Ballots 2024 [5]

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

NEW ALBUMS

1. Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) →
2. Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
3. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
4. Ben Monder, Planetarium (Sunnyside) →
5. Dan Weiss, Even Odds (Cygnus) →
6. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) →
7. Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Harbour (Justin Time) →
8. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
9. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →
10. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
2. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
3. Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore) →
4. Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music) →
5. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →

VOCAL

• Norma Winstone & Kit Downes, Outpost of Dreams (ECM) →
• Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
• Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition) →

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
• Danilo Pérez & Bohlusän Big Band, Lumen (Prophone) →
• Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
2. Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
3. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani) →
4. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
5. Avishai Cohen, Ashes to Gold (ECM) →
6. Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
7. Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note) →
8. Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The Almighty (Division 81) →
9. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
10. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →

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. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
4. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
5. Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music) →

VOCAL

• Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
• Michael Mayo, Fly (Mack Avenue) →
• Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
• Lisa Rich, As Long as You're Living (Tritone) →

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
• Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
• Zaccai Curtis, Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) →
• Fernando Huergo Big Band, Relentless (Whaling City Sound) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Joe Fonda Quartet, Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song) →
2. Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
3. Caleb Wheeler Curtis, The True Story of Bears and the Invention of the Battery (Imani) →
4. Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri, Transylvanian Dance (ECM) →
5. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
6. Joëlle Léandre, Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt) →
7. Natsuki Tamura & Jim Black, NatJim (Libra) →
8. Matthew Shipp & Steve Swell, Space Cube Jazz (RogueArt) →
9. Ab Baars-Joost Buis-Berlinde Deman, Cecil's Dance (Wig) →
10. Kaze, Unwritten (Circum/Libra) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) →
2. Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance) →
3. Karen Borca Trio Quartet & Quintet, Good News Blues: Live at the Vision Festival 1998 & 2005 (NoBusiness) →
4. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
5. Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →

VOCAL

• Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
• Sara Serpa & André Matos, Night Birds (Robalo Music '23) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork) →
• T.K. Blue, Planet Bluu (JAJA) →
• Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix Reimagined (Live) (Ropeadope) →
• Bill Frisell, Orchestras (Blue Note) →
• Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
• Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
• Mike LeDonne, Wonderful! (Cellar Music) →
• Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
• David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
• Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
2. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
3. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →

VOCAL

• Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
• Christie Dashiell, Journey in Black (Christie '23) →
• Michael Mayo, Fly (Mack Avenue) →
• Melvis Santa, Jazz Orishas (Distro) →

LATIN

• Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) →
• Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, Home Is Here (Tapestry '23) →
• Melvis Santa, Jazz Orishas (Distro) →

DEBUT

• Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
• Curtis Taylor, Taylor Made (Distrokid) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt) →
2. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
3. Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
4. Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) →
5. Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) →
6. Thumbscrew, Wingbeats (Cuneiform) →
7. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
8. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
9. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
10. Sylvie Courvoisier, To Be Other-Wise (Intakt) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
2. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
3. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
4. Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
5. Miles Davis, Birth of the Blue (1958, Analogue Productions) →

VOCAL

• Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
• Sara Serpa, Encounters & Collisions (Biophilia) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Daymé Arocena, Alkemi (Brownswood) →
2. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) →
3. Cole Williams, How We Care for Humanity (Four Corner) →
4. Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) →
5. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →
6. William Parker-Cooper-Moore-Hamid Drake, Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) →
7. Jeremy Pelt, Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote) →
8. JD Allen, The Dark, the Light, the Grey and the Colorful (Savant) →
9. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
10. Sam Fribush Trio, People Please (Flybird Music) →

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) →

VOCAL

• Daymé Arocena, Alkemi (Brownswood) →
• Cole Williams, How We Care for Humanity (Four Corner) →
• Norah Jones, Visions (Blue Note) →
• Laufey, Bewitched (AWAL '23) →
• Cole Williams, How We Care for Humanity (Four Corner) →

LATIN

• Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
• Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
• Andres Levin, Regreso a Gondwana (Tribe Caribe) →
• Zanja All Stars, Cuban Jam Session Volume 1 (Zanja) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Brian Bromberg, LaFaro (Be Squared) →
• Summer Camargo, To Whom I Love (Blue Engine) →
• Anat Cohen Quartetinho, Bloom (Anzic) →
• Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →
• Something Else! [Featuring Vincent Herring], Soul Jazz (Smoke Sessions) →
• Charles McPherson, Reverence (Smoke Sessions) →
• Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y, A New Beat (Cellar Music) →
• Ken Peplowski, Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Music) →
• Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
• Bria Skonberg, What It Means (Cellar Live) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

• Charlie Parker, Ornithology: The Best of Bird (Craft) →
• Oscar Peterson, City Lights: Live in Munich 1994 (Mack Avenue) →

VOCAL

• Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
• Bria Skonberg, What It Means (Cellar Live) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Summer Camargo, To Whom I Love (Blue Engine) →
• Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
2. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) →
3. Out Of/Into [Joel Ross-Gerald Clayton-Kendrick Scott-Matt Brewer-Immanuel Wilkins], Motion I (Blue Note) →
4. Ganavya, Daughter of a Temple (Leiter) →
5. Tigran Hamasyan, The Bird of a Thousand Voices (Naïve) →
6. Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) →
7. Nala Sinephro, Endlessness (Warp) →
8. Alfa Mist & Amika Quartet, Recurring: Live at King's Place (Sekito) →
9. Svaneborg Kardyb, Superkilen (Gondwana) →
10. Kamasi Washington, Fearless Movement (Young) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

• No choice.

VOCAL

• Ganavya, Daughter of a Temple (Leiter) →
• Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, Quiet in a World Full of Noise (Merge) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani) →
2. Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra, This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto) →
3. Christopher Zuar Orchestra, Exuberance (self-released) →
4. Anthony Branker & Imagine, Songs My Mom Liked (Origin) →
5. Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside) →
6. Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →
7. Geoff Bradfield, Colossal Abundance (Calligram) →
8. Samuel Torres & the Latin Chamber Ensemble, A Dance for Birds (Blue Conga) →
9. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family '23) →
10. Milton Suggs, Pure Intention (Imani) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
2. Sonny Rollins, A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (1957, Blue Note) →
3. Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
4. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
5. Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real) →

VOCAL

• Milton Suggs, Pure Intention (Imani) →
• Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
• April Varner, April (Cellar Music) →
• Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Mercer Hassy Orchestra, Duke's Place (Mercer Hassy) →
2. Adriano Clemente, The Coltrane Suite and Other Impressions (Dodicilune '23) →
3. Devon Daniels Quintet, LesGo! (Sam First) →
4. Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork) →
5. John Escreet, The Epicenter of Your Dreams (Blue Room Music) →
6. Neal Kirkwood Big Band, Night City (Brooklyn Jazz Underground) →
7. Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band, Life Songs (Alternate Side) →
8. Ben Allison-Steve Cardenas-Ted Nash, Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera) →
9. Steve Turre, Sanyas (Smoke Sessions) →
10. Renee Rosnes, Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve) →
2. Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →
3. Brother Jack McDuff, Ain't No Sunshine: Live in Seattle (1972, Reel to Real) →
4. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
5. Cannonball Adderley, Poppin' in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (Elemental Music) →

VOCAL

• Veronica Swift, Veronica Swift (Mack Avenue '23) →

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →

DEBUT

• Luther Allison, I Owe It All to You (Posi-Tone) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
2. Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) →
3. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
4. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
5. Ben Allison-Steve Cardenas-Ted Nash, Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera) →
6. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
7. Ethan Iverson, Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) →
8. Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) →
9. Ben Wolfe, The Understated (Resident Arts) →
10. John Hollenbeck & NDR Bigband, Colouring Hockets (Plexatonic) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
2. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
3. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
4. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Decades (1992-2020, ArtistShare) →
5. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →

VOCAL

• John Zorn & Jesse Harris [Petra Haden], Love Songs Live (Tzadik) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

Note: Also see The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2024.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
2. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
3. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
4. Julieta Eugenio, Stay (Cristalyn) →
5. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
6. The Bobby Broom Organi-Sation, Jamalot Live (Steele) →
7. Satoko Fujii Quartet, Dog Days of Summer (Libra) →
8. Younee, Improvisations Live in Germany (Fulminantmusic) →
9. Christian Tamburr-Dominick Farinacci-Michael Ward-Bergeman, Triad (Ropeadope) →
10. Morgan Guerin, Tales of the Facade (Candid) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
3. Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →
4. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
5. The Monty Alexander Trio, Montreux Alexander: Live! at the Montreux Festival (1976, MPS) →

VOCAL

• Sara Serpa, Encounters & Collisions (Biophilia) →
• Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
• Al Jarreau, Wow! Live at the Childe Harold (1976, Resonance) →

LATIN

• Etienne Charles, Creole Orchestra (Culture Shock) →
• Darryl Yokley's Sound Reformation, Un Mundo En Soledad (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) →
• Sergio Pamies, Time to Say (New Trad) →

DEBUT

• Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
• Cassie Kinoshi's Seed., Gratitude (International Anthem) →
• Mikailo Kasha, Bloom (self-released) →

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch '23) →
• Beings, There Is a Garden (No Quarter) →
• John Butcher + 13, Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) →
• Kim Cass, Levs (Pi) →
• Paul Dunmall-Paul Rogers-Mark Sanders, Wildlife (Fundacja Słuchaj) →
• Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
• Ethan Iverson, Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) →
• Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity '23) →
• Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) →
• Sunny Five [Tim Berne-David Torn-Ches Smith-Devin Hoff-Marc Ducret], Candid (Intakt) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

• Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
• Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →
• Tony Oxley, Angular Apron (1992, Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
• 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) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
2. Bill Laurance & Michael League, Keeping Company (ACT Music) →
3. Meshell Ndegeocello, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) →
4. Pat Metheny, MoonDial (BMG) →
5. Fred Hersch, Silent, Listening (ECM) →
6. Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) →
7. Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou, Arcs & Rivers (ACT Music) →
8. Nala Sinephro, Endlessness (Warp) →
9. Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) →
10. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Joe Henderson, Power to the People (1969, Craft/Jazz Dispensary) →
2. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM) →
3. Bobby Hutcherson, Medina (1969, Blue Note Tone Poet) →

VOCAL

• Meshell Ndegeocello, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) →
• Jo Harrop, The Path of a Tear (Lateralize) →
• Michael Mayo, Fly (Mack Avenue) →
• Lizz Wright, Shadow (Blues & Greens) →

LATIN

• Bruno Berle, No Reino Dos Afetos 2 (Psychic Hotline) →
• Vinicius Cantuaria, Psychedelic Rio (Sunnyside) →
• Dora Morelenbaum, Pique (Mr Bongo) →

DEBUT

• Finn Rees, Dawn Is a Melody (Mr Bongo) →
• Zacchae'us Paul, Jazz Money (Candid) →
• Dora Morelenbaum, Pique (Mr Bongo) →

NEW ALBUMS

1. Rita Payés, De Camino al Camino (Sony España) →
2. Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
3. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
4. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
5. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →
6. Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) →
7. Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The Almighty (Division 81) →
8. Neon Dilemma [Elias Stemeseder-Robert Landfermann-Leif Berger], Neon Dilemma (Klaeng) →
9. Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) →
10. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

• No choice.

VOCAL

• Rita Payés, De Camino al Camino (Sony España) →
• Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
• Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) →

LATIN

• Rita Payés, De Camino al Camino (Sony España) →
• Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →

DEBUT

• No choice.

NEW ALBUMS

1. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
2. أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
3. David Leon, Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) →
4. Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) →
5. Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
6. Matt Mitchell, Illimitable (Obliquity) →
7. Anna Webber, Simpletrio2000 (Intakt) →
8. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
9. AALY Trio [Mats Gustafsson-Peter Janson-Kjell Nordeson], Sustain (Silkheart) →
10. Carlos Bica, 11:11 (Clean Feed) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
3. Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics) →
4. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
5. Tim Berne, Live in Someplace Nice (1984, Screwgun) →

VOCAL

• Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note) →
• Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
• Moor Mother, The Great Bailout (Anti-) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Ivanna Cuesta, A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) →
• Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
• Alden Hellmuth, Good Intentions (Fresh Sound New Talent) →

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside) →
• T.K. Blue, Planet Bluu (JAJA) →
• Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The Almighty (Division 81) →
• Bill Frisell, Orchestras (Blue Note) →
• Brian Lynch, 7x7by7 (Holistic MusicWorks) →
• David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
• Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) →
• Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →
• Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
• Jack Walrath, Live at Smalls (Cellar Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
2. Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music) →
3. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
4. Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music) →
5. Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →

VOCAL

• William Parker & Ellen Christi, Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity) →
• Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
• Sara Serpa, Encounters & Collisions (Biophilia) →

LATIN

• Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
• Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
• Zaccai Curtis, Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) →

DEBUT

• Lawrence Fields, To the Surface (Rhythm 'N' Flow) →
• Willy Rodriguez, Seeing Sounds (Coucs) →
• April Varner, April (Cellar Music) →

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• BassDrumBone, Afternoon (Auricle) →
• Phillip Golub, Abiding Memory (Berthold/Endectomorph Music) →
• Rich Halley 4, Dusk and Dawn (Pine Eagle) →
• Tom Harrell, Alternate Summer (HighNote) →
• Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
• Ivo Perelman-Chad Fowler-Reggie Workman-Andrew Cyrille, Embracing the Unknown (Mahakala Music) →
• Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt) →
• Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
• Jason Stein-Marilyn Crispell-Damon Smith-Adam Shead, Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics) →
• Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

• Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance) →
• Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →
• Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
• 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

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• John Alvey, Loft Glow (Jazz Music City) →
• Mathias Højgaard Jensen, Is as Is (Fresh Sound New Talent) →

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Byron Asher's Skrontch Music, Lord, When You Send the Rain (Sinking City) →
• Mahmoud Chouki, Caravan: From Marrakech to New Orleans (Gallatin Street) →
• Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales, Jump Up (Nu-Tone) →
• Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
• Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
• The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
• Planet D Nonet, Echoes of Harlem: A Salute to Duke Ellington Vol. 2 (Eastlawn) →
• Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi) →
• Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) →
• Sun Ra Arkestra [Under the Direction of Marshall Allen], Lights on a Satellite (In+Out) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

• John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse! '23) →
• McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
• Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance '23) →
• Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
• King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Centennial (1923, Archeophone) →

VOCAL

• Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
• Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
• Jazzmeia Horn, Messages (Empress Legacy) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

Note: Debut vote for Gabrielle Cavassa disqualified because album is credited to Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note '23), although it could be viewed as Cavassa's debut.

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

• Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble, Elegy for Thelonious (Sunnyside) →
• Caleb Wheeler Curtis, The True Story of Bears and the Invention of the Battery (Imani) →
• Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →
• Pandelis Karayorgis & George Kokkinaris, Out From Athens (Driff) →
• Izumi Kimura-Barry Guy-Gerry Hemingway, Six Hands Open as One (Fundacja Słuchaj) →
• David Leon, Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) →
• Igor Lumpert & Inner Textures, I Am the Spirit of the Earth (Clean Feed) →
• Margaux Oswald Collateral Damage, In Time, Hollow Oaks Become Chapels (Clean Feed) →
• Ivo Perelman & Ingrid Laubrock, Duologues 3: Crystal Clear (Ibeji Music) →
• Pat Thomas-Dominic Lash-Tony Orrell, BleySchool: Where? (577) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
2. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
3. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

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