Ballots 2023 [1]

[Acquaro - Cartwright] · [Castañeda - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gutterman] · [Hale - Kaplan] · [Kato - Micallef] · [Michie - Polletta] · [Quinn - Szwed] · [Tamarkin - Yokoi]

NEW RELEASES

1. Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
2. Aruán Ortiz Trio, Serranias: Sketchbook for Piano Trio (Intakt) →
3. Ralph Towner, At First Light (ECM) →
4. John Zorn, Nothing Is as Real as Nothing (Tzadik) →
5. Tomas Fujiwara, Pith (Out of Your Head) →
6. Ivo Perelman & Matt Moran, Tuning Forks (Ibeji Music) →
7. Frode Gjerstad & Matthew Shipp, We Speak (Relative Pitch) →
8. Max Koch, Ten Bulls (Jazzwerkstatt) →
9. Christopher Dell-Christian Lillinger-Jonas Westergaard, Beats II (Plaist) →
10. Location Location Location [Michael Formanek/Anthony Pirog/Mike Pride], Damaged Goods (Cuneiform) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sam Rivers, Archive Series (1971-2002, NoBusiness) →
2. Peter Brötzmann-Fred Van Hove-Han Bennink [+ Albert Mangelsdorff], Outspan No 1/2 (1974, CienFuegos) →
3. Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Luten at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz (2011, Jazzwerkstatt) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Yvonne Rogers, Seeds (Relative Pitch) →

LATIN

• Aruán Ortiz Trio, Serranias: Sketchbook for Piano Trio (Intakt) →

Note: Also see extended top list.

NEW RELEASES

1. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
2. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
3. Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
4. JD Allen, This (Savant) →
5. Daniel Santiago & Pedro Martins, Movement (Heartcore) →
6. Säje, Säje (Säjevoices) →
7. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
8. Lesley Mok, The Living Collection (American Dreams) →
9. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
10. Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours (Biophilia) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Reaching for the Stars: Trios/Duos/Solos (1962-65, Omnivore) →
2. Sonny Stitt, Boppin' in Baltimore: Live at the Left Bank (1973, Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
3. Luis Russell, At the Swing Cats Ball: Newly Discovered Recordings From the Closet, Volume 1 1938-1940 (Dot Time Legends) →

VOCAL

• Säje, Säje (Säjevoices) →

DEBUT

• Lesley Mok, The Living Collection (American Dreams) →

LATIN

• Sofia Rei & Jorge Roeder, Coplas Escondidas (self-released) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Maria Baptist Quintet, Essays on Jazz (self-released) →
2. Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
3. Ethan Philion Quartet, Gnosis (Sunnyside) →
4. Charley Rose Trio, Dada Pulp (Menace) →
5. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
6. Brian McCarthy Nonet, After|Life (Truth Revolution) →
7. Jason Rebello & Tim Garland, Life to Life (Whirlwind) →
8. Engin Özşahin, Conversations in Chaos (self-released) →
9. Christian McBride's New Jawn, Prime (Mack Avenue) →
10. Alex Sipiagin Quintet, Mel's Vision (Criss Cross) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Ornette Coleman Trio, At the Golden Circle Stockholm Revisited (1965, Ezz-Thetics) →
2. Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →
3. Graham Collier, Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days '69 (My Only Desire) →

VOCAL

• Jo Lawry, Acrobats (Whirlwind) →

DEBUT

• Riccardo Gola, Cosmonautica (Jando) →

LATIN

• Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, Home Is Here (Tapestry) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
2. JoVia Armstrong & Eunoia Society, Inception (Black Earth Music) →
3. Val Jeanty-Candice Hoyes-Mimi Jones, Nite Bjuti (Whirlwind) →
4. Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
5. Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch) →
6. Chief Adjuah, Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope) →
7. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
8. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
9. Angel Bat Dawid, Requiem for Jazz (International Anthem) →
10. Bettye LaVette, LaVette! (Jay-Vee) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
2. Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →
3. Max Roach, Members, Don't Git Weary (1968, Arc/Atlantic) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →

LATIN

• Roxana Amed & Frank Carlberg, Los Trabajos Y Las Noches (Sony Music Latin) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Red Hot Org, Red Hot & Ra: Solar: Sun Ra in Brasil (Red Hot Org) →
2. John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
3. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
4. Ron Blake, Mistaken Identity (7ten33 Productions) →
5. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
6. David Virelles, Carta (Intakt) →
7. Guillermo Klein Quinteto, Telmo's Tune (Sunnyside) →
8. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
9. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
10. Laufey, Bewitched (AWAL) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
3. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →

VOCAL

• Gregory Porter, Christmas Wish (Blue Note) →

DEBUT

• Val Jeanty-Candice Hoyes-Mimi Jones, Nite Bjuti (Whirlwind) →

LATIN

• Sammy Figueroa, Something for a Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo) (Ashé) →

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
• Billy Childs, The Winds of Change (Mack Avenue) →
• Christian Dillingham, Cascades (Greenleaf Music) →
• James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
• Shawn Maxwell, Story at Eleven (self-released) →
• Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
• Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Maternity Beat (Rune Grammofon '22) →
• Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
• Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
• Brandee Younger, Brand New Life (Impulse) →

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

• Donald Byrd, Live: Cookin' With Blue Note at Montreux (1973, Blue Note '22) →
• Eric Ghost, Secret Sauce (1975, Jazz Room '22) →
• Shirley Scott, Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• Lesley Mok, The Living Collection (American Dreams) →

LATIN

• Harold López-Nussa, Timba a la Americana (Blue Note) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
2. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →
3. Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch) →
4. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
5. Daniel Villarreal, Lados B (International Anthem) →
6. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →
7. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
8. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
9. Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →
10. Walter Smith III, Return to Casual (Blue Note) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

• Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• David Bandrowski & the Rhumba Defense, French Onion Superman (self-released '22) →
• Cigar Box Serenaders, Spasm (self-released) →
• Frog & Henry, Italy & England: 2020-2022 (self-released '22) →
• The Garden of Joy, Bouncin' Around (self-released) →
• The New Wonders, The New Wonders (Turtle Bay) →
• Michel Pastre-Louis Mazetier-Guillaume Nouaux, Fine Ideas (Camille Productions) →
• Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, Take Me to the Ragtime Dance (Rivermont) →
• Smoking Time Jazz Club, Six Blues, Five Joys & a Stomp (self-released) →
• Soggy Po Boys, It's Good to Laugh Again (self-released '22) →
• Tuba Skinny, Hot Town (self-released) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray 1920-1922 (Archeophone) →
2. The Bix Centennial All-Stars, Celebrating Bix! [20th Anniversary Edition] (2003, Turtle Bay) →
3. Dick Hyman, One Step to Chicago: The Legacy of Frank Teschemacher and the Austin High Gang (1992, Rivermont '22) →

VOCAL

• Molly Ryan, Sweepin' the Blues Away (Turtle Bay '22) →

DEBUT

• Hannah Gill, Everybody Loves a Lover (Turtle Bay) →

LATIN

• Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales, Shake the Rum (self-released '22) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
2. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
3. Chief Adjuah, Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope) →
4. Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch) →
5. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
6. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
7. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
8. Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
9. Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle) →
10. Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charles Mingus, Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-79, Rhino) →
2. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
3. Nina Simone, You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• Jeremy Dutton, Anyone Is Better Than Here (self-released) →

LATIN

• Sammy Figueroa, Something for a Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo) (Ashé) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Alan Ferber Nonet, Up High, Down Low (Sunnyside) →
2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
3. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
4. Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Kings Highway (Stoner Hill) →
5. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
6. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
7. Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm, Grit & Grace (Sunnyside) →
8. Nicole Zuraitis, How Love Begins (Outside In Music) →
9. Benny Benack III, Third Time's the Charm (La Reserve/Bandstand Presents) →
10. Jean-Michel Pilc, Symphony (Justin Time) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
3. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →

VOCAL

• Nicole Zuraitis, How Love Begins (Outside In Music) →

DEBUT

• Säje, Säje (Säjevoices) →

LATIN

• Ryan Keberle's Collectiv Do Brasil, Considerando (Alternate Side) →

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
• Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
• Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
• Kevin Hays-Ben Street-Billy Hart, Bridges (Smoke Sessions) →
• Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads) →
• Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
• Matt Mitchell, Oblong Aplomb (Out of Your Head) →
• Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Fire Illuminations (Kabell) →
• Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
• David Virelles, Carta (Intakt) →

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

• Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance) →
• Sonny Rollins, Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums (1957-58, Craft) →
• Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia (1967, Blue Note Tone Poet) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• Val Jeanty-Candice Hoyes-Mimi Jones, Nite Bjuti (Whirlwind) →

LATIN

• Avishai Cohen & Abraham Rodriguez Jr., Iroko (Naïve/Believe) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
2. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
3. Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →
4. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
5. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
7. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
8. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
9. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →
10. Ben Wolfe, Unjust (Resident Arts) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
2. John Zorn, Masada: 30th Anniversary Edition: The Complete Studio Master Takes (1994-97, Tzadik) →
3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• Lesley Mok, The Living Collection (American Dreams) →

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
• Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
• Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Kings Highway (Stoner Hill) →
• Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
• Joe Locke, Makram (Circle 9) →
• Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours (Biophilia) →
• Chuck Owen and the WDR Big Band, Renderings (MAMA) →
• Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
• John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
• Ben Wolfe, Unjust (Resident Arts) →

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

• John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
• Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
• Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →

VOCAL

• Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →

DEBUT

• Christian Dillingham, Cascades (Greenleaf Music) →

LATIN

• Alfredo Rodriguez, Coral Way (Mack Avenue) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
2. Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis, Calibrating Friction (New Amsterdam) →
3. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
4. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem) →
5. Jessica Pavone, Clamor (Out of Your Head) →
6. Sally Gates-Trevor Dunn-Greg Fox, Deliriant Modifier (Riverworm) →
7. Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads) →
8. Tony Buck, Environmental Studies (Room40) →
9. Sick Boss, Businessless (Drip Audio) →
10. Laura Schuler Quartet, Sueños Paralelos (Antidro) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

• No choice.

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis, Calibrating Friction (New Amsterdam) →

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
2. Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →
3. Fire! Orchestra, Echoes (Rune Grammofon) →
4. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
5. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
6. Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
7. The Necks, Travel (Northern Spy) →
8. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
9. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
10. Tineke Postma, Aria (Edition) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
3. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →

VOCAL

• Jo Lawry, Acrobats (Whirlwind) →

DEBUT

• Marco Antonio Santos, About: Silence (Ears & Eyes) →

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
2. Eddie Prévost-N.O. Moore-James O'Sullivan-Ross Lambert, Chord (Shrike) →
3. John Butcher, The Very Fabric (Hitorri) →
4. Ingrid Laubrock, The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) →
5. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
6. Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
7. Pascal Niggenkemper, Blòc (Subran/Musiques Aventureuses) →
8. Daunik Lazro-Benjamin Duboc-Mathieu Bec, Standards Combustion (Dark Tree) →
9. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
10. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Derek Bailey & Paul Motian, Duo in Concert (1990, Frozen Reeds) →
3. Sonny Clark, The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (1957-61, Mosaic) →

VOCAL

• Pat Thomas-Phil Minton-Dave Tucker-Roger Turner, Scatter: On a Clear Day Like This (577) →

DEBUT

• Lesley Mok, The Living Collection (American Dreams) →

LATIN

• Aruán Ortiz Trio, Serranias: Sketchbook for Piano Trio (Intakt) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Sebastian Rochford & Kit Downes, A Short Diary (ECM) →
2. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
3. Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
4. Kassa Overall, Animals (Warp) →
5. Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Our Daily Bread (ECM) →
6. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
7. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
8. Aja Monet, When the Poems Do What They Do (Drink Sum Wtr) →
9. Matt Otto, Umbra (Origin) →
10. Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie-Bud Powell-Charles Mingus-Max Roach, Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings (1953, Craft) →
2. Milford Graves With Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover, Children of the Forest (1976, Black Editions Archive) →
3. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• Lukas Traxel, One-Eyed Daruma (We Jazz) →

LATIN

• Aruán Ortiz Trio, Serranias: Sketchbook for Piano Trio (Intakt) →

NEW RELEASES

1. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →
2. Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours (Biophilia) →
3. Jason Kao Hwang Critical Response, Book of Stories (True Sound) →
4. Angelika Niescier-Tomeka Reid-Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons (Intakt) →
5. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
6. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
7. Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
8. Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →
9. Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
10. Asher Gamedze, Turbulence and Pulse (International Anthem/Mushroom Hour) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
2. Shirley Scott, Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real) →
3. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →

VOCAL

• Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy) →

DEBUT

• Bex Burch, There Is Only Love and Fear (International Anthem) →

LATIN

• Cyro Baptista, Chama (Ropeadope) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Mark Turner Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Giant Step Arts) →
2. Angelika Niescier-Tomeka Reid-Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons (Intakt) →
3. Kendrick Scott, Corridors (Blue Note) →
4. Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
5. Michael Feinberg, Blues Variant (Criss Cross) →
6. Matt Mitchell, Oblong Aplomb (Out of Your Head) →
7. Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
8. Christian McBride's New Jawn, Prime (Mack Avenue) →
9. Muriel Grossmann, Devotion (Third Man Music) →
10. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Soft Machine, The Dutch Lesson (1973, Cuneiform) →
2. Medeski Martin and Wood, Friday Afternoon in the Universe (1995, Real Gone Music) →
3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

• Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree (Edition) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
3. Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
4. Rhiannon Giddens, You're the One (Nonesuch) →
5. Veronica Swift, Veronica Swift (Mack Avenue) →
6. Felipe Senna & Câmaranóva, Câmara Brasileira (Maritaca) →
7. Antonio Adolfo, Bossa 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal (AAM Music) →
8. Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente, Cometa (Sunnyside) →
9. Colette Michaan, Earth Rebirth (Creatrix Music) →
10. Marco Antonio Santos, About: Silence (Ears & Eyes) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

• No choice.

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• Marco Antonio Santos, About: Silence (Ears & Eyes) →

LATIN

• Ivan Lins, My Heart Speaks (Resonance) →

Note: Also see Katchie Cartwright's Best Releases of 2023.

[Acquaro - Cartwright] · [Castañeda - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gutterman] · [Hale - Kaplan] · [Kato - Micallef] · [Michie - Polletta] · [Quinn - Szwed] · [Tamarkin - Yokoi]