Ballots 2022 [3]

[Acquaro - Cantor] · [Chacona - Franckling] · [Freeman - Holley] · [Hollis - Kunian] · [Lange - Moore] · [Morrison - Schepper] · [Schmidt - vanTrikt] · [Walls - Yanow]

NEW RELEASES

1. Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
2. Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
3. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
4. Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
5. Thandi Ntuli, Bik Elijah & the Children of Meroe (Next Music)
6. Theo Croker, Love Quantum (Masterworks)
7. JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
8. Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, Elastic Wave (ECM)
9. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Long Gone (Nonesuch)
10. Binker & Moses, Feeding the Machine (Gearbox)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
2. The Pyramids, AOMAWA: The 1970s Recordings (Strut)
3. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.

NEW RELEASES

1. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
2. Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM)
3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
4. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
5. Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
6. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
7. Miles Okazaki, Thisness (Pi)
8. Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Heat Map (Imani)
9. The Bad Plus, The Bad Plus (Edition)
10. Mark Guiliana, The Sound of Listening (Edition)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
2. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
3. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)

NEW RELEASES

1. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
2. Dave Rempis-Elisabeth Harnik-Michael Zerang, Astragaloi (Aerophonic)
3. Stephen Gauci/Joe Hertenstein Featuring Alexander von Schlippenbach & Jan Roder, Soundlift Berlin-New York (GauciMusic)
4. Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon, Break a Vase (Intakt)
5. The Chicago Plan, For New Zealand (Not Two)
6. Chad Fowler-Ivo Perelman-Zoh Amba-Matthew Shipp-William Parker-Steve Hirsh, Alien Skin (Mahakala Music)
7. Josh Sinton's Predicate Quartet, Four Freedoms (Form Is Possibility)
8. Whit Dickey Quartet, Astral Long Form: Staircase in Space (Tao Forms)
9. Paul Dunmall Quintet, Yes Tomorrow (Discus Music)
10. Gordon Grdina-Mark Helias-Matthew Shipp, Pathways (Attaboygirl)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
2. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
3. Peter Brötzmann-Milford Graves-William Parker, Historic Music Past Tense Future (2002, Black Editions)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Zoh Amba, O Life, O Light Vol. 1 (577)

LATIN

• Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of Mingus (Savant)

NEW RELEASES

1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
2. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
3. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
4. Vadim Neselovskyi, Odesa: A Musical Walk Through a Legendary City (Sunnyside)
5. Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)
6. Kalia Vandever, Regrowth (New Amsterdam)
7. Marta Sanchez, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (Whirlwind)
8. Pandelis Karayorgis Trio, The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project (Driff)
9. Owen Broder, Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 1 (Outside In Music)
10. The OGJB Quartet, Ode to O (TUM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Stein, Lifeline (1989-2021, Whaling City Sound)
2. Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri '21)
3. Abbey Lincoln, Straight Ahead (1961, Candid)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)

Note: New Releases ballot cited both Mary Halvorson albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna.

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Balance, Conjure (Two Rooms)
• Surya Botofasina, Everyone's Children (Spiritmuse)
• Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
• Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer, Recordings From the Åland Islands (International Anthem)
• Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
• Tumi Mogorosi, Group Theory: Black Music (Mushroom Hour Half Hour/New Soil)
• Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
• Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
• Rich Ruth, I Survived, It's Over (Third Man)
• Tom Skinner, Voices of Bishara (Brownswood/International Anthem/Nonesuch)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

• Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
• Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
• Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
2. John Escreet, Seismic Shift (Whirlwind)
3. Whit Dickey Quartet, Astral Long Form: Staircase in Space (Tao Forms)
4. Eucalyptus, Moves (Telephone Explosion)
5. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Animal Crossing EP (Whirlwind)
6. Joyfultalk, Familiar Science (Constellation)
7. Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Maternity Beat (Rune Grammofon)
8. Anteloper, Pink Dolphins (International Anthem)
9. Brad Mehldau, Jacob's Ladder (Nonesuch)
10. Secret People, Secret People (Out of Your Head)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
2. Ornette Coleman, Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums (1958-59, Craft)
3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• Timothy Norton, Visions of Phaedrus (Truth Revolution)

LATIN

• Barcelona Clarinet Players, Fantasias Barcelónicas: A Tribute to Paquito D'Rivera (Sunnyside)

NEW RELEASES

1. Janel Leppin, Ensemble Volcanic Ash (Cuneiform)
2. Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
3. JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
4. Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Coltrane (Smoke Sessions '21)
5. John Hébert, Sounds of Love (Sunnyside)
6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
7. Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
8. Ricky Ford, The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul's Scene (Whaling City Sound)
9. Bobby Watson, Back Home in Kansas City (Smoke Sessions)
10. Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
2. Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
3. Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions (1942-49, Mosaic)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)

NEW RELEASES

1. Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
2. Trevor Dunn Trio-Convulsant Avec Folie à Quatre, Séances (Pyroclastic)
3. Fred Moten-Brandon Lopez-Gerald Cleaver, Moten/Lopez/Cleaver (Reading Group)
4. Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra)
5. Studio Dan & Anthony Coleman, . . . Im Gebirg (ROS)
6. Cory Smythe, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Pyroclastic)
7. Steamboat Switzerland, Terrifying Sunset (Trost)
8. Yuko Fujiyama-Graham Haynes-Ikue Mori, Quiet Passion (Intakt)
9. Ben LaMar Gay, Certain Reveries (International Anthem)
10. Tommaso Moretti, Inside Out (Bace)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Derek Bailey, Domestic Jungle (1990s, Scatter)
2. Derek Bailey, Domestic Jungle DAT (1990s, Scatter)
3. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)

VOCAL

• Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone, Xaybu: The Unseen (Pi)

DEBUT

• Uruk, Âme: Live at Artacts (Trost)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
2. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
4. Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
5. Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
6. Jeff Parker-Eric Revis-Nasheet Waits, Eastside Romp (RogueArt)
7. Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
8. Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
9. Brandon Seabrook Trio, In the Swarm (Astral Spirits)
10. Kahil El'Zabar Quartet, A Time for Healing (Spiritmuse)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Sinclair Presents: Detroit Artists Workshop: Community, Jazz and Art in the Motor City 1965-1981 (Strut/Art Yard)
2. Donald Byrd, Live: Cookin' With Blue Note at Montreux (1973, Blue Note)
3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM '21)
2. Wadada Leo Smith, String Quartets Nos. 1-12 (TUM)
3. Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
4. Michael Leonhart Orchestra, The Normyn Suites (Sunnyside)
5. Columbia Icefield [Nate Wooley], Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic)
6. Miles Okazaki, Thisness (Pi)
7. James Gaiters Soul Revival, Understanding Reimagined (self-released)
8. Natsuki Tamura, Summer Tree (Libra)
9. Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
10. The OGJB Quartet, Ode to O (TUM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965, Craft)
2. Jack McDuff, Live at Parnell's (1982, Soul Bank)
3. Esbjörn Svensson, Home.S. (2008, ACT)

VOCAL

• Catherine Russell, Send for Me (Dot Time)

DEBUT

• Mathis Picard, Live at the Museum (Outside In Music)

LATIN

• Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini, Auburn Whisper (GroundUP)

NEW RELEASES

1. Song Yi Jeon & Vinicius Gomes, Home (Greenleaf Music)
2. Fred Moten-Brandon Lopez-Gerald Cleaver, Moten/Lopez/Cleaver (Reading Group)
3. Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
4. Gordon Grdina-Mark Helias-Matthew Shipp, Pathways (Attaboygirl)
5. Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
6. Louis Moutin-Jowee Omicil-Francois Moutin, MOM (Laborie Jazz)
7. Matt Ulery, Become Giant (Woolgathering)
8. Timucin Sahin's Flow State, Funk Poems for 'Bird' (Panoramic)
9. Carlo Mombelli, Lullaby for Planet Earth (Clap Your Hands)
10. Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph, Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef (Strut)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
2. The Pyramids, AOMAWA: The 1970s Recordings (Strut)
3. Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions (1942-49, Mosaic)

VOCAL

• Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Blank Canvas (Stretch/Ropeadope)

DEBUT

• Rick Rosato, Homage (self-released)

LATIN

• Martin Bejerano, #Cubanamerican (Figgland)

NEW RELEASES

1. Javon Jackson, The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Solid Jackson)
2. Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM)
3. Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
4. Yosef Gutman Levitt, Upside Down Mountain (self-released)
5. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
6. Joey Alexander, Origin (Mack Avenue)
7. Joel Ross, The Parable of the Poet (Blue Note)
8. Jazzanova, Strata Records: The Sound of Detroit (BBE)
9. Jasmine Myra, Horizons (Gondwana)
10. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Long Gone (Nonesuch)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Joe Henderson, Inner Urge (1965, Blue Note)
2. Bill Evans Trio, Trio '65 (Verve)
3. John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent (1964, Impulse!)

VOCAL

• Eliane Elias, Quietude (Candid)

DEBUT

• Domi & JD Beck, Not Tight (Apeshit/Blue Note)

LATIN

• Chano Dominguez-Rubem Dantas-Hamilton de Holanda, Chabem (Altafonte)

NEW RELEASES

1. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
2. Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM)
3. Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)
4. Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
5. Keith Jarrett, Bordeaux Concert (ECM)
6. Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
7. John Scofield, John Scofield (ECM)
8. Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
9. Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
10. Emile Parisien, Louise (ACT)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Miles Davis, Live: What It Is: Montreal 7/7/83 (Columbia/Legacy)
2. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)

LATIN

• Dafnis Prieto Featuring Luciana Souza, Cantar (Dafnison)

Note: Initial debut vote for Samora Pinderhughes, Grief replaced with higher-ranked debut.

NEW RELEASES

1. Ruben Machtelinckx + Arve Henriksen, A Short Story (Aspen Edities)
2. Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, Ghost Trance Septet Plays Anthony Braxton (El Negocito)
3. Gordon Grdina's Haram With Marc Ribot, Night's Quietest Hour (Attaboygirl)
4. Torben Snekkestad & Søren Kjærgaard, Another Way of the Heart (Trost)
5. Runhild Gammelsæter & Lasse Marhaug, Higgs Boson (Ideologic Organ)
6. René Lussier, Au Diable Vert (ReR Megacorp/Circum-Disc)
7. Mats Gustafsson & Nu Ensemble, Hidros 8: Heal (Trost)
8. Paal Nilssen-Love Circus, Pairs of Three (PNL)
9. Gerry Hemingway, Afterlife (Auricle)
10. Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Peter Brötzmann-Fred van Hove-Han Bennink, Jazz in Der Kammer Nr. 71: Deutsches Theater/Berlin/GDR/04/11/1974 (Trost)
2. Peter Brötzmann & Han Bennink, Schwarzwaldfahrt (1977, Trost)
3. Daunik Lazro-Jouk Minor-Thierry Madiot-David Chiesa-Louis-Michel Marion, Sonoris Causa (2003, NoBusiness)

VOCAL

• Gerry Hemingway, Afterlife (Auricle)

DEBUT

• Lantana, Elemental (Cipsela)

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here and here.

NEW RELEASES

1. Harry Skoler, Living in Sound: The Music of Charles Mingus (Sunnyside)
2. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
3. Deanna Witkowski, Force of Nature (MCG Jazz)
4. Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
5. Ron Carter, Finding the Right Notes (In+Out)
6. Blue Moods, Myth & Wisdom (Posi-Tone)
7. Bobby Watson, Back Home in Kansas City (Smoke Sessions)
8. Skip Walker, Tina's Contemplation: A Reflection on the Genius of Tina Brooks (Skip Walker Music)
9. Diego Rivera, Mestizo (Posi-Tone)
10. Ben Sidran, Swing State (Nardis)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
2. Miles Davis, That's What Happened [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: 1982-1985] (Columbia/Legacy)
3. John Stein, Lifeline (1989-2021, Whaling City Sound)

VOCAL

• Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)

DEBUT

• John Lee, The Artist (Celar)

LATIN

• Diego Rivera, Mestizo (Posi-Tone)

NEW RELEASES

1. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
2. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
3. Whit Dickey Quartet, Root Perspectives (Tao Forms)
4. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Cold as Weiss (Colemine)
5. Kahil El'Zabar Quartet, A Time for Healing (Spiritmuse)
6. Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
7. Shabaka, Afrikan Culture (Impulse)
8. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
9. Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
10. Anteloper, Pink Dolphins (International Anthem)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
2. Peter Brötzmann-Milford Graves-William Parker, Historic Music Past Tense Future (2002, Black Editions)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Angles, A Muted Reality (Clean Feed)
2. JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
3. Perry Robinson-Mark Whitecage-Ken Filiano-Lou Grassi, Live@VisionFest20 (Not Two)
4. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Thread of Light (Fundacja Sluchaj)
5. Mary Halvorson, Belladonna (Nonesuch)
6. Barre Phillips & György Kurtág, Jr., Face à Face (ECM)
7. Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)
8. Dreamstruck [Marilyn Crispell-Joe Fonda-Harvey Sorgen], With Grace in Mind (Fundacja Sluchaj)
9. I AM [Isaiah Collier & Michael Shekwoaga Ode], Beyond (Division 81)
10. Sergio Carolino, Below 0 (Clean Feed)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Alan Braufman, Live in New York City: February 8, 1975 (Valley of Search)
2. Peter Brötzmann-Fred van Hove-Han Bennink, Jazz in Der Kammer Nr. 71: Deutsches Theater/Berlin/GDR/04/11/1974 (Trost)
3. Dick Hyman, One Step to Chicago (1992, Rivermont)

VOCAL

• Camille Bertault & David Helbock, Playground (ACT)

DEBUT

• Inger Hannisdal, North South East West (Jazzland)

LATIN

• Martin Bejerano, #Cubanamerican (Figgland)

NEW RELEASES

1. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
2. Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
4. Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
5. Dave Douglas Quintet, Songs of Ascent: Book 1 -- Degrees (Greenleaf Music)
6. Gordon Grdina-Mark Helias-Matthew Shipp, Pathways (Attaboygirl)
7. Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, Popular Culture (Community Music Vol. 4) (Royal Potato Family)
8. Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra, In the Valley (Stricker Street)
9. Erik Friedlander, A Queen's Firefly (Skipstone)
10. Frank Catalano, Live at Birdland (Ropeadope)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sam Rivers, Caldera [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 6] (2002, NoBusiness)
2. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk [Deluxe Edition] (1958, Rhino)
3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)

Note: Ballot did not specify volume for multi-volume Dave Douglas and Steven Bernstein series.

NEW RELEASES

1. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
2. Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
3. Avram Fefer Quartet, Juba Lee (Clean Feed)
4. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
5. Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
6. Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
7. Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
8. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Thread of Light (Fundacja Sluchaj)
9. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
10. Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sam Rivers, Caldera [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 6] (2002, NoBusiness)
2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
3. Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)

VOCAL

• Sheila Jordan, Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Live)

DEBUT

• Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)

NEW RELEASES

1. Wayne Shorter-Terri Lyne Carrington-Leo Genovese-Esperanza Spalding, Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid)
2. JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
3. Danilo Pérez, Crisálida (Mack Avenue)
4. Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
5. Nicholas Payton, The Couch Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
6. Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra, In the Valley (Stricker Street)
7. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
8. Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
9. Keith Jarrett, Bordeaux Concert (ECM)
10. Mike Clark & Leon Lee Dorsey Featuring Mike LeDonne, Blues on Top (Jazz Avenue 1)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
2. Lennie Tristano, Personal Recordings, 1946-1970 (Mosaic)
3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

DEBUT

• NYO Jazz, We're Still Here (self-released)

LATIN

• Danilo Pérez, Crisálida (Mack Avenue)

[Acquaro - Cantor] · [Chacona - Franckling] · [Freeman - Holley] · [Hollis - Kunian] · [Lange - Moore] · [Morrison - Schepper] · [Schmidt - vanTrikt] · [Walls - Yanow]