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Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Music: Jazz

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Ranking

Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts (Nonesuch) {35}: AAJ:*, AD:*, CM:3, EWi:17, G:*, JC:1, JW:8, PM:*, PO:15*, W:40; am:*, bc_j:+, jfk:1, jnc:1, xde:8 -- A:80/5, TH:A-

Marshall Allen: New Dawn (Mexican Summer) {24}: CS:+, DW:**+, EWi:44, JC:+, RC:*, SC:*, TN:*, Tr:+, U:*, UR:*; am:*, vew:10, vu:+, xjdc:* -- A:81/5, RX:A, TH:***

Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) {22}: AAJ:*, CM:8, EWi:24, JC:6, PO:12*, ST:++, TN:*; am:*, jgy:7, jnc:+ -- A:80/1, TH:A

Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) {21}: AAJ:*, CM:+, JC:12, JW:1, PO:*, TN:*; am:*, jfk:2, jgy:5, jnc:+ -- A:80/1, TH:A-

Fieldwork: Thereupon (Pi) {19}: AAJ:*, CM:6, EWi:45, JC:7, PO:*, SpL:**; bc_j:+, jgy:+, jnc:2 -- TH:A-

Linda May Han Oh: Strange Heavens (Biophilia) {18}: CM:+, G:*, JC:4, JW:5, PO:*; jgy:3, jnc:+ -- TH:A-

أحمد [Ahmed]: سماع [Sama'a] (Audition) (Otoroku) {18}: CM:9, EWi:+, G:*, JC:+, Mj:*, PO:3*, W:35; jnc:+ -- A:80/2, TH:A-

Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) {17}: AAJ:*, JC:3, JW:7, Mj:*, TN:*, W:27; am:*, bc_j:+, jnc:6, vew:+ -- A:80/3, TH:**

James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance (Intakt) {17}: AAJ:*, CM:+, EWi:+, JC:9, Mj:75, PO:*, TN:*; jgy:1, jnc:+ -- TH:A-

Sumac and Moor Mother: The Film (Thrill Jockey) {17}: BPM:43*, Ex:37*, Mj:*, Ne:17, PO:*, Sk:*, Spk:*, TN:*, TR:+, ; am:* -- A:81/8, TH:A-

Yazz Ahmed: A Paradise in the Hold (Night Time Stories) {16}: AAJ:*, G:*+, JC:+, JW:5, Mj:*, Spk:*, U:*; am:*, bc_j:+, dc:1 -- A:86/5, TH:B

Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note) {15}: AAJ:*, CM:+, JC:10, Mj:*, TN:*, PM:*, S:+; am:*, jnc:+ -- A:78/4, TH:A-

James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel: The Universe Will Take Care of You (Border Community) {15}: Cl:*, LBF:*, Mj:57*, Pf:*, PM:*, U:23*; g_e:4, xjdc:* -- A:80/6, TH:A-

James Brandon Lewis Trio: Apple Cores (Anti-) {15}: CM:+, EWi:+, JC:+, Mj:*, PO:*, S:+, ST:++, TN:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/3, TH:A-

Amina Claudine Myers: Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) {15}: CM:+, JC:5, PO:16*; bc_j:+, jfk:6, jgy:2, ny_s:2 -- TH:**

Patricia Brennan: Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic) {14}: AAJ:*, JC:2, PO:*; bc_j:+, jfk:5, jnc:+ -- TH:A-

Isaiah Collier/William Hooker/William Parker: The Ancients (Eremite) {14}: CM:1, EWi:32, JC:16, PO:*, TN:* -- TH:A-

Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging (Blue Note) {14}: AAJ:*, JC:11, JW:3, TN:*; am:*, jgy:8 -- A:80/1, TH:A-

Laufey: A Matter of Time (AWAL) {13}: 45:*, Al:42, Cl:*, Ev:*, FO:*, I:*, LBF:*, PM:*, NME:*, Sk:*, U:* -- A:82/13, TH:**

The Necks: Disquiet (Northern Spy) {13}: JC:+, JW:16, Mj:*, PM:*, PO:*, U:*, W:4; am:*, dc:19 -- A:80/4

SML: How You Been (International Anthem) {13}: JC:+, Mj:*, P:30, Pf:*, RC:*, U:*; am:*, jnc:+, vew:+ -- A:80/6, TH:A-

Emma-Jean Thackray: Weirdo (Brownswood/Parlophone) {13}: Al:21*, Cl:*, LBF:*, Mj:18*, MO:*, SC:*, Tr:+, U:24*; am:* -- A:81/10, TH:B

Miguel Zenón Quartet: Vanguardia Subterranea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music) {13}: AAJ:*, CM:+, JC:18, PO:*, SpL:**; jnc:11 -- TH:A

Anthony Joseph: Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back (Heavenly Sweetness) {12}: JC:+, Mj:*, PO:*, SpL:**, ST:++, U:* -- A:80/2, TH:A-

Craig Taborn/Nels Cline/Marcus Gilmore: Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic) {12}: AAJ:*, JC:13, PO:*; jnc:4, ny_s:5 -- TH:A-

Mulatu Astatke: Mulatu Plays Mulatu (Strut) {11}: AD:*, JC:+, PM:*, PO:*, RC:*, U:68*; am:* -- A:85/6, TH:***

Cosmic Ear: Traces (We Jazz) {11}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:20*, TN:*, W:36 -- TH:A-

Sullivan Fortner: Southern Nights (Artwork) {11}: JC:17; am:*, jfk:4, jgy:4, jnc:3 -- A:80/1, TH:**

Charles Lloyd: Figure in Blue (Blue Note) {11}: JC:20, JW:16, Mj:*, U:64*; am:*, jfk:9, jgy:+ -- A:83/3, TH:*

Damon Locks: List of Demands (International Anthem) {11}: JC:+, Mj:*, RC:*, TN:*, W:22; am:*, bc_j:+ -- A:82/4, TH:A-

Christer Bothén 3: L'Invisible (Thanatosis) {10}: CM:2, EWi:+, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Peter Brötzmann/Jason Adasiewice/Steve Noble/John Edwards: The Quartet: Cafe Oto, London, February, 10 & 11, 2023 (Otoroku) {10}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:10* -- TH:A-

Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas: Totality (Drag City) {10}: JC:+, Mj:37*, PO:*, SC:*, TN:*; am:*, vu:7 -- A:79/5, TH:**

Silt Rembrance Ensemble [Luke Stewart]: The Order (Cuneiform) {10}: CM:5, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Rodrigo Amado: The Bridge: Further Beyond (Trost) {9}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:*, SpL:** -- TH:A-

Xhosa Cole: On a Modern Genius, Vol. 1 (Stoney Lane) {9}: AAJ:*, Cl:*, G:*, JC:+, Mj:*, U:* -- A:80/4, TH:***

Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole (International Anthem) {9}: G:*, JC:+, Mj:*, Pf:*, SC:*, Sk:*, U:* -- A:82/7, TH:**

Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life (ECM) {9}: AAJ:*, JC:8, SC:*, Spk:*; jnc:+ -- A:80/3, TH:**

Natural Information Society: Perseverance Flow (Eremite) {9}: JC:+, Pf:*, PO:14*, W:23 -- A:80/1, TH:***

Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons: Live in Philadelphia (Otherly Love/Ars Nova Workshop) {8}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:*, TN:*; ny_s:10 -- TH:***

Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werlin: Ghosted III (Drag City) {8}: CM:+, Mj:*, U:*, W:14 -- A:80/2, TH:***

Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky (ECM) {8}: JC:+, Mj:*, Tr:+; am:*, jgy:+ -- A:78/3, TH:***

Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell: We Insist 2025! (Candid) {8}: JC, JW:4 -- TH:***

Deepstaria Enigmatica: The Eternal Now Is the Heart of a New Tomorrow (ESP-Disk) {8}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:*, TN:* -- TH:A-

Makaya McCraven: Off the Record (International Anthem) {8}: Cl:*, JC:+, LBF:*, PO:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/5, TH:**

Myra Melford: Splash (Intakt) {8}: JC:19, TN:*; jnc:5 -- TH:***

David Murray Quartet: Birdly Serenade (Impulse!) {8}: JC:+, PO:*; jfk:7, jgy:+ -- TH:A-

Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity: Great Intentions (Action Jazz) {8}: CM:4, JC:+ -- TH:***

Archer: Sudden Dusk (Aerophonic) {7}: AAJ:*, CM:+, JC:+ -- TH:A-

Artemis: Arboresque (Blue Note) {7}: AAJ:*, JC:+, PO:*, TN:*; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:**

Silke Eberhard Trio: Being-a-Ning (Intakt) {7}: AAJ:*, CM:+, JC:+, TN:* -- TH:***

Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation: This Time (Sunnyside) {7}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:A-

Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Dream a Dream (Libra) {7}: AAJ:*, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:A-

Heat On: Heat On (Cuneiform) {7}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:A-

Laura Jurd: Rites & Revelations (New Soil) {7}: JC:+, JW:13 -- TH:A-

Brad Mehldau: Ride Into the Sun (Nonesuch) {7}: AAJ:*, JC:+, JW:13, Mj:71*; jgy:9 -- A:80/1, TH:B

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Bees in the Bonnet (Rune Grammofon) {7}: JC:+, PM:+, W:45; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:***

Bill Orcutt/Steve Shelley/Ethan Miller: Orcutt Shelley Miller (Silver Current) {7}: JC:+, Mj:*, U:*; xjdc:* -- A:79/3, TH:***

Aruán Ortiz: Créole Renaissance (Intakt) {7}: AAJ:*, JC:+, PO:*; jnc:+ -- TH:***

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower (TAO Forms) {7}: JC:14, PO:* -- TH:A-

Joshua Redman: Words Fall Short (Blue Note) {7}: G:*, JC:+, JW:19; jnc:+ -- TH:**

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Oh Snap (Nonesuch) {7}: G:*, JC:+, JW:2; jnc:+ -- A:70/4, TH:B

Ches Smith: Clone Row (Otherly Love) {7}: AAJ:*, CM:+, JC:+; jnc:+ -- TH:***

Wadada Leo Smith/Sylvie Courvoisier: Angel Falls (Intakt) {7}: AAJ:*, JC:+, PO:*, W:41 -- TH:***

Pat Thomas: Hikmah (TAO Forms) {7}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:*; jnc:8 -- TH:***

Webber/Morris Big Band: Unseparate (Out of Your Head) {7}: CM:+, JC:15; bc_j:+ -- TH:***

Brandee Younger: Gadabout Season (Impulse!) {7}: JC:+, KC:25, PO:*, RC:*; am:*, ny_s:7 -- A:75/3, TH:*

3 Cohens/WDR Big Band: Interaction (Anzic) {6}: AAJ:*, DB:*, JC:* -- TH:***

Carl Allen: Tippin' (Cellar) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:***

Jon Batiste: Big Money (Verve/Interscope) {6}: Al:45, DB:* -- TH:A-

Believers [Brad Shepik/Sam Minaie/John Hadfield]: Hard Believer (Shifting Paradigm) {6}: AAJ:*, DB:*, JC:+ -- TH:***

Brigitte Beraha's Lucid Dreamers: Teasing Reflections (Let Me Out) {6}: JC:+, JW:13 -- TH:***

Olie Brice: All It Was (West Hill) {6}: AAJ:*, CM:+, JC:+ -- TH:***

Rob Brown: Walkabout (Mahakala Music) {6}: AAJ:*, CM:+, JC:+, TN:* -- TH:**

Brìghde Chaimbeul: Sunwise (Tak:til) {6}: AD:*, JC:+, Mj:*, PM:*; am:* -- A:80/4, TH:*

Joe Chambers/Kevin Diehl/Chad Taylor: Onilu (Eremite) {6}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:A-

Chicago Underground Duo: Hyperglyph (International Anthem) {6}: JC:+; jnc:+, ny_s:8 -- TH:***

George Coleman: George Coleman With Strings (HighNote) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:A-

Gustavo Cortiñas: The Crisis Knows No Borders (Desafio Candente) {6}: AAJ:*, DB:*, JC:+ -- TH:***

Earscratcher: Otoliths (Aerophonic) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:A-

Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield: Speaking in Tongues (Adhyâropa) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+; bc_j:+ -- TH:***

Anat Fort: The Dreamworld of Paul Motian (Sunnyside) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+; jgy:+ -- TH:***

Fred Hersch: The Surrounding Green (ECM) {6}: JC:+; jfk:3, jgy:+ -- TH:**

Sinsuke Fujieda Group: Fukushima (SoFa) {6}: JC:+; xjdc:* -- TH:A-

Satoko Fujii GEN: Altitude 1100 Meters (Libra) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+, PO:*, -- TH:***

Tomas Fujiwara: Dream Up (Out of Your Head) {6}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:A-

Jacob Garchik: Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time (Yestereve) {6}: CM:+, JC:+; ny_s:3 -- TH:**

Marcus Gilmore: Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard (Drummerslams) {6}: JC:+; jnc:+, ny_s:1 -- TH:*

Keiji Haino/Natsuki Tamura: What Happened There? (Libra) {6}: AAJ:*, PO:* -- TH:A-

Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds Featuring Catherine Russell: Cat & the Hounds (Turtle Bay) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:A-

The Hemphill Stringtet: Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Our of Your Head) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Anna Högberg Attack: Ensamseglaren (Fönstret) {6}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:*, W:48 -- TH:**

Eunye Jeong/Michael Bisio Duo: Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP-Disk) {6}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:A-

Paal Nilssen-Love Circus + The Ex Guitars: Turn Thy Loose (PNL) {6}: CM:+, JC:+, TN:* -- TH:***

Adam O'Farrill: For These Streets (Out of Your Head) {6}: CM:+, JC:+ -- TH:A-

John Patitucci: Spirit Fall (Edition) {6}: JC:+, TN:*; am:* -- A:90/1, TH:***

Noah Preminger: Ballades (Chill Tone) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+, TN:* -- TH:***

Ned Rothenberg: Looms & Legends (Pyroclastic) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:A-

Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Chris Potter/Eric Harland/Larry Grenadier: First Meeting: Live at Dizzy's Club (5Passion) {6}: JC:+, JW:11 -- TH:***

Jaleel Shaw: Painter of the Invisible (Changu) {6}: JC:+; jnc:+ -- TH:A-

Matthew Shipp: The Cosmic Piano (Cantaloupe Music) {6}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:A-

Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band: Treasury Volume 2 (Turtle Bay) {6}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:A-

Wheelhouse: House and Home (Aerophonic) {6}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:A-

Michael Wollny Trio: Living Ghosts (ACT Music) {6}: DB:*, G:*, JC:+ -- TH:***

Zanussi 3: A Keen Beast (Sauajazz) {6}: CM:7, JC:+ -- TH:***

Joe Alterman Feat. Houston Person: Brisket for Breakfast (self-released) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Omer Avital: New York Now & Then (Zamzama) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Tarun Balani: ڪڏهن ملنداسين Kadahin Milandaasin (Berthold) {5}: JC:+; bc_j:+ -- TH:***

Lucian Ban/John Surman/Mat Maneri: Cantica Profana (Sunnyside) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Tim Berne/Tom Rainey/Gregg Belisle-Chi: Yikes Too (Screwgun/Out of Your Head) {5}: CM:+, JC:+ -- TH:***

Antonio Borghini & Banquet of Consequences: Resta Chi Va (We Insist!) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Dee Dee Bridgewater + Bill Charlap: Elemental (Mack Avenue) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Jarod Bufe: Brighter Days (Calligram) {5}: AAJ:*, DB:* -- TH:***

The Cosmic Tones Research Trio: The Cosmic Tones Research Trio (Mississippi) {5}: JC:+, O:*, PW:18, -- TH:*

Christopher Dammann: Sextet (Out of Your Head) {5}: CM:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Hamid Drake & Pat Thomas: A Mountain Sees a Mountain (Old Heaven Books) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Signe Emmeluth/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Axel Filip: Hyperboreal Trio (Relative Pitch) {5}: CM:+, JC:+ -- TH:***

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/(Exit) Knarr: Drops (Sonic Transmissions) {5}: CM:+, JC:+; bc_j:+ -- TH:**

Nnenna Freelon: Beneath the Skin (Origin) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Satoko Fujii This Is It!: Message (Libra) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Ben Lamar Gay: Yowzers (International Anthem) {5}: JC:+, Mj:*, U:*, W:44 -- A:79/3, TH:*

Billy Hart: Multidirectional (Smoke Sessions) {5}: JC:+; jnc:+ -- TH:***

Billy Hart Quartet: Just (ECM) {5}: AAJ:*, JC:+; ny_s:6 -- TH:**

Jason Kao Hwang: Myths of Origin (True Sound) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Mikko Innanen & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten: Live in Espoo (Fiasko/Sonic Transmissions) {5}: PO:* -- TH:A-

Jon Irabagon: Server Farm (Irabbagast) {5}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:***

Italian Surf Academy + Denver Butson: Ennio Morricone Is Dissolving (41st Parallel) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Rico Jones: Bloodlines (Giant Step Arts) {5}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Sheila Jordan With Roni Ben-Hur & Harvie S: Portrait Now (Dot Time) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Kirk Knuffke/Stomu Takeishi/Bill Goodwin: Window (Royal Potato Family) {5}: CM:+, JC:+ -- TH:***

Sarathy Korwar: There Is Beauty, There Already (Otherland) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Benjamin Lackner: Spindrift (ECM) {5}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:***

Dave Liebman/Billy Hart/Adam Rudolph: Beingness (Meta) {5}: AAJ:*, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:**

Brandon Lopez: Nada Sagrada (Relative Pitch) {5}: JC:+, TN:* -- TH:***

Harold López-Nussa: Nueva Timba (Blue Note) {5}: JC:+; am:*, jnc:+ -- A:90/1, TH:**

Ava Mendoza/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/Carolina Pérez: Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance) {5}: BPM:*, JC:+, PO:* -- A:77/2, TH:**

Billy Mohler: The Eternal (Contagious Music) {5}: CM:+, JC:+ -- TH:***

Thomas Morgan: Around You Is a Forest (Loveland Music) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Joe Morris/Elliott Sharp: Realism (ESP-Disk) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Motian & More: Gratitude (Phonogram Unit) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Larry Ochs/Joe Morris/Charles Downs: Every Day → All the Way (ESP-Disk) {5}: TN:* -- TH:A-

John O'Gallagher/Ben Monder/Andrew Cyrille/Billy Hart: Ancestral (Whirlwind) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet: HausLive 4 (Hausu Mountain) {5}: PM:*+, PO:* -- A:80/2, TH:**

Raphaël Pannier Quartet: Live in Saint Louis, Senegal (Miel Music) {5}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Ivo Perelman/John Butcher: Duologues 4 (Ibeji) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness: Sextet (Reva) {5}: AAJ:*, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:**

PlainsPeak: Someone to Someone (Irabbagast) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Rubén Reinaldo: Fusión Olivica (Free Code Jazz) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Dave Rempis/Jason Adasiewicz/Chris Corsano: Dial Up (Aerophonic) {5}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Dave Rempis/Russ Johnson/Jakob Heinemann/Jeremy Cunningham: Embers and Ash (Aerophonic) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Claire Ritter: Songs of Lumiere (Zoning) {5}: AAJ:* -- TH:A-

Scheen Jazzorkester & Ståle Storløkken: Double Reality Beyond Space and Time (Grong) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

John Scofield/Dave Holland: Memories of Home (ECM) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-

Rin Seo: City Suite (Cellar Music) {5}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:***

Jim Snidero: Bird Feathers (Savant) {5}: JC:+, TN:* -- TH:***

Carmen Staaf: Sounding Line (Sunnyside) {5}: JC:+; jnc:+ -- TH:***

Yuhan Su: Over the Moons (Endectomorph Music) {5}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Three-Layer Cake: Sounds the Color of Grounds (Otherly Love) {5}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:**

Trio Glossia: Trio Glossia (Sonic Transmissions) {5}: CM:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Mark Turner: Reflections On: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) {5}: JC:+; jgy:6 -- TH:***

Dan Weiss Quartet: Unclassified Affections (Pi) {5}: JC:+, TN:* -- TH:***

Wrens: Half of What You See (Out of Your Head) {5}: PO:* -- TH:A-

Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity (Sunnyside) {5}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:***

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 22: Ebo Taylor (Jazz Is Dead) {5}: Mj:*, PM:*, PO:*, Sp:* -- A:77/5, TH:*

The Young Mothers: Better If You Let It (Sonic Transmissions) {5}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:* -- TH:**

Nils Agnas': Köper Sig Ur En Kris (Moserobie) {4}: -- TH:A-

Sophie Agnel: Learning (Otoroku) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Alchemy Sound Project/Sumi Tonooka: Under the Surface (ARC) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet: El Muki (Saponegro) {4}: DB:* -- TH:***

Eric Alexander: Chicago to New York (Cellar Music Group) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Eric Alexander: Like Sugar (Cellar Live) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Lina Allemano Four: The Diptychs (Lumo) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Marshall Allen: The Omniverse Oriki (High Two) {4}: -- TH:A-

Rodrigo Amado/Chris Corsano: The Healing: Live at ZDB (2016, European Echoes) {4}: -- TH:A-

Zoh Amba: Sun (Smalltown Supersound) {4}: PO:* -- TH:***

David Amram: Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy) {4}: -- TH:A-

Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band: What Is? (self-released) {4}: -- TH:A-

Florian Arbenz/Michael Arbenz/Ron Carter: The Alpine Session: Arbenz Vs Arbenz Meets Ron Carter (Hammer) {4}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:**

Charlie Ballantine: East by Midwest (Origin) {4}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:**

Lucian Ban/John Surman/Mat Maneri: The Athenaeum Concert (Sunnyside) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Kenny Barron: Songbook (Artwork) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Spin (Ronin Rhythm -24) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Michael Bisio: NuMBq (Mahakala Music) {4}: AAJ:* -- TH:***

Johnathan Blake: My Life Matters (Blue Note) {4}: JC:+; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:**

Ron Blake: Scratch Band (7Ten33 Productions) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Bloomers: Cyclism (Relative Pitch) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Blue Moods: Force & Grace (Posi-Tone) {4}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:**

Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra: Jorden Vi Ärvde (Thanatosis) {4}: JC:+; bc_j:+ -- TH:**

BROM: Чёрная голова [Black Head] (Addicted Label) {4}: JC:+, -- TH:***

Frank Carlberg: Dream Machine (Red Piano) {4}: -- TH:A-

Daniel Carter/Ayumi Ishito: Endless Season (577) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Sharel Cassity: Gratitude (Sunnyside) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Cyrus Chestnut: Rhythm, Melody and Harmony (HighNote) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Mike Clark: Itai Doshin (Wide Hive) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Adegoke Steve Colson & Iqua Colson With Andrew Cyrille/Mark Helias: Glow: Music for Trio . . . and Voice (Silver Sphinx) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Paul Cornish: You're Exaggerating! (Blue Note) {4}: JC:+; jnc:10 -- TH:**

Theo Croker: Dream Manifest (Dom Recs) {4}: AAJ:*, JC:+; jnc:+ -- TH:*

Theon Cross: Affirmations: Live at the Blue Note New York (New Soil) {4}: JC:+; bc_j:+ -- TH:**

Amalie Dahl: Breaking/Building Habits (SauaJazz) {4}: -- TH:A-

Lao Dan/Vasco Trilla: New Species (NoBusiness) {4}: -- TH:A-

James Davis' Beveled: Arc and Edge (Calligram) {4}: bc_j:+ -- TH:***

Pierre Dørge/Kirk Knuffke: Songs for Mbizo: Johnny Lives Forever (SteepleChase) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Dave Douglas: Alloy (Greenleaf Music) {4}: JC:+; jfk:8 -- A:70/1, TH:**

Jakob Dreyer: Roots and Things (Fresh Sound New Talent) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Ryan Ebaugh/Matt Crane/Cameron Presley: Detergent (Scatter Archive) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Mathias Eick: Lullaby (ECM) {4}: AAJ:*, TN:* -- TH:**

Eight Dice Cloth: The Songs and Arrangements of Armand J. Piron (self-released) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Amir ElSaffar: New Quartet Live at Pierre Boulez Saal (Maqām) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Peter Evans/Being & Becoming: Ars Ludicra (More Is More) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Extraordinary Popular Delusions: The Last Quintet (Corbett vs. Dempsey) {4}: -- TH:A-

Joe Farnsworth: The Big Room (Smoke Sessions) {4}: DB:*, JC:+; ny_s:9 -- TH:*

Al Foster: Live at Smoke (Smoke Sessions) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Freedom Art Quartet: First Dance (self-released) {4}: -- TH:A-

Mike Freeman Zona Vibe: Circles in a Yellow Room (VOF) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Fred Frith/Mariá Portugal: Matter (Intakt) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Satoko Fujii Quartet: Burning Wick (Libra) {4}: PO:* -- TH:***

Michika Fukumori: Eternity (Summit) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Korham Futaci: Heavyweight Rehearsal Tapes (PUMA) {4}: -- TH:A-

Lafayette Gilchrist & New Volcanoes: Move With Love (Morphius) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Roger Glenn: My Latin Heart (Patois) {4}: JC:+PO:* -- TH:**

GoGo Penguin: Necessary Fictions (XXIM) {4}: Mj:*, PM:* -- A:75/4, TH:**

David Grollman/Andy Haas/Sabrina Salamone: SCRT (self-released) {4}: -- TH:A-

Gregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew (Criss Cross) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Muriel Grossmann: MGQ Live in King Georg, Köln (Powerhouse) {4}: TN:* -- TH:***

Mats Gustafsson/Ken Vandermark/Tomeka Reid/Chad Taylor: Pivot (Silkheart) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Alexander Hawkins: Song Unconditional (Intakt) {4}: JC:+, TN:* -- TH:**

Phil Haynes & Free Country: Liberty Now! (Corner Store Jazz) {4}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:**

Nick Hempton/Cory Weeds: Horns Locked (Cellar Music) {4}: AAJ:*, DB:* -- TH:**

Todd Herbert: Captain Hubs (TH Productions) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Conrad Herwig: Reflections - Facing South (Savant) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

William Hooker: Jubilation (ORG Music) {4}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:**

Instant Arts Quartet: Lingua Franca (High Two) {4}: -- TH:A-

Sven-Åke Johansson Quintet: Stumps (Trost) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Chris Jonas: Backwardsupwardsky: Music From the Desert (Edgetone) {4}: -- TH:A-

Kaisa's Machine: Moving Parts (Greenleaf Music) {4}: JC:+, TN:* -- TH:**

Kaze & Koichi Makigami: Shishiodoshi (Circum/Libra) {4}: -- TH:A-

Kelela: In the Blue Light (Warp) {4}: PO:*; vu:+ -- TH:**

Stefan Keune/Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith: Two Felt-Tip Pens: Live at Moers (Balance Point Acoustics) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Izumi Kimura & Gerry Hemingway: How the Dust Falls (Auricle) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys: Mutiny in the Parlor (self-released) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

KnCurrent: KnCurrent (Deep Dish) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Kokayi: Live at Big Ears: The Standard Knoxville, TN (Why!Not) {4}: jnc:+ -- TH:***

Jim Kweskin: Doing Things Right (Jalopy) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Lagon Nwar: Lagon Nwar (AirFono) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Billy Lester Trio: High Standards (Ultra Sound) {4}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:**

Littorina Saxophone Quartet: Leaking Pipes (NoBusiness) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Zack Lober: So We Could Live (Zennez) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Loot: Loot (ICP) {4}: -- TH:A-

Rocio Giménez López/Franco Di Renzo/Luciano Ruggieri: La Forma Del Sueño (04-11) {4}: PO:* -- TH:***

Joe Lovano: Homage (ECM) {4}: G:*, JC:+ -- TH:**

Seth MacFarlane: Lush Life (Verve) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold (Roomspin) {4}: JC:+, JW:8 --

Will Mason Quartet: Hemlocks, Peacocks (New Focus) {4}: CM:+, JM:+ -- TH:**

Mark Masters Ensemble: Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! (Capri) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Mark Masters Ensemble: Sam Rivers 100 (Capri) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Christian McBride Big Band: Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue) {4}: JC:+; jgy:+ -- TH:**

Makaya McCraven: The People's Mixtape (International Anthem -EP) {4}: PO:* -- TH:***

Tyreek McDole: Open Up Your Senses (Artworks) {4}: JC:+, JW:11 -- TH:*

The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra: Mixed Bag (Summit) {4}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:**

Joe McPhee & Strings: We Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (RogueArt) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Nils Petter Molvær: Khmer Live in Bergen (Edition) {4}: -- TH:A-

Jason Moran/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Ole Morten Vagan: Go to Your North (Yes) {4}: CM:+, JC:+, PO:*; jfk:10 --

Fred Moten & Brandon López: Revision (TAO Forms) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Matthew Muñesses/Riza Printup: Pag-Ibig Ko Vol. 1 (Irabbagast) {4}: PO:* -- TH:***

Camila Nebbia/Kit Downes/Andrew Lisle: Exhaust (Relative Pitch) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Camila Nebbia/Marilyn Crispell/Lesley Mok: A Reflection Distorts Over Water (Relative Pitch) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley (Zoho) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Otherlands Trio [Stephan Crump/Darius Jones/Eric McPherson]: Star Mountain (Intakt) {4}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:**

Aaron Parks: "By All Means!!" (Blue Note) {4}: JC:+; jnc:9 -- TH:**

Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley/Matt Moran/Mark Helias/Tom Rainey: A Modicum of the Blues (Fundacja Słuchaj) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Preservation Brass: For Fat Man (Sub Pop) {4}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:***

Private Property: Private Property (Kraakeslottet Platekompagni) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***

Emma Rawicz: Inkyra (ACT Music) {4}: JC:+, JW:8 -- TH:B

Marcelo dos Reis/Flora: Our Time (JACC) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Herb Robertson/Christopher Dell/Christian Ramond/Klaus Kugel: Blue Transient (Nemu) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Rick Roe: Wake Up Call: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) {4}: -- TH:A-

Sverre Sæbo Quintet: If, However, You Have Not Lost Your Self Control (SauaJazz) {4}: CM:+, PO:* -- TH:**

Akira Sakata/Giotis Damianidis/Giovanni Di Domenico/Aleksandr Škorić/Paal Nilssen-Love/Petros Damianidis/Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: Hyperentasis: Live in Thessaloniki (Defkaz) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Samo Salamon/Ra Kalam Bob Moses Orchestra: Dream Suites Vol. 1 (Samo) {4}: -- TH:A-

Loren Schoenberg and His Jazz Orchestra: So Many Memories (Turtle Bay) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Shifa: Ecliptic (Discus Music) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:**

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Corbett vs. Dempsey) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Tessa Souter: Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Music) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Spinifex: Maxximus (Trytone) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Dayna Stephens: Hopium (Contagious Music) {4}: JC:+, TN:*; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:*

Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii: Ki (Libra) {4}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:**

Ziv Taubenfeld/Helena Espvall/João Sousa: You, Full of Sources and Night (NoBusiness) {4}: -- TH:A-

Chad Taylor Quintet: Smoke Shifter (Otherly Love) {4}: JC:+; jnc:9+ -- TH:**

Pat Thomas: The Bliss of Bliss (Konnekt) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Henry Threadgill: Listen Ship (Pi) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Mark Turner: We Raise Them to Lift Their Heads (Loveland Music) {4}: DB:*, JC:+ -- TH:**

Kalia Vandever: Another View (Northern View) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Luis Vicente/John Dikeman/William Parker/Hamid Drake: No Kings (JACC) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***

Reggie Watkins: Rivers (BYNK) {4}: AAJ:* -- TH:***

Rodney Whitaker: Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) {4}: AAJ:* -- TH:***

Simón Willson: Bet: Live at Ornithology (Endectomorph Music) {4}: PO:* -- TH:***

Eli Winter: A Trick of the Light (Three Lobed) {4}: BPM:*, PM:*, SC:*, Tr:+ -- A:80/3

Stephane Wrembel: Django New Orleans II: Hors Série (Water Is Life) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

@xcrswx: Moodboard (Feedback Moves) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Carlos "Zingaro"/Flo Stoffner/Fred Lonberg-Holm/João Madeira: Na Parede (4DaRecord) {4}: -- TH:A-

Carlos Zingaro/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Bruno Parrinha/João Madeira: Enleio (4DaRecord) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***

Carlos Zingaro/João Madeira: Arcada Pendular (4DaRecord) {4}: -- TH:A-

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet: Sound Remains (Whirlwind) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Affinity Trio [Eric Jacobson/Pamela York/Clay Schaub]: New Outlook (Origin) {3}: -- TH:***

Agnas Bros.: Sista Försöket (Moserobie) {3}: -- TH:***

Sophie Agnel & John Butcher: Rare (Les Disques Victo) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring: Split Decision (Smoke Sessions) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

JD Allen: Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) (Savant) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Oren Ambarchi & Eric Thielemans: Kind Regards (AD93) {3}: Mj:* -- A:75/2, TH:**

Bruno Angelini/Sakina Abdou/Angelika Niescier: Lotus Flowers (Abalone) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Michael Arbenz/Andy Sheppard: From Bach to Ellington: Live (self-released) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**

Believe: Spirits of the Dead Are Watching (Relative Pitch) {3}: -- TH:***

Gregg Belisle-Chi: Slow Crawl: Performing the Music of Tim Berne (Intakt) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Sasha Berliner: Fantôme (Outside In Music) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Ludovica Bertone: Migration Tales (Endectomorph Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Blacks' Myths Meet Pat Thomas: The Mythstory School (self-released) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**

Jim Black & the Schrimps: Better You Don't (Intakt) {3}: -- TH:***

Lena Bloch/Kyoko Kitamura: Marina (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Jane Ira Bloom: Songs in Space (Outline) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Christer Bothén: Christer Bothén Donso N'goni (Black Truffle) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**

Alan Broadbent: Threads of Time (Savant) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano with Larry Grenadier, Thomas Morgan, AC, Jorge Rossy & Joey Baron: Live at the Village Vanguard (Loveland Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Jakob Bro/Wadada Leo Smith/Marcus Gilmore: Murasaki (Loveland Music) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Caelan Cardello: Chapter One (Jazz Bird) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Brian Charette: Working Out With Big G (SteepleChase) {3}: -- TH:***

Etienne Charles: Gullah Roots (Culture Shock) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Chris Cheek: Keepers of the Eastern Door (Analog Tone Factory) {3}: JC:+; jnc:7 -- TH:*

Juan Chiavassa: Fourth Generation (Whirlwind) {3}: -- TH:***

Chicago Edge Ensemble: Paradoxes in Freedom (Lizard Breath) {3}: -- TH:***

Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: Different Rooms (International Anthem) {3}: -- TH:***

Albert Cirera & Tres Tambors: Orangina (UnderPool) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Coco Chatru Quartet: Limbokolia (Trygger Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade: Trilogy 3 (Candid) {3}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:*

Cortex & Hedvig Mollestad: Did We Really? (Sauajazz) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**

Eddie Daniels: To Milton With Love (Resonance) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

John Dikeman/Sun-Mi Hong/Aaron Lumley/Marta Warelis: Old Adam on Turtle Island (Relative Pitch) {3}: AAJ:*, JC:+, TN:* -- TH:B

Anita Donndorff: Thirsty Soul (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: -- TH:***

Pierre Dørge New Jungle Orchestra: Jazzhus Montmartre Live (SteepleChase) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Drank [Ingrid Schmoliner/Alexander Kranabetter]: Breath in Definition (Trost) {3}: -- TH:***

El Infierno Musical: II (Klanggalerie) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

John Ellis: Heroes (Blue Room Music) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Let the Spirit Out: Live at "Mu" London (Spiritmuse) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Esthesis Quartet: Sound & Fury (Sunnyside) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Peter Evans/Mike Pride: A Window, Basically (Relative Pitch) {3}: -- TH:***

Lorraine Feather: The Green World (Relation) {3}: -- TH:***

Joe Fiedler Trio 2.0: Dragon Suite (Multiphonics) {3}: -- TH:***

Trygve Fiske Sextet: The Flowers. The Dance. The Rumble and the Stumble. (Slaraffensongs) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**

Béla Fleck/Edmar Castañeda/Antonio Sanchez: BEATrio () {3}: JC:+; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:*

Adam Forkelid: Dreams (Prophone) {3}: -- TH:***

Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist: At Home (Turtle Bay) {3}: -- TH:***

Adrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante (Zoho) {3}: -- TH:***

Frode Gjerstad/Alexander von Schlippenbach/Dag Magnus Narvesen: Seven Tracks (Relative Pitch) {3}: -- TH:***

Nicole Glover: Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Savant) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Phillip Golub/Lesley Mok: Dream Brigade (Infrequent Seams) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Brad Goode Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer (Origin) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**

Omer Govreen Quartet: All Things Equal (J.M.I.) {3}: -- TH:***

Jimmy Greene: As We Are Now (Greene Music Works) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Danny Grissett: Travelogue (Savant) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Andy Haas/Brian g Skol: The Honeybee Twist (Resonant Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Andreas Haddeland Trio: Estuar (Tare) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**

Noah Haidu: Standards III (Sunnyside) {3}: -- TH:***

Scott Hamilton: Looking Back (Stunt) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Lafayette Harris Jr.: All in Good Time (Savant) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Phil Haynes: Return to Electric (Corner Store Jazz) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Hearts & Minds: Illuminescence (Astral Spirits) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Jacob Felix Heule/Teté Leguía/Sanishta Rivero/Martín Escalante: An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing (Kettle Hole) {3}: -- TH:***

The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band: Live at Birdland (Turtle Bay) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Steve Hirsh: Root Causes (Mahakala Music) {3}: -- TH:***

History Dog: Root Systems (Otherly Love) {3}: -- TH:***

Jasper Høiby: Fellow Creatures: We Must Fight (Edition) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Hamilton de Holanda Trio: Live in NYC (Sony) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Hot 8 Brass Band: Big Tuba (Tru Thoughts) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**

Nathan Hubbard: Territory Games (Castor & Pollux Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Julia Hülsmann Quartet: Under the Surface (ECM) {3}: -- TH:***

ICP Orchestra: Happy Birthday → Naar Zee Z.O.Z. (ICP) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Johnny Iguana: At Delmark: Chicago-Style Solo Piano (Delmark) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Christoph Irniger Pilgrim: Human Intelligence Live (Intakt) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**

Carrie Jackson: Jersey Bounce (Arabesque Jazz) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Keefe Jackson/Jakob Heinemann/Adam Shead: Stinger (Irritable Mystic) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Maja Jaku: Blessed & Bewitched (Origin) {3}: -- TH:***

Simon Jermyn/Otis Sandsjö/Petter Eldh/Lukas Akintaya: Obsany (Elastic) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Eugenie Jones: Eugenie (Open Mic) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**

Jessica Jones Quartet: Edible Flowers (Reva) {3}: -- TH:***

Rodney Jordan: Memphis Blue (Baxter Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Ryan Keberle & Collectiv Do Brasil: Choro Das Aguas (Alternate Side) {3}: -- TH:***

Marilyn Kleinberg: Let Your Heart Lead the Way (Waking Up Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Vladimir Kostadinovic: Iris (Criss Cross Jazz) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

José Lencastre/Flak: Cloudy Skies (Phonogram Unit) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Le Vice Anglais: Vas-y (4DaRecord) {3}: -- TH:***

Carol Liebowitz/Nick Lyons: The Inner Senses (SteepleChase LookOut) {3}: -- TH:***

Peter Lin/AAPI Jazz Collective: Identity (OA2) {3}: -- TH:***

Rocío Giménez López/Franco Di Renzo/Luciano Ruggieri: La Palabra Repetida (Blue Art) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**

K. Curtis Lyle/Alex Cunningham: Quantum Nursery Rhymes of the Divine Horseman (Storm Cellar) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Madre Vaca: Yukon (Madre Vaca) {3}: -- TH:***

Joe Magnarelli: Concord (SteepleChase) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Roberto Magris: Lovely Day(s) (JMood) {3}: -- TH:***

Fabia Mantwill Orchesrtra: In.Sight (GroupUP Music) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Paul Marinaro: Mood Ellington (Origin) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Nicole McCabe: A Song to Sing (Colorfield) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Chad McCullough/Gordon Spasovski/Kiril Tufekcievski/Viktor Filipovski: Transverse (Calligram) {3}: -- TH:***

Joe McPhee: I'm Just Sayin' (Smalltown Supersound) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Eric McPherson: Double Bass Quartet (Giant Step Arts) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Tobias Meinhart: Sonic River (Sonic River) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Neal Miner: Invisibility (Cellar Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Roscoe Mitchell/Michele Rabbia: In 2 (RogueArt) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Silvano Monasterios Venezuelan Nonet: The River (self-released) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**

Raúl Monsalve Y Los Forajidos: SOL (Olindo) {3}: JC:+, PM:+; bc_j:+ --

Joe Morris/Brad Barrett/Beth Ann Jones: Abstract Forest (Relative Pitch) {3}: -- TH:***

Wolfgang Muthspiel/Scott Colley/Brian Blade: Tokyo (ECM) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Max Nagl Quintett: Phasolny (Rude Noises) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Camila Nebbia/Gonçalo Almeida/Sylvain Darrifourcq: Hypomaniac (Defkaz) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Camila Nebbia/Michael Formanek/Vinnie Sperrazza: Live at Blow Out (Soundholes) {3}: -- TH:***

Marius Neset: Cabaret (ACT Music) {3}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:*

Andy Nevala: El Rumbón (The Party) (Zoho) {3}: -- TH:***

Caili O'Doherty: Bluer Than Blue: Celebrating Lil Hardin Armstrong (Outside In Music) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Isabelle Olivier: Impressions (Rewound Echoes) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**

Out Of/Into [Joel Ross/Gerald Clayton/Kendrick Scott/Matt Brewer/Immanuel Wilkins]: Motion II (Blue Note) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Gilbert Paeffgen Trio: Der Mann Auf Dem Trampolin (Rabbit Hill) {3}: -- TH:***

PainKiller: The Great God Pan (Tzadik) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Juan Pastor's Chinchano: Memorias (Calligram) {3}: -- TH:***

Ivo Perelman/Ken Vandermark/Joe McPhee: Oxygen (Mahakala Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Rich Perry: Dream (SteepleChase) {3}: -- TH:***

Dan Phillips Trio: Array in Brown (Lizard Breath) {3}: -- TH:***

Ted Piltzecker: Peace Vibes (OA2) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Alberto Pinton's Relentless: Allt Större Klarhet (Moserobie) {3}: -- TH:***

Mehmet Polat Quartet: Roots in Motion (Aftab) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Potsa Lotsa XL: Amoeba's Dance (Trouble in the East) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Jackson Potter: Small Things (Shifting Paradigm) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**

Noah Preminger: Dark Days (Criss Cross Jazz) {3}: -- TH:***

The Reddish Fetish With the Jersey City All Stars: Llegue (F&F) {3}: -- TH:***

Eric Scott Reed: Out Late (Smoke Sessions) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Anaïs Reno: Lady of the Lavender Mist (Club44) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Marc Ribot: Map of a Blue City (New West) {3}: Mj:*; bb6:+ -- A:73/3, TH:*

Jason Rigby: Mayhem (Endectomorph Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Joris Roelofs/Guus Janssen/Han Bennink: Rite of Spring (ICP) {3}: -- TH:***

Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Yainer Horta/Joey Calveiro: A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole (Calveiro Entertainment) {3}: -- TH:***

Dino Saluzzi: El Viejo Caminante (ECM) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Brandon Sanders: Lasting Impression (Savant) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Boz Scaggs: Detour (Concord) {3}: jgy:10 -- TH:**

Scheen Jazzorkester & Fredrik Ljungkvist: Framåt! (Grong) {3}: -- TH:***

Frank Paul Schubert/Dieter Manderscheid/Martin Blume: Spindrift: Trio Studies (Jazz Haus Musik) {3}: -- TH:***

Marc Seales With Ernie Watts: People & Places (Origin) {3}: -- TH:***

Dave Sewelson/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/George Cartwright/Anthony Cox/Steve Hirsh: Murmuration (Mahakala Music) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**

Dave Sewelson/Steve Hirsh/Steve Swell/Matthew Shipp/William Parker: Muscle Memory (Mahakala Music) {3}: -- TH:***

Mark Sherman: Bop Contest (Miles High) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**

Patrick Shiroishi: Forgetting Is Violent (American Dream) {3}: JC:+, PO:* -- TH:*

Tom Skinner: Kaleidoscopic Visions (International Anthem) {3}: am:* -- A:75/2, TH:**

Vinnie Sperrazza/Jacob Sacks/Masa Kamaguchi: Play Elmo Hope (Fresh Sound) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Larry Stabbins/Mark Sanders: Cup & Ring (Discus Music) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Ben Stapp: Uzmic Ro'Samg (577) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Jason Stein/Marilyn Crispell/Damon Smith/Adam Shead: Live at the Hungry Brain (Trost) {3}: -- TH:***

Sun & Rain: Waterfall (Out of Your Head) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Aki Takase/Daniel Erdmann/Kazuhisa Uchihashi: Tanto (Innocent) {3}: -- TH:***

Ternion Q Expanded: Marbles (Bju'ecords) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Pat Thomas: ود ود (Wadud/Most Loving) (Nyahh) {3}: -- TH:***

Joona Toivanen Trio: Gravity (We Jazz) {3}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:**

Gregory Uhlmann/Josh Johnson/Sam Wilkes: Uhlmann/Johnson/Wilkes (International Anthem) {3}: Mj:* -- A:75/2, TH:**

University of Nevada Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble 1: Let the Good Times Roll (Vegas) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**

David Virelles: Igbó Alákorin (The Singer's Grove) III [Theatrical Cut] (El Tivoli Productions) {3}: -- TH:***

Chris Wabich: 1978 (Steep) (ADW) {3}: -- TH:***

WDR Big Band: Bluegrass (MCG Jazz) {3}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:*

Kenny Wheeler Legacy: Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores (Greenleaf Music) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Wild Iris Brass Band: Way Up (Ear Up) {3}: DB:*, JC:+ -- TH:*

Chris Williams: Odu: Vibrations II (AKP) {3}: Pf:* -- A:80/1, TH:**

Wolf Eyes X Anthony Braxton: Live at Pioneer Works, 26 October 2023 (ESP-Disk) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Brandon Woody: For the Love of It All (Blue Note) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

John Yao and His 17 Piece Instrument: Points in Time (See Tao) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Yes Deer: Everything That Shines, Everything That Hurts (Superpang) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**

Moses Yoofee Trio: MYT (Leiter) {3}: O:*, RC:*, TN:* -- A:80/2

Adrian Younge: Jazz Is Dead 23: Hyldon (Jazz Is Dead) {3}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:**

Sophie Agnel: Song (Relative Pitch) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Leon Anderson: Live at Snug Harbor (Outside In Music) {2}: -- TH:**

Joe Armon-Jones: All the Quiet (Part I) (Aquarii) {2}: Mj:*; am:* -- A:85/2

David Bailis: Running Through My Mind (Create or Destroy) {2}: -- TH:**

Jon Balke: Skrifum (ECM) {2}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:*

Gary Bartz & NTU: The Eternal Tenure of Sound: Damage Control (OYO) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Basic: Dream City (No Quarter -EP) {2}: TN:* -- TH:*

Sonya Belaya: Dacha (Ropeadope) {2}: -- TH:**

Antonia Bennett: Expressions (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**

The Birdland Big Band: Storybook: The Music of Mark Miller (Birdland) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Andy Biskin/Peter Hess/Mike McGinniss/Sam Sadigursky: Reed Basket (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**

Ingi Bjarni: Hope (Losen) {2}: -- TH:**

Silvia Bolognesi: Jungle Duke (Caligola) {2}: -- TH:**

Jakob Bro & Midori Takada: Until I Met You (Loveland Music) {2}: -- TH:**

Yves Brouqui: Mean What You Say (SteepleChase) {2}: -- TH:**

Jakob Bro/Wadada Leo Smith/Marilyn Crispell/Andrew Cyrille: The Montclair Session (Loveland Music) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Michael Buckley: Ebb and Flow (Livia) {2}: -- TH:**

Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber: If You Can't Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth Pt. Two (Avant Groid Musica) {2}: -- TH:**

Butcher Brown: Letters From the Atlantic (Concord Jazz) {2}: JC:+; am:* -- A:80/1

Nanna Carling: Melodies for Two (The End) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

George Cartwright & Bruce Golden: South From a Narrow Arc (self-released) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Alan Chaubert: Just the Three of Us: Me, the Trumpet and the Piano (Pacific Coast Jazz) {2}: -- TH:**

Chrome Hill: En Route (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**

Gerald Clayton: Ones & Twos () {2}: JC:+; am:* -- A:90/1, TH:B

Dawn Clement/Buster Williams/Matt Wilson: Delight (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Yuval Cohen Quartet: Winter Poems (ECM) {2}: -- TH:**

Marco Colonna: Icarus Falling: To Mosab Abu Toha (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**

Marilyn Crispell/Thommy Andersson/Michala Østergaard-Nilsen: The Cave (ILK Music) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*

Duduka Da Fonseca Trio: Rio Fantasia (Sunnyside) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Lao Dan: To Hit a Pressure Point (Relative Pitch) {2}: -- TH:**

Josephine Davies & the Ensō Ensemble: The Celtic Wheel of the Year Suite (Ubuntu Music) {2}: JW:18 --

Dawn Patrol Jazz Band: A Tribute to Benny Strickler and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**

Michael Dease: Flow (Posi-Tone) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Maya Delilah: The Long Way Round (Blue Note) {2}: -- TH:**

Orhan Demir/Neil Swainson: Wicked Demon (Hittite) {2}: -- TH:**

Dena DeRose: Mellow Tones (HighNote) {2}: -- TH:**

Randal Despommier: South (Sunnyside) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Chano Dominguez/Ethan Margolis: The Blues Around Us (Unifying Sounds) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Paquito D'Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band: La Fleure De Cayenne (Sunnyside) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Mia Dyberg/Axel Filip: Hobby House (Relative Pitch) {2}: -- TH:**

Edition Redux: Broadcast Transformer (Audiographic) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Amir ElSaffar/Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch: Inner Spaces (Kuroneko) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

The Empress: Square One (Cellar Music Group) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Peter Evans/Petter Eldh: JazzFest (More Is More) {2}: -- TH:**

Alon Farber Hagiga: Dreams | Dream (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Maria Faust Sacrum Facere: Marches Rewound & Rewritten (Stunt) {2}: -- TH:**

Eliana Glass: E (Shelter Press) {2}: PM:*, PW:40 -- A:74/3

Glebe: Gaudí (Daggio) {2}: AAJ:*; am:* -- A:70/2

José Gobbo Trio: Confluence (Calligram) {2}: -- TH:**

John Gunther: Painting the Dream (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Dave Hanson: Blues Sky (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Arve Henriksen/Trygve Seim/Andmers Jormin/Markku Ounaskari: Arcanum (ECM) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Yaron Herman: Radio Paradise (Naive) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Fred Hersch/Rondi Charleston: Suspended in Time: A Song Cycle (Resilience Music Alliance) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Jake Hertzog: Ozark Concerto (Zoho) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:B-

Art Hirahara: Peace Unknown (Posi-Tone) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Alex Hitchcock: Letters From Afar (New Soil) {2}: JW:19 --

Jim Hobbs/Timo Shanko: The Depression Tapes (Relative Pitch) {2}: -- TH:**

Sun-Mi Hong: Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest (Edition) {2}: G:* -- TH:*

Kjetil Husebø: Piano Transformed - Interspace (Optical Substance) {2}: CM:+ -- TH:*

Ill Considered: Balm (New Soil) {2}: -- TH:**

Ayumi Ishito: Roboquarians Vol. 2 (577) {2}: TN:* -- TH:*

Erik Jekabson: Breakthrough (Wide Hive) {2}: -- TH:**

Jim McNeely: Primal Colors (Challenge) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Steve Johns: Mythology (SteepleChase) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*

Jung Stratmann Quartet: Confluence (ARC) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Kali Trio: The Playful Abstract (Ronin Rhythm) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*

Nancy Kelly: Be Cool (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Jukka-Pekka Kervinen/Kevin Miller: Primordial (Ramble) {2}: -- TH:**

Knats: Knats (Gearbox) {2}: Mj:* -- A:75/2, TH:*

Kneebody: Reach (GroundUP Music) {2}: JC:+; am:* -- TH:B

Joachim Kühn: Échappée (Intakt) {2}: -- TH:**

Clemens Kuratle Ydivide: The Default (Intakt) {2}: -- TH:**

Hélène Labarrière: Puzzle (Jazzdor) {2}: -- TH:**

Mathias Landæus/Nina de Heney/Kresten Osgood: Dissolving Patterns (SFÄR) {2}: -- TH:**

Stian Larsen/Colin Webster/Ruth Goller/Andrew Lisle: Temple of Muses (Relative Pitch) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic -2CD) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:B-

Led Bib: Hotel Pupik (Cuneiform) {2}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:*

Lizzy & the Triggermen: Live at Joe's Pub (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**

Ramon Lopez: 40 Springs in Paris (RogueArt) {2}: -- TH:**

Doug MacDonald: Santa Monica Session (DMAC Music) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*

John Mailander's Forecast: Let the World In (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**

Lili Maljic: The Nearness of You: In Loving Memory of Jim Rotondi (Pacific Coast Jazz) {2}: -- TH:**

Nicolas Masson: Renaissance (ECM) {2}: -- TH:**

Donny McCaslin: Lullaby for the Lost (Edition) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ -- TH:B

Makaya McCraven: Techno Logic (International Anthem -EP) {2}: -- TH:**

Medler Sextet: River Paths (OA2) {2}: -- TH:**

Memphis Metaphysics: Memphis Metaphysics (Sonic Transmissions) {2}: -- TH:**

Tony Miceli: Nico's Dream (SteepleChase) {2}: -- TH:**

Mira Trio: Machinerie (4DaRecord) {2}: -- TH:**

Leszek Możdżer/Lars Danielsson/Zohar Fresco: Beamo (ACT Music) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Greg Murphy: Snap Happy (Whaling City Sound) {2}: -- TH:**

Camila Nebbia: Rastro O Vacío (Lilaila) {2}: -- TH:**

Eva Novoa: Novoa/Kamaguchi/Cleaver Trio Volume 2 (577) {2}: -- TH:**

Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico [Live at Town Hall] (Tiger Turn) {2}: -- TH:**

Mark O'Leary Group: A Simple Question (TIBProd.) {2}: -- TH:**

Tom Ollenberg: Where in the World (Fresh Sound New Talent) {2}: -- TH:**

Otherworld Ensemble: Soul Bird (Edgetone) {2}: -- TH:**

Keith Oxman: Home (Capri) {2}: -- TH:**

Evan Parker/Bill Nace: Branches (Otoroku) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Mad Scientist Music (Origin) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*

Hanna Paulsberg Concept & Elin Rosseland: Himmel Over Hav (Grappa) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Nicholas Payton: Triune (Smoke Sessions) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Hery Paz: Fisuras (Porta-Jazz/Carimbo) {2}: -- TH:**

Jeremy Pelt: Woven (HighNote) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley: Polarity 4 (Burning Ambulance) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Mike Pope: The Parts You Keep (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Benjie Porecki: All That Matters (Funklove Productions) {2}: -- TH:**

Simona Premazzi/Kyle Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall (OA2) {2}: -- TH:**

Nigel Price Organ Trio: It's On! (self-released) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

The Quantum Blues Quartet: Quantum Blues (Ropeadope) {2}: -- TH:**

Andrew Rathbun: Lost in the Shadows (SteepleChase) {2}: -- TH:**

Jussi Reijonen: Sayr: Kaiho - Live in Helsinki (Unmusic) {2}: PO:* -- TH:*

Jussi Reijonen: Sayr: Salt/Thirst (Unmusic) {2}: PO:* -- TH:*

Dave Rempis/Nico Chkifi: Aula (Aerophonic) {2}: -- TH:**

Diego Rivera: West Circle (Posi-Tone) {2}: -- TH:**

Rick Roe: Tribute: The Music of Gregg Hill (Cold Plunge) {2}: -- TH:**

Juan Romeros Manuella Orkester: Lua Armonia (Supertraditional) {2}: -- TH:**

Ted Rosenthal Trio: Classics Reimagined: Impromp2 (TMR) {2}: -- TH:**

Bobby Rozario: Healer (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Dabin Ryu: Trio! (Endectomorph Music) {2}: JC:+; jnc:+ --

Felipe Salles: Camera Obscura (Tapestry) {2}: TH:**

Gina Saputo: Daydream (GSJQ Productions) {2}: -- TH:**

Michael Sarian: Esquina (Greenleaf Music) {2}: -- TH:**

Sarter Kit: What I Am and What I Am Not (Squama) {2}: -- TH:**

Stefan Schultze/Peter Ehwald/Tom Rainey: Public Radio (Jazzwerkstatt) {2}: -- TH:**

Mark Scott III: Soft Light (Miller Three Publishing) {2}: -- TH:**

Sara Serpa/Matt Mitchell: End of Something (Obliquity) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Elijah Shiffer: City of Birds: Volume 2 (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**

Julian Shore Trio: Sub Rosa (Chill Tone) {2}: -- TH:**

Alex Sipiagin: Reverberations (Criss Cross Jazz) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Emma Smith: Bitter Orange (La Reserve) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Snowpoet: Heartstrings (Edition) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Sonic Chambers Quartet: Kiss of the Earth (577) {2}: -- TH:**

Omar Sosa: Sendas (Otá) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Alister Spence Trio: Gather (Alister Spence Music) {2}: AAJ:*, JC:+ --

Kandace Springs: Lady in Satin (SRP) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Elias Stemeseder/Christian Lillinger + Craig Taborn: Umbra III: Live Setting (Intakt) {2}: -- TH:**

Bill Stewart: Live at the Village Vanguard (Criss Cross Jazz) {2}: -- TH:**

Grant Stewart: Next Spring (Cellar Music) {2}: -- TH:**

Macie Stewart: When the Distance Is Blue (International Anthem) {2}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:*

Ray Suhy/Lewis Porter Quartet: What Happens Next (Sunnyside) {2}: PO:* -- TH:*

Kevin Sun: Lofi at Lowlands (二) (Endectomorph Music) {2}: -- TH:**

Things of This Nature: Things of This Nature (Mahakala Music) {2}: CM:+ -- TH:*

Omar Thomas Large Ensemble: Griot Songs (Omar Thomas Music) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Ben Thomas Tango Project: The Hat With the Grin and the Chuckle (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

David Torn: Peace Upon You (self-released) {2}: JC:+, TN:* --

Triology Featuring Scott Hamilton: The Slow Road (Cellar Music Group) {2}: -- TH:**

Maxine Troglauer: Hymn (Fun in the Church) {2}: -- TH:**

Tropos: Switches (Endectomorph Music) {2}: -- TH:**

Julia Úlehla and Dálava: Understories (Pi) {2}: -- TH:**

Unity Quartet [Helio Alves/Guilherme Monteiro/Gili Lopes/Alex Kautz]: Samba of Sorts (Sunnyside) {2}: -- TH:**

Jordan VanHemert: Survival of the Fittest (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Chris Varga: Breathe (Calligram) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:*

Inés Velasco: A Flash of Cobalt Blue (self-released) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Martina Verhoeven/Luis Lopes/Dirk Serries: Invincible Time (Raw Tonk) {2}: -- TH:**

Luís Vicente: Live in Coimbra (Combustão Lenta) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Mathilde Grooss Viddal/Friensemblet: Tri Vendur Blés Ho I Den Høgaste Sky (Losen) {2}: CM:+ -- TH:*

Rufus Wainwright With the Pacific Jazz Orchestra: I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Wainwright Does Weill (Thirty Tigers) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Michael Waldrop: Native Son (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**

Jeff Walton: Pack Animals (Jules) {2}: -- TH:**

The Westerlies: Paradise (Westerlies) {2}: JC:+; jnc:+ --

Saul Williams: Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople (International Anthem) {2}: -- TH:**

Simón Willson: Feel Love (Endectomorph Music) {2}: -- TH:**

Sarah Wilson: Incandescence (Brass Tonic) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*

Gabriel Zucker: Confession (Boomslang) {2}: -- TH:**

Kris Adams/Peter Perfido: Away (Jazzbird) {1}: -- TH:*

Nat Adderley Jr.: Took So Long (NAJ) {1}: JC:+ --

Marja Ahti: Touch This Fragrant Surface of Earth (Fönstret) {1}: -- TH:*

Pheeroan akLaff/Scott Robinson/Julian Thayer: aRT: Live at Kampo Bahal Gallery (Sciensonic -EP) {1}: -- TH:*

Albare: Eclecticity (Alfi) {1}: -- TH:*

Alfa Mist/44th Move/Richard Spaven: Anthem (Black Acre) {1}: O:* -- A:80/1

Alfa Mist: Roulette (Sekito) {1}: RC:" -- A:80/1

Matteo Alfonso/Giovanni Maier: Mingus Revisited (Caligola) {1}: JC:+ --

Almufaraka: Master of Disorder (Circum-Disc/Tour De Bras -24) {1}: JC:+ --

Gino Amato: Latin Crossroads 2 (Ovation) {1}: -- TH:*

Olga Amelchenko: Howling Silence (Edition) {1}: JC:+ --

Ancient Infinity Orchestra: It's Always About Love (Gondwana) {1}: -- TH:*

Ester Andujar: Inner Songs (Pentasonic) {1}: AAJ:* --

Angles 11: Tell Them It's the Sound of Freedom (Fundacja Sluchaj) {1}: JC:+ --

Kioto Aoki/Haruhi Kobayashi/Mai Sugimoto: Miminari (Asian Improv) {1}: JC:+ --

Yakir Arbib & Conti Bilong: Afro Baroque (Elsden Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Arcadia Dance Orchestra: St. Louis Jazz (Rivermont) {1}: JC:+ --

Elia Aregger Trio: Live (Unit) {1}: -- TH:*

The Attic & Eve Risser: La Grande Crue (NoBusiness -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]

Kinan Azmeh: Live in Berlin (Dreyer Gaido) {1}: AAJ:* --

Baltimore Jazz Collective: Baltimore Jazz Collective (Stricker Street) {1}: JC:+ --

Dave Bass Trio: Trio Nuevo Vol 1 (Dave Bass Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Jon Batiste: Beethoven Blues [Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1] (Verve -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[*]

Fini Bearman: Last Night of the World (Pastiche) {1}: JC:+ --

Bec & Ongles [François de Larrard & Mathieu Bec]: Zanzibar (Mazeto Square) {1}: JC:+ --

Kasan Belgrave: Dual Citizen (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Shems Bendali Quintet: Casbah Qassioun (Jazz Family) {1}: JC:+ --

Ben Bennett: Answers (Lobby Art) {1}: JC:+ --

Leif Berger: Secret, Normalization (Klaeng) {1}: JC:+ --

Emmanuel Bex: Eddy M'a Dit (PeeWee) {1}: JC:+ --

Jane Ira Bloom/Brian Shankar Adler: Once Like a Spark (Adhyâropa) {1}: JC:+ --

David Bode: Good Hang (1718) {1}: AAJ:* --

Booker T & the Bleeds: Ode to BC/LY . . . And Eye Know BO . . . Da Prez (Mahakala Music) {1}: PO:* -- TH:B

Sofia Borges/Ada Rave: The Unseen Pact (Relative Pitch) {1}: JC:+ --

Bob Bralove/Patti Weiss: Acoustic Conversations (BLove Music -24) {1}: JC:+ --

Emil Brandqvist Trio: Poems for Travellers (Skip) {1}: AAJ:* --

Anthony Braxton: Trillium X (PMP) {1}: JC:+ --

Kristen R Bromley Quartet: Wes 101 (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Broodman: Liminality (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

George Brown: Jazz in Paris (Astana Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Etienne Brunet: Ear Asphyxia (self-released) {1}: JC:+ --

Michael Buckley: Ebb and Flow (Livia) {1}: AAJ:* --

John Butcher/John Edwards: This Is Not Speculation (Fundacja Słuchaj) {1}: JC:+ --

David Caffey Jazz Orchestra: At the Edge of Spring (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Royce Campbell/Vosbein Magee Big Band: Vagabond (Max Frank Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Juan Carmona: Laberinto De Luz (Nomad Kultur) {1}: AAJ:* --

Milena Casado: Reflection of Another Self (Candid) {1}: -- TH:*

Cassio Vianna Jazz Orchestra: Vida (Teal Creek Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Tereza Catarov: Koren (PKmusik) {1}: JC:+ --

Chaos Magick: Through the Looking Glass (Tzadik) {1}: -- TH:*

Conor Chaplin/Anton Eger/Mathias Heise/Rasmus Sørensen: The Action 4s (April) {1}: JC:+ --

Gloria Cheng: Root Progressions () {1}: am:* -- A:90/1

Chicago Jazz Orchestra: More Amor: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (Chicago Jazz Orchestra) {1}: -- TH:*

Eugenia Choe: So We Speak (Sunnyside) {1}: AAJ:* --

Laura Cocks: FATHM (Relative Pitch/Out of Your Heads) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B

Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold (ECM -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]

Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet: Situation (PlayOn) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B

Stella Cole: It's Magic (Decca) {1}: JC:+ --

Alana Amore Colvin: Huckleberries and Lullabies (self-released -EP) {1}: JC:+ --

Alana Amore Colvin: Oh, Allegra (self-released -EP) {1}: JC:+ --

Convergence: Reckless Meter (Capri) {1}: -- TH:*

Braxton Cook: Not Everyone Can Go (Nettwerk) {1}: JC:+ --

Claire Cope: Every Journey (Adhyâropa) {1}: AAJ:* --

Marc Copland: Alter Ego: Lausanne 2012 (The Montreux Jazz Label) {1}: AAJ:* --

Marc Copland: Dreaming (Innervoice Jazz) {1}: AAJ:* --

Alyn Cosker: Onta (Calligram) {1}: -- TH:*

Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen: Forest (Fundacja Słuchaj -24) {1}: JC:+ --

Ermelinda Cuellar: Under a Lavender Sky (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*

Luca Curcio: La BOMBA (Boomslang) {1}: JC:+ --

Czajka & Puchacz: Flapping (Lado ABC) {1}: JC:+ --

Marleen Dahms' Alloy: Running and Belonging (Xjazz) {1}: JC:+ --

James Danderfer: If Not Now (Cellar Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Das B [Mazen Kerbaj/Mike Majkowski/Magda Mayas/Tony Buck: Love (Thanatosis Produktion/Corbett vs. Dempsey) {1}: JC:+ --

Jonah David: Waltz for Eli (Swish Tap) {1}: -- TH:*

Stephen Davis Unit: The Gleaming World (577) {1}: AAJ:* --

Geoffrey Dean Quartet: Conceptions (Cellar Music) {1}: -- TH:*

Michael Dease: City Life: Music of Greg Hill (Origin) {1}: JC:+ --

Pierre De Bethmann Quartet: Agapé (Aléa) {1}: AAJ:* --

Barry Deister Quintet: An African Suite (Trans-Pacific Jazz) {1}: AAJ:* --

Laura De Jongh: Fundus (Klankhaven -EP) {1}: -- TH:*

Erez Dessel: Pro Fake No Reject (Corbett vs. Dempsey) {1}: -- TH:*

Alessandro Di Liberto: Punti Di Vista (GleAM) {1}: AAJ:* --

Louise Dodds: All I Know (AMP Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Michel Doneda/Thierry Waziniak: Le Chemin Du Jour (Intrication -24) {1}: JC:+ --

Doreen's Jazz New Orleans: Vol. 33: Walkin' Through the Streets (self-released) {1}: JC:+ --

Dreamweavers: Woven in Time (Perdido) {1}: AAJ:* --

Paul Dunmall: Red Hot Ice (Discus Music -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]

Paul Dunmall Quartet: Here Today Gone Tomorrow (RogueArt -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]

Nick Dunston: Colla Voce: Praylewd (Out of Your Head) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B

Nick Dunston: Reverse Broadcast (Carrier) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B

Marina Džukljev/Christian Weber/Michael Griener: Industriesalon (Trouble in the East) {1}: JC:+ --

Eclectic Maybe Band: Cosmic Light Clusters (Discus Music) {1}: TN:* --

Sinne Eeg & Jacob Christoffersen: Shikiori (Stunt) {1}: JC:+ --

Mats Eilertsen: 1 (Hemli) {1}: CM:+ --

Joe Elefante: Joe Elefante's Wheel of Dharma (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*

Ellinoa: Mejiro (Les P'tits Cailloux Du Chemin) {1}: JC:+ --

Jjjjjerome Ellis: Vesper Sparrow (Shelter Press) {1}: PO:* --

Enemy: Fiend (Edition) {1}: JC:+ --

Enji: Sonor (Squama) {1}: JC:+ --

Ensemble C: Every Journey (Adhyâropa) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B

Ensemble Shippolly: Love Shippolly (Niteco Studio & Music Arts) {1}: JC:+ --

Shuteen Erdenebaatar/Nils Kugelmann: Under the Same Stars (Motéma Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Peter Erskine & the Jam Music Lab All-Stars: Vienna to Hollywood: Impressions of E.W. Korngold & Max Steiner (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*

Martin Escalante/Charlie Mumma/Tete Leguia: This Molten Salt (Wash and Wear) {1}: JC:+ --

Kai Fagaschinski: Aerodynamics (Ni Vu Ni Connu) {1}: JC:+ --

Jimmy Farace: Hours Fly, Flowers Die (Shifting Paradigm) {1}: JC:+ --

Diego Figueiredo: I Love Samba (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Paul Flaherty: A Willing Passenger (Relative Pitch) {1}: -- TH:*

Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Sextet: Armando Mi Conga (Amor De Flores Productions) {1}: JC:+ --

Floros Floridis/Matthias Bauer/Joe Hertenstein: Temporal Driftness (Evil Rabbit) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]

Flyways: Mutualism (Daily Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Joe Fonda: & Bass of Operation (Fundacja Słuchaj -24) {1}: JC:+ --

Thomas Fonnesbæk: In Rome (Storyville -24) {1}: JC:+ --

For Living Lovers: Natural Name (Sunnyside) {1}: JC:+ --

Cassie Watson Francillon & Sasha Masakowski: Suite (self-released) {1}: JC:+ --

Dom Franks' Strayhorn: Duality Pt: 02 (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

The Fury: Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]

Elliot Galvin: The Ruin (Gearbox) {1}: -- TH:*

Elliot Galvin: The Ruin (Gearbox) {1}: DB:* --

Ganavya: Nilam (Leiter) {1}: U:* -- A:90/1

Daniel Garbin: Rising (6x20) {1}: -- TH:*

Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra: Shadows of Tomorrow (Summit) {1}: AAJ:* --

Violeta Garcia: IN/OUT (Bongo Joe) {1}: JC:+ --

Bruce Gertz Quintet: Octopus Dreams (Open Mind Jazz) {1}: -- TH:*

Dave Gisler Trio: The Flying Mega Doghouse (Intakt) {1}: -- TH:*

Ben Goldberg/Todd Sickafoose/Scott Amendola: Here to There (Secret Hatch -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]

Larry Goldings: I Will (Sam First) {1}: -- TH:*

Vinny Golia/Ken Filiano/Michael TA Thompson: Catastasis (Nine Winds) {1}: JC:+ --

Mac Gollehon & the Hispanic Mechanics: Pistoleros (World Funk Orchestra) {1}: JC:+ --

GPS: Directions + Destinations (577) {1}: JC:+ --

Luigi Grasso: La Dimora Dell'atrove (LP345) {1}: -- TH:*

Pasquale Grasso: Solo Be-Bop! (Sony Masterworks) {1}: JC:+ --

Ronny Graupe's Szelest: Newfoundland Tristesse (BMC) {1}: JC:+ --

Kelly Green: Corner of My Dreams (La Reserve) {1}: -- TH:*

Gulli Gudmundsson/Jeroen van Vliet/Koen Smits: Flóð Og Fjara (Challenge) {1}: JC:+ --

Joy Guidry: Five Prayers (Jaid) {1}: JC:+ --

Jean-Luc Guionnet: L'Épaisseur De L'Air Live (Potlatch) {1}: JC:+ --

Caity Gyorgy: Hello! How Are You? (La Reserve -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]

The Haas Company Featuring Samuel Hällkvist: Vol. 3: Song for Mimi (Psychiatric) {1}: -- TH:*

Hanging Hearts: Where's Your Head At (Ropeadope) {1}: -- TH:*

Joel Harrison: Guitar Talk Vol. 2: Classical Duos/Jazz Duos (AGS -2CD) {1}: -- TH:*

Nanami Haruta: The Vibe (Origin) {1}: JC:+ --

Alexander Hawkins/Taylor Ho Bynum: A Near Permanent State of Wonder (RogueArt) {1}: JC:+ --

Miho Hazama: Live Life This Day: Celebrating Thad Jones (Edition) {1}: -- TH:*

Paul Hecht: Pyrography (Ears & Eyes) {1}: JC:+ --

Ralph Heidel: Anyways.Onto Better Things () {1}: U:* -- A:80/1

Gilad Hekselman: Downhill From Here (La Reserve/Diggers Factory) {1}: -- TH:*

Tyler Henderson: Love Endures (Cellar Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Sarah Hennies/Richard Valitutto: SOVT (Elsewhere) {1}: AAJ:* --

Daniel Herskedal: Movements of Air (Edition) {1}: AAJ:* -- TH:B

Nyron Higor: Nyron Higor (Far Out -EP) {1}: -- TH:*

Hilarious Disasters: Unnatural Root (Audio Cave) {1}: JC:+ --

Makiko Hirabayashi Weavers: Gifts (Enja) {1}: JC:+ --

Hiromi's Sonicwonder: Out There (Telarc) {1}: am:* -- A:78/2, TH:B

Robin Holcomb/Peggy Lee: Reno (Songlines) {1}: JC:+ --

Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto -24) {1}: -- TH:[B]

Horizon Trio: Horizon (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Hvalfugl: Bag Vore Øjne Strømmer Drømme Sagte Forbi (self-released) {1}: JC:+ --

HxH: Stark Phenomena (OFNOT) {1}: JC:+ --

Zé Ibarra: Afim (Mr. Bongo) {1}: JC:+ --

Chris Ingham Quintet: Walter/Donald (Downhome) {1}: -- TH:*

In the Country, Solveig Slettahjell & Knut Reiersrud: Remembrance (Jazzland) {1}: AAJ:* --

Jon Irabagon/Peter Brendler: Two-Part Inventions (Irabbagast) {1}: JC:+ --

Kim Jung Jae: Shamanism (Relative Pitch) {1}: JC:+ --

José James: 1978: Revenge of the Dragon (Rainbow Blonde) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1

Jane in Ether: Oneiric (Confront) {1}: -- TH:*

Bonnie J Jensen: Rise (MGM Metropolitan Groove Merchants) {1}: -- TH:*

Oscar Jerome: The Fork (New Soil) {1}: GTV:* -- A:90/1

Louis Jones III: Motions (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Samara Joy: Portrait (Verve -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[*]

Barb Jungr and Her Trio Featuring Simon Wallace: Hallelujah on Desolation Row: The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen (Kristalyn) {1}: AAJ:* --

Ayako Kanda - Tatsuya Yoshida ATP: Kalpty Vol. 1 (Tapestmemory) {1}: JC:+ --

Prima Kanta: In a Purple Time (Linoleum) {1}: JC:+ --

Sylvain Kassap/Steve Swell/Benjamin Duboc/Chad Taylor: Edges (RogueArt) {1}: JC:+ --

Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group: Moments (MKMusic) {1}: -- TH:*

Keelepeksjad: Kalev Tuli Koju (Ava Muusika) {1}: JC:+ --

Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones: Live in Vilnius (Fern Flower) {1}: JC:+ --

Carla Kihlstedt: 26 Little Deaths (Cantaloupe Music) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1

David Kikoski: Weekend at Smalls (Cellar Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Mark Kirschenmann: Tonics: 7 Melodies for Trumpet With Bamboo Mouthpipe (Infrequent Seams) {1}: JC:+ --

Steve Knight: For Years Gone (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Masayo Koketsu: Nyoinbo - Zenbu Nagareboshi no Sei (Somethin' Cool) {1}: JC:+ --

Kristina Koller: Walk On By (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Alex Koo: Blame It on My Chromosomes (W.E.R.F.) {1}: -- TH:*

Lex Korten: Canopy (Sounderscore) {1}: jnc:+ -- TH:B

Malakoff Kowalski: Songs With Words (Sony) {1}: JC:+ --

Krokofant: 6 (Is It Jazz?) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1

John Lamkin: Hot (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

L'Antidote: L'Antidote (Ponderosa Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Gwen Laster New Muse 4tet: Keepers of the Flame (Murrymarie Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Karl Latham: Living Standards II (Dropzone Jazz) {1}: -- TH:*

Lava Quartet: Ethereal Chant (Fundacja Słuchaj) {1}: JC:+ --

Ant Law: Unified Theories (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Josh Lawrence: Still We Dream (Posi-Tone) {1}: AAJ:* --

Joëlle Léandre/Evan Parker: Long Bright Summer (RogueArt) {1}: JC:+ --

Ledisi: For Dinah (Candid) {1}: JC:+ --

Charmaine Lee: Tulpa (Kou) {1}: JC:+ --

Nicolas Leirtrø: Cherry Blossom (Sonic Transmission) {1}: CM:+ --

Ute Lemper: Pirate Jenny (The Audiophile Society) {1}: -- TH:*

Peter Lenz: Breathe: Music for Large Ensembles (GamsbART -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[B]

Ira B. Liss: Unexpected Guests (Tall Man) {1}: AAJ:* --

Joe Locke/Phil Markowitz: Smoke and Mirrors (Wire Walker) {1}: JC:+ --

Gareth Lockrane Big Band: Box of Tricks (Whirlwind) {1}: JC:+ --

Longnon Big Band: Istanbounce (Continuo Jazz) {1}: JC:+ --

Los Angeles Improvisation Ensemble: Insubordinate Lunar Transgressions (Denouement) {1}: -- TH:*

Russ Lossing Trio: Moon Inhabitants (Sunnyside) {1}: -- TH:*

Jo David Meyer Lynse: For Renstemt Klaver (Hubro) {1}: AAJ:* --

Peter Madsen Trio: Faces of Love (Playscape) {1}: AAJ:* --

Ron Magril: Inspired (GleAM) {1}: AAJ:* --

Ben Markley: Tell the Truth (OA2) {1}: -- TH:*

Thomas Marriott: Screen Time (Imani/88 Keys) {1}: AAJ:* --

Billy Marrows and Grande Familia: The Penelope Album Live (Discus Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet: Live Spirit 1 (WMQ) {1}: JC:+ --

Wojtek Mazolewski: Solo (WMQ/NoPaper) {1}: JC:+ --

Makaya McCraven: Hidden Out! (International Anthem -EP) {1}: -- TH:*

Fergus McCreadie: The Shieling (Edition) {1}: AAJ:* --

James McKain, Damon Smith & Weasel Walter: . . . Seeing the Way the Mole Tunnels . . . (Balance Point Acoustics/International School of Evidence) {1}: JC:+ --

Alex McLaughlin: A Brand New State (self-released) {1}: JC:+ --

Dave McMurray: I Love Life Even When I'm Hurting (Blue Note) {1}: -- TH:*

Melodies: Melodies (Ammonite Musique) {1}: JC:+ --

Nate Mercereau/Josh Johnson/Carlos Niño: Openness Trio (Blue Note) {1}: JC:+ --

Allison Miller With the One O'Clock Lab Band: Big & Lovely (Royal Potato Family) {1}: TN:* --

Kelsey Mines/Erin Rogers: Scratching at the Surface (Relative Pitch) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B

Kelsey Mines: Everything Sacred, Nothing Serious (OA2) {1}: -- TH:*

Mafalda Minnozzi: Riofonic (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Pasquale Mirra/Hamid Drake: Lhasa (Parco Della Musica) {1}: -- TH:*

Matt Mitchell: Sacrosancticity (Obliquity) {1}: JC:+ --

Roscoe Mitchell: Gratitude: One Head Four People (Wide Hive) {1}: -- TH:*

Roberto Montero: Todos Os Tempos (Vaicomtudo Music) {1}: -- TH:*

Moor Mother: The Great Bailout (Anti- -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[*]

Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta (Northsound) {1}: -- TH:*

Mukta: A Night at Pannonica (Cepazz) {1}: JC:+ --

Kjetil Mulelid Trio: And Now (Grappa) {1}: AAJ:* --

Misha Mullov-Abbado: Effra (Ubuntu Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Randy Napoleon: Waking Dream (OA2) {1}: AAJ:* --

Qasim Naqvi: Endling (Erased Tapes) {1}: -- TH:*

Patrick Naylor: Organza (Beeboss) {1}: AAJ:* --

Camila Nebbia/James Banner/Max Andrzejewski: Presencia (Ears & Eyes) {1}: JC:+ --

Steve Nelson/Joris Teepe/Eric Ineke: A Common Language (Daybreak) {1}: JC:+ --

Alan Niblock/John Butcher/Mark Sanders: Tectonic Plates (577) {1}: JC:+ --

Martin Nodeland: Tributaries (Smeik) {1}: JC:+ --

Oakland Reductionist Orchestra: West and East Baying (Queen Bee) {1}: JC:+ --

Leila Olivesi: African Rhapsody (Attention Fragile) {1}: JC:+ --

Petra Onderuf Quartet: An Odd Time of Day (Kaipati) {1}: JC:+ --

O.N.E.: Well, Actually . . . (April) {1}: JC:+ --

Charles Owens Trio: The Music Tells Us (La Reserve -24) {1}: JC:+ --

Christian Pabst: Rhythm Riot (JazzSick) {1}: AAJ:* --

Ed Palermo Big Band: Prog vs Fusion: A War of the Ages (Sky Cat) {1}: JC:+ --

Pino Palladino & Blake Mills: That Wasn't a Dream (Impulse!) {1}: JC:+ --

Zeena Parkins: Lament for the Maker (Relative Pitch) {1}: -- TH:*

Zeena Parkins: Modesty of the Magic Thing (Tzadik) {1}: JC:+ --

Alex Paxton: Delicious (New Amsterdam) {1}: JC:+ --

Tommaso Perazzo/Marcello Cardillo/Buster Williams: Portrait of a Moment (Red) {1}: JC:+ --

Perceptions Trio: The Wicked Crew (Sense) {1}: AAJ:* --

Juan Perea: Lightkeeper (Zoho) {1}: -- TH:*

Ivo Perelman/Ray Anderson: 12 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy (Fundacja Słuchaj) {1}: JC:+ --

Ivo Perelman/Tyshawn Sorey: Parallel Aesthetics (Fundacja Słuchaj) {1}: JC:+ --

Kim Perlak/Francisco Mela: Spaces (Sacred Black) {1}: JC:+ --

Peter Smith: Smitty Straightens Out (Real Magic) {1}: AAJ:* --

Pat Petrillo: Contemporaneous (Innervision) {1}: -- TH:*

The Len Pierro Jazz Orchestra: As I Was Saying (Walking Path) {1}: AAJ:* --

Joe Policastro Trio: Mending Wall (JeruJazz) {1}: JC:+ --

Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust (Posi-Tone) {1}: AAJ:* --

Luz Prado/Wade Matthews/Abdul Moimême: Trust From Intimacy (ScatterArchive) {1}: -- JC:+

PRAED Orchestra: The Dictionary of Lost Meanings (Discrepant) {1}: JC:+ --

Prism Quartet: El Eco De Un Tambor (XAS) {1}: jnc:+ --

Ester Quevedo: Garabato (UnderPool) {1}: JC:+ --

Ariane Racicot: Danser Avec Le Feu (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Alison Rayner Quintet: Sema4 (Blow the Fuse) {1}: AAJ:* --

Nadav Remez: Summit (HaRamaz) {1}: AAJ:* --

Rex Richardson: Elegy (Summit) {1}: AAJ:* --

Ron Rieder: Día Precioso! (Meson) {1}: -- TH:*

Rafaëlle Rinaudo/Raphaël Quenehen/Simon Winsé: Spin & Spells (Gigantonium) {1}: JC:+ --

The Dave Robbins Big Band: Happy Faces (Cellar Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Paul Rogers: Peace and Happiness (Fundacja Słuchaj) {1}: JC:+ --

Dan Rosenboom: Coordinates (Orenda) {1}: JC:+ --

Ted Rosenthal Trio: High Standards (TMR Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Kurt Rosenwinkel + Orquestra Jazz De Matosinhos: Our Secret World: Live at Cara (Bandit Digital Media Services) {1}: JC:+ --

Renee Rosnes: Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[*]

Thom Rotella: Right Time Left (HighNote) {1}: JC:+ --

Kyle Roussel: Church of New Orleans (self-released) {1}: JC:+ --

Jerome Sabbagh: Stand Up! (Analog Tone Factory) {1}: jnc:+ --

Matthieu Saglio/Camille Saglio: Al Alba (ACT Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Akira Sakata SOS: In a Sentimental Mood (Daphnia) {1}: JC:+ --

Kathy Sanborn: Romance Language (Pacific Coast Jazz) {1}: -- TH:*

Paula Sanchez/Katharina Weber: . . . And Discovering Fishes That Have Their Own Light (Cubus) {1}: JC:+ --

John Santos Sextet & Friends: Horizontes (Machete) {1}: JC:+ --

Sara (.es) & Shoko Numao: Skywalker (Nomart) {1}: JC:+ --

Masahiko Satoh/Yuji Takahashi: Open Cluster (BAJ) {1}: JC:+ --

Jenny Scheinman: All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[***]

Giancarlo Schiaffini/Daniel Studer: Breeze (Linae Occultae) {1}: JC:+ --

Matt Schofield: Many Moons Vol. 1 (Number 7) {1}: AAJ:* --

Louis Sclavis: India (Yolk) {1}: JC:+ --

Yukari Sekiya: Duets Till Now, From Here (Umishima) {1}: JC:+ --

Altin Sencalar: Unleashed (Posi-Tone) {1}: -- TH:*

Shakti: Mind Explosion: 50th Anniversary Tour Live (Abstract Logix) {1}: JC:+ --

Collin Sherman: Life Eats Life (Ex-tol) {1}: AAJ:* --

Patrick Shiroishi & Piotr Kurek: Greyhound Days (Mondoj) {1}: JC:+ --

Deborah Shulman: We Had a Moment (Summit) {1}: -- TH:*

Ben Sidran: Are We There Yet (Bonsai/Nardis) {1}: JC:+ --

Sifters: Sifters (Obliquity) {1}: JC:+ --

Deborah Silver/The Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Rocks! (Green Hill) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B

Laura Ann Singh: Mean Reds (Out of Your Head) {1}: PO:* --

Jae Sinnett: The Blur the Lines Project (J-Nett Music) {1}: -- TH:*

Stefan Sirbu: Reverie (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Junior Smith and His Remote Rangers: Junior Smith's Remote Round Up (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*

Ches Smith: The Self (Tzadik) {1}: -- TH:*

Enoch Smith Jr.: The Book of Enoch Vol. 1 (Misfitme Music) {1}: -- TH:*

Tom Smith: A Year in the Life (Tom Smith) {1}: JC:+ --

Smooth Elevator: Moving Target (Losen) {1}: AAJ:* --

Ronald Snijders: Penta (Night Dreamer) {1}: AAJ:* --

Mark Solborg: Tungemål: Confluencia (ILK Music) {1}: -- TH:*

Ben Solomon: Duet Etudes (Vireo Music Publishing) {1}: JC:+ --

Something Blue: In the Beginning (Posi-Tone) {1}: -- TH:*

Sons of Ra: Standard Deviation (Free Electric Sound) {1}: -- TH:*

Simon Spillett: Up in Town (Mister PC) {1}: JC:+ --

Dayna Stephens: Monk'D (Contagious Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Quinn Sternberg: Pleasant Returns (Mind Beach) {1}: AAJ:* --

Sultan Stevenson: El Roi (Edition) {1}: -- TH:*

Thomas Strønen/Time Is a Blind Guide: Off Stillness (ECM) {1}: -- TH:*

Dave Stryker: Stryker With Strings Goes to the Movies (Strikezone) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B-

Kevin Sun: Lofi at Lowlands 一 (Endectomorph Music -EP) {1}: -- TH:*

Kevin Sun: Quartets (Endectomorph Music -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[***]

Talk Show: Miss America (We Jazz) {1}: JC:+ --

Simin Tander: The Wind (Jazzland) {1}: AAJ:* --

Sophie Tassignon: A Slender Thread (Nemu) {1}: -- TH:*

Laura Taylor: Think I'm in Love (Vegas) {1}: -- TH:*

Claude Tchamitchian Quartet: Vortice (Emouvance) {1}: JC:+ --

Ignasi Terraza: With Respect to Oscar and Niels (Swit) {1}: AAJ:* --

Rachel Therrien: Mi Hogar II (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Steve Tibbetts: Close (ECM) {1}: JC:+ --

TL;DR & Peter Knight: Too Long; Didn't Read (Earshift Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Mitch Towne: Refuge (Cross Towne) {1}: -- TH:*

Olivia Trummer: Like Water (Warner Music Italy) {1}: JC:+ --

Premik Russell Tubbs/Margee Minier-Tubbs: Oneness-World (Margetoile) {1}: -- TH:*

Frances-Marie Uitti/Milana Zarić/Elisabeth Harnik: Unified Field (Strange Strings) {1}: JC:+ --

Ken Vandermark: October Flowers for Joe McPhee (Corbett vs. Dempsey) {1}: -- TH:**

Ken Vandermark: October Flowers for Joe McPhee (Corbett vs. Dempsey) {1}: PO:* --

Ken Vandermark: Snapshots: Complete (Kilogram -23) {1}: JC:+ --

Venna: Malik (Cashmere Thoughts) {1}: DJM:+ --

Milan Verbist Trio: Time Change (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*

The Waitiki 7: Exotica Reborn: In Studio and Live at House Without a Key (Waitiki International) {1}: JC:+ --

Brad Walker: A Sliver of Catharsis (self-released) {1}: JC:+ --

Kamasi Washington: Lazarus [Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack] (Milan/Sony Music) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B

Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Safe Place (ACT Music) {1}: AAJ:* --

Jerry Weldon: The Summit (Cellar Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Ben Wendel: Understory: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]

Judy Wexler: No Wonder (Jewel City Jazz) {1}: AAJ:* --

Joshua White: Flora and Fauna: 9 Preludes for Solo Piano (Orenda) {1}: JC:+ --

Tobias Wiklund: Inner Flight Music (Stunt) {1}: JC:+ --

Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood (Blue Note -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]

Ben Williams: Between Church & State (Safe Space) {1}: JC:+ --

Gaia Wilmer & Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Dancing With Elephants (Sunnyside) {1}: -- TH:*

Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus: The Children & the Warlock (Cellar Music) {1}: JC:+ --

Jim Witzel: Very Early: Remembering Bill Evans (Joplin & Sweeney) {1}: JC:+ --

Clay Wulbrecth: The Clockmaster (Instru Dash Mental) {1}: -- TH:*

Jacob Wutzke: You Better Bet (Cellar Music Group) {1}: AAJ:* --

أحمد [Ahmed]: Giant Beauty (Fönstret -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]

Katsura Yamauchi/Kohsetsu Imanishi: Fumine (Ftarri) {1}: JC:+ --

Lingyuan Yang: Cursed Month (Chaospace) {1}: JC:+ --

Savina Yannatou/Primavera en Salonico and Larnia Bedioui: Watersong (ECM) {1}: am:* -- A:90/1

Yodok III: Nidarosdomen (Consouling Sounds) {1}: JC:+ --

Otomo Yoshihide: Plays Christian Marclay (Little Stone) {1}: JC:+ --

Zahili Gonzalez Zamora: Overcoming (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

Zhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra: Scenery in My Story (self-released) {1}: AAJ:* --

James Zito: Zito's Jump (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*

John Zorn/Dave Lombardo: Memories, Dreams, and Reflections (Tzadik) {1}: JC:+ --

Shiri Zorn & George Muscatello Featuring Mauricio Zottarelli: Looking for the Light (self-released) {1}: JC:+ --

John Zorn & JACK Quartet: The Complete String Quartets (Tzadik) {1}: am:* -- A:90/1