Ballots 2024 Mid-Year [5]

[Ackermann - Dollar] · [Donohue-Greene - Hollis] · [Hull - Miles] · [Milner - Taylor] · [Toland - Wilson]

NEW RELEASES

1. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
2. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
3. Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) →
4. Ghost Trees, Intercept Method (self-released) →
5. John Escreet, The Epicenter of Your Dreams (Blue Room Music) →
6. Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt) →
7. Oded Tzur, My Prophet (ECM) →
8. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →
9. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
10. Amanda Gardier, Auteur (Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson) (self-released) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. John Abercrombie-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette, Gateway (1975, ECM) →
2. Phil Ranelin, The Found Tapes: 1968-1971 (ORG Music) →
3. Pat Metheny, Bright Size Life (1975, ECM) →
4. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
5. The John Wright Trio, South Side Soul (1960, Craft) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
2. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
3. Alex Beltran, Rift (Calligram) →
4. Behn Gillece, Stick Together (Posi-Tone) →
5. Paul Giallorenzo Trio, Play (Delmark '23) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Herbie Hancock, Speak Like a Child (1968, Blue Note) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Fire!, Testament (Rune Grammofon) →
2. أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
3. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
4. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
5. Sonic Tender, Odd Objects (Robalo Music) →
6. John Butcher + 13, Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) →
7. Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
8. Anthony Braxton, 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (Braxton House) →
9. Ivo Perelman-Barry Guy-Ramon Lopez, Interaction (Ibeji Music) →
10. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
3. Children of the Sun, Ofamfa (1971, Moved-by-Sound) →
4. Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics) →
5. Die Like a Dog [Peter Brötzmann-Toshinori Kondo-William Parker-Hamid Drake], Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler (1994, Cien Fuegos) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) →
2. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) →
3. Ches Smith, Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) →
4. Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note) →
5. Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) →
6. Bill Frisell, Orchestras (Blue Note) →
7. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
8. Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley, Journey to Where (Stoney Lane) →
9. Dave Douglas, Gifts (Greenleaf Music) →
10. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) →
2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
3. Kenny Wheeler, Angel Song (1996, ECM) →
4. Louis Armstrong, Louis in London (1968, Verve) →
5. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →

NEW RELEASES (unranked)

• Omawi [Marta Warelis-Onno Govaert-Wilbert De Joode], Waive (Relative Pitch '23) →
• Akira Sakata-Toshimaru Nakamura-Raiga Hayashi, Kinjo No Tabibito (Meenna '23) →
• Ivo Perelman-Mark Helias-Tom Rainey, Truth Seeker (Fundacja Sluchaj) →
• Alan Braufman, Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) →
• Charlotte Keefe/Right Here, Right Now Quartet, Alive! in the Studio (Discus Music '23) →
• Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost '23) →
• PNY Quintet, Over the Wall (RogueArt) →
• Hery Paz, River Creatures (Porta Jazz) →
• LDL [Urs Leimgruber-Jacques Demierre-Thomas Lehn], In the Endless Wind (Wide Ear) →
• Jason Stein-Marilyn Crispell-Damon Smith-Adam Shead, Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

• Barry Altschul-David Izenson-Perry Robinson, Stop Time: Live at Prince Street, 1978 (NoBusiness '23) →
• Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real) →
• Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
• Frank Paul Schubert-Michel Pilz-Stefan Scheib-Klaus Kugel, Live at FreeJazz Saar 2019 (Nemu) →
• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Live From Studio Rivbea: July 12, 1975 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 1] (NoBusiness) →

NEW RELEASES

1. One Another Orchestra, One Another Orchestra (Nato) →
2. Negarit Band, Origins (Buda Musique '23) →
3. Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms) →
4. Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble, Elegy for Thelonious (Sunnyside) →
5. Helveticus [Daniel Humair-Samuel Blaser-Heiri Känzig], Our Way (Blaser Music) →
6. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
7. Layale Chaker & Sarafand, Radio Afloat (In a Circle) →
8. Paul Giallorenzo Trio, Play (Delmark '23) →
9. Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) →
10. Miha Gantar, New York City (Clean Feed) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
2. Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, L'Intercommunal (1976-78, Souffle Continu) →
3. Black Artist Group, For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds) →
4. Steve Beresford & Anne Marie Beretta, Dancing the Line (1985, WeWantSounds) →
5. Septet Matchi-Oul, Terremoto (1971, Souffle Continu) →

NEW RELEASES (unranked)

• Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
• Ches Smith, Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) →
• Kaze, Unwritten (Circum/Libra) →
• Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) →
• Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) →
• Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
• Modney, Ascending Primes (Pyroclastic) →
• Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
• Paul Giallorenzo Trio, Play (Delmark '23) →
• Beholder Quartet, Suspension of Disbelief (Sachimay) →

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. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
4. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
5. Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon, In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (1972, Jazz Detective) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
2. Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) →
3. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) →
4. Gregory Tardy, In His Timing (WJ3 '23) →
5. Jeremy Pelt, Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote) →
6. Amanda Whiting, The Liminality of Her (First Word) →
7. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
8. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
9. Muriel Grossmann, Devotion (Third Man '23) →
10. divr, Is This Water (We Jazz) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
2. Cannonball Adderley, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music) →
3. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) →
4. Jessica Williams, Orgonomic Muic (1981, Sundazed) →
5. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
2. Michael Shrieve, Drums of Compassion (7D Media) →
3. Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) →
4. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) →
5. Giovanni Guidi, A New Day (ECM) →
6. Bill Frisell, Orchestras (Blue Note) →
7. Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Musho (Intakt) →
8. Kit Downes, Dr. Snap (Bimhuis) →
9. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
10. Cassie Kinoshi, Gratitude (International Anthem) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
2. Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics) →
3. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
4. Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM) →
5. Fingers, The Complete Fingers Remember Mingus (1979-93, Jazz in Britain) →

NEW RELEASES

1. Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms) →
2. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
3. Bill Frisell, Orchestras (Blue Note) →
4. Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble, Elegy for Thelonious (Sunnyside) →
5. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
6. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
7. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
8. John Minnock, A Different Riff: Minnock Sings Shire (Dot Time) →
9. Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) →
10. Alyssa Allgood, From Here (Next) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective) →
2. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) →
3. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
4. Joe Fonda, From the Source (1998, Fundacja Sluchaj '23) →
5. Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real) →

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