2024 Mid-Year Totals: New Albums

Critics were asked to list 10 albums in descending order, with 10 points awarded for their #1, 9 for #2, etc. (On ballots where choices were listed alphabetically, each received 5.5 points.) The first bold number indicates total points; the number in parentheses is the tally of ballots on which an album appeared, which was used as a tiebreaker.

Albums are eligible here if all of the music was recorded within the past ten years (2013 and later), and if none of it is reissued. Reissues and previously unreleased archival music -- recorded in or before 2012 -- are evaluated in the Rara Avis category. (See FAQ for marginal exceptions.)

1. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM) 51.5 (27) →
2. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) 44.4 (27) →
3. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) 43.5 (27) →
4. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) 34 (18) →
5. Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) 22.8 (14) →
6. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) 22.4 (12) →
7. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) 21.4 (15) →
8. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) 20.4 (13) →
9. Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms) 19.4 (10) →
10. أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) 19.2 (9) →
Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) 16.9 (10) →
12. Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note) 16.3 (9) →
13. Dave Douglas, Gifts (Greenleaf Music) 15.4 (9) →
14. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) 14.8 (9) →
15. Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) 14.8 (8) →
16. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) 14.7 (9) →
17. Ches Smith, Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) 14.6 (10) →
18. Bill Frisell, Orchestras (Blue Note) 14.3 (9) →
19. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) 14.2 (10) →
20. Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt) 14.2 (9) →
Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) 12.8 (9) →
22. Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) 12.6 (7) →
23. Alan Braufman, Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) 11.1 (9) →
24. Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork) 11.1 (6) →
25. Oded Tzur, My Prophet (ECM) 10.9 (6) →
26. Anthony Braxton, 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (Braxton House) 10.6 (7) →
27. Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) 10.6 (5) →
28. Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Rewilder (Intakt) 10.1 (7) →
29. Jason Stein-Marilyn Crispell-Damon Smith-Adam Shead, Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics) 10.1 (6) →
30. Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) 8.4 (4) →
Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside) 8.3 (5) →
32. John Escreet, The Epicenter of Your Dreams (Blue Room Music) 8.2 (6) →
33. Kamasi Washington, Fearless Movement (Young) 8.2 (4) →
34. Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) 8 (5) →
35. Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? (Mack Avenue) 7.9 (5) →
36. Fred Hersch, Silent, Listening (ECM) 7.1 (5) →
37. Kim Cass, Levs (Pi) 6.8 (3) →
38. Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) 6.7 (6) →
39. Ballister, Smash and Grab (Aerophonic) 6.7 (5) →
40. Abdullah Ibrahim, 3 (Gearbox) 6.7 (5) →
Sunny Five [Tim Berne-David Torn-Ches Smith-Devin Hoff-Marc Ducret], Candid (Intakt) 6.6 (4) →
42. Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The Almighty (Division 81) 6.5 (4) →
43. SML, Small Medium Large (International Anthem) 6.4 (4) →
44. أحمد [Ahmed], Wood Blues (Astral Spirits) 6.3 (4) →
45. Brandon Ross Phantom Station, Off the End (Sunnyside) 6.3 (4) →
46. Matt Mitchell, Illimitable (Obliquity) 6.2 (4) →
47. Amanda Gardier, Auteur (Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson) (self-released) 6 (4) →
48. Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) 5.4 (4) →
49. Pat Metheny, MoonDial (BMG) 5.4 (2) →
50. Dan Weiss, Even Odds (Cygnus) 5.1 (5) →
Cassie Kinoshi, Gratitude (International Anthem) 5 (3) →
52. Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble, Elegy for Thelonious (Sunnyside) 4.8 (3) →
53. Beings, There Is a Garden (No Quarter) 4.8 (2) →
54. Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band, Life Songs (Alternate Side) 4.7 (3) →
55. David Leon, Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) 4.6 (3) →
56. Etienne Charles, Creole Orchestra (Culture Shock) 4.6 (2) →
57. Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine) 4.4 (3) →
58. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) 4.4 (3) → :: Belongs in Rara Avis.
59. Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) 4.4 (3) →
60. Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Heartland Radio (SoundSpore) 4.4 (2) →
Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Musho (Intakt) 4.3 (3) →
62. Friends & Neighbors, Circles (Clean Feed) 4.2 (3) →
63. Ethan Iverson, Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) 4.2 (3) →
64. Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch '23) 4.2 (2) →
65. Emmeluth's Amoeba, Nonsense (Moserobie) 4.2 (2) →
66. Jeremy Pelt, Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote) 4.1 (3) →
67. Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra, This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto) 4.1 (2) →
68. John Surman, Words Unspoken (ECM) 4.1 (2) →
69. Ben Allison-Steve Cardenas-Ted Nash, Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera) 4 (3) →
70. One for All, Big George (Smoke Sessions) 4 (3) →
William Parker-Cooper-Moore-Hamid Drake, Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) 4 (3) →
72. Fire!, Testament (Rune Grammofon) 4 (2) →
73. Hilary Gardner, On the Trial with the Lonesome Pines (Anzic) 4 (2) →
74. Charles McPherson, Reverence (Smoke Sessions) 4 (2) →
75. Giovanni Guidi, A New Day (ECM) 3.9 (3) →
76. Ryan Truesdell, Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions (ArtistShare) 3.9 (3) →
77. Paul Giallorenzo Trio, Play (Delmark '23) 3.8 (3) →
78. Space, Embrace the Space (Relative Pitch) 3.7 (3) →
79. Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM) 3.7 (3) → :: Belongs in Rara Avis.
80. Nick Finzer, Legacy: A Centennial Celebration of JJ Johnson (Outside In Music) 3.6 (3) →
Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund, e.s.t. 30 (ACT Music) 3.6 (3) →
81. Matthew Shipp, The Data (RogueArt) 3.6 (3) →
83. Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, Remembrance (Thirty Tigers) 3.4 (3) →
84. Ivanna Cuesta, A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) 3.4 (3) →
85. Rob Mazurek, Milan (Clean Feed) 3.4 (3) →
86. Modney, Ascending Primes (Pyroclastic) 3.4 (3) →
87. Adam Rudolph & Tyshawn Sorey, Archaisms II (Meta) 3.4 (3) →
88. The Core, Roots (Moserobie) 3.4 (2) →
89. Miha Gantar, New York City (Clean Feed) 3.4 (2) →
90. Kaze, Unwritten (Circum/Libra) 3.4 (2) →
Roger Kellaway, Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Music) 3.4 (2) →
91. Matt Mitchell, Zealous Angles (Pi) 3.4 (2) →
92. Michael Shrieve, Drums of Compassion (7D Media) 3.4 (2) →
94. Something Else! [Featuring Vincent Herring], Soul Jazz (Smoke Sessions) 3.3 (3) →
95. François Houle-Kate Gentile-Alexander Hawkins, Fatrasies (Victo) 3.3 (2) →
96. Jon Irabagon's Outright!, Recharge the Blade (Irabbagast) 3.2 (3) →
97. Welf Dorr-Elias Meister-Dmitry Ishenko-Kenny Wollesen, So Far So Good (self-released) 3.2 (2) →
98. Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) 3.2 (2) →
99. Layale Chaker & Sarafand, Radio Afloat (In a Circle) 3.1 (2) →
100. Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Jet Black (Libra) 3.1 (2) →
Ken Peplowski, Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Music) 3 (2) →
101. QOW Trio, The Hold Up (Ubuntu Music) 3 (2) →
103. Daymé Arocena, Alkemi (Brownswood) 3 (1) →
104. Gerald Cannon, Live at Dizzy's Club: The Music of Elvin & McCoy (Woodneck) 3 (1) →
105. Edition Redux, Better a Rook Than a Pawn (Audiographic '23) 3 (1) →
106. Mercer Hassy Orchestra, Duke's Place (Mercer Hassy) 3 (1) →
107. Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle '23) 3 (1) →
108. Kim Myhr & Kitchen Orchestra, Hereafter (Sofa Music) 3 (1) →
109. Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel, The Room (Real World) 3 (1) →
110. The New Wonders, Steppin' Out (Turtle Bay) 3 (1) →
One Another Orchestra, One Another Orchestra (Nato) 3 (1) →
111. Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) 3 (1) →
112. Tutu Puoane, Wrapped in Rhythm, Vol. 1 (SoulFactory) 3 (1) →
113. Idit Shner & Mhondoro, Ngatibatanei [Let Us Unite!] (OA2) 3 (1) →
114. Zen Widow, IV (From One Dark Age to Another) (Objet-a '23) 3 (1) →
116. Jo Harrop, The Path of a Tear (Lateralize) 2.9 (2) →
117. Neal Kirkwood Big Band, Night City (Brooklyn Jazz Underground) 2.9 (2) →
118. Kenny Warren, Sweet World (Out of Your Head) 2.9 (2) →
119. Joy Guidry, Amen (Whited Sepulchre) 2.8 (2) →
120. Joe McPhee With Ken Vandermark, Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 2.8 (2) →
Emile Parisien Quartet, Let Them Cook (ACT) 2.8 (2) →
121. Gregory Tardy, In His Timing (WJ3 '23) 2.8 (2) →
123. John Butcher + 13, Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) 2.7 (2) →
124. Monty Alexander, D Day (Pee Wee) 2.6 (2) →
125. PNY Quintet, Over the Wall (RogueArt) 2.6 (2) →
126. Reggie Quinerly, The Thousandth Scholar (Redefinition) 2.6 (2) →
127. Lisa Ullén, Heirloom (Fönstret) 2.6 (2) →
128. Olie Brice-Rachel Musson-Mark Sanders, Immense Blue (West Hill) 2.4 (2) →
129. Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, True Story (New Soil/Mushroom Hour) 2.4 (2) →
130. Jasmine Myra, Rising (Gondwana) 2.4 (2) →
Aki Takase Japanic, Forte (Budapest Music Center) 2.4 (2) →
131. Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) 2.4 (2) →
132. Jack Walrath, Live at Smalls (Cellar Music) 2.4 (2) →
134. John Blum Quartet Featuring Marshall Allen, Deep Space (Astral Spirits) 2.4 (1) →
135. Caveira, Ficar Vivo (Shhpuma) 2.4 (1) →
136. Adriano Clemente, The Coltrane Suite and Other Impressions (Dodicilune '23) 2.4 (1) →
137. Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) 2.4 (1) →
138. Caroline Davis' Alula, Captivity (Ropeadope '23) 2.4 (1) →
139. Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger, Dans le Morvan (Relative Pitch) 2.4 (1) →
140. John Ellis Quartet, Bizet: Carmen in Jazz (Blue Room Music '23) 2.4 (1) →
Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz '23) 2.4 (1) →
141. Goran Kajfeš Tropiques, Tell Us (We Jazz) 2.4 (1) →
142. James McClaskey & the Rhythm Band, Later on Blues (BigTone) 2.4 (1) →
143. Meshell Ndegeocello, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) 2.4 (1) →
144. Negarit Band, Origins (Buda Musique '23) 2.4 (1) →
145. Nils Økland Band, Gjenskinn (Hubro) 2.4 (1) →
146. Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Hamilton De Holanda, Collab (Sony Music Brazil) 2.4 (1) →
147. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) 2.4 (1) →
148. Samuel Torres & the Latin Chamber Ensemble, A Dance for Birds (Blue Conga) 2.4 (1) →
149. Kiki Valera, Vacilón Santiaguero (Circle 9 Music) 2.4 (1) →
Kathrine Windfeld Sextet, Aldebaran (Stunt) 2.4 (1) →
152. Christopher Hoffman, Vision Is the Identity (Out of Your Head) 2.3 (2) →
153. Brian Landrus, Plays Ellington & Strayhorn (Palmetto) 2.3 (2) →
154. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix Reimagined (Live) (Ropeadope) 2.2 (2) →
155. Taylor Eigsti, Plot Armor (GroundUP) 2.2 (2) →
156. Elephant9, Mythical River (Rune Grammofon) 2.2 (2) →
157. Julieta Eugenio, Stay (Cristalyn) 2.2 (2) →
158. Stephan Crump, Slow Water (Papillon Sounds) 2.1 (2) →
159. Nick Dunston, Colla Voce (Out of Your Head) 2.1 (2) →
160. Kronos Quartet, Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Red Hot Org) 2.1 (2) →
Steve Turre, Sanyas (Smoke Sessions) 2.1 (2) →
162. Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, Chicken Shit Bingo (2015, Trost) 2 (2) → :: Includes 1(1) from Rara Avis.
163. Chris Byars, Boptics (SteepleChase) 2 (2) →
164. divr, Is This Water (We Jazz) 2 (2) →
165. Gush, Afro Blue (1998, Trost) 2 (2) → :: Belongs in Rara Avis.
166. Mike Monford, The Cloth I'm Cut From (self-released) 2 (2) →
167. Ivo Perelman-Mark Helias-Tom Rainey, Truth Seeker (Fundacja Sluchaj) 2 (2) →
168. Jim Rotondi, Finesse (Cellar Music) 2 (2) →
169. Void Patrol, Live @ Victo (Les Disques Victo) 2 (2) →
170. Alex Beltran, Rift (Calligram) 2 (1) →
Oddgeir Berg Trio, A Place Called Home (Ozella) 2 (1) →
171. Ed Clute, Shadows on the Moon (Rivermont) 2 (1) →
172. Jeremiah Cymerman, Body of Light (5049) 2 (1) →
173. Thembi Dunjana, God Bless iKapa. God Bless Mzantsi (AfricArise) 2 (1) →
174. Tim Garland, Moment of Departure (Ubuntu Music) 2 (1) →
175. Gravelshard, Gravelshard (Phonogram Unit) 2 (1) →
176. Norah Jones, Visions (Blue Note) 2 (1) →
177. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi '23) 2 (1) →
178. The Nordic Quintet, Originals (AMM) 2 (1) →
179. Queen Esther, Things Are Looking Up (EL) 2 (1) →
Steph Richards, Power Vibe (Northern Spy) 2 (1) →
180. Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) 2 (1) →
181. Federico Ughi, Infinite Cosmos Calling You You You, Vol. 1 (577) 2 (1) →
182. Peter Van Huffel's Callisto, Meandering Demons (Clean Feed) 2 (1) →
183. Jennifer Walshe & Tony Conrad, In the Merry Month of May (Blue Chopsticks) 2 (1) →
184. Stian Westerhus & Maja S. K. Ratkje, All Losses Are Restored (Crispin Glover) 2 (1) →
185. Lizz Wright, Shadow (Blues & Greens) 2 (1) →
186. Denny Zeitlin, Panoply (Sunnyside) 2 (1) →
189. Tim Armacost, Something About Believing (TMA) 1.8 (1) →
190. Carlos Bica, 11:11 (Clean Feed) 1.8 (1) →
Seth Andrew Davis & Will Yager, April 8th, 1969 (Ox Cart New Music) 1.8 (1) →
191. The Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Sob Story (Relative Pitch) 1.8 (1) →
192. Ghost Trees, Intercept Method (self-released) 1.8 (1) →
193. Behn Gillece, Stick Together (Posi-Tone) 1.8 (1) →
194. Alex Harding & Lucian Ban, Blutopia (Sunnyside) 1.8 (1) →
195. Remedy [Thomas Heberer-Joe Fonda-Joe Hertenstein], Live at Jazzkammer (420 CPW) 1.8 (1) →
196. Robin Holcomb, One Way or Another, Vol. 2 (Westerlies) 1.8 (1) →
197. Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash, To March Is to Love (Cuneiform) 1.8 (1) →
198. The Palomar Trio, The Song in Our Soul (Turtle Bay) 1.8 (1) →
199. Frank Paul Schubert-Michel Pilz-Stefan Scheib-Klaus Kugel, Live at FreeJazz Saar 2019 (Nemu) 1.8 (1) →
Kavain Wayne Space & XT, Yesyespeakersyes (Feedback Moves) 1.8 (1) →
200. Stemeseder Lillinger Quartet, Umbra II (Intakt) 1.8 (1) →
201. Marta Warelis & Andy Moor, Escape (Relative Pitch) 1.8 (1) →
204. John Blum-David Murray-Chad Taylor, The Recursive Tree (Relative Pitch '23) 1.6 (1) →
205. Betty Bryant, Lotta Livin' (Bry-Mar Music) 1.6 (1) →
206. Simon Hanes, Tsons of Tsunami (Tzadik) 1.6 (1) →
207. Helveticus [Daniel Humair-Samuel Blaser-Heiri Känzig], Our Way (Blaser Music) 1.6 (1) →
208. Izumi Kimura-Barry Guy-Gerry Hemingway, Six Hands Open as One (Fundacja Słuchaj) 1.6 (1) →
209. Snorre Kirk, Top Dog (Stunt '23) 1.6 (1) →
210. Laufey, Bewitched (AWAL '23) 1.6 (1) →
The London Experimental Ensemble With Richard Thompson, Wesley Stace, Sivert Hayem, Marissa Nadler and Gina Fergione, Child Ballads: The Final Six (Don Giovanni '23) 1.6 (1) →
211. The New Orleans Night Owls, St. Louis Rag and Other Ragtime Classics (Rivermont) 1.6 (1) →
212. Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) 1.6 (1) →
213. Sonic Tender, Odd Objects (Robalo Music) 1.6 (1) →
214. Petra Van Nuis & Dennis Luxion, From Me to You (String Damper) 1.6 (1) →
216. Charlie Ballantine, Love Letters & Graffiti (Green Mind) 1.4 (1) →
217. Basher, May Day (Sinking City) 1.4 (1) →
218. Blue Moods, Swing & Soul (Posi-Tone) 1.4 (1) →
219. Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club, A Second Life (Mandorla Music) 1.4 (1) →
220. Marthe Lea Band, Herlighetens Vei (Motvind '23) 1.4 (1) →
Casimir Liberski & Tatsuya Yoshida, Troubled Water (Totalism) 1.4 (1) →
221. Royce Martin, Memories on Morgan Street (Rivermont '23) 1.4 (1) →
222. Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, Músicas Brasileiras, Músicos Portugueses (self-released) 1.4 (1) →
223. Ken Peplowski, Unheard Bird (Arbors) 1.4 (1) →
224. Madeleine Peyroux, Let's Walk (Just One/Thirty Tigers) 1.4 (1) →
225. Planet D Nonet, Echoes of Harlem: A Salute to Duke Ellington Vol. 2 (Eastlawn) 1.4 (1) →
226. Dave Rempis-Pandelis Karayorgis-Jakob Heinemann-Bill Harris, Truss (Aerophonic/Drift) 1.4 (1) →
227. Alex Sipiagin, Horizons (Blue Room Music) 1.4 (1) →
228. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi '23) 1.4 (1) →
229. Yuhan Su, Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside '23) 1.4 (1) →
Amanda Whiting, The Liminality of Her (First Word) 1.4 (1) →
232. Acceleration Due to Gravity, Jonesville: Music by and for Sam Jones (Hot Cup) 1.3 (1) →
233. Advancing on a Wild Pitch, Disasters Vol. 2 (Hot Cup) 1.3 (1) →
234. Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes, The Doober (Leaving) 1.3 (1) →
235. Jon Gordon, 7th Ave South (ArtistShare) 1.3 (1) →
236. The Hot Toadies Jazz Band (Prohibition Productions) 1.3 (1) →
237. The New Mastersounds, Old School (One Note) 1.3 (1) →
238. Han-earl Park-Lara Jones-Pat Thomas, Juno 3 (Ramble '23) 1.3 (1) →
239. Potsa Lotsa XL, Chamber Works (Trouble in the East '23) 1.3 (1) →
240. Angelica Sanchez & Chad Taylor, A Moster Is Just an Animal You Haven't Met Yet (Intakt) 1.3 (1) →
Rebecca Trescher Tentet, Character Pieces (self-released) 1.3 (1) →
241. Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn, Duo (ACT Music) 1.3 (1) →
243. Bridgetown Sextet, Functionizin' (Rivermont) 1.2 (1) →
244. Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley, Journey to Where (Stoney Lane) 1.2 (1) →
245. Kit Downes, Dr. Snap (Bimhuis) 1.2 (1) →
246. Elephantine, Moonshine (Northern Spy '23) 1.2 (1) →
247. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani) 1.2 (1) →
248. FUR [Hélène Duret-Benjamin Sauzereau-Maxime Rouayroux], Bond (BMC) 1.2 (1) →
249. Kenny Garrett & Svoy, Who Killed AI? (Mack Avenue) 1.2 (1) →
250. Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi '23) 1.2 (1) →
Roby Glod-Christian Ramond-Klaus Kugel, No Toxic (Nemu) 1.2 (1) →
251. Noah Haidu, Standards II (Sunnyside) 1.2 (1) →
252. Jon Irabagon Trio, Dinner & Dancing (Irrabagast) 1.2 (1) →
253. Roberto Magris, Love Is Passing Thru: Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet (2005, JMood) 1.2 (1) → :: Belongs in Rara Avis.
254. Francisco Mela & Zoh Amba, Causa y Efecto (Vol. 2) (577) 1.2 (1) →
255. John Minnock, A Different Riff: Minnock Sings Shire (Dot Time) 1.2 (1) →
256. Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Magical Incantation (Soul City Sounds) 1.2 (1) →
257. Dave Pietro, The Talisman (SteepleChase) 1.2 (1) →
258. Anthony Pirog, The Nepenthe Series Vol. 1 (Otherly Love '23) 1.2 (1) →
259. Present, This Is NOT the End (Cuneiform) 1.2 (1) →
Dan Pugach Big Band, Bianca (Outside In Music) 1.2 (1) →
260. Tomeka Reid-Isadora Edwards-Elisabeth Coudoux, Reid/Edwards/Coudoux (Relative Pitch) 1.2 (1) →
261. Jeremy Rose & the Earshift Orchestra, Discordia (Earshift Music) 1.2 (1) →
262. Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal, Sunday (Loyal Label) 1.2 (1) →
263. Splitter Orchester, Splitter Musik (Hyperdelia) 1.2 (1) →
264. Kevin Sun, The Fate of the Tenor (Endectomorph) 1.2 (1) →
267. Ricky Alexander, Just Found Joy (Turtle Bay) 1.1 (1) →
268. Lynne Arriale Trio, Being Human (Challenge) 1.1 (1) →
269. Byron Asher's Skrontch Music, Lord, When You Send the Rain (Sinking City) 1.1 (1) →
270. BassDrumBone, Afternoon (Auricle) 1.1 (1) →
Albert Beger-Ziv Taubenfeld-Shay Hazan-Hamid Drake, Cosmic Waves (NoBusiness) 1.1 (1) →
271. Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop, A Canadian Songbook (Three Pines) 1.1 (1) →
272. Jürg Frey, Outermost Melodies (Another Timbre) 1.1 (1) →
273. Nubya Garcia, Odyssey (Concord Jazz) 1.1 (1) →
274. Muriel Grossmann, Devotion (Third Man '23) 1.1 (1) →
275. Peter Hand, Blue Topaz (Whaling City Sound) 1.1 (1) →
276. Ill Considered, Precipice (New Soil) 1.1 (1) →
277. José Lencastre-Zbigniew Kozera-Vasco Trilla, Chymeia (Phonogram Unit) 1.1 (1) →
278. Live Edge Trio With Steve Nelson, Closing Time (OA2) 1.1 (1) →
279. Carlos Niño & Friends, Placenta (International Anthem) 1.1 (1) →
Ivo Perelman Quartet, Water Music (RogueArt) 1.1 (1) →
280. Ivo Perelman-Barry Guy-Ramon Lopez, Interaction (Ibeji Music) 1.1 (1) →
281. Emilio Reyna, Los Niños Perdidos (Ropeadope Sur) 1.1 (1) →
282. Carla Santana-José Lencastre-Maria do Mar-Gonçalo Almeida, Defiant Ilussion (A New Wave of Jazz) 1.1 (1) →
285. Alyssa Allgood, From Here (Next) 1 (1) →
286. Alliance, Alliance (Shifting Paradigm) 1 (1) →
287. Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost '23) 1 (1) →
288. Roxana Amed, Becoming Human (Sony Music Latin) 1 (1) →
289. Arashi With Takeo Moriyama, Tokuzo (Trost) 1 (1) →
290. Sergio Armoli & Evan Parker, Dialog (Now-Ezz-Thetics '23) 1 (1) →
Beholder Quartet, Suspension of Disbelief (Sachimay) 1 (1) →
291. Tim Berne-Hank Roberts-Aurora Nealand [Oceans And], Lucid/Still (Screwgun) 1 (1) →
292. Andrew Bird Trio, Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista) 1 (1) →
293. Black Art Jazz Collective, Truth to Power (HighNote) 1 (1) →
294. The Bobby Broom Organi-sation, Jamalot Live (Steele) 1 (1) →
295. Summer Camargo, To Whom I Love (Blue Engine) 1 (1) →
296. Ian Carey & Wood Metal Plastic, Strange Arts (Slow & Steady) 1 (1) →
297. Daniel Carter-Patrick Holmes-Matthew Putman-Hilliard Greene-Federico Ughi, Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 2 (577) 1 (1) →
298. James Carter, Un (Unaccompanied Baritone Saxophone) (J.M.I.) 1 (1) →
299. George Cartwright & Bruce Golden, Dilate (self-released) 1 (1) →
Dal Sasso Big Band, Chick Corea's Three Quartets Revisited (Jazz & People) 1 (1) →
300. Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch '23) 1 (1) →
301. Paul Dunmall-Paul Rogers-Mark Sanders, Wildlife (Fundacja Słuchaj) 1 (1) →
302. Yelena Eckemoff, Romance of the Moon (L&H Production) 1 (1) →
303. Christoph Erb & Frantz Loriot, Wabi Sabi (Veto '23) 1 (1) →
304. Wayne Escoffery, Alone (Smoke Sessions) 1 (1) →
305. John Etheridge, Blue Spirits Live (Dyad) 1 (1) →
306. Tanja Feichtmair-Mara Kolibri-Stefan Krist-Josef Novotny-Fredi Pröll-Julius Winter-Uli Winter, Adschi (Creative Sources) 1 (1) →
307. Lawrence Fields, To the Surface (Rhythm 'N' Flow) 1 (1) →
308. Rod Fleeman Trio, Saturday Afternoon Live at Green Lady Lounge Volume 3 (Green Lady Radio) 1 (1) →
Flukten, Flukten (Odin) 1 (1) →
309. Fuubutsushi, Meridians (Cached.Media) 1 (1) →
310. Raffi Garabedian, The Crazy Dog (Clandestine) 1 (1) →
311. Adam Goldfarb, Fire Lapping at the Creek (Infrequent Seams) 1 (1) →
312. Erik Griswold-Chloe Kim-Helen Svoboda, Anatomical Heart (Earshift Music) 1 (1) →
313. Gregory Groover Jr., Lovabye (Criss Cross) 1 (1) →
314. Morgan Guerin, Tales of the Facade (Candid) 1 (1) →
315. Dave Harrington-Max Jaffe-Patrick Shiroishi, Speak, Moment (AKP) 1 (1) →
316. Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) 1 (1) →
317. Eirik Hegdal, Eklektisk Samband: Turnchest (Particular) 1 (1) →
Xaver Hellmeier, X-Man in New York (Cellar Music '23) 1 (1) →
318. Ramona Horvath Trio, Carmen's Karma (Camille Productions '23) 1 (1) →
319. اسم [ism] [Pat Thomas-Joel Grip-Antonin Gerbal], Maua (577) 1 (1) →
320. Josh Johnson, Unusual Object (Northern Spy) 1 (1) →
321. Ariel Kalma-Jeremiah Chiu-Marta Sofia Honer, The Closest Thing to Silence (International Anthem) 1 (1) →
322. Charlotte Keefe/Right Here, Right Now Quartet, Alive! in the Studio (Discus Music '23) 1 (1) →
323. Timo Lassy & Jaukka Eskola, Nordic Stew (Dox) 1 (1) →
324. LDL [Urs Leimgruber-Jacques Demierre-Thomas Lehn], In the Endless Wind (Wide Ear) 1 (1) →
325. Ellie Lee, Escape (Sori-E Naite Music) 1 (1) →
326. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) 1 (1) →
John Lurie, Painting With John (Royal Potato Family) 1 (1) →
327. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt '23) 1 (1) →
328. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family '23) 1 (1) →
329. Ben Monder, Planetarium (Sunnyside) 1 (1) →
330. Bruno Montrone, Unaware Beauty (A.MA) 1 (1) →
331. Moor Mother, The Great Bailout (Anti-) 1 (1) →
332. Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) 1 (1) →
333. David Murray-Questlove-Ray Angry, Plumb (J.M.I. '23) 1 (1) →
334. New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, Tipish (self-released) 1 (1) →
335. Sam Newsome & Max Johnson, Tubes (Unbroken Sounds) 1 (1) →
Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark, Japan 2019 (PNL/Audiographic) 1 (1) → :: Includes 1(1) from Rara Avis.
336. Omawi [Marta Warelis-Onno Govaert-Wilbert De Joode], Waive (Relative Pitch '23) 1 (1) →
337. Jowee Omicil, Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite (Bash! Village/Modular '23) 1 (1) →
338. Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y, A New Beat (Cellar Music) 1 (1) →
339. Shane Parish, Repertoire (Palilalia) 1 (1) →
340. William Parker & Ellen Christi, Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity) 1 (1) →
341. Hery Paz, River Creatures (Porta Jazz) 1 (1) →
342. Poeji, Nant (Squama) 1 (1) →
343. Alvin Queen Trio, Feeling Good (Stunt) 1 (1) →
344. Rachel Z, Sensual (Dot Time) 1 (1) →
Troy Robers, Green Lights (Toy Robot Music) 1 (1) →
345. Akira Sakata-Toshimaru Nakamura-Raiga Hayashi, Kinjo No Tabibito (Meenna '23) 1 (1) →
346. Brandon Sanders, Compton's Finest (Savant '23) 1 (1) →
347. Otis Sandsjö, Y-Otis Tre (We Jazz) 1 (1) →
348. Jim Snidero, For All We Know (Savant) 1 (1) →
349. Mai Sugimoto, Sunlight Filtering Through the Leaves (Asian Improv) 1 (1) →
350. Anders Svanoe, Astro Eclipse: State of the Baritone Vol. 6 (Irabbagast) 1 (1) →
351. Christian Tamburr-Dominick Farinacci-Michael Ward-Bergeman, Triad (Ropeadope) 1 (1) →
352. Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii, Aloft (Libra) 1 (1) →
353. Gegè Telesforo, Big Mama Legacy (Ropeadope) 1 (1) →
Jacky Terrasson, Moving On (Believe) 1 (1) →
354. Terton [Louie Belogenis/Trevor Dunn/Ryan Sawyer], Outer, Inner, Secret (Tzadik) 1 (1) →
355. Juliet Varnedoe Jazz Band, Cajun Bleu (self-released) 1 (1) →
356. April Varner, April (Cellar Music) 1 (1) →
357. Weasel Walter Large Ensemble, Igneity: After the Fall of Civilization (Improved Sequence) 1 (1) →
358. yPLO, ob TRU (Feedback Moves) 1 (1) →

Total albums receiving votes: 366

Footnotes:

Awarded 1 vote/point for each vote a New Releases album received under Rara Avis:

• Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, Chicken Shit Bingo (2015, Trost) 1(1)
• Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark, Japan 2019 (PNL/Audiographic) 1(1)

Notes

If an album received votes in the previous year, and received more votes (not just more points) this year, the two years' totals were added together. This applied to: none.