Ballots 2023 [4]

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

NEW RELEASES

1. Miguel Zenón & Dan Tepfer, Internal Melodies (Main Door Music) →
2. Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
3. Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
4. Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours (Biophilia) →
5. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
6. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
7. Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
8. Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Our Daily Bread (ECM) →
9. Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
10. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Michel Petrucciani, The Montreux Years (1990-98, BMG/Montreux) →
2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
3. Sonny Rollins, Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums (1957-58, Craft) →

VOCAL

• Bettye LaVette, LaVette! (Jay-Vee) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Playing With Fire (True North) →

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
• Peter Bruun-Søren Kjærgaard-Josas Westergaard, Thēsaurós (ILK Music) →
• John Butcher, The Very Fabric (Hitorri) →
• Marcelo Dos Reis & Luis Vicente, (Un)prepared Pieces for Guitar and Trumpet (Cipsela) →
• Jürg Frey (Quatuor Bozzini/Konus Quartett), Continuité, Fragilité, Résonance (Elsewhere) →
• Fred Frith & Susana Santos Silva, Laying Demons to Rest (RogueArt) →
• Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide, Perpetual Motion (Ayler) →
• Glass Triangle, Blue and Sun-Lights (Relative Pitch) →
• Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads) →
• Vasco Trilla, A Constellation of Anomaly (Thanatosis Produktion) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Dror Feiler, Maavak (Music & Noise 1980-2023, Volume 1 & 2) (Ideal) →

VOCAL

• Bruce Cockburn, O Sun O Moon (True North) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Buster Williams, Unalome (Smoke Sessions) →
2. John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
3. Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
4. Cecilia Smith, The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, Vol. 1 (Innova) →
5. Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
6. Joe Alterman, Big Mo & Little Joe: Joe Alterman Plays Les McCann (Joe Alberman Music) →
7. Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
8. Noah Haidu, Standards (Sunnyside) →
9. Ted Piltzecker, Vibes on a Breath (OA2) →
10. George Freeman, The Good Life (HighNote) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
2. Les McCann, Never a Dull Moment! Live From Coast to Coast 1966-1967 (Resonance) →
3. Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →

VOCAL

• Libby York, Dreamland (OA2) →

DEBUT

• Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, Rising Sun (Motéma Music) →

LATIN

• Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Vox Humana (Jazzheads) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
4. Daniel Villarreal, Lados B (International Anthem) →
5. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
6. Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
7. Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →
8. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
9. Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
10. Enji, Ulaan (Squama) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Bebel Gilberto, João (PIAS) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Dave Lombardo, Rites of Percussion (Ipecac) →
2. Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
3. Alexander Hawkins Trio, Carnival Celestial (Intakt) →
4. Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns, Weejuns (Rune Grammofon) →
5. Peter Evans Being & Becoming, Ars Memoria (More Is More) →
6. Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe, The Rite of Spring/Spectre D'Un Songe (Pyroclastic) →
7. Dave Liebman, Live at Smalls (Cellar) →
8. Satoko Fujii, Torrent: Piano Solo (Libra) →
9. Kresten Osgood-Bob Moses-Tisziji Munoz, Spiritual Drum Kingship (Gotta Let It Out) →
10. Ned Rothenberg, Crossings Four (Clean Feed) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Mike Osborne, Starting Fires: Live at the 100 Club 1970 (British Progressive Jazz) →
2. Barry Altschul-David Izenson-Perry Robinson, Stop Time: Live at Prince Street 1978 (NoBusiness) →
3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

• Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Pierrick Pédron & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Pédron Rubalcaba (Gazebo) →
2. Lafayette Gilchrist, Undaunted (Morphius) →
3. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
4. Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Tryptych I-III (SMP '22) →
5. Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
6. Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
7. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
8. Benjamin Koppel-Scott Colley-Brian Blade, Perspective (Cowbell Music) →
9. Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
10. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Shirley Scott, Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real) →
3. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Magos Herrera, Aire (Sunnyside) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
2. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
3. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
4. Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
5. Mark Turner Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Giant Step Arts) →
6. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →
7. Mike Reed, The Separatist Party (We Jazz/Astral Spirits) →
8. Yuhan Su, Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside) →
9. Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
10. Antti Lötjönen Quintet East, Circus/Citadel (We Jazz) →

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. Chet Baker, Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective) →

VOCAL

• Jo Lawry, Acrobats (Whirlwind) →

DEBUT

• Aline's Etoile Magique, Eclipse (Elastic) →

LATIN

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

NEW RELEASES

1. Wayne Escoffery, Like Minds (Smoke Sessions) →
2. Mike LeDonne-Eric Alexander-Jeremy Pelt-Vincent Herring-Kenny Washington-Peter Washington, The Heavy Hitters (Cellar) →
3. Precarious Towers, Ten Stories (Shifting Paradigm) →
4. Terell Stafford, Between Two Worlds (Le Coq) →
5. George Coleman, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →
6. Jim Rotondi Quintet, Over Here (Criss Cross) →
7. Louis Hayes, Exactly Right! (Savant) →
8. Ron Blake, Mistaken Identity (7ten33 Productions) →
9. Constantine Alexander, Firetet (self-released) →
10. Ed Cherry, Are We There Yet? (Cellar) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Miles Davis Quintet, In Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sound) →
3. Basie All Stars, Live at Fabrik Vol. 1: Hamburg 1981 (Jazzline) →

VOCAL

• John Pizzarelli, Stage & Screen (Palmetto) →

DEBUT

• Anthony Hervey, Words From My Horn (Outside In Music) →

LATIN

• Ivan Lins, My Heart Speaks (Resonance) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Hilario Durán and His Latin Jazz Big Band, Cry Me a River (Alma) →
2. Jerry Bergonzi, Extra Extra (Savant) →
3. Donald Vega, As I Travel (Imagery) →
4. Bill O'Connell, Live at Montauk (Savant) →
5. Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Vox Humana (Jazzheads) →
6. Doug Beavers, Luna (Circle 9) →
7. Reggie Quinerly, The Thousandth Scholar (Redefinition Music) →
8. Antonio Adolfo, Bossa 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal (AAM Music) →
9. Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra, Open Spaces: Folk Songs Reimagined (Cellar) →
10. Muriel Grossmann, Devotion (Third Man Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
2. Chet Baker, Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective) →
3. Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →

VOCAL

• Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) →

DEBUT

• Vanessa Thomas, Life Is Like a Song (Lied Center of Kansas) →

LATIN

• The Santiago Big Band & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Santiago Brooklyn Santiago (Zoho) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
2. Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
3. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
4. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
5. The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Harvesters (Aerophonic) →
6. George Coleman, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →
7. Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
8. Jason Kao Hwang Critical Response, Book of Stories (True Sound) →
9. Emmet Cohen, Master Legacy Series Volume 5: Featuring Houston Person (Bandstand Presents) →
10. Farida Amadou-Jonas Cambien-Dave Rempis, On the Blink (Aerophonic) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →
2. Steve Swell's Fire Into Music, For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2003-04, RogueArt) →
3. François Carrier Ensemble, Openness (2006, Fundacja Sluchaj) →

VOCAL

• Lisa Marie Simmons & Marco Cremaschini, NoteSpeak 12 (Ropeadope) →

DEBUT

• Max Koch, Ten Bulls (Jazzwerkstatt) →

LATIN

• Aruán Ortiz, Pastor's Paradox (Clean Feed) →

Note: Also see The Best Jazz Albums of 2023.

NEW RELEASES

1. Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle) →
2. Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
3. George, Letters to George (Out of Your Head) →
4. Miho Hazama, M_unit: Beyond Orbits (Edition) →
5. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
6. Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
7. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Undercover: Live at the Village Vanguard (Heartcore) →
8. Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Kings Highway (Stoner Hill) →
9. Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
10. Orchestre National de Jazz Montréal, Wayne Shines/Miles Smiles (ONJ) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Bill Evans, Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964) (Elemental Music) →
3. Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, Live From the Archives: Bootleg June 15, 2000 (Stoner Hill '22) →

VOCAL

• Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →

DEBUT

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

LATIN

• Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
2. Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
3. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
4. Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
5. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
6. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
7. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
8. Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
9. Donny McCaslin, I Want More (Edition) →
10. Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →
3. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →

VOCAL

• Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →

DEBUT

• Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, Rising Sun (Motéma Music) →

LATIN

• Jonathan Suazo, Ricano (Ropeadope) →

NEW RELEASES

1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
2. Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
3. Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
4. Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill, Inside Voice/Outside Voice (Origin) →
5. Aruán Ortiz, Pastor's Paradox (Clean Feed) →
6. Mat Maneri Quartet, Ash (Sunnyside) →
7. Quinsin Nachoff, Stars and Constellations (Adyharopa) →
8. Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy, Nakshatra (Spinster) →
9. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
10. Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe, The Rite of Spring/Spectre D'Un Songe (Pyroclastic) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Roland Kirk, Live at Ronnie Scott's, 1963 (Gearbox '22) →
3. Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →

VOCAL

• Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill, Inside Voice/Outside Voice (Origin) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
• Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
• Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Uptown on Mardi Gras Day (Troubadour Jass) →
• Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
• Benny Green, Solo (Sunnyside) →
• Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr., Congo Square Suite (Truth Revolution) →
• James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
• Kent Engelhardt & Stephen Enos, Madd for Tadd: "Central Avenue Swing" & "Our Delight" (Tighten Up) →
• Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
• Cecilia Smith, The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, Vol. 1 (Innova) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott, Cookin' With Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Albums (1958, Craft) →
2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
3. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →

VOCAL

• Allan Harris, Live at Blue Llama Jazz Club (Love Productions/Live at Blue Llama) →

DEBUT

• Christie Dashiell, Journey in Black (self-released) →

LATIN

• Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Vox Humana (Jazzheads) →

NEW RELEASES

1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
2. Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
3. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
4. Ingrid Laubrock, The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) →
5. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
6. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
7. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
8. Tomas Fujiwara, Pith (Out of Your Head) →
9. Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
10. Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
3. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →

VOCAL

• Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Terell Stafford, Between Two Worlds (Le Coq) →
2. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve '22) →
3. Benny Benack III, Third Time's the Charm (La Reserve/Bandstand Presents) →
4. Sean Mason, The Southern Suite (Blue Engine) →
5. Bill Mays, Autumn Serenade (Sunnyside) →
6. Lafayette Harris, Jr., Swingin' Up in Harlem (Savant) →
7. Jocelyn Gould, Sonic Bouquet (Jocelyn Gould Music) →
8. Noah Haidu, Standards (Sunnyside) →
9. Isaiah J. Thompson, The Power of the Spirit (Blue Engine) →
10. Emmet Cohen, Master Legacy Series Volume 5: Featuring Houston Person (Bandstand Presents) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
2. Sonny Rollins, Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums (1957-58, Craft) →
3. Oscar Peterson, On a Clear Day: The Oscar Peterson Trio - Live in Zurich, 1971 (Mack Avenue '22) →

VOCAL

• Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve '22) →

DEBUT

• Sean Mason, The Southern Suite (Blue Engine) →

LATIN

• Diego Figueiredo, My World (Arbors) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 (Brainfeeder) →
2. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
3. Speakers Corner Quartet, Further Out Than the Edge (OTIH) →
4. Matthew Halsall, An Ever Changing View (Gondwana) →
5. Bill Laurance & Michael League, Where You Wish You Were (ACT) →
6. Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →
7. Thandi Ntuli, Rainbow Revisited (International Anthem) →
8. EABS Meets Jaubi, In Search of a Better Tomorrow (Astigmatic) →
9. Balimaya Project, When the Dust Settles (New Soil) →
10. Kassa Overall, Animals (Warp) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
3. Bill Evans, Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestral Recordings From Denmark (1965-1969) (Elemental) →

VOCAL

• Madison McFerrin, I Hope You Can Forgive Me (MadMcFerrin Music) →

DEBUT

• Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 (Brainfeeder) →

LATIN

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

NEW RELEASES

1. Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, The Gennett Suite (Patois) →
2. Anthony Branker & Imagine, What Place Can Be for Us? A Suite in Ten Movements (Origin) →
3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
4. Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
5. Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, Home Is Here (Tapestry) →
6. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
7. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
8. Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
9. Magos Herrera, Aire (Sunnyside) →
10. Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
2. Luis Russell, At the Swing Cats Ball: Newly Discovered Recordings From the Closet, Volume 1 1938-1940 (Dot Time Legends) →
3. Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →

VOCAL

• Magos Herrera, Aire (Sunnyside) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

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

NEW RELEASES

1. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
2. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Borrowed Roses (Top Side Music) →
3. Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
4. Martin Wind-Jim McNeely-Ed Neumeister, Counterpoint (Laika) →
5. Joe Farnsworth, In What Direction Are You Headed? (Smoke Sessions) →
6. Michael Dease, Swing Low (Posi-Tone) →
7. Marshall Gilkes, Cyclic Journey (Alternate Side '22) →
8. Gregory Lewis, Organ Monk Going Home (Sunnyside) →
9. Planet D Nonet, Blues to Be There (Eastlawn) →
10. Jerome Sabbagh, Vintage (Sunnyside) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Wynton Marsalis, Plays Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (2006, Blue Engine) →
2. Steve Davis, Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 (2008, Smoke Sessions) →
3. Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →

VOCAL

• John Pizzarelli, Stage & Screen (Palmetto) →

DEBUT

• Lucy Wijnands, Something Awaits (self-released) →

LATIN

• Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Borrowed Roses (Top Side Music) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
3. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
4. Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
5. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
6. Ben Wolfe, Unjust (Resident Arts) →
7. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
8. Brad Mehldau, Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles (Nonesuch) →
9. Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle) →
10. Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Art Ensemble of Chicago, Les Stances à Sophie (1970, Play Loud!) →
2. Miles Davis Quintet, In Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sound) →
3. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• Caelan Cardello, Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello (Liam) →

LATIN

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

Note: Also see The Best Jazz Albums of 2023

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