10 Best New Releases- Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth, Epicenter
- Myra Melford, Snowy Egret
- Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls
- Mary Halvorson, Meltframe
- Noah Preminger, Live at the 55 Bar
- William Parker/Raining on the Moon, Great Spirit
- Stephen Haynes, Pomegranate
- Mike Reed’s People Places & Things, A New Kind of Dance
- Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, featuring David Liebman and Marilyn Mazur, Lars Møller’s ReWrite of Spring
- Erik Friedlander, Oscalypso
The 11s:- Darius Jones Quartet, Le bébé de Brigitte
- Nicole Mitchell/Tomeka Reid/Mike Reed, Artifacts
- Liberty Ellman, Radiate
- Avisha Cohen Trio, From Darkness
- Jason Roebke, Every Sunday
- Chicago Reed Quartet, Western Automatic
- Pascal Niggenkemper, ‘‘look with thine ears’
- Mario Pavone/Matt Mitchell/Tyshawn Sorey, Blue Dialect
- Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago
- Cristina Pato, Latino
- Joey Calderozzo Trio, Going Home
- Power Trio, Di Lontan
- John Hébert, Rambling Confessions
- PRISM Quartet, Heritage/Evolution Volume 1
- Eve Risser, des pas sur la neige
- Rempis Percussion Quartet, Cash and Carry
- Ran Blake/Sara Serpa, Kitano Noir
- Tim Berne’s Snakeoil, You’ve Been Watching Me
- Wooley/Rempis/Niggenkemper/Corsano, From Wolves to Whales
- Zs, Xe
- Dre Hocevar Trio, Coding of Eventuality
- Food, This is not a miracle
- Hypercolor, Hypercolor
- Nate Wooley Quintet, (Dance to) The Early Music
- J.D. Allen, Graffiti
- Frank Carlberg, big enigmas
- Ross Hammond, Flight
- Steve Coleman and the Council of Balance, Synovial Joints
- Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet, Intents and Purposes
- Marta Sánchez Quintet, partenika
- Bjørn Solli, Aglow: The Lyngøe Project, Volume 1
- Andrew Bishop, De Profundis
Honorable Mention:- James Brandon Lewis, Days of FreeMan
- Jean-Michel Pic, What is this Thing Called?
- Chris Potter Underground, Imaginary Cities
- Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation
- Enrico Rava Quartet, Wild Man Dance
- Jon Irabagon, Behind the Sky
- Mike Osborne, Dawn
- Sal Mosca, The Talk of the Town
- Amir El-Saffar, Crisis
- Kenny Wheeler, Songs for Quintet
- Makaya McCraven, In the Moment
- Christian Howes, American Spirit
- Chris Dingman, The Subliminal and the Sublime
- Robert Sabin, Humanity Part II
- Saxophone Quartet Dicke Luft, Carillon
- Fresh Cut Orchestra, From the Vine
- Louis Belgonis, Blue Buddha
- Ozo, A Kind of Zo
- Brian Landrus Trio, The Deep Below
- Frantz Loriot/Manuel Perovic Notebook Large Ensemble, Urban Furrow
- Vijay Iyer Trio, Break Stuff
- Ochion Jewell Quartet, Volk
- Shareef Clayton, North & South
- Andrew Drury, Content Provider
- Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz, Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz
- Mike Sopko, Bill Laswell, Thomas Pridgen, Sopko Laswell Pridgin
Top Three Reissues or Historical Albums:- Cecil Taylor, The Complete in Berlin ‘88
- Sonny Rollins Quartet with Don Cherry, Complete Live at the Village Gate 1962
- Steve Lacy Quintet, Last Tour
Best Vocal AlbumFrank Lacy and the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Sings
Best Debut AlbumRoots Magic, Hoodoo Blues
Best Latin jazz AlbumPaquito D’Rivera & Quinteto Cimarron, Aires Tropicales
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