The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballots 2023 [7]
Peter Quinn (Jazzwise, The Arts Desk)
NEW RELEASES
- Nikki Iles & the NDR Bigband, Face to Face (Edition) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
- Nils Petter Molvær, Certainty of Tides (Modern) →
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Pat Metheny, Dream Box (Modern) →
- Shakti, This Moment (Abstract Logix) →
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
- Marius Neset, Geyser (ACT Music) →
- Mark Turner Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Giant Step Arts) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Bill Evans-Scott LaFaro-Paul Motian, Complete Trio Recordings (1959-61, Fingerpoppin') →
- Duke Ellington, All the Hits and More: 1927-54 (Acrobat) →
- Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
VOCAL
- Scott Dunn With Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, I Watch You Sleep: Scott Dunn Celebrates Rodney Bennett (Stunt) →
DEBUT
- Brandon Sanders, Compton's Finest (Savant) →
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →
Derk Richardson (The Absolute Sound, KPFA 94.1 FM [Berkeley])
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
- Mark Dresser, Times of Change (Pyroclastic) →
- The Peggy Lee Band, A Giving Way (Songlines) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
- Taiko Saito, Tears of a Cloud (Trouble in the East) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
- Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
- Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Ralph Towner, At First Light (ECM) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Charles Mingus, Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-79, Rhino) →
- Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
VOCAL
- Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill, Inside Voice/Outside Voice (Origin) →
DEBUT
- Simón Willson, Good Company (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
LATIN
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
Britt Robson (Bandcamp, Minnpost)
NEW RELEASES
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Marc Ribot/Ceramic Dog, Connection (Knockwurst) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
- Ingrid Laubrock, The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
- Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
- Micah Thomas, Reveal (Artwork) →
- Lafayette Gilchrist, Undaunted (Morphius) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Nina Simone, You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve) →
- Malombo Jazz Makers, Malompo Jazz (1966, Strut) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
DEBUT
- Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →
LATIN
- Hilario Durán and His Latin Jazz Big Band, Cry Me a River (Alma) →
NEW RELEASES
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
- Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
- Ingrid Laubrock, The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) →
- Angelika Niescier-Tomeka Reid-Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons (Intakt) →
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Mike Reed, The Separatist Party (We Jazz/Astral Spirits) →
- George Coleman, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
- Nina Simone, You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- Corinne Bailey Rae, Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers) →
DEBUT
- Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Dan Tepfer, Internal Melodies (Main Door Music) →
Bret Saunders (Denver Post, KBCO-FM [Denver])
NEW RELEASES
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Fire Illuminations (Kabell) →
- Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →
- Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Our Daily Bread (ECM) →
- Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, In the Dark (ESP-Disk) →
- Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
- David Murray-Questlove-Ray Angry, Plumb (J.M.I./Outside In Music) →
- Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Steve Swell's Fire Into Music, For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2003-04, RogueArt) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Shirley Scott, Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real) →
VOCAL
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
DEBUT
- Anthony Hervey, Words From My Horn (Outside In Music) →
LATIN
- Harold López-Nussa, Timba a la Americana (Blue Note) →
NEW RELEASES
- Jesse Davis, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →
- Derrick Gardner & the Jazz Prophets, Pan Africa (Impact Jazz) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Borrowed Roses (Top Side Music) →
- Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
- Kurt Rosenwinkel, Undercover: Live at the Village Vanguard (Heartcore) →
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Reaching for the Stars: Trios/Duos/Solos (1962-65, Omnivore) →
- Sonny Stitt, Boppin' in Baltimore: Live at the Left Bank (1973, Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →
Sarah Schmidt (Jazz Director, WRFL-FM [Lexington, KY])
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
- Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
- Drazek Fuscaldo, June 22 (Feeding Tube/Astral Spirits) →
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
- Christian McBride's New Jawn, Prime (Mack Avenue) →
- Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Fire Illuminations (Kabell) →
- Walter Smith III, Return to Casual (Blue Note) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Bobo Stenson Trio, Sphere (ECM) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
- Steve Swell's Fire Into Music, For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2003-04, RogueArt) →
- Sonny Rollins With Heikki Sarmanto Trio, Live at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki 1972 (Svart) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Hilario Durán & David Virelles, Front Street Duets (Alma '22) →
Gene Seymour (The Nation, CNN.com)
NEW RELEASES
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
- Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
- Sara Caswell, The Way to You (Anzic) →
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Anat Fort Trio, The Berlin Sessions (Sunnyside) →
- Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, In the Dark (ESP-Disk) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Sun Ra and His Arkestra, Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (1958, Cosmic Myth) →
VOCAL
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →
Note: Also see Gene Seymour's Top Ten Jazz Albums for 2023.
NEW RELEASES
- Jason Adasiewicz, Roy's World (Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Lina Allemano Four, Pipe Dream (Lumo) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- SLUGish Ensemble, In Solitude (Slow & Steady) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- 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) →
- Matthew Shipp Trio, Circular Temple (1990, ESP-Disk) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
John Sharpe (The New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure, All About Jazz)
NEW RELEASES
- Fred Frith & Susana Santos Silva, Laying Demons to Rest (RogueArt) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Lesley Mok, The Living Collection (American Dreams) →
- Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
- Angelika Niescier-Tomeka Reid-Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons (Intakt) →
- Barry Guy & Friends, Krakow 2018 (Not Two '22) →
- Matt Mitchell, Oblong Aplomb (Out of Your Head) →
- Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra '22) →
- Patrick Brennan Sonic Openings, Tilting Curvaceous (Clean Feed) →
- Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Steve Swell's Fire Into Music, For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2003-04, RogueArt) →
- Joe McPhee & Evan Parker, Sweet Nothings for Milford Graves (Corbett vs. Dempsey '22) →
- Evan Parker, NYC 1978 (Relative Pitch) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Lesley Mok, The Living Collection (American Dreams) →
LATIN
Adam Shatz (London Review of Books)
NEW RELEASES
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
- Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Trio San, Hibiki (Jazzdor) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- David Virelles, Carta (Intakt) →
- Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle) →
- Micah Thomas, Reveal (Artwork) →
- Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Our Daily Bread (ECM) →
- François Houle & Benoît Delbecq, Poise (Afterday) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
- Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
LATIN
NEW RELEASES
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Angel Bat Dawid, Requiem for Jazz (International Anthem) →
- Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
- John Zorn & Bill Laswell, Memoria (Tzadik) →
- Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Fire Illuminations (Kabell) →
- Ingrid Laubrock, Monochromes (Intakt) →
- Brandon Seabrook's Epic Proportions, Brutalovechamp (Pyroclastic) →
- Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. II: Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1962-1985: The King Records Masters (Universalsounds) →
- Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- Cautious Clay, Karpeh (Blue Note) →
DEBUT
- Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 (Brainfeeder) →
LATIN
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
Note: Also see Rob Shepherd's Favorite Albums of 2023.
NEW RELEASES
- Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →
- Christian McBride's New Jawn, Prime (Mack Avenue) →
- Joe Farnsworth, In What Direction Are You Headed? (Smoke Sessions) →
- John Zorn, Full Fathom Five (Tzadik) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Jim Black & the Schrimps, Ain't No Saint (Intakt) →
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
- Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
- Leap Day Trio, Live at the Cafe Bohemia (Giant Step Arts) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
- Archie Shepp, Derailleur: The 1964 Demo (Triple Point) →
- Fred Anderson Quartet, The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 2 (1980, Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
Slim (WRCU: Slim's Spins and The Slim & Him Show)
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- JD Allen, This (Savant) →
- Jamie Breiwick, Awake Volume 2: The Music of Don Cherry (Shifting Paradigm) →
- Jim Campilongo & Steve Cardenas, New Year (Sunnyside) →
- Marc Copland Quartet, Someday (InnerVoice Jazz '22) →
- Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Spirit Gatherer: Tribute to Don Cherry (Spiritmuse) →
- Lafayette Gilchrist, Undaunted (Morphius) →
- Chien Chien Lu, Built in System: Live in New York (Giant Step Arts) →
- Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Shirley Scott, Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real) →
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
- Mulgrew Miller, Solo in Barcelona (2004, Storyville) →
VOCAL
- Robin McKelle, Impressions of Ella (Doxie) →
DEBUT
LATIN
Stewart Smith (The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, The Quietus)
NEW RELEASES
- Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
- Ingrid Laubrock, Monochromes (Intakt) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →
- Joe McPhee-Mette Rasmussen-Dennis Tyfus, Oblique Strategies (Black Truffle) →
- Keith & Julie Tippett, Couple in Spirit/Sound on Stone (Discus Music) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Milford Graves With Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover, Children of the Forest (1976, Black Editions Archive) →
- Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- Keith & Julie Tippett, Couple in Spirit/Sound on Stone (Discus Music) →
DEBUT
- Sakina Abdou, Goodbye Ground (Relative Pitch '22) →
LATIN
- Aruán Ortiz, Pastor's Paradox (Clean Feed) →
Sammy Stein (Readers Digest, Something Else, Free Jazz Collective, Platinum Mind; six books, most recent: Fabulous Female Musicians)
NEW RELEASES
- Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Tryptych I-III (SMP '22) →
- Devin Gray, Most Definitely (Rataplan) →
- The Brass Monkeys, Lullabite (33 Jazz) →
- Mama Terra, The Summoned (Caffala) →
- Charu Suri, Rags & Ragas (self-released) →
- Benet McLean, Green Park (Sea Mammal) →
- Lyia Meta, Always You (self-released) →
- Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy) →
- Guido Spannocchi, Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna (Audioguido) →
- Ian Shaw, Greek Street Friday (Silent Wish) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
VOCAL
- Lara Eidi, Sun (self-released) →
DEBUT
- Mama Terra, The Summoned (Caffala) →
LATIN
Mark Stryker (Jazz From Detroit [University of Michigan Press])
NEW RELEASES
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Terell Stafford, Between Two Worlds (Le Coq) →
- Christian McBride's New Jawn, Prime (Mack Avenue) →
- David Virelles, Carta (Intakt) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
- Dave Liebman, Live at Smalls (Cellar) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Simon Moullier, Inception (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- James P. Johnson, De Organizer/The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts) (2006, Naxos) →
- Stanley Turrentine, Mr. Natural (1964, Blue Note Tone Poet) →
- Steve Davis, Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 (2008, Smoke Sessions) →
VOCAL
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
DEBUT
- Vicente Archer, Short Stories (Cellar) →
LATIN
Mark Sullivan (All About Jazz, Minor 7th: Acoustic Guitar Music Reviews)
NEW RELEASES
- Mata Atlantica, Retiro E Ritmo (7D Media '22) →
- Sonar With David Torn and J Peter Schwalm, Three Movements (7D Media) →
- Stephan Thelen, Fractal Guitar 3 (MoonJune '22) →
- Soft Machine, Other Doors (MoonJune) →
- John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
- Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dance of the Elders (ECM) →
- Palle Mikkelborg-Jakob Bro-Marilyn Mazur, Strands (ECM) →
- Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, The Gennett Suite (Patois) →
- Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle) →
- Mareike Wiening, Reveal (Greenleaf Music) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Soft Machine, The Dutch Lesson (1973, Cuneiform) →
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
VOCAL
- John Pizzarelli, Stage & Screen (Palmetto) →
DEBUT
- Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music '22) →
LATIN
- Harold López-Nussa, Timba a la Americana (Blue Note) →
NEW RELEASES
- Angel Bat Dawid, Requiem for Jazz (International Anthem) →
- Per Texas Johansson, Orkester Omnitonal (Moserobie) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
- Mike Reed, The Separatist Party (We Jazz/Astral Spirits) →
- Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads) →
- Emilio Teubal, Futuro (Not Yet) →
- Rajna Swaminathan, Apertures (Ropeadope) →
- Marike van Dijk Nonet, Stranded (Brooklyn Jazz Underground/ZenneZ) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Ricardo Dias Gomes, Muito Sol (Hive Mind) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
VOCAL
- Rajna Swaminathan, Apertures (Ropeadope) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Ricardo Dias Gomes, Muito Sol (Hive Mind) →
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Miha Gantar, Amsterdam (Clean Feed) →
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
- Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, In the Dark (ESP-Disk) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
- Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
- Roots Magic Sextet, Long Old Road: Retold Pasts and Present Day Musings (Clean Feed) →
- Ned Rothenberg, Crossings Four (Clean Feed) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Reaching for the Stars: Trios/Duos/Solos (1962-65, Omnivore) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Hilario Durán and His Latin Jazz Big Band, Cry Me a River (Alma) →