Ballots 2023 [5]

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

NEW RELEASES

1. Miho Hazama, M_unit: Beyond Orbits (Edition) →
2. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
3. Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
4. Benjamin Boone, Caught in the Rhythm (Origin) →
5. Michelle Lordi, Two Moons (Imani) →
6. Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Uptown on Mardi Gras Day (Troubadour Jass) →
7. Will Bernard & Beth Custer, Sky (Dreck to Disk) →
8. Benjamin Koppel-Scott Colley-Brian Blade, Perspective (Cowbell Music) →
9. Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm, Grit & Grace (Sunnyside) →
10. Jeremy Dutton, Anyone Is Better Than Here (self-released) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
2. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
3. Dave Brubeck, Live From the Northwest, 1959 (Brubeck Editions) →

VOCAL

• Michelle Lordi, Two Moons (Imani) →

DEBUT

• Astghik Martirosyan, Distance (Astghik Music) →

LATIN

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

NEW RELEASES

1. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
2. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
3. John Zorn, New Masada Quartet Vol. 2 (Tzadik) →
4. John Butcher, The Art of Noticing (Matchless) →
5. Peter Brötzmann-Majid Bekkas-Hamid Drake, Catching Ghosts (ACT) →
6. Bill Lowe and the Signifyin' Natives Ensemble, Sweet Cane: Suites and Other Pedagogical Prompts (Mandorla Music) →
7. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
8. Paul Dunmall-Paul Rodgers-Tony Orrell, That's My Life (577) →
9. Zoh Amba-Chris Corsano-Bill Orcutt, The Flower School (Palilalia) →
10. Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
2. François Carrier Ensemble, Openness (2006, Fundacja Sluchaj) →
3. Alan Skidmore, A Supreme Love (1961-2019, Confront) →

VOCAL

• Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →

DEBUT

• David Tamura + Toadal Package, Final Entrance (self-released) →

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Also see 75 Or So Recordings I Enjoyed in 2023.

NEW RELEASES

1. Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
2. Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, As Things Do (Intakt) →
3. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →
4. Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →
5. David Virelles, Carta (Intakt) →
6. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
7. John Dikeman-Pat Thomas-John Edwards-Steve Noble, Volume 2 (577) →
8. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
9. Ben Wendel, All One (Edition) →
10. Nate Wooley, Four Experiments (Pleasure of the Text) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
2. Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
3. As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (As-Shams-The Sun) →

VOCAL

• Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →

DEBUT

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

LATIN

• David Virelles, Carta (Intakt) →

Note: Also see TNB 2023 Year-End Best of List!

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
• BlankFor.Ms-Jason Moran-Marcus Gilmore, Refract (Red Hook) →
• Rebecca Coupe Franks, Planets (RCF) →
• Claire Daly With George Garzone, VuVu for Frances (Daly Bread) →
• Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
• Kaisa's Machine, Taking Shape (Greenleaf Music) →
• James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
• Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
• Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
• Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy) →

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

• Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
• Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
• Matthew Shipp Trio, Circular Temple (1990, ESP-Disk) →

VOCAL

• Jo Lawry, Acrobats (Whirlwind) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project, Mi Hogar (Outside In Music) →

NEW RELEASES

1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
2. Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
3. Denny Zeitlin, Crazy Rhythm: Exploring George Gershwin (Sunnyside) →
4. Tomas Fujiwara, Pith (Out of Your Head) →
5. Billy Childs, The Winds of Change (Mack Avenue) →
6. Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
7. Arthur Kell Speculation Quartet, Live at Lunàtico (Origin) →
8. Rich Halley Quartet, Fire Within (Pine Eagle) →
9. Satoko Fujii, Torrent: Piano Solo (Libra) →
10. Ivo Perelman & Elliott Sharp, Artificial Intelligence (Mahakala Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
3. Art Pepper, The Complete Maiden Voyage Recordings (1981, Omnivore) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
2. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem) →
3. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
4. Kyle Roussel, Nola à la Mode (self-released) →
5. Brad Walker + Extended, Side by Side (self-released) →
6. Chief Adjuah, Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope) →
7. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
8. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
9. Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
10. The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Harvesters (Aerophonic) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Donald Harrison, Indian Blues (1991, Tipitina's Record Club) →
2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

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

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

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

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Mia Dyberg Trio, Timestretch (Clean Feed) →
• Nataniel Edelman Trio, Un Ruido De Agua (Clean Feed) →
• Satoko Fujii, Torrent: Piano Solo (Libra) →
• Urs Leimgruber, Air (Creative Works) →
• Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, In the Dark (ESP-Disk) →
• Mercury [Nicolas Caloia & Lori Freedman], Skin (Clean Feed) →
• Ivo Perelman & Joe Morris, Elliptic Time (Mahakala Music '22) →
• Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
• Loren Stillman, Time and Again (Sunnyside) →
• Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Reaching for the Stars: Trios/Duos/Solos (1962-65, Omnivore) →
2. Don Byas, Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946 (Mosaic) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

NEW RELEASES

1. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
2. Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
3. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
4. Louis Siciliano, Ancient Cosmic Truth (Musica Presente) →
5. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →
6. Arturo O'Farrill, Legacies (Blue Note) →
7. Nicole Zuraitis, How Love Begins (Outside In Music) →
8. Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Spirit Gatherer: Tribute to Don Cherry (Spiritmuse) →
9. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
10. Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

• No choice.

VOCAL

• Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Afro Peruvian New Trends Orchestra, Cosmic Synchronicities (Blue Spiral) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
3. Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
4. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
5. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
6. Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
7. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
8. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
9. Michael Blake, Dance of the Mystic Bliss (P&M) →
10. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →

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. Charles Mingus, At Antibes 1960 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) →

VOCAL

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

DEBUT

• Christian Dillingham, Cascades (Greenleaf Music) →

LATIN

• The Rodriguez Brothers, Reunited: Live at Dizzy's Club (RodBros Music) →

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
• Ralph Alessi Quartet, It's Always Now (ECM) →
• BlankFor.Ms-Jason Moran-Marcus Gilmore, Refract (Red Hook) →
• Caroline Davis' Alula, Captivity (Ropeadope) →
• Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
• Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
• Lage Lund, Most Peculiar (Criss Cross) →
• Simon Moullier, Inception (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
• Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
• Micah Thomas, Reveal (Artwork) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

• Rickie Lee Jones, Pieces of Treasure (BMG) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Debut vote for Kate Gentile, Find Letter X disqualified: previous albums.

NEW RELEASES

1. Simon Spillett Big Band, Dear Tubby H (Mister PC) →
2. Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
3. Jesse Davis, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →
4. Mike LeDonne-Eric Alexander-Jeremy Pelt-Vincent Herring-Kenny Washington-Peter Washington, The Heavy Hitters (Cellar) →
5. Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, The Gennett Suite (Patois) →
6. Ray Gallon Trio, Grand Company (Cellar) →
7. Terry Gibbs Legacy Band, The Terry Gibbs Songbook (Whaling City Sound) →
8. Scott Hamilton Quartet, At Pizza Express Live (PX) →
9. Snorre Kirk, Top Dog (Stunt) →
10. Five-Way Split, All the Way (Ubuntu Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sonny Stitt, Boppin' in Baltimore: Live at the Left Bank (1973, Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
3. Johnny Griffin, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1964, Gearbox) →

VOCAL

• Wilma Baan, Look at Me Now! (ECN Music) →

DEBUT

• Yooyoun Cho, A Tadd of Fat Birds (Yooyoun Cho Music) →

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Also see the voter's Top ten new releases (instrumental) of 2023

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
• Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
• Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
• Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
• Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
• Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
• Hery Paz, Jardineros (577) →
• Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
• Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
• Marike van Dijk Nonet, Stranded (Brooklyn Jazz Underground/ZenneZ) →

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

• Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
• John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
• Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →

VOCAL

• Kavita Shah, Cape Verdean Blues (Folkalist) →

DEBUT

• Vicente Archer, Short Stories (Cellar) →

LATIN

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

Note: Also see The Year in Review - 2023.

NEW RELEASES

1. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
3. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
4. Julian Lage, The Layers (Blue Note) →
5. Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
6. Isaiah J. Thompson, The Power of the Spirit (Blue Engine) →
7. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
8. Ivan Lins, My Heart Speaks (Resonance) →
9. Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch) →
10. Sean Mason, The Southern Suite (Blue Engine) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Nina Simone, Four Women: The Nina Simone Complete Recordings 1964-1967 (Verve) →
2. Wayne Shorter, Footprints Live! (2001, Verve/Third Man) →
3. Charles Mingus, Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-79, Rhino) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

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

LATIN

• Ivan Lins, My Heart Speaks (Resonance) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
2. Isach Skeidsvoll, Dance to Summon (Ultraaani) →
3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
4. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
5. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
6. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
7. Mark Lomax Trio, Tapestry (CFG Multimedia) →
8. Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
9. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →
10. Emmet Cohen, Master Legacy Series Volume 5: Featuring Houston Person (Bandstand Presents) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

• No choice.

VOCAL

• Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Also see 40 favorite albums of my 2023.

NEW RELEASES

1. Andy Emler MegaOctet, No Rush! (La Buissonne) →
2. Julian Lage, The Layers (Blue Note) →
3. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →
4. Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note '22) →
5. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
6. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
7. Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM '22) →
8. Mark Dresser, Times of Change (Pyroclastic) →
9. Kassa Overall, Animals (Warp) →
10. Buster Williams, Unalome (Smoke Sessions) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Jimi Hendrix Experience, Los Angeles Forum, April 26, 1969 (Legacy/Experience Hendrix '22) →
2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
3. Nina Simone, You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

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

LATIN

• Alfredo Rodriguez, Coral Way (Mack Avenue) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
2. Micah Thomas, Reveal (Artwork) →
3. Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
4. Sam Newsome & Jean-Michel Pilc, Cosmic Unconsciousness Unplugged (Some New Music) →
5. Joëlle Léandre-Craig Taborn-Mat Maneri, hEARoes (RogueArt) →
6. Tim Berne-Hank Roberts-Aurora Nealand, Oceans And (Intakt) →
7. Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
8. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
9. Loren Stillman, Time and Again (Sunnyside) →
10. Michael Blake, Dance of the Mystic Bliss (P&M) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Wayne Horvitz-Butch Morris-Bobby Previte Trio, Live Forever, Vol. 2: NYC, Leverkusen 1988-1989 (self-released) →
2. Art Ensemble of Chicago, Les Stances à Sophie (1970, Play Loud!) →
3. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente, Cometa (Sunnyside) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
2. Edmar Castañeda World Ensemble, Viento Sur (self-released) →
3. JoVia Armstrong & Eunoia Society, Inception (Black Earth Music) →
4. John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
5. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
6. Chief Adjuah, Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope) →
7. Gregory Lewis, Organ Monk Going Home (Sunnyside) →
8. Dwight Trible, Ancient Future (Gearbox) →
9. Caroline Davis' Alula, Captivity (Ropeadope) →
10. Tyler Mitchell Octet, Sun Ra's Journey (Cellar) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
2. Jazz at the Philharmonic, The Complete Jam Sessions 1950-1957 (Mosaic) →
3. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →

VOCAL

• Dwight Trible, Ancient Future (Gearbox) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Aymée Nuviola, Havana Nocturne (Worldwide) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Russ Johnson Quartet, Reveal (Calligram) →
2. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
3. Vilhelm Bromander, In This Forever Unfolding Moment (Thanatos) →
4. Natural Information Society, Since Time Is Gravity (Aguirre/Eremite) →
5. Marthe Lea Band, Herlighetens Vei (Motvind) →
6. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
7. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
8. Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
9. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
10. Antonio Borghini, Banquet of Consequences (We Insist!) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
2. Derek Bailey & Paul Motian, Duo in Concert (1990, Frozen Reeds) →
3. Baikida E.J. Carroll, Orange Fish Tears (1974, Souffle Continu) →

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa & André Matos, Night Birds (Robalo Music) →

DEBUT

• Kristian Enkerud Lien's Krise, Svartsymra (Sonic Transmissions) →

LATIN

• Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
2. Fire! Orchestra, Echoes (Rune Grammofon) →
3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
4. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
5. Matt Mitchell, Oblong Aplomb (Out of Your Head) →
6. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
7. William Hooker, Flesh and Bones (Org Music) →
8. Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
9. Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
10. Farida Amadou-Jonas Cambien-Dave Rempis, On the Blink (Aerophonic) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Dave Brubeck, Live From the Northwest, 1959 (Brubeck Editions) →
2. Kim Dae Hwan & Choi Sun Bae, Korean Fantasy (1999, NoBusiness) →
3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Also see the voter's Best Jazz Albums of 2023.

NEW RELEASES

1. Antero Sievert, Dear Bossa (JMI) →
2. Lage Lund, Most Peculiar (Criss Cross) →
3. Jerome Sabbagh, Vintage (Sunnyside) →
4. Kendrick Scott, Corridors (Blue Note) →
5. Joe La Barbera Quintet, World Travelers (Sam First) →
6. Josh Nelson, LA Stories: Live at Sam First (Sam First) →
7. Antero Sievert, The_Underscore (JMI '19) →
8. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
9. Dustin Wong, Perpetual Morphosis (Hausu Mountain) →
10. Kassa Overall, Animals (Warp) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott, Cookin' With Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Albums (1958, Craft) →
2. Ornette Coleman, Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums (1958-59, Craft '22) →
3. Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →

VOCAL

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

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

Note: Disqualified: New Releases (2) John Sinclair Presents: Detroit Artists Workshop (Strut/Art Yard '22): recorded 1965-81

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