, Belladonna (Nonesuch)
- Columbia Icefield [Nate Wooley], Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic)
- Dave Douglas Quintet, Songs of Ascent: Book 1 -- Degrees (Greenleaf Music)
- Bobby Watson, Back Home in Kansas City (Smoke Sessions)
- Anat Cohen, Quartetinho (Anzic)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
- Hermon Mehari, Asmara (Komos)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Miles Davis, That's What Happened [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: 1982-1985] (Columbia/Legacy)
- Andrew Cyrille-Elliot Sharp-Richard Teitelbaum, 2011, Evocation (Infrequent Seams)
- Geri Allen-Charlie Haden-Paul Motian, Live at the Village Vanguard (Unissued Tracks) (1990, DIW)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
- Daniel Villarreal, Panamá 77 (International Anthem)
Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.
Robert Bush (New York City Jazz Record, San Diego Reader, San Diego Troubadour)
NEW RELEASES
- Vinny Golia, Even to This Day . . . Movement One: Inoculations for Orchestra and Soloists (Nine Winds/PfMentum -21)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Marc Copland, Someday (InnerVoice Jazz)
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
- Rich Halley-Dan Clucas-Clyde Reed-Carson Halley, Boomslang (Pine Eagle '21)
- Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Fruition (ESP-Disk')
- Jeff Denson-Romain Pilon-Brian Blade, Finding Light (Ridgeway)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra, Eurythmia (Clean Feed)
- Dan Clucas-Kyle Motl-Nathan Hubbard, Daydream and Halting (FMR)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1961, Candid)
VOCAL
- Aubrey Johnson & Randy Ingram, Play Favorites (Sunnyside)
DEBUT
- Miha Gantar, Introducing (Clean Feed)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Dan Buskirk (WPRB [Princeton], Fun2Know Podcast)
NEW RELEASES
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Sonic Liberation Front and the Sonic Liberation Singers, Justice: The Vocal Works of Oliver Lake (High Two)
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
- Kalia Vandever, Regrowth (New Amsterdam)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
- Brandon Seabrook Trio, In the Swarm (Astral Spirits)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Allison Miller & Carmen Staaf, Nearness (Sunnyside)
- Daniel Villarreal, Panamá 77 (International Anthem)
- Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- The Pyramids, AOMAWA: The 1970s Recordings (Strut)
- Charles Stepney, Step on Step (International Anthem)
VOCAL
- Sam Gendel & Antonia Cytrynowicz, Live a Little (Psychic Hotline)
DEBUT
- Kalia Vandever, Regrowth (New Amsterdam)
LATIN
NEW RELEASES
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
- Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, Elastic Wave (ECM)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Luke Stewart's Silt Trio, The Bottom (Cuneiform)
- Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
- Avram Fefer Quartet, Juba Lee (Clean Feed)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Sasha Berliner, Onyx (self-released)
- Marquis Hill, New Gospel Revisited (Edition)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (1962-65, Omnivore '21)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
VOCAL
DEBUT
- I AM [Isaiah Collier & Michael Shekwoaga Ode], Beyond (Division 81)
LATIN