The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll:
2022
Ballots 2022 [6]
Allen Morrison (DownBeat, JazzTimes)
NEW RELEASES
- Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue '21)
- Ron Carter, Finding the Right Notes (In+Out)
- Larry Goldings-Peter Bernstein-Bill Stewart, Perpetual Pendulum (Smoke Sessions)
- SWR Big Band-Magnus Lindgren-John Beasley, Bird Lives (ACT '21)
- Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note '21)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Harry Skoler, Living in Sound: The Music of Charles Mingus (Sunnyside)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
- Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)
- Dafnis Prieto Featuring Luciana Souza, Cantar (Dafnison)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- 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)
- Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook (1958, Verve)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Shiri Zorn, Into Another Land (IA)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Brian Morton (DownBeat, The Wire, The Tablet, Jazznytt)
NEW RELEASES
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- Ilhan Ersahin-Dave Harrington-Kenny Wollesen, Invite Your Eye (Nublu)
- Walking Cliché Sextet [SeaJun Kwon], Micro-Nap (Endectomorph Music)
- Olli Hirvonen, Kielo (Ropeadope)
- Lucian Ban, Ways of Disappearing (Sunnyside)
- Camille Bertault & David Helbock, Playground (ACT)
- Marshall Gilkes, Cyclic Journey (Alternate Side)
- Sasha Berliner, Onyx (self-released)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Thumbscrew, Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Mal Waldron, Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)
- Denny Zeitlin, The Name of This Terrain (1969, Now-Again Reserve)
- Hermeto Pascoal, Hermeto (1970, Far Out)
VOCAL
- Kurt Elling, SuperBlue: The London Sessions (Edition)
DEBUT
LATIN
Russ Musto (New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- Al Foster, Reflections (Smoke Sessions)
- Danilo Pérez, Crisálida (Mack Avenue)
- Dafnis Prieto Featuring Luciana Souza, Cantar (Dafnison)
- Joel Ross, The Parable of the Poet (Blue Note)
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Imágenes Latinas (Ovation)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note '21)
- Max Roach, We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1961, Candid)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
VOCAL
- Claudia Acuña, Duo (Ropeadope)
DEBUT
- Julius Rodriguez, Let Sound Tell All (Verve)
LATIN
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Imágenes Latinas (Ovation)
Stuart Nicholson (Jazzwise)
NEW RELEASES
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
- Julia Hülsmann Quartet, The Next Door (ECM)
- Zela Margossian Quintet, The Road (Ropeadope)
- Oded Tzur, Isabela (ECM)
- Emile Parisien, Louise (ACT)
- Espen Berg, The Trondheim Concert (NXN)
- Espen Eriksen Trio Featuring Andy Sheppard, In the Mountains (Rune Grammofon)
- The Bad Plus, The Bad Plus (Edition)
- Julian Lage, View With a Room (Blue Note)
- Enrico Rava, Edizione Speciale (ECM '21)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- McCoy Tyner/Freddie Hubbard Quintet, Live at Fabrik (1986, NDR Kultur)
- Don Ellis, The Hindustani Jazz Sextet Live at UCLA (1966, Sleepy Night)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Eliane Correa & La Evolución, Signo de Fuego (Somas Mas)
NEW RELEASES
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- The Attic [Rodrigo Amado-Gonçalo Almeida-Onno Govaert], Love Ghosts (NoBusiness)
- David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
- Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, Elastic Wave (ECM)
- Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
- John Zorn & Bill Laswell, The Cleansing (Tzadik)
- Secret People, Secret People (Out of Your Head)
- Ballister, Chrysopoeia (Aerophonic/Not Two)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
- The Comet Is Coming, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (Impulse!)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Don Ayler, In Florence 1981 (Railroad Town Music)
- Albert Ayler, La Cave Live Cleveland 1966 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics)
- John Coltrane, Favorites [Naima/My Favorite Things/A Love Supreme] Revisited (1963-65, Ezz-Thetics)
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
LATIN
Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.
NEW RELEASES
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Emiliano Sampaio Jazz Symphonic Orchestra, We Have a Dream (Alessa)
- Anders Koppel, Mulberry Street Symphony (Cowbell Music)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone, Xaybu: The Unseen (Pi)
- Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
- Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra)
- Yosef Gutman Levitt, Upside Down Mountain (self-released)
- Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Chet Baker Trio, Live in Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1963-1964 (Elemental)
- Cecil Taylor, Respiration: Live in Warsaw '68 (Fundacja Sluchaj)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
- Roxana Amed, Unánime (Sony Music Latin)
NEW RELEASES
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Fazer, Plex (City Slang)
- Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
- Dafnis Prieto Featuring Luciana Souza, Cantar (Dafnison)
- Jon Cowherd Trio, Pride and Joy (Le Coq)
- Alex Acuña, Gifts (Le Coq)
- Eliane Elias, Quietude (Candid)
- Samora Pinderhughes, Grief (Stretch/Ropeadope)
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
- Ethan Iverson, Every Note Is True (Blue Note)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1961, Candid)
VOCAL
- Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)
DEBUT
- Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)
LATIN
- Alex Acuña, Gifts (Le Coq)
Note: New Releases ballot cited both Mary Halvorson albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna. Voter published an extended list or essay here.
NEW RELEASES
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
- Ricky Ford, The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul's Scene (Whaling City Sound)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, Living Sky (Omni Sound)
- Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
- Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
- The Ogún Meji Duo, Freedom Suite (CFG Multimedia)
- Jeong Lim Yang, Zodiac Suite: Reassured (Fresh Sound)
- Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra)
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Horace Tapscott Quintet, Legacies for Our Grandchildren (1995, Dark Tree)
VOCAL
- Joyce Moreno, Brasileiras Canções (Biscoito Fino)
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Annie Parnell (VPM Music)
NEW RELEASES
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Domi & JD Beck, Not Tight (Apeshit/Blue Note)
- Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
- Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
- Trish Clowes, A View With a Room (Greenleaf Music)
- Takuya Kuroda, Midnight Crisp (First Word)
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Donald Byrd, Live: Cookin' With Blue Note at Montreux (1973, Blue Note)
- Salome Bey, Salome Bey (1970, Pickwick)
- Miles Davis, That's What Happened [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: 1982-1985] (Columbia/Legacy)
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)
NEW RELEASES
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
- Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Long Gone (Nonesuch)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
- Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
- Julian Lage, View With a Room (Blue Note)
- Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Coltrane (Smoke Sessions '21)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Bill Evans, Inner Spirit: The 1979 Concert at the Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires (Resonance)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Note: Rara Avis ballot cited both Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights albums, 1963-1964 and 1965-1966.
NEW RELEASES
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra)
- Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone, Xaybu: The Unseen (Pi)
- Dana Lyn, A Point on a Slow Curve (In a Circle)
- Emiliano Sampaio Jazz Symphonic Orchestra, We Have a Dream (Alessa)
- Vadim Neselovskyi, Odesa: A Musical Walk Through a Legendary City (Sunnyside)
- Anders Koppel, Mulberry Street Symphony (Cowbell Music)
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)
- Cecil Taylor, Respiration: Live in Warsaw '68 (Fundacja Sluchaj)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
- Roxana Amed, Unánime (Sony Music Latin)
John Pietaro (New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, Living Sky (Omni Sound)
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- Elliott Sharp & Eric Mingus, Songs From a Rogue State (Zoar)
- WeFreeStrings, Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage (ESP-Disk')
- Bi Ba Doom, Graceful Collision (Astral Spirits)
- Mac Gollehon, The End Is the Beginning (Nefarious Industries)
- Heroes Are Gang Leaders, LeAutoRoiOgraphy (577)
- Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation, Let's Save the World Suite (Composers Concordance)
- John Zorn, Meditations on the Tarot (Tzadik)
- Clint Bahr, Puzzle Box (MoonJune)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- No Safety, Spill (1991-92, Cuneiform '21)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Nikki Giovanni, The Way I Feel (1975, Modern Harmonic '21)
VOCAL
- Elliott Sharp & Eric Mingus, Songs From a Rogue State (Zoar)
DEBUT
- Bi Ba Doom, Graceful Collision (Astral Spirits)
LATIN
Dan Polletta (WCLV Cleveland)
NEW RELEASES
- Steve Cardenas-Ben Allison-Ted Nash, Healing Power: The Music of Carla Bley (Sunnyside)
- John Scofield, John Scofield (ECM)
- Per Møllehøj-Kirk Knuffke-Thommy Andersson, 'S Wonderful (Stunt)
- Steven Bernstein's MTO Featuring Catherine Russell, Good Time Music [Community Music Vol 2] (Royal Potato Family)
- Peter Erskine-Alan Pasqua-Darek Oles, Live in Italy (Fuzzy Music)
- Jeff Parker-Eric Revis-Nasheet Waits, Eastside Romp (RogueArt)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Catherine Russell, Send for Me (Dot Time)
- Angles, A Muted Reality (Clean Feed)
- Steve Davis, Bluesthetic (Smoke Sessions)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Frank Kimbrough, 2003-2006: Lullabluebye/Play (Palmetto)
- Dick Hyman, One Step to Chicago (1992, Rivermont)
VOCAL
- Catherine Russell, Send for Me (Dot Time)
DEBUT
LATIN
Peter Quinn (Jazzwise, The Arts Desk)
NEW RELEASES
- Marta Sanchez, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (Whirlwind)
- Julia Hülsmann Quartet, The Next Door (ECM)
- Julian Lage, View With a Room (Blue Note)
- Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
- Fergus McCreadie, Forest Floor (Edition)
- Michael Leonhart Orchestra, The Normyn Suites (Sunnyside)
- Tord Gustavsen Trio, Opening (ECM)
- Tigran Hamasyan, Stand Art (Nonesuch)
- Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph, Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef (Strut)
- Lynne Arriale Trio, The Lights Are Always On (Challenge)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane, My Favorite Things [60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (1962, Rhino)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Frank Kimbrough, 2003-2006: Lullabluebye/Play (Palmetto)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Ester Wiesenerová, Blue Journal (self-released)
LATIN
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Imágenes Latinas (Ovation)
Derk Richardson (The Absolute Sound, Peghead Nation, KPFA 94.1 FM [Berkeley])
NEW RELEASES
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Trevor Dunn Trio-Convulsant Avec Folie à Quatre, Séances (Pyroclastic)
- Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Fruition (ESP-Disk')
- The Smudges, Song and Call (Cryptogramophone)
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- WeFreeStrings, Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage (ESP-Disk')
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Sun Ra, The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (1961, Craft)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Robin Holcomb, One Way or Another, Vol. 1 (Songlines)
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
LATIN
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
Britt Robson (JazzTimes, Bandcamp, Minnpost)
NEW RELEASES
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Tim Berne & Gregg Belisle-Chi, Mars (Intakt)
- Rob Mazurek Quartet, Father's Wing (Rogue Art)
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- Xiomara Torres, La Voz Del Mar (Patois)
- Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Catherine Russell, Send for Me (Dot Time)
- Ryan Keberle Collectiv Do Brasil, Sonhos Da Esquina (Alternate Side)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Lightnin' Hopkins, Lightnin' in New York (1960, Candid)
VOCAL
- Xiomara Torres, La Voz Del Mar (Patois)
DEBUT
- Xiomara Torres, La Voz Del Mar (Patois)
LATIN
- Xiomara Torres, La Voz Del Mar (Patois)
NEW RELEASES
- Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)
- Marta Sanchez, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (Whirlwind)
- Mike Allemana, Vonology (Ears & Eyes)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Ethan Philion, Meditations on Mingus (Sunnyside)
LATIN
- Rosalía, Motomami (Columbia)
Note: Rara Avis ballot cited both Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights albums, 1963-1964 and 1965-1966.
Bret Saunders (Denver Post, KBCO-FM [Denver])
NEW RELEASES
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
- Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
- Kirk Knuffke Trio, Gravity Without Airs (Tao Forms)
- Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, Living Sky (Omni Sound)
- David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
- Avram Fefer Quartet, Juba Lee (Clean Feed)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions (1942-49, Mosaic)
VOCAL
- Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.
NEW RELEASES
- Nicholas Payton, The Couch Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Keith Jarrett, Bordeaux Concert (ECM)
- Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph, Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef (Strut)
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- Dreamstruck [Marilyn Crispell-Joe Fonda-Harvey Sorgen], With Grace in Mind (Fundacja Sluchaj)
- Marquis Hill, New Gospel Revisited (Edition)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- 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)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
NEW RELEASES
- Theo Croker Quartet, Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII: Sketches of Miles (ACT)
- Nadje Noordhuis, Full Circle (Newvelle)
- Anders Koppel, Mulberry Street Symphony (Cowbell Music)
- Marquis Hill, New Gospel Revisited (Edition)
- Eli Degibri, Henri and Rachel (Degibri)
- Lynne Arriale Trio, The Lights Are Always On (Challenge)
- Wako, Ut Av Det Nye (Ora Fonogram)
- Daniel Rotem, Wise One: Celebrating the Music of John Coltrane ()
- Sam Reider, Petrichor (Slow & Steady)
- Matt Ulery, Become Giant (Woolgathering)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Berlin 1959 (Storyville '21)
VOCAL
- Karen Marguth, Until (OA2 '21)
DEBUT
- Staffan Bråsjö, Stratosfär (self-released)
LATIN
Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.