Ballots 2024 [4]

[Ackermann - Booth] · [Borella - Davis] · [Dean-Harris - Geiken] · [Gijssels - Hull] · [Hum - Lange] · [Langhoff - Monsen] · [Moore - Saito] · [Saunders - Terano] · [Tesser - Yokoi]

NEW ALBUMS

1. Gonçalo Almeida, States of Restraint (Clean Feed) →
2. David Maranha & Rodrigo Amado, Wrecks (Nariz Entupido) →
3. Christoph Erb-Magda Mayas-Gerry Hemingway, Hour Music (Veto) →
4. Angles & Elle-Kari With Strings, The Death of Kalypso (Thanatosis Produktion) →
5. John Butcher + 13, Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) →
6. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
7. Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus, Flip Side (Lumo) →
8. Hubbub, abb abb abb (Relative Pitch) →
9. Desarbres Ensemble, Live at 6th Spontaneous Music Festival 2022 (Spontaneous Live Series) →
10. Earth Tongues, Anemone (Neither/Nor) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Gush, Afro Blue (1998, Trost) →
2. Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics) →
3. Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Live From Studio Rivbea: July 12, 1975 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 1] (NoBusiness) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
• Silvia Bolognesi-Dudú Kouate-Griffin Rodriguez, Timing Birds (Astral Spirits) →
• Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Rewilder (Intakt) →
• Nick Dunston, Colla Voce (Out of Your Head) →
• Joëlle Léandre, Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt) →
• The Necks, Bleed (Northern Spy) →
• Miles Okazaki, Miniature America (Cygnus) →
• Ches Smith, Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) →
• Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
• Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton, Difficult Messages Volume Five: Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton Live in Los Angeles (self-released) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

• Derek Bailey & Sabu Toyozumi, Breath Awareness (1987, NoBusiness) →
• Duck Baker, Breakdown Lane: Free Jazz Guitar 1976-1998 (ESP-Disk) →
• Anthony Braxton-Roland Dahinden-Hildegard Kleeb, Four Compositions (Wesleyan) 2013 (Prague Music Platform '23) →
• Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
• Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Pink Elephants on Parade (1985-90, Modern Harmonic) →

VOCAL

• Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) →
• Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Musho (Intakt) →
• William Parker & Ellen Christi, Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch '23) →
• Alan Braufman, Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) →
• Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
• Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The World Is on Fire (Division 81) →
• Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
• Dave Douglas, Gifts (Greenleaf Music) →
• Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
• Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) →
• Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) →
• Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
2. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) →
3. Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music) →
4. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
5. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
• Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
• Obed Calvaire, 150 Million Gold Francs (Ropeadope) →

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside) →
• Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
• Anna Butterss, Mighty Vertebrate (International Anthem) →
• Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley, Journey to Where (Stoney Lane) →
• Peter Evans, Extra (We Jazz) →
• Paolo Fresu, Legacy (Tǔk Music) →
• Larry Goldings & John Sneider, Chinwag (Sticky Mack) →
• Sean Ono Lennon, Asterisms (Tzadik) →
• The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
• Lucy Woodward & the Rocketeers (GroundUP Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

• Ran Blake & Dave Knife Fabris, Live Amsterdam 2006 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) →
• Al Jarreau, Wow! Live at the Childe Harold (1976, Resonance) →
• Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore) →
• Slow Poke, At Home (1998, P&M) →
• Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM) →

VOCAL

• Roxana Amed, Becoming Human (Sony Music Latin) →
• Amy Gadiaga, All Black Everything (Jazz Re:Freshed) →
• Simona Severini-Daniele Richiedei-Giulio Corini, Fedra (Parco Della Musica) →

LATIN

• Etienne Charles, Creole Orchestra (Culture Shock) →
• Anat Cohen Quartetinho, Bloom (Anzic) →
• Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini, Guinga (GroundUP Music) →

DEBUT

• Anni Kiviniemi Trio, Eir (We Jazz) →
• Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
• Amy Aileen Wood, The Heartening (Colorfield) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. David Liebman & the CNY Jazz Orchestra, If a White Horse From Jerusalem . . . (CNY Jazz Arts Foundation) →
2. Michael Dease, Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) →
3. Randy Weinstein, HarmoniMonk (Random Chance) →
4. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
5. Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
6. Kamasi Washington, Fearless Movement (Young) →
7. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
8. Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland, United (Edition) →
9. Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band, Treasury Volume 1 (Turtle Bay) →
10. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix Reimagined (Live) (Ropeadope) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →

VOCAL

• The Taj Mahal Sextet, Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod) →

LATIN

• Shakira, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Sony Music Latin) →

DEBUT

• Jarien Jamanila, Jarien Plays Jamanila (Jamanila) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) →
2. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
3. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
4. Joëlle Léandre, Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt) →
5. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi) →
6. Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
7. Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →
8. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) →
9. Nicole Mitchell & Ballaké Sissoko, Bamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE) →
10. Lynne Arriale Trio, Being Human (Challenge) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
2. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Centennial (1923, Archeophone) →
3. Bobby Hutcherson, Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic) →
4. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →
5. Bill Evans, In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music) →

VOCAL

• Silvia Bolognesi-Dudú Kouate-Griffin Rodriguez, Timing Birds (Astral Spirits) →
• Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
• Clarence Penn, Behind the Voice (Origin) →

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
• Juanma Trujillo, Howl (Endectomorph Music) →
• Ruben Caban, Kangana (self-released) →

DEBUT

• Zacchae'us Paul, Jazz Money (Candid) →
• Julien Knowles, As Many, as One (Biophilia) →

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Fred Hersch, Silent, Listening (ECM) →
• Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) →
• Ill Considered, Precipice (New Soil) →
• Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
• Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
• The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
• ØKSE, ØKSE (Backwoodz Studioz) →
• SML, Small Medium Large (International Anthem) →
• Kiki Valera, Vacilón Santiaguero (Circle 9 Music) →
• Kamasi Washington, Fearless Movement (Young) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve) →
2. Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
3. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Live in Montreal: May 1975 (Liberation Hall) →
4. Charles Mingus, Mingus Takes Manhattan: The Complete Birdland Dates: 1961-1962 (New Land) →
5. John Coltrane 4tet, Live in France July 27/28 1965: The Complete Concerts (Fingerpoppin) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

Note: Longer Rara Avis list truncated at 5: dropped Mal Waldron, Reminiscent Suite (1973, BBE); Johnny Griffin, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1964, Gearbox '23); Alice Coltrane, The Great Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!); Miles Davis, Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings (Craft); McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs (1966, Blue Note).

NEW ALBUMS

1. Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) →
2. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
3. Nubiyan Twist, Find Your Flame (Strut) →
4. Louis Hayes, Artform Revisited (Savant) →
5. Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) →
6. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →
7. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
8. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
9. Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi) →
2. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) →
3. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
4. Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) →
5. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →
6. Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork) →
7. Oded Tzur, My Prophet (ECM) →
8. Kim Cass, Levs (Pi) →
9. Giovanni Guidi, A New Day (ECM) →
10. Arun Ramamurthy Trio, New Moon (Greenleaf Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
2. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →
3. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
4. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) →
5. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →

VOCAL

• Jazzmeia Horn, Messages (Empress Legacy) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →
• Summer Camargo, To Whom I Love (Blue Engine) →
• Art Baden, How Much of It Is Real (Rainy Days) →

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger, Dans le Morvan (Relative Pitch) →
• Stian Westerhus & Maja S. K. Ratkje, All Losses Are Restored (Crispin Glover) →
• Joe McPhee With Ken Vandermark, Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words (Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
• Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Musho (Intakt) →
• The Attic & Eve Risser, La Grande Crue (NoBusiness) →
• John Butcher + 13, Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) →
• ØKSE, ØKSE (Backwoodz Studioz) →
• أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
• Nacka Forum, Peaceful Piano (Moserobie) →
• Joëlle Léandre-Elisabeth Harnik-Zlatko Kaučič, Live in St. Johann (Funcadja Sluchaj) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Die Like a Dog [Peter Brötzmann-Toshinori Kondo-William Parker-Hamid Drake], Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler (1994, Cien Fuegos) →
2. Peter Brötzmann-Toshinori Kondo-Sabu Toyozumi, Complete Link (2016, NoBusiness) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Etienne Charles, Creole Orchestra (Culture Shock) →
2. John Ellis Quartet, Bizet: Carmen in Jazz (Blue Room Music '23) →
3. Warren Wolf, History of the Vibraphone (Cellar Music) →
4. Wayne Escoffery, Alone (Smoke Sessions) →
5. Snorre Kirk, Top Dog (Stunt '23) →
6. Pat Metheny, MoonDial (BMG) →
7. Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? (Mack Avenue) →
8. Nick Finzer, Legacy: A Centennial Celebration of JJ Johnson (Outside In Music) →
9. Alvin Queen Trio, Feeling Good (Stunt) →
10. Blue Moods, Swing & Soul (Posi-Tone) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Nat King Cole, Live at the Blue Note Chicago (1953, Iconic) →
2. Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
3. Oscar Peterson, City Lights: Live in Munich 1994 (Mack Avenue) →
4. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
5. Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →

VOCAL

• Queen Esther, Things Are Looking Up (EL) →
• Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
• Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →

LATIN

• Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) →
• Zaccai Curtis, Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) →
• Dred Scott-Moses Patrou-Tom Beckham-Matt Pavolka, Cali Mambo (Ropeadope) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The Almighty (Division 81) →
2. Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
3. Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) →
4. Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) →
5. Nala Sinephro, Endlessness (Warp) →
6. Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
7. William Parker-Cooper-Moore-Hamid Drake, Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) →
8. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
9. Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel, The Room (Real World) →
10. Nubya Garcia, Odyssey (Concord Jazz) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
3. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →

VOCAL

• Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) →

LATIN

• Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
• Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel, The Room (Real World) →
• Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
• Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Fire!, Testament (Rune Grammofon) →
2. Jordina Millà & Barry Guy, Live in Munich (ECM) →
3. Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii, Aloft (Libra) →
4. Alan Braufman, Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) →
5. Void Patrol, Live @ Victo (Les Disques Victo) →
6. Rolf Kühn, Fearless (MPS) →
7. Wayne Escoffery, Alone (Smoke Sessions) →
8. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
9. Mats Gustafsson & Liudas Mockūnas, Watching a Dog. Smiling (NoBusiness) →
10. Dan Weiss, Even Odds (Cygnus) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Nina Simone, Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings (1959-1963) (Soul Music) →
2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
3. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
4. Louis Stewart & Jim Hall, The Dublin Concert (1982, Livia) →
5. Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →

VOCAL

• Ganavya, Daughter of a Temple (Leiter) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. Nala Sinephro, Endlessness (Warp) →
2. Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, MESTIZX (International Anthem) →
3. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
4. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) →
5. SML, Small Medium Large (International Anthem) →
6. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
7. Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
8. Ezra Collective, Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan) →
9. Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) →
10. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
2. John Abercrombie-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette, Gateway (1975, ECM) →
3. Joe Henderson, Power to the People (1969, Craft/Jazz Dispensary) →
4. Margo Guryan, Words and Music (1957-68, Numero Group) →
5. Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 (Light in the Attic) →

VOCAL

• Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, MESTIZX (International Anthem) →
• Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
• Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
• Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) →

LATIN

• Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, MESTIZX (International Anthem) →
• Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
• Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →

DEBUT

• Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, MESTIZX (International Anthem) →
• Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
• Vanisha Gould, She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth (Cellar Live) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
2. Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch '23) →
3. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) →
4. Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Hamilton De Holanda, Collab (Sony Music Brazil) →
5. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
6. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →
7. Ben Wendel, Understory: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
8. Lux Quartet, Tomorrowland (Enja/Yellowbird) →
9. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
10. Micah Thomas, Mountains (Artwork) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
2. Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
3. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
4. Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance) →
5. Joni Mitchell, Archives Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) (Rhino) →

VOCAL

• Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →

LATIN

• Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Hamilton De Holanda, Collab (Sony Music Brazil) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
2. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
3. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
4. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) →
5. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi) →
6. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
7. Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) →
8. Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) →
9. Anna Webber, Simpletrio2000 (Intakt) →
10. Caleb Wheeler Curtis, The True Story of Bears and the Invention of the Battery (Imani) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
2. Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
3. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
4. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
5. 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) →
• Sara Serpa, Encounters & Collisions (Biophilia) →
• Lauren Henderson, Sombras (Brontosaurus) →

LATIN

• Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
• Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
• Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) →

DEBUT

• Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. Akiko Tsuruga, Beyond Nostalgia (SteepleChase) →
2. Tom Harrell, Alternate Summer (HighNote) →
3. Eric Alexander, Timing Is Everything (Cellar Music) →
4. George Cables, I Hear Echoes (HighNote) →
5. Alex Sipiagin, Horizons (Blue Room Music) →
6. Peter Bernstein, Better Angels (Smoke Sessions) →
7. Summer Camargo, To Whom I Love (Blue Engine) →
8. Jim Rotondi, Finesse (Cellar Music) →
9. Alliance [Sharel Cassity & Colleen Clark], Alliance (Shifting Paradigm) →
10. The Heavy Hitters, That's What's Up! (Cellar Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound) →
2. Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →
3. Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve) →

VOCAL

• Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →

LATIN

• Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) →

DEBUT

• Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. Jim Snidero, For All We Know (Savant) →
2. Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork) →
3. Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
4. Peter Bernstein, Better Angels (Smoke Sessions) →
5. Louis Hayes, Artform Revisited (Savant) →
6. M.T.B. [Brad Mehldau-Mark Turner-Peter Bernstein], Solid Jackson (Criss Cross Jazz) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
2. Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
3. Louis Armstrong, Louis in London (1968, Verve) →
4. Sonny Rollins, A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (1957, Blue Note) →
5. Bobby Hutcherson, Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
2. Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? (Mack Avenue) →
3. Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
4. Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside) →
5. Jasper Høiby's 3 Elements, Like Water (Edition) →
6. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) →
7. Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork) →
8. Peter Somuah, Highlife (ACT Music) →
9. Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →
10. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Grover Washington, Jr., Grover Live: Vol. 2 (1998, Lightyear Entertainment) →
2. Duke Ellington, The Far East Suite (1966, Music on Vinyl) →
3. Jason Moran, Ten (2010, Blue Note) →

VOCAL

• Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
• Zara McFarlane, Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan (Universal) →

LATIN

• Delia Fischer, Beyond Bossa (Origin) →

DEBUT

• Antistatic, Relics (Cuneiform) →

Note: Voter: "Honorable mention for Sam Newbould's Homing and Myles Sanko's Let It Unfold, 2 of my favorite records of the year. But I had the pleasure of working on both of them, so I am not allowed to officially nominate either."

NEW ALBUMS

1. Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, Louis Armstrong's America (ESP-Disk) →
2. Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
3. Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) →
4. Emmeluth's Amoeba, Nonsense (Moserobie) →
5. Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
6. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) →
7. Dave Douglas, Gifts (Greenleaf Music) →
8. The Core, Roots (Moserobie) →
9. Ballister, Smash and Grab (Aerophonic) →
10. أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
2. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
3. NRG Ensemble, Hold That Thought (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
4. Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) →
5. Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →

VOCAL

• Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
• Queen Esther, Things Are Looking Up (EL) →
• Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
• Betty Bryant, Lotta Livin' (Bry-Mar Music) →

LATIN

• Julia Vari Feat. Negroni's Trio, Somos (Alternative Representa) →
• Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
• Hermanos Gutiérrez, Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound) →

DEBUT

• Ivanna Cuesta, A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) →
• Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
• Mathias Højgaard Jensen, Is as Is (Fresh Sound New Talent) →

Note: Also see The Best Jazz Albums of 2024.

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