The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballots 2023 [8]
Jeff Tamarkin (Relix, TIDAL, Mojo)
NEW RELEASES
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
- André 3000, New Blue Sun (Epic) →
- Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
- John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
- Shakti, This Moment (Abstract Logix) →
- Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
- Brad Mehldau, Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles (Nonesuch) →
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
- Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-79, Rhino) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Charlie Watts, Anthology (1978-2001, BMG) →
VOCAL
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill, Legacies (Blue Note) →
NEW RELEASES
- Kirk Knuffke & Joe McPhee Quartet + 1, Keep the Dream Up (Fundacja Sluchaj) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Natural Information Society, Since Time Is Gravity (Aguirre/Eremite) →
- Jason Adasiewicz, Roscoe Village: The Music of Roscoe Mitchell (Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
- Andrew Cyrille, Music Delivery/Percussion (Intakt) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Mark Dresser, Times of Change (Pyroclastic) →
- Steve Swell-Joe McPhee-Chris Corsano, Sometimes the Air Is (Mahakala Music) →
- Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- The Jazz Doctors, Intensive Care: Prescriptions Filled [The Billy Bang Quartet Sessions 1983/1984] (Cadillac) →
- Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
- Don Byas, Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946 (Mosaic) →
VOCAL
- Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy) →
DEBUT
- Steve Millhouse, The Unwinding (SteepleChase) →
LATIN
- Aruán Ortiz Trio, Serranias: Sketchbook for Piano Trio (Intakt) →
Neil Tesser (Jazziz, KSDS-FM)
NEW RELEASES
- Ivo Perelman-Nate Wooley-Matt Moran-Mat Maneri-Fred Lonberg-Holm-Joe Morris, Seven Skies Orchestra (Fundacja Sluchaj) →
- Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
- Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
- John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
- Satoko Fujii, Torrent: Piano Solo (Libra) →
- Greg Ward's Rogue Parade, Dion's Quest (Sugah Hoof) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Don Byas, Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946 (Mosaic) →
- Fred Anderson Quartet, The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 2 (1980, Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet, In Concert: Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 13, 1961 (SteepleChase) →
VOCAL
- Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente, Cometa (Sunnyside) →
DEBUT
- Christian Dillingham, Cascades (Greenleaf Music) →
LATIN
- Doug Beavers, Luna (Circle 9) →
Michael Toland (The Big Takeover, The Austin Chronicle)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
- John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
- Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
- Eric Friedlander, She Sees (Skipstone) →
- Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Kendrick Scott, Corridors (Blue Note) →
- Greg Ward's Rogue Parade, Dion's Quest (Sugah Hoof) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, Circular Temple (1990, ESP-Disk) →
- Kenny Cox & the Contemporary Jazz Quintet, Multidirection (1969, Third Man/Blue Note) →
- D.B. Shrier, D.B. Shrier Emerges (1967, Omnivore) →
VOCAL
- Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →
DEBUT
- Christian Dillingham, Cascades (Greenleaf Music) →
LATIN
- Joe Chambers, Dance Kobina (Blue Note) →
Michael Ullman (Arts Fuse, Fanfare)
NEW RELEASES
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
- Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours (Biophilia) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe, The Rite of Spring/Spectre D'Un Songe (Pyroclastic) →
- Laszlo Gardony, Close Connection (Sunnyside '22) →
- Kevin Hays-Ben Street-Billy Hart, Bridges (Smoke Sessions) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Sonny Clark, The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (1957-61, Mosaic) →
- 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) →
VOCAL
- Sara Serpa & André Matos, Night Birds (Robalo Music) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Aruán Ortiz Trio, Serranias: Sketchbook for Piano Trio (Intakt) →
Ludwig vanTrikt (Cadence)
NEW RELEASES
- Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake, Eternal River (Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
- Billy Mohler, Ultraviolet (Contagious Music) →
- Chien Chien Lu, Built in System: Live in New York (Giant Step Arts) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Yuhan Su, Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside) →
- Kaisa's Machine, Taking Shape (Greenleaf Music) →
- Rich Halley Quartet, Fire Within (Pine Eagle) →
- Ayanda Sikade, Umakhulu (Afrosynth '22) →
- Tomas Fujiwara, Pith (Out of Your Head) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Sun Ra and His Arkestra, Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (1958, Cosmic Myth) →
- The Jazz Doctors, Intensive Care: Prescriptions Filled [The Billy Bang Quartet Sessions 1983/1984] (Cadillac) →
- Byard Lancaster, It's Not Up to Us (1968, Superior Viaduct) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Zack Lober, No Fill3r (Zennez) →
LATIN
- Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) →
George Varga (San Diego Union-Tribune and Tribune News Service)
NEW RELEASES
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Angelika Niescier-Tomeka Reid-Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons (Intakt) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Mark Dresser, Times of Change (Pyroclastic) →
- Christian McBride's New Jawn, Prime (Mack Avenue) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Keith Jarrett, Solo-Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne (1973, ECM) →
- Charles Mingus, Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-79, Rhino) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
- Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →
LATIN
- Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) →
Seth Colter Walls (New York Times)
NEW RELEASES
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Jungle: Wynton Marsalis: Symphony No. 4 (Blue Engine) →
- Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- James P. Johnson, De Organizer/The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts) (2006, Naxos) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Bernie Worrell-Cindy Blackman Santana-John King, Spherical (1994, Infrequent Seams) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Marc Ducret, Ici (Ayler) →
- Paul Dunmall & Olie Brice, The Laughing Stone (Confront) →
- François Houle Genera Sextet, In Memoriam (Clean Feed) →
- Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
- Simon Nabatov, Extensions (Unbroken Sounds) →
- Barre Phillips & Giancarlo Nino Locatelli, Danze Degli Scorpioni (We Insist!) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
- Steve Swell-Joe McPhee-Chris Corsano, Sometimes the Air Is (Mahakala Music) →
- Martina Verhoeven Quintet, Driven: Live at Roadburn 2022 (Klanggalerie '22) →
- Colin Webster Large Ensemble, First Meeting (Raw Tonk) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Barry Altschul-David Izenson-Perry Robinson, Stop Time: Live at Prince Street 1978 (NoBusiness) →
- Baikida E.J. Carroll, Orange Fish Tears (1974, Souffle Continu) →
- Clifford Thornton, Ketchaoua Revisited [+ Arthur Jones Trio: Scorpio] (1969, Ezz-Thetics) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Moss Freed Union Division, Micromotives (Discus Music) →
LATIN
NEW RELEASES
- Christian McBride's New Jawn, Prime (Mack Avenue) →
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Chien Chien Lu, Built in System: Live in New York (Giant Step Arts) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Ethan Philion Quartet, Gnosis (Sunnyside) →
- Claire Daly With George Garzone, VuVu for Frances (Daly Bread) →
- Freddie Bryant, Upper West Side Love Story: A Song Cycle (Tiger Turn) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Phineas Newborn Jr., A World of Piano! (1961, Craft) →
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott, Cookin' With Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Albums (1958, Craft) →
- Booker Ervin, That's It! (1961, Candid '22) →
VOCAL
- Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree (Edition) →
DEBUT
- Anthony Hervey, Words From My Horn (Outside In Music) →
LATIN
- The Santiago Big Band & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Santiago Brooklyn Santiago (Zoho) →
Jason Weiss (The Wire, Le Ventre et l'Oreille)
NEW RELEASES
- Michael Bates, Metamorphoses: Variations on Lutosławski (Anaklasis) →
- Patrick Brennan Sonic Openings, Tilting Curvaceous (Clean Feed) →
- Michael Blake, Dance of the Mystic Bliss (P&M) →
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
- Tony Hymas & Catherine Delaunay, No Borders (Nato) →
- Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet, Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
- Brandon Seabrook's Epic Proportions, Brutalovechamp (Pyroclastic) →
- Antonio Borghini, Banquet of Consequences (We Insist!) →
- Simon Mary & Krystal Mundi, Modal Morning (Label Ouest) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, 60 Years (1961-2019, The Village) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Axolotl, Abrasive (1981, Souffle Continu) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
Ken Weiss (Cadence, Jazz Inside)
NEW RELEASES
- Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Satoko Fujii, Torrent: Piano Solo (Libra) →
- Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, As Things Do (Intakt) →
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Ingrid Laubrock, The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Leap Day Trio, Live at the Cafe Bohemia (Giant Step Arts) →
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
- Harold Danko, Trillium (SteepleChase) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Les McCann, Never a Dull Moment! Live From Coast to Coast 1966-1967 (Resonance) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
LATIN
Michael J. West (DownBeat, Washington City Paper, Washington Post)
NEW RELEASES
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- David Murray-Questlove-Ray Angry, Plumb (J.M.I./Outside In Music) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
- Butcher Brown, Solar Music (Concord Jazz) →
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Miho Hazama, M_unit: Beyond Orbits (Edition) →
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →
VOCAL
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
DEBUT
- Matt Greenwood, Atlas (self-released) →
LATIN
- Guillermo Klein Quinteto, Telmo's Tune (Sunnyside) →
NEW RELEASES
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
- Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Fire! Orchestra, Echoes (Rune Grammofon) →
- Vilhelm Bromander, In This Forever Unfolding Moment (Thanatos) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- PJEV-Kit Downes-Hayden Chisholm, Medna Roso (Red Hook) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Sebastian Rochford & Kit Downes, A Short Diary (ECM) →
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Mike Osborne, Starting Fires: Live at the 100 Club 1970 (British Progressive Jazz) →
- Miles Davis Quintet, In Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sound) →
VOCAL
- Billy Valentine, Billy Valentine and the Universal Truth (Flying Dutchman) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →
Note: Debut vote for Jonathan Coe & Artchipel Orchestra, Suspended Moment (British Progressive Jazz) disqualified.
Jerome Wilson (All About Jazz, The Outer View (Radio Fairfax))
NEW RELEASES
- 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) →
- Leap Day Trio, Live at the Cafe Bohemia (Giant Step Arts) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Ingrid Laubrock, The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) →
- Jeff Lederer With Mary LaRose, Schoenberg on the Beach (Little (i) Music) →
- Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra, Open Spaces: Folk Songs Reimagined (Cellar) →
- Dan Rosenboom, Polarity (Orenda) →
- Roxana Amed & Frank Carlberg, Los Trabajos Y Las Noches (Sony Music Latin) →
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Shirley Scott, Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real) →
- Dave Brubeck, Live From the Northwest, 1959 (Brubeck Editions) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
VOCAL
- Jeff Lederer With Mary LaRose, Schoenberg on the Beach (Little (i) Music) →
DEBUT
- Jeremy Dutton, Anyone Is Better Than Here (self-released) →
LATIN
- Roxana Amed & Frank Carlberg, Los Trabajos Y Las Noches (Sony Music Latin) →
Josef Woodard (DownBeat, Jazziz, Los Angeles Times, Santa Barbara Independent, All About Jazz, JoeWoodard.com)
NEW RELEASES
- Mark Turner Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Giant Step Arts) →
- John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
- Peter Brötzmann-Majid Bekkas-Hamid Drake, Catching Ghosts (ACT) →
- Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest, Olympians (Modern) →
- Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Bobo Stenson Trio, Sphere (ECM) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-79, Rhino) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- David Virelles, Carta (Intakt) →
Ron Wynn (The Nashville Scene, The Tennessee Tribune, The Bluegrass Solution)
NEW RELEASES
- Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
- Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree (Edition) →
- Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
- Nicky Schrire, Nowhere Girl (Anzic) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Miles Davis Quintet, In Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sound) →
- Oscar Peterson, Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio - Live in Lugano, 1964 (Mack Avenue) →
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, Les Stances à Sophie (1970, Play Loud!) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
- Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →
LATIN
- Avishai Cohen & Abraham Rodriguez Jr., Iroko (Naïve/Believe) →
Scott Yanow (DownBeat, Jazziz, New York City Jazz Record, Los Angeles Jazz Scene, Syncopated Times, The Jazz Rag)
NEW RELEASES
- Quartet San Francisco-Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band-Take Six, Raymond Scott Reimagined (Violinjazz) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- The Chick Corea Elektrik Band, The Future Is Now (Candid) →
- Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Playing With Fire (True North) →
- Gunhild Carling, Good Evening Cats (Jazz Art '22) →
- Kent Engelhardt & Stephen Enos, Madd for Tadd: "Central Avenue Swing" & "Our Delight" (Tighten Up) →
- Kris Berg, Perspective (Summit) →
- Noah Haidu, Standards (Sunnyside) →
- Jon-Erik Kellso and the EarRegulars, Live at the Ear Inn (Arbors) →
- Sam Taylor, Let Go (Cellar '22) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic, The Complete Jam Sessions 1950-1957 (Mosaic) →
- Dave Brubeck, Live From the Northwest, 1959 (Brubeck Editions) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- JD Walter, What the World Needs Now (Arkadia) →
DEBUT
- Anthony Hervey, Words From My Horn (Outside In Music) →
LATIN
- Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Playing With Fire (True North) →
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
- Fire! Orchestra, Echoes (Rune Grammofon) →
- Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra '22) →
- Kazuo Imai Quartet, Has the Future Become the Past (Jinya Disc '22) →
- Joëlle Léandre, Zurich Concert (Intakt) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
- Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
- Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach, Four Hands Piano Pieces (Trost) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
VOCAL
- Karina Kozhevnikova & Krugly Band, Polyphonic Circle (Leo) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Antonio Adolfo, Bossa 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal (AAM Music) →