The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballots 2024 [2]
NEW ALBUMS
- David Maranha & Rodrigo Amado, Wrecks (Nariz Entupido) →
- Nathan Hubbard & Kyle Motl, Obsidian (Confront) →
- Anna Webber, Simpletrio2000 (Intakt) →
- أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
- Thumbscrew, Wingbeats (Cuneiform) →
- Sally Gates-Steve Hirsh-Daniel Carter, Phosphene (Mahakala Music) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Jeremiah Cymerman, Body of Light (5049) →
- Seth Andrew Davis & Will Yager, April 8th, 1969 (Ox Cart New Music) →
- John Blum Quartet Featuring Marshall Allen, Deep Space (Astral Spirits) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
VOCAL
LATIN
DEBUT
Stuart Broomer (Free Jazz Collective, Musicworks, New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure)
NEW ALBUMS
- David Maranha & Rodrigo Amado, Wrecks (Nariz Entupido) →
- أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
- Transatlantic Trance Map, Marconi's Drift (False Walls) →
- Joëlle Léandre, Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt) →
- Jason Stein-Marilyn Crispell-Damon Smith-Adam Shead, Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics) →
- Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Musho (Intakt) →
- Anthony Braxton, 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (Braxton House) →
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) →
- Ute Kanngießer-Eddie Prévost-Seymour Wright, Splendid Nettle (Matchless) →
- Matt Mitchell, Zealous Angles (Pi) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
- Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
- Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music) →
VOCAL
- Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Musho (Intakt) →
LATIN
DEBUT
NEW ALBUMS
- Sunny Five [Tim Berne-David Torn-Ches Smith-Devin Hoff-Marc Ducret], Candid (Intakt) →
- Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Rewilder (Intakt) →
- Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) →
- Tord Gustavsen Trio, Seeing (ECM) →
- Tomeka Reid-Isadora Edwards-Elisabeth Coudoux, Reid/Edwards/Coudoux (Relative Pitch) →
- Fred Hersch, Silent, Listening (ECM) →
- Joe Sanders, Parallels (Whirlwind) →
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
- أحمد [Ahmed], Wood Blues (Astral Spirits) →
- The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
- Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
- Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve) →
VOCAL
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
- Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
- Betty Bryant, Lotta Livin' (Bry-Mar Music) →
- Johnny Coley, Mister Sweet Whisper (Mississippi) →
LATIN
- Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
- Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
DEBUT
- Ivanna Cuesta, A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) →
- Rebeka Rusjan Zajc, Prelude (Clean Feed) →
- Alden Hellmuth, Good Intentions (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
Dan Buskirk (WPRB [Princeton], Fun2Know Podcast)
NEW ALBUMS
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) →
- Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
- Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash, To March Is to Love (Cuneiform) →
- Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
- Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
- William Parker-Cooper-Moore-Hamid Drake, Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) →
- Beings, There Is a Garden (No Quarter) →
- Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Jet Black (Libra) →
- Sam Gendel-Benny Bock-Hans Kjorstad, Dream Trio (Leaving) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Byard Lancaster, The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974 (Souffle Continu) →
- Black Artist Group, For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds) →
- Sun Ra, Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC (1986, Strut) →
- Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music) →
- Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) →
VOCAL
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
- Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) →
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Sara Serpa, Encounters & Collisions (Biophilia) →
LATIN
- Adam O'Farrill, Hueso (Food) →
- Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
DEBUT
- Tomin, Flores Para Verene/Cantos Para Caramina (International Anthem) →
Esteban Arizpe Castaņeda (El Intruso)
NEW ALBUMS
- Unionen, Unionen (We Jazz) →
- Peter Evans, Extra (We Jazz) →
- Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
- Joe Fonda Quartet, Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song) →
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
- Joëlle Léandre, Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt) →
- Bill Frisell, Orchestras (Blue Note) →
- Ches Smith, Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) →
- Matt Mitchell, Zealous Angles (Pi) →
- Sylvie Courvoisier, To Be Other-Wise (Intakt) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
LATIN
- Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, MESTIZX (International Anthem) →
DEBUT
- Ivanna Cuesta, A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) →
NEW ALBUMS
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
- Old Mountain, Another State of Rhythm (Clean Feed) →
- Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
- Carlos Bica, 11:11 (Clean Feed) →
- Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
- Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note) →
- Move, Free Baile: Live in Shenzhen (Clean Feed) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Pat Thomas, The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Otoroku) →
- Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- Pharoah Sanders, Thembi (1970-71, Impulse!) →
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Live From Studio Rivbea: July 12, 1975 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 1] (NoBusiness) →
- Phil Markowitz, Trio Portugal (1999, self-released) →
VOCAL
LATIN
DEBUT
NEW ALBUMS
- Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
- Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) →
- Lux Quartet, Tomorrowland (Enja/Yellowbird) →
- Peter Bernstein, Better Angels (Smoke Sessions) →
- One for All, Big George (Smoke Sessions) →
- Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) →
- Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →
- Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) →
- Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM) →
- Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
- Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →
- Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore) →
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
VOCAL
- Alyssa Allgood, From Here (Next) →
- Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
LATIN
DEBUT
- Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →
NEW ALBUMS (unranked)
- Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) →
- Steve Dyer, Enhlizweni: Song Stories From My Heartland (Ropeadope) →
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
- Adam O'Farrill, Hueso (Food) →
- Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
- Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
- Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) →
- Anna Webber, Simpletrio2000 (Intakt) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
- Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
VOCAL
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Vanisha Gould, She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth (Cellar Live) →
- William Parker & Ellen Christi, Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity) →
LATIN
- Roxana Amed, Becoming Human (Sony Music Latin) →
DEBUT
- Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
- Vanisha Gould, She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth (Cellar Live) →
- Alden Hellmuth, Good Intentions (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
Gary Chapin (Free Jazz Collective)
NEW ALBUMS
- Tim Berne-Hank Roberts-Aurora Nealand [Oceans And], Lucid/Still (Screwgun) →
- George Cartwright & Bruce Golden, Dilate (self-released) →
- Ivo Perelman-Chad Fowler-Reggie Workman-Andrew Cyrille, Embracing the Unknown (Mahakala Music) →
- Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
- Liba Villavecchia Trio + Luis Vicente, Muracik (Clean Feed) →
- Moor Mother, The Great Bailout (Anti-) →
- ØKSE, ØKSE (Backwoodz Studioz) →
- Space, Embrace the Space (Relative Pitch) →
- أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt '23) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Tim Berne, Live in Someplace Nice (1984, Screwgun) →
- George Cartwright, The Ghostly Bee (2005, Mahakala Music '23) →
- Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics) →
- Tim Berne & Michael Formanek, Parlour Games (1991, Relative Pitch) →
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
VOCAL
- Moor Mother, The Great Bailout (Anti-) →
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation '23) →
LATIN
DEBUT
Nate Chinen (WRTI, NPR Music, The Gig)
NEW ALBUMS
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
- Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
- David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
- Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
- Jihye Lee Orchestra, Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) →
- Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
- Matt Mitchell, Illimitable (Obliquity) →
- Nala Sinephro, Endlessness (Warp) →
- Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
- Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
- Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →
VOCAL
- Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
- Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition) →
- Jazzmeia Horn, Messages (Empress Legacy) →
LATIN
- Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
- Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
- Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
DEBUT
- Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
- Vanisha Gould, She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth (Cellar Live) →
- Devon Daniels Quintet, LesGo! (Sam First) →
NEW ALBUMS
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes '23) →
- Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, America: The Rough Cut (ESP-Disk '23) →
- Taj Mahal, Savoy (Stony Plain '23) →
- El Michels Affair & Black Thought, Glorious Game (Big Crown '23) →
- David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
- Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) →
- Robert Finley, Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound '23) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Louis Armstrong, Louis in London (1968, Verve) →
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
VOCAL
- Taj Mahal, Savoy (Stony Plain '23) →
- Robert Finley, Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound '23) →
- Meshell Ndegeocello, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) →
- Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Live in London (Alligator '23) →
- Madeleine Peyroux, Let's Walk (Just One/Thirty Tigers) →
LATIN
DEBUT
Troy Collins (Point of Departure)
NEW ALBUMS (unranked)
- Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
- Erik Friedlander, Dirty Boxing (Skipstone) →
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
- Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) →
- Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) →
- The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
- Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) →
- Jenny Scheinman, All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family) →
- Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal, Sunday (Loyal Label) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) →
VOCAL
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
LATIN
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
DEBUT
Thomas Conrad (Stereophile, All About Jazz)
NEW ALBUMS
- Ryan Truesdell, Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions (ArtistShare) →
- Avishai Cohen, Ashes to Gold (ECM) →
- Out Of/Into [Joel Ross-Gerald Clayton-Kendrick Scott-Matt Brewer-Immanuel Wilkins], Motion I (Blue Note) →
- Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
- Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
- Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
- Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →
- Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Centennial: The Music of Thad Jones: Live at the Village Vanguard (BCM+D) →
- Giovanni Guidi, A New Day (ECM) →
- Jim Snidero, For All We Know (Savant) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
- Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM) →
- Bill Evans, In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music) →
- Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
VOCAL
- Adonis Rose Trio + One, For All We Know (Storyville) →
- Julie Kelly, Freedom Jazz Dance (Laurelwood) →
- KJ Denhert, The Evening News (Mother Cyclone) →
LATIN
- Anat Cohen Quartetinho, Bloom (Anzic) →
- Yvonnick Prené & Geoff Keezer, Jobim's World (Sunnyside) →
DEBUT
- Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →
- Phillip Golub, Abiding Memory (Berthold/Endectomorph Music) →
- Neta Raanan, Unforeseen Blossom (Giant Step Arts) →
J.D. Considine (DownBeat)
NEW ALBUMS
- Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
- Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Anna Webber, Simpletrio2000 (Intakt) →
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) →
- Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) →
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) →
- Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? (Mack Avenue) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- Bobby Hutcherson, Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic) →
- Tim Berne & Michael Formanek, Parlour Games (1991, Relative Pitch) →
VOCAL
- Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) →
LATIN
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
DEBUT
Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)
NEW ALBUMS (unranked)
- Sergio Armaroli & Evan Parker, Dialog (Now-ezz-thetics '23) →
- Carlos Bica, 11:11 (Clean Feed) →
- Nick Dunston, Colla Voce (Out of Your Head) →
- Joëlle Léandre, Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt) →
- Move, Free Baile: Live in Shenzhen (Clean Feed) →
- Kresten Osgood Quintet, Live at H15 Studio (ILK Music) →
- Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) →
- Kevin Sun, The Fate of the Tenor (Endectomorph) →
- Twin Talk, Live (Shifting Paradigm) →
- Dan Weiss, Even Odds (Cygnus) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- Derek Bailey & Sabu Toyozumi, Breath Awareness (1987, NoBusiness) →
- Anthony Braxton, Solo Bern 1984 [First Visit] (Ezz-thetics) →
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
- Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
- Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics) →
VOCAL
LATIN
DEBUT
Brad Cohan (Bandcamp Daily, New York City Jazz Record)
NEW ALBUMS
- Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
- Jamie Saft Trio, Plays Monk (Oystertones) →
- Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash, To March Is to Love (Cuneiform) →
- Thollem McDonas, Infinite-Sum Game (ESP-Disk) →
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
- Ivo Perelman-Mark Helias-Tom Rainey, Truth Seeker (Fundacja Sluchaj) →
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Brandon Seabrook, Object of Unknown Function (Pyroclastic) →
- Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
VOCAL
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
LATIN
DEBUT
Michael Coyle (WRCU [Colgate University])
NEW ALBUMS
- Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) →
- Jon Batiste, Beethoven Blues [Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1] (Verve/Interscope) →
- Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note) →
- Thomas Heberer-Joe Fonda-Joe Hertenstein, Remedy II (Fundacja Słuchaj '23) →
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
- Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
- Caleb Wheeler Curtis, The True Story of Bears and the Invention of the Battery (Imani) →
- Alex LoRe, Motivity (Weirdear) →
- Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn, Duo (ACT Music) →
- Lynne Arriale Trio, Being Human (Challenge) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
- Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance) →
- James P. Johnson, World Broadcast Recordings (1944, Solo Art) →
- Charles Mingus, Mingus Takes Manhattan: The Complete Birdland Dates: 1961-1962 (New Land) →
- Don Byas, Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946 (Mosaic '23) →
VOCAL
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
- Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
LATIN
DEBUT
David Cristol (Free Jazz Collective)
NEW ALBUMS
- Matthew Shipp, The Data (RogueArt) →
- Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
- Pat Thomas, The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Otoroku) →
- Pentadox, As if It Were Tomorrow (Challenge) →
- Pedro Melo Alves, Conundrum Vol. 1: Itself Through Disappearance (Clean Feed) →
- Joëlle Léandre, Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt) →
- Peter Evans, Extra (We Jazz) →
- Caveira, Ficar Vivo (Shhpuma) →
- Piotr Michalowski & Damon Smith, How to Ripen in Ice (Balance Point Acoustics) →
- Paul Dunmall-Tobias Delius-Olie Brice-Mark Sanders, No Better Than Butcher Bird (Fundacja Słuchaj) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Byard Lancaster, The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974 (Souffle Continu) →
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
- Art Ensembe of Chicago, Message to Our Folks (1969, BYG Actuel) →
- Archie Shepp, Live at the Panafrican Festival (1971, BYG Actuel) →
- Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
VOCAL
LATIN
DEBUT
- Gravelshard, Gravelshard (Phonogram Unit) →
NEW ALBUMS
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
- Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →
- Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
- Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
- Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
- Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
- Jihye Lee Orchestra, Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) →
- Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Alice Coltrane, A Monastic Trio (1968, Impulse!) →
- Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music) →
- Don Ellis, How Time Passes to Essence Revisited (1960-62, Ezz-Thetics) →
- Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
VOCAL
- Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Melusine (Nonesuch '23) →
- Diana Panton, Soft Winds and Roses (Sono) →
- Laila Biali, Wintersongs (self-released) →
LATIN
- Hermeto Pascoal, Pra Você, Ilza (Rocinante) →
- Donald Vega, As I Travel (Imagery/Tiger Turn) →
- Zaccai Curtis, Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) →
DEBUT
NEW ALBUMS
- Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, Louis Armstrong's America (ESP-Disk) →
- Thumbscrew, Wingbeats (Cuneiform) →
- Lux Quartet, Tomorrowland (Enja/Yellowbird) →
- Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
- Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Dave Douglas, Gifts (Greenleaf Music) →
- Ryan Truesdell, Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions (ArtistShare) →
- Kim Cass, Levs (Pi) →
- Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
- Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
- Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music) →
VOCAL
- Lucy Wijnands & John Di Martino, Call Me Irresponsible: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen (Night Is Alive '23) →
LATIN
- Daniel Carter-Leo Genovese-William Parker-Francisco Mela, Shine Hear Vol. 2 (577) →
DEBUT
- Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →