Metafile: 2012 New Records

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Neneh Cherry: The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound) {81}: MC(78/15), AM:80, Bl:90, Cl:90(16), CT:(8), Du:80, Ex:(50), Fa:80, G:80, I:80, LAT:88, LBF:75, Mi:75, MO:(95), NME:80, NR:80, Ok:82, Pf:80, PM:90, Px:80, Qs:(16), S:70, Sg, U:(19); CM, FJ, ExW:(59), JG:**(40), SFJ:(*), TN, MT:***, TH:A-; V[58-14-137]
  2. Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio (Blue Note) {62}: MC(83/4), AM:90(14), BBC:90, Buf:75, Ex:(25), Fa:80, G:80, JW:(8), LAT:88, Ok:89, PM:(30), Pot:80(28), RS:70, S:70, UT:88; DB, JG:**(42), TH:*; V[65-13-125]
  3. Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando (ACT) {62}: MC(92/4), AM:80, BBC:90, Bl:90, Buf:100, Du:80, G:80, LAT:100, MO:(83), NYT, Pf:82, PM:80; CM, ExW:(26), JG:**(4), JM, TN, TH:A-; V[82-12-103]
  4. Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform, 4CD) {40}: AM:90, G:80, MO:(47), PM:100(55), W:(31); FJ, TN, TH:***; V[126-7-73]
  5. Steve Lehman Trio: Dialect Fluorescent (Pi) {29}: G:80, S:80; CM, DB, ExW:(12), FJ, JG:**(2), TN, TH:A(2); V[130-5-71]
  6. Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul: Reunion: Live in New York (Pi, 2CD) {29}: ExW:(70), TN, TH:A-(7); V[508-2-18]
  7. Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society (Heads Up) {29}: MC(68/8), EW:75, G:80, JW:(13), Ok:89, PM:(32), S:70, U:80, UT:88; DB, JG:*, TH:B-; V[215-4-44]
  8. Ravi Coltrane: Spirit Fiction (Blue Note) {28}: MC(75/6), AM:80, G:80, NYT:70, Ok:92; TN, YW, TH:**; V[1385-1-5]
  9. Christian Scott: Christian aTunde Adjuah (Concord, 2CD) {27}: MC(78/5), AM:80(25), G:80, JW:(12), M:80; JG:*, TN, TH:*; V[1365-1-6]
  10. Brad Mehldau Trio: Ode (Nonesuch) {26}: MC(85/7), AM:80, BBC:80, Bl:90, Buf:88, G:80, IS:80, MO:90, NYT:80, PM:80; DB, TN
  11. Tim Berne: Snakeoil (ECM) {25}: MC(80/5), AM:80, BBC:80, Buf:88, G:80, NYT, PM:80; FJ, JG:**, TN, TH:***; V[327-3-28]
  12. Branford Marsalis Quartet: Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music) {25}: MC(75/5), BG:80, G:80, JW:(9), NYT:80, UT:88; JG:**(48), TN, TH:A-
  13. Henry Threadgill Zooid: Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi) {24}: G:80, PM:80; CM, FJ:(5), TN, TH:***; V[402-2-21]
  14. Ahmad Jamal: Blue Moon (Jazz Village) {21}: MC(78/7), Bl:80, Buf:88, Du:70, G:80, IS:80, JW:(16), Ob:80; DB, JG:*; V[1303-1-8]
  15. Ryan Truesdell: Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare) {21}: AM:80, NYT, PM:100; TH:***
  16. The Bad Plus: Made Possible (E1) {20}: MC(85/5), AM:90, BBC:80, G:80, NYT:70, PM:80; DB, TN, TH:**; V[337-3-27]
  17. Dave Douglas Quintet: Be Still (Greenleaf Music) {20}: AM:80, PM:90; DB, TN, TH:A-; V[723-1-10]
  18. Mary Halvorson Quintet: Bending Bridges (Firehouse 12) {19}: PM:80; FJ:(7), CM, TN; V[240-3-39]
  19. Billy Hart: All Our Reasons (ECM) {19}: MC(85/5), AM:80, BBC:90, Buf:75, Du:80, G:80, JW:(18), NYT:80; TH:*; V[427-2-20]
  20. Gregory Porter: Be Good (Motema Music) {19}: MC(91/4), AM:80, BBC:90, G:80, IS:100, JW:(6); CM, TH:B; V[192-5-50]
  21. Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian: Further Explorations (Concord Jazz, 2CD) {18}: MC(79/5), AM:80, BG:80, Buf:88, G:80, UT:75; DB, JG:**(16), TN, TH:**; V[540-1-15]
  22. Fred Hersch Trio: Alive at the Vanguard (Palmetto) {17}: G:80; JG:**(28), TN, TH:**; V[1385-1-5]
  23. Kenny Garrett: Seeds From the Underground (Mack Avenue) {15}: MC(77/4), AM:80, Buf:100, NYT:70, PM:80; DB, TN, TH:**; V[1277-1-9]
  24. Darius Jones Quartet: Book of Mae'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) (AUM Fidelity) {15}: AM:80; CM, DB, FJ, JG:**, TN; V[723-1-10]
  25. Matt Wilson's Arts and Crafts: An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto) {15}: AM:80, PM:80; DB, TN, TH:**
  26. Charles Gayle Trio: Streets (Northern Spy) {14}: TMT:80, W:(44); CM, FJ, JG:**, TN, TH:A-; V[427-2-20]
  27. Portico Quartet: Portico Quartet (Real World) {14}: MC(72/9), DIY:90, DS:80, Gw:(43), IS:80, M:80, MO:80(11); JM
  28. Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away (ECM) {13}: G:80; DB, TN, TH:*; V[672-1-12]
  29. Brad Mehldau Trio: Where Do You Start (Nonesuch) {13}: MC(81/4), BBC:80, G:80, IS:100, MO:80; TN; V[1344-1-7]
  30. Ron Miles: Quiver (Enja/Yellowbird) {13}: DB, FJ, TH:***; V[723-1-10]
  31. Jeremy Pelt: Soul (HighNote) {13}: AM, JW:(7), NYT; DB, JG:**(47), TH:**
  32. Jenny Scheinman: Mischief and Mayhem (self-released) {13}: AM:80, PM:80; DB, TN, TH:A-
  33. David Virelles: Continuum (Pi) {13}: NYT; TN, TH:**
  34. Chick Corea/Gary Burton: Hot House (Concord) {12}: MC(71/9), AM:80, G:80, M:80, Ob:80, UT:88; DB, TH:B-; V[723-1-10]
  35. Lee Konitz/Bill Frisell/Gary Peacock/Joey Baron: Enfants Terribles (Half Note) {12}: JG:*, TH:***; V[508-2-18]
  36. Wadada Leo Smith/Louis Moholo-Moholo: Ancestors (TUM) {12}: FJ, TN, TH:A-
  37. Pat Metheny: Unity Band (Nonesuch) {12}: MC(78/4), AM:80, BBC:80, G:80; DB, TN, TH:B-
  38. JD Allen Trio: The Matador and the Bull (Savant) {11}: DB, TN, TH:*; V[427-2-20]
  39. Anat Cohen: Claroscuro (Anzic) {11}: TN, TH:***
  40. Orrin Evans: Flip the Script (Posi-Tone) {11}: DB, TN, TH:*
  41. Living by Lanterns: New Myth/Old Science (Cuneiform) {11}: DB, TN, TH:A-; V[672-1-12]
  42. Hafez Modirzadeh: Post-Chromodal Out! (Pi) {11}: S:80; JG:*, TN, TH:***
  43. Eivind Opsvik: Overseas IV (Loyal Label) {11}: AM:80; CM, FJ, TH:A-; V[654-1-13]
  44. John Surman: Saltash Bells (ECM) {11}: MC(84/4), BBC:80, G:100, IS:80, JW:(3), Ob:100; TN, TH:A-; V[1344-1-7]
  45. John Abercrombie Quartet: Within a Song (ECM) {10}: G:80; TN, TH:***; V[723-1-10]
  46. BadBadNotGood: BBNG2 (self-released) {10}: Ex:(29), Ok:87, Pot:80(20), Px:85; TH:*
  47. Avishai Cohen: Triveni II (Anzic) {10}: AM:80, DB, TH:**
  48. Jacob Garchik: The Heavens: The Athetist Trombone Album (Yestereve) {10}: LAT:88; FJ, TN, TH:A-
  49. Tom Harrell: Number Five (High Note) {10}: AM:80; TN, TH:*; V[723-1-10]
  50. Diana Krall: Glad Rag Doll (Verve) {10}: MC(75/7), AS:80, EW:83, PM:80, U:80; DB, TH:A-
  51. Ted Nash: The Creep (Plastic Sax) {10}: JG:**(43), TH:A-
  52. Kurt Rosenwinkel: Star of Jupiter (Wommusic, 2CD) {10}: AM:90, NYT; DB; V[723-1-10]
  53. Matthew Shipp Trio: Elastic Aspects (Thirsty Ear) {10}: JG:*, TN, TH:***; V[723-1-10]
  54. Nik Bartsch's Ronin: Live (ECM) {9}: SFJ, TN, YW, TH:A-
  55. Neil Cowley Trio: The Face of Mount Molehill (Naim Jazz) {9}: MC(79/7), G:80, M:80, T:80, U:80; JM, TH:***
  56. EST [Esbjorn Svensson Trio]: 301 (ACT) {9}: G:80, JW:(2)
  57. Melody Gardot: The Absence (Decca) {9}: MC(77/6), M:80, NYT:80, T:80, UT:88; V[1385-1-5]
  58. Grass Roots: Grass Roots (AUM Fidelity) {9}: CM, FJ, JG:*, TN, TH:**; V[723-1-10]
  59. Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: All There, Ever Out (Babel) {9}: G:80; FJ, JM, TN, TH:**
  60. Eyvind Kang: The Narrow Garden (Ipecac) {9}: MC(73/6), AM:80, Pf:75, U:80, W:80
  61. Medeski Martin and Wood: Free Magic (Indirecto) {9}: AM:80, PM:80; DB, TN, TH:A-
  62. Mike Reed's People, Places and Things: Clean on the Corner (482 Music) {9}: CM, DB, JG:**(44), TN, TH:A-; V[1344-1-7]
  63. Elliott Sharp Trio: Aggregat (Clean Feed) {9}: CM, FJ, TN, TH:A-
  64. Spectrum Road: Spectrum Road (Palmetto) {9}: AM:80, S:80; TN
  65. Bobo Stenson Trio: Indicum (ECM) {9}: AM:80, G:80; JM, TH:**; V[723-1-10]
  66. Yosvany Terry: Today's Opinion (Criss Cross) {9}: NYT; TH:A-; V[723-1-10]
  67. Angles 8: By Way of Deception: Live in Ljubljana (Clean Feed) {8}: FJ:(2), TH:A-
  68. Omer Avital: Suite of the East (Anzic) {8}: DB, TN
  69. Josh Berman and His Gang: There Now (Delmark) {8}: DB, TH:***
  70. Black Music Disaster [Matthew Shipp/J Spaceman/Steve Noble/John Coxon]: Black Music Disaster (Thirsty Ear) {8}: PM:80; TN, TH:*; V[723-1-10]
  71. Todd Gustavsen Quartet: The Well (ECM) {8}: AM:80, G:80, IS:80; TH:***; V[723-1-10]
  72. Charlie Haden/Hank Jones: Come Sunday (Emarcy) {8}: LAT:88, UT:75; DB, TH:*
  73. Masabumi Kikuchi: Sunrise (ECM) {8}: AM:80, NYT; TN, TH:***
  74. Jason Lescalleet: Songs About Nothing (Erstwhile) {8}: TMT:90(31), W:(5); V[351-2-25]
  75. Joe Morris/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver: Altitude (AUM Fidelity) {8}: JG:(57), FJ, TN; V[520-2-17]
  76. Jeff Parker Trio: Bright Light in Winter (Delmark) {8}: DB, FJ, JG:*, TN, TH:**
  77. Theo Bleckmann: Hello Earth! The Music of Kate Bush (Winter and Winter) {7}: Buf:88; MT:*, TH:**; V[1277-1-9]
  78. Matthew Bourne: Montauk Variations (Leaf) {7}: MC(72/4), BBC:80, Buf:88, DS:80, MiF:84, MO:80, Sk:80
  79. Bushman's Revenge: A Little Bit of Big Bonanza (Rune Grammophone) {7}: AM:80; FJ; V[1303-1-8]
  80. The Cookers: Believe (Motema) {7}: AM:80; DB, TN, TH:**
  81. Kurt Elling: 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project (Concord) {7}: G:80, JW:(15); TH:C+; V[502-2-19]
  82. Fly: Year of the Snake (ECM) {7}: G:80; CM, JM, TH:***
  83. Joel Harrison 7: Search (Sunnyside) {7}: DB, FJ, TN, TH:**
  84. Manu Katche: Manu Katche (ECM) {7}: G:80; TN, TH:**
  85. Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens: Gather (Delmark) {7}: FJ, TN, TH:A-
  86. Lionel Loueke: Heritage (Blue Note) {7}: G:80, Ok:85, PM:80; DB, TH:B
  87. Getatchew Mekuria and the Ex and Friends: Y'Anbessaw Tezeta (Terp) {7}: DB, FJ; V[279-3-31]
  88. Miguel Zenon/Laurent Coq: Rayuela (Sunnyside) {7}: PM:80; DB, TH:***
  89. Preservation Hall Jazz Band: St Peter and 57th St (Rounder) {7}: MC(81/6), BBC:80, G:80, Ob:80, Ok:86, Sl:70, T:80
  90. Jason Robinson: Tiresian Symmetry (Cuneiform) {7}: CM, FJ, TN, TH:**
  91. Roller Trio: Roller Trio (F-ire) {7}: G:80, JW:(16), T:80; JM, TH:***
  92. The Thing/Barry Guy: Metal! (NoBusiness) {7}: CM, FJ:(3), TN, TH:**
  93. David S Ware/Planetary Unknown: Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011 (AUM Fidelity) {7}: FJ, TN
  94. Stian Westerhus: The Matriarch and the Wrong Kind of Flowers (Rune Grammofon) {7}: MiF:100; FJ:(10)
  95. Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic (ECM) {6}: AM:80; FJ, TH:**; V[508-2-18]
  96. Harry Allen/Scott Hamilton: 'Round Midnight (Challenge) {6}: G:100; TH:***; V[723-1-10]
  97. Ben Allison: Union Square (A-Beat) {6}: CM, Ex:(73), JG:**(37), TN
  98. Jim Black Trio: Somatic (Winter and Winter) {6}: JG:(58), DB, TH:***
  99. Peter Brotzman/Masahiko Satoh/Takeo Moriyama: Yatagarasu (Not Two) {6}: W:(50); FJ, TN
  100. Chicago Underground Duo: Age of Energy (Northern Spy) {6}: AM:80, PM:80; FJ, TN, TH:***
  101. Kelan Philip Cohran and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Kelan Philip Cohran and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jons) {6}: Ok:80, S:80; TH:***
  102. Sidsel Endresen/Stian Westerhus: Didymoi Dreams (Rune Grammofon) {6}: G:80, MiF:100
  103. Michael Formanek: Small Places (ECM) {6}: TH:**; V[1277-1-9]
  104. Get the Blessing: OCDC (Naim Jazz) {6}: Bl:80, G:80, MO:80; JM
  105. Jon Irabagon's Outright!: Unhinged (Irabbagast) {6}: DB, FJ, TN; TH:B-
  106. Many Arms: Many Arms (Tzadik) {6}: S:70; FJ, TN
  107. William Parker Orchestra: Essence of Ellington (AUM Fidelity) {6}: PM:80; CM, JG:*, TN
  108. Luis Perdomo: Universal Mind (RKM) {6}: Buf:88; DB, TH:**
  109. Phronesis: Walking Dark (Edition) {6}: IS:80, JW:(14); JM
  110. Aram Shelton Quartet: Everything for Somebody (Singlespeed Music) {6}: FJ:(4), TH:***
  111. Andy Sheppard/Michael Benita/Sebastian Rochford: Trio Libero (ECM) {6}: G:100; JG:**(56), JM, TH:A-
  112. Gwilym Simcock/Tim Garland/Asaf Sirkis: Lighthouse (ACT) {6}: G:80, JW:(18); JM, TH:B
  113. Trio VD: Maze (Naim) {6}: MC(74/4), BBC:80, G:80, MO:80; JM
  114. Steve Turre: Woody's Delight (HighNote) {6}: AM:80; DB, TN, YW, TH:*
  115. Joshua Abrams: Represencing (Eremite) {5}: CS:80; V[587-2-15]
  116. Ehud Asherie/Harry Allen: Upper West Side (Posi-Tone) {5}: DB, TH:A-
  117. Ballister: Mechanisms (Clean Feed) {5}: FJ, TN, TH:**
  118. Raoul Bjorkenheim/Anders Nilsson/Gerald Cleaver: Kalabalik (DMG/ARC) {5}: FJ, TN, TH:A-
  119. Jonathan Blake: The Eleventh Hour (Sunnyside) {5}: DB
  120. Peter Brotzmann/Jason Adasiewicz: Going All Fancy (Bro/Eremite) {5}: FJ
  121. Don Byron: Love, Peace, and Soul (Savoy Jazz) {5}: AM:80; DB, TH:A-; V[723-1-10]
  122. Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Twenty Dozen (Savoy Jazz) {5}: UT:75; DB, RC:**, TH:*
  123. Chano Dominguez: Flamenco Sketches (Blue Note) {5}: AM:80, Buf:88; V[723-1-10]
  124. Paul Dunmall/Tony Bianco: Thank You to John Coltrane (Slam) {5}: JG:*, FJ, TN, TH:***
  125. Kat Edmonson: Way Down Low (Spinnerette) {5}: MC(82/4), AC:78, BG:90, NYT:80; DB
  126. Ellery Eskelin/Dave Ballou/Michael Formanek/Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan (Skirl) {5}: CM, FJ, TH:***; V[1365-1-6]
  127. Roberto Fonseca: Yo (Jazz Village) {5}: MO:80
  128. Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook Up: The Air Is Different (482 Music) {5}: FJ, TN, TH:A-
  129. Tia Fuller: Angelic Warrior (Mack Avenue) {5}: DB; V[501-1-19]
  130. Gato Libre: Forever (Libra) {5}: FJ, TH:*
  131. Hairy Bones: Snakelust (to Kenji Nakagami) (Clean Feed) {5}: FJ, TH:A-
  132. Ross Hammond Quartet: Adored (Prescott) {5}: FJ, TN, TH:***
  133. Andrew Lamb: Rhapsody in Black (NoBusiness) {5}: FJ, TN, TH:A-
  134. Greg Lewis: Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black (self-released) {5}: DB, TH:*
  135. Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord: No New Tunes (Hot Cup) {5}: FJ, TN, TH:A-
  136. Virginia Mayhew: Mary Lou Williams: The Next 100 Years (Renma) {5}: AM:90; TH:***
  137. Donny McCaslin: Casting for Gravity (Greenleaf Music) {5}: TN, TH:***
  138. Bill McHenry: La Peur du Vide (Sunnyside) {5}: DB, TH:***; V[723-1-10]
  139. Miles Okazaki: Figurations (Sunnyside) {5}: NYT; TN, TH:A-
  140. Jimmy Owens: The Monk Project (IPO) {5}: AM:90; TH:***; V[1277-1-9]
  141. Houston Person: Naturally (High Note) {5}: TH:A-(10); V[1303-1-8]
  142. Eric Revis 11:11: Parallax (Clean Feed) {5}: TN, TH:A-
  143. Eve Risser/Benjamin Duboc/Edward Perraud: En Corps (Dark Tree) {5}: FJ:(1)
  144. Catherine Russell: Strictly Romancin' (World Village) {5}: Buf:88; TH:***
  145. Mika Vainio: Fe304: Magnetite (Touch) {5}: MC(75/5), Du:80, Ex:80, MiF:86; FJ
  146. Kenny Wheeler Big Band: The Long Waiting (CAM Jazz) {5}: Buf:100, G:80; TH:*
  147. Rez Abbasi Trio: Continuous Beat (Enja) {4}: TH:***
  148. Arild Andersen/Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Celebration (ECM) {4}: G:80; JM, TN, TH:B
  149. Josh Arcoleo: Beginnings (Edition) {4}: G:80; JM
  150. Django Bates: Confirmation (Lost Marble) {4}: G:100, JW:(9)
  151. Marco Benevento: Tigerface (The Royal Potato Family) {4}: PM:80; V[723-1-10]
  152. Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: Abraxas: Book of Angels 19 (Tzadik) {4}: FJ, TN
  153. Bobby Broom: Upper West Side Story (Origin) {4}: DB, TN
  154. Peter Brotzmann: Solo + Trio Roma (Victo, 2CD) {4}: AM:80; FJ
  155. Brubeck Brothers Quartet: Life Times (Blue Forest) {4}: DB, TH:***
  156. Andre Canniere Group: Forward Space (Whirlwind) {4}: G:100, MO:80; JM
  157. Marco Cappelli's Italian Surf Academy: The American Dream (Mode) {4}: DB, TH:**
  158. Romain Collin: The Calling (Palmetto) {4}: Buf:75, TH:*
  159. Ernest Dawkins: Afro Straight (Delmark) {4}: TN, TH:A-
  160. Philip Dizack: End of an Era (Truth Revolution) {4}: DB, TH:**
  161. Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day III (Songlines) {4}: FJ, TN
  162. Elephant9/Reine Fiske: Atlantis (Rune Grammofon) {4}: FJ
  163. Bela Fleck/Marcus Roberts Trio: Across the Imaginary Divide (Rounder) {4}: JW:(11); DB
  164. Floratone: Floratone II (Savoy Jazz) {4}: TH:***
  165. Glasper Experiment: Robert (Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP) {4}:
  166. Hans Glawischnig: Jahira (Sunnyside) {4}: AM:80; TH:***
  167. Rich Halley 4: Back From Beyond (Pine Eagle) {4}: CM, TN, TH:***
  168. Jazz Punks: Smashups (self-released) {4}: RC:***, TH:*
  169. Jazz Soul Seven: Impressions of Curtis Mayfield (BFM Jazz) {4}: TH:*
  170. Erik Jekabson: Anti-Mass (Jekab's Music) {4}: AM:80, TH:*
  171. Frank Kimbrough Trio: Live at Kitano (Palmetto) {4}: TH:***
  172. Martin Kuchen: Hellstorm (Mathka) {4}: FJ:(8)
  173. Steve Kuhn Trio: Wisteria (ECM) {4}: G:80; DB, TH:***
  174. Levity: Afternoon Delights () {4}: FJ:(9)
  175. Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group: Signing (Motema) {4}: TH:***; V[1277-1-9]
  176. John McLaughlin: Now Here This (Abstract Logix) {4}: JW:(5), TN
  177. Joe McPhee/Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Brooklyn DNA (Clean Feed) {4}: JG:*, TH:***
  178. Marcus Miller: Renaissance (Concord) {4}: AM:90
  179. Nicole Mitchell: Arc of O (Rogue Art) {4}: FJ:(6)
  180. Sam Newsome: The Art of the Soprano, Vol 1 (self-released) {4}: TN, TH:***
  181. Aaron Novik: Secret of Secrets (Tzadik) {4}: PM:80; FJ, TH:**
  182. Linda Oh: Initial Here (Greenleaf Music) {4}: DB, TN, TH:***
  183. Old Time Musketry: Different Times (Steeplechase) {4}: TH:A-
  184. Ivo Perelman/Matt Shipp/Gerald Cleaver: The Foreign Legion (Leo) {4}: FJ, TH:A-
  185. Ralph Peterson Fo'tet/Sextet: The Duality Perspective (Onyx) {4}:
  186. Platform 1: Takes Off (Clean Feed) {4}: FJ, TH:***
  187. Tom Rainey Trio: Camino Cielo Echo (Intakt) {4}: FJ, TH:***
  188. Eric Reed: The Baddest Monk (Savant) {4}: TH:**
  189. Ben Riley: Grown Folks Music (Sunnyside) {4}: JG:**(63), TH:A-
  190. Wallace Roney: Home (HighNote) {4}: G:80; TN, TH:*
  191. Gonzalo Rubalcaba: XXI Century (5Pasion, 2CD) {4}: Buf:75; TH:***
  192. Angelica Sanchez Quintet: Wires and Moss (Clean Feed) {4}: FJ, TH:***
  193. Arturo Sandoval: Dear Diz (Concord) {4}: TH:*; V[723-1-10]
  194. Alexander von Schlippenbach: Schlippenbach Plays Monk (Intakt) {4}: DB, FJ, TH:*
  195. Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio: Sources (ECM) {4}: FJ, TH:A-
  196. Mary Stallings: Don't Look Back (HighNote) {4}: NYT; DB, TH:***
  197. Blue Gene Tyranny: Detours (Unseen Worlds) {4}: TMT:90; JG:**, TH:***
  198. Matt Ulery: By a Little Light (Greenleaf Music, 2CD) {4}: TH:*
  199. Mort Weiss: I'll Be Seeing You (SMS Jazz) {4}: TH:A-
  200. The Whammies: Play the Music of Steve Lacy (Driff) {4}: FJ, TH:A-
  201. Michael Wollny's [em]: Wasted and Wanted (ACT) {4}: G:80; JM
  202. Katherine Young: Pretty Monsters (Public Eyesore) {4}: FJ, TH:**
  203. Acid Mothers Temple/The Melting Paraiso UFO: Son of a Bitches Brew (Important) {3}: TN
  204. Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio and Jeb Bishop: Burning Live at Jazz Ao Centro (JACC) {3}: TN, TH:**
  205. Ray Anderson Pocket Brass Band: Sweet Chicago Suite (Intuition) {3}: DB; TH:***
  206. Lynne Arriale: Solo (Motema) {3}: Buf:88; TH:*
  207. Arts and Sciences: New You (Singlespeed Music) {3}: FJ, TH:***
  208. Aych: As the Crow Flies (Relative Pitch) {3}: FJ, TN
  209. Tom Bancroft: Trio Red: First Hello to Last Goodbye (Interrupto) {3}: G:80; JM
  210. Roni Ben-Hur/Santi Debriano: Our Thing (Motema) {3}: TH:***
  211. Han Bennink Trio: Bennink and Co (ILK) {3}: TH:A-
  212. Ran Blake/Christine Correa: Down Here Below: Tribute to Abbey Lincoln Volume One (Red Piano) {3}: TH:**
  213. Ralph Bowen: Total Eclipse (Posi-Tone) {3}: TN, TH:*
  214. Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad/Ingebrigt Haker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love: Kampen (NoBusiness) {3}: FJ, TN, TH:***
  215. Brooklyn Jazz Underground: A Portrait of Brooklyn (Bju'ecords) {3}: DB, TH:**
  216. Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: Walk, Love, Sleep (Smalltown Superjazz) {3}: FJ
  217. Francois Carrier/Michel Lambert/Alexey Lapin: In Motion (Leo) {3}: FJ, TH:A-
  218. Amy Cervini: Digging Me Digging You (Anzic) {3}: Buf:75; DB
  219. Todd Clouser's A Love Electric: 20th Century Folk Selections (Royal Potato Family) {3}: AM:80, Buf:88; TH:**
  220. Trish Clowes: And in the Night-Time She Is There (Basho) {3}: G:80; JM
  221. Jeff Coffin and the Mu'tet: Into the Air (Ear Up) {3}: DB, TH:B
  222. Henry Cole and the Afrobeat Collective: Roots Before Branches (self-released) {3}:
  223. Chick Corea: The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet and Chamber Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon, 2CD) {3}: Buf:75
  224. Marilyn Crispell/Mark Dresser/Gerry Hemingway: Play Braxton (Tzadik) {3}: AM:80; FJ
  225. Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet: Samba Jazz: Jazz Samba (Anzic) {3}: TH:*
  226. Meredith D'Ambrosio: By Myself (Sunnyside) {3}: AM:80; TH:**
  227. Steve Davis: Gettin' It Done (Posi-Tone) {3}: DB, TN, TH:***
  228. Graham Dechter: Takin' It There (Capri) {3}: AM:80; TH:*
  229. Joey DeFrancesco/Larry Coryell/Jimmy Cobb: Wonderful! Wonderful! (High Note) {3}: TH:*
  230. Jack DeJohnette: Sound Travels (E1 Music) {3}: AM, JG:X
  231. Scott DuBois: Landscape Scripture (Sunnyside) {3}: FJ, TH:***
  232. Adam Fairhall: The Imaginary Delta (Slam) {3}: JM, TH:**
  233. James Falzone: Klang: Brooklyn Lines . . . Chicago Spaces (self-released) {3}: FJ, TN
  234. Joe Fiedler: Joe Fiedler's Big Sackbut (YSL) {3}: TH:***
  235. Curtis Fuller: Down Home (Capri) {3}: TH:*
  236. Jacob Garchik/Jacob Sacks/David Ambrosio/Vinnie Sperrazza: 40 Twenty (Yeah-Yeah) {3}: FJ, TH:**
  237. David Gilmore: Numerology: Live at Jazz Standard (Evolutionary Music) {3}: TN, TH:***
  238. Glacial: On Jones Beach (3 Lobed) {3}: Pf:80, TMT:80; FJ
  239. Gordon Grdina's Haram: Her Eyes Illuminate (Songlines) {3}: AM:80; TH:***
  240. Narada Burton Greene: Live at Kerrytown House (NoBusiness) {3}: FJ, TH:**
  241. Matthew Halsall: Fletcher Moss Park (Gondwana) {3}: JM; V[723-1-10]
  242. Joe Hertenstein: Future Drone (Jazzwrkstatt) {3}: FJ, TN, TH:**
  243. Lisa Hilton: American Impressions (Ruby Slippers) {3}: TH:*; V[723-1-10]
  244. Holus-Bolus: Pine Barren (Prom Night) {3}: FJ, TH:A-
  245. Steve Horowitz: New Monsters (Posi-Tone) {3}: TN, TH:***
  246. Hot Club of Detroit: Junction (Mack Avenue) {3}: DB, TN
  247. Nikki Iles: Hush (Basho) {3}: JM
  248. Incognito: Surreal (Shanachie) {3}: V[427-2-20]
  249. Jon Irabagon/Mike Pride/Mick Barr: I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues Volume 2: Appalachian Haze (Irabbagast) {3}: TN; V[723-1-10]
  250. Janel and Anthony: Where Is Home (Cuneiform) {3}: TN
  251. Arthur Kell Quartet: Jester (Bju'ecords) {3}: TH:A-
  252. Eli Keszler: Catching Net (PAN) {3}: TMT:80; FJ
  253. Guillermo Klein/Los Gauchos: Carrera (Sunnyside) {3}: TH:*
  254. Jonas Kullhammar/Torbjörn Zetterberg/Espen Aalberg: Basement Sessions Vol. 1 (Clean Feed) {3}: TN, TH:***
  255. The Peggy Lee Band: Invitation (Drip Audio) {3}: TH:A-
  256. Igor Lumpert Trio: Innertextures Live (Clean Feed) {3}: JG:**(69), TH:**
  257. Harold Mabern: Mr. Lucky: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr (High Note) {3}: DB, TH:**
  258. Todd Marcus: Inheritance (Hipnotic) {3}:
  259. Mark Masters Ensemble: Ellington Saxophone Encounters (Capri) {3}: TN, TH:**
  260. Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet: Stellar Pulsations (Delmark) {3}: FJ, TN, TH:***
  261. Kate McGarry: Girl Talk (Palmetto) {3}:
  262. Scott McLemore: Remote Location (self-released) {3}: TN
  263. Liudas Mockunas/Barry Guy: Lava (NoBusiness) {3}: FJ, TN, TH:***
  264. Ferenc Nemeth: Triumph (Dreamers Collective) {3}: TH:**
  265. Neon Quartet: Subjekt (Edition) {3}: G:80; JM
  266. Anders Nilsson: Night Guitar (Soundatone) {3}: FJ, TH:**
  267. Oriole: Every New Day (F-ire) {3}: G:80; JM
  268. Aruan Ortiz: Orbiting (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: TH:**
  269. Jason Palmer: Take a Little Trip: Plays Minnie Riperton (Steeplechase) {3}: AM:90; DB
  270. Evan Parker/John Edwards/Eddie Prevost: All Told: Meetings With Remarkable Saxophonists, Vol 1 (Matchless) {3}: G:80, FJ
  271. Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: Hasselt (Psi) {3}: FJ
  272. Partikel: Cohesion (Whirlwind) {3}: JM
  273. Ivo Perelman/Joe Morris/Gerald Cleaver: Family Ties (Leo) {3}: TN, TH:A-
  274. Ivo Perelman/Joe Morris/Gerald Cleaver: Living Jelly (Leo) {3}: FJ, TH:A-
  275. Courtney Pine: House of Legends (Destin-E World) {3}: G:80, JW:(1)
  276. Dafnis Prieto: Proverb Trio (Dafnison Music) {3}: DB, TH:**
  277. RED Trio/Nate Wooley: Stem (Clean Feed) {3}: FJ, TH:**
  278. The Duke Robillard Jazz Trio: Wobble Walkin' (Blue Duchess) {3}: Buf:75; TH:*
  279. Bobby Sanabria Big Band: Multiverse (Jazzheads) {3}: TH:***; V[540-1-15]
  280. Gary Smulyan: Smul's Paradise (Capri) {3}: DB, TH:**
  281. Sonic Liberation Front: Jetway Confidential (High Two) {3}: TH:A-; V[1277-1-9]
  282. Mike Stern: All Over the Place (Heads Up) {3}: G:80; DB
  283. Talking Cows: Almost Human (Morvin/Jazz Sick) {3}: DB, TN, TH:***
  284. Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii: Muku (Libra) {3}: FJ, TH:**
  285. Jacky Terrasson: Gouache (Universal UK) {3}:
  286. Tin Hat: The Rain Is a Handsome Animal (New Amsterdam) {3}: TH:***
  287. Colin Towns' Blue Touch Paper: Stand Well Back (Provocateur) {3}: G:80, JW:(18)
  288. Troyka: Moxxy (Edition) {3}: JM
  289. Mikolaj Trzaska/Olie Brice/Mark Sanders: Riverloam Trio (NoBusiness) {3}: FJ, TH:**
  290. Manuel Valera: New Cuban Express (Mavo) {3}: TH:**; V[1385-1-5]
  291. Torben Waldorff: Wah Wah (ArtistShare) {3}: TH:B
  292. Weasel Walter/Mary Halvorson/Peter Evans: Mechanical Malfunction (Thirsty Ear) {3}: TH:A-
  293. Sean Wayland: Click Track Jazz: Slave to the Machine (Seed Music) {3}: TH:*
  294. Ben Wendel: Frame (Sunnyside) {3}: DB, TN, TH:**
  295. Pharez Whitted: For the People (Origin) {3}: DB, TH:*
  296. Jessica Williams: Songs of Earth (Origin) {3}: TH:***
  297. Peter Zak: Nordic Noon (Steeplechase) {3}: JG:*, TH:A-
  298. Denny Zeitlin: Wherever You Are: Midnight Moods for Solo Piano (Sunnyside) {3}: AM:80; TH:**
  299. Accidental Tourists: The LA Sessions (Challenge) {2}: TH:**
  300. Eric Alexander/Vincent Herring: Friendly Fire (High Note) {2}: TN, TH:**
  301. Joe Alterman: Give Me the Simple Life (Miles High) {2}: TH:**
  302. Animation: Transparent Heart (Rare Noise) {2}: TN
  303. Clarice Assad: Home (Adventure Music) {2}: AM:80; TH:**
  304. Gregg August: Four by Six (Iacuessa) {2}:
  305. Jeff Babko: Crux (Tonequake) {2}: TH:*
  306. Bruce Barth: Three Things of Beauty (Savant) {2}: TH:**
  307. Gary Bartz: Coltrane Rules: The Tao of a Musical Warrior (Oyo) {2}: TN, TH:**
  308. BassX3: Transatlantic (Leo) {2}: FJ
  309. Beats and Pieces Big Band: Big Ideas (101 Distribution) {2}: JM
  310. Jerry Bergonzi: Shifting Gears (Savant) {2}: TH:A-
  311. Todd Bishop Group: Little Played Little Bird: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Origin) {2}: TH:**
  312. Michael Bisio/Matthew Shipp Duo: Floating Ice (Relative Pitch) {2}: FJ, TN
  313. Bobun: Suite Pour Machines a Meche (Creative Sources) {2}: FJ
  314. Boneshaker: Boneshaker (Trost) {2}: FJ, TN
  315. Brazilian Trio: Constelacao (Motema) {2}: TH:*
  316. Kyle Brenders Quartet: Offset (18th Note) {2}: TH:A-
  317. Peter Brotzmann/Jorg Fischer: Live in Wiesbaden (Not Two) {2}: FJ, TH:**
  318. Tore Brunborg/Kristi Huke: Scent of Soil (Hubro) {2}:
  319. John Butcher/Mark Sanders: Daylight (Emanem) {2}: FJ
  320. John Butcher/Matthew Shipp: At Oto (Fataka) {2}: V[1385-1-5]
  321. George Cables: My Muse (High Note) {2}: TH:***
  322. Bill Cantrall and Axiom: Live at Kitano (Upswing) {2}: TH:***
  323. Hugo Carvalhais: Particula (Clean Feed) {2}: TH:***
  324. Gustavo Casenave: Tango Casenave (Watch Craft Music) {2}: RC:**, TH:*
  325. Edmar Castaneda: Double Portion (Arpa y Voz) {2}: TH:**
  326. Brian Charette: Music Organ Sextette () {2}:
  327. The Clarinet Trio: 4 (Leo) {2}: FJ
  328. The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express (Whirlwind) {2}: G:80; JM
  329. Marc Copland: Some More Love Songs (Pirouet) {2}: TH:**
  330. Wilson "Chembo" Corniel: Afro Blue Monk (American Showplace Music) {2}: V[723-1-10]
  331. George Crowley Quartet: Paper Universe (Whirlwind) {2}: G:80; JM
  332. John Daversa: Artful Joy (BFM Jazz) {2}: TH:*
  333. Jack Davies: Jack Davies Big Band (V&V) {2}: MO:80
  334. Angharad Davies/Tisha Mukarji/Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga: Outwash (Another Timbre) {2}: FJ
  335. Jeff Davis: Leaf House (Fresh Sound New Talent) {2}: FJ, TH:**
  336. The Dan DeChellis Trio: My Age of Anxiety (Sachimay) {2}: TH:**
  337. Denise Donatelli: Soul Shadows (Savant) {2}: TH:B
  338. Kui Dong/Larry Polansky/Christian Wolff: Trio (Henceforth) {2}: TH:***
  339. Marc Ducret: Tower Vol 4 (Ayler) {2}: FJ
  340. Maya Dunietz/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Cousin It (Hopscotch) {2}: FJ, TH:***
  341. Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day Octet (482 Music) {2}: FJ
  342. Ergo: If Not Inertia (Cuneiform) {2}: TH:*
  343. Wayne Escoffery: The Only Son of One (Sunnyside) {2}: TH:***
  344. Terrie Ex/Paal Nilssen Love: Hurgu! (PNL) {2}: FJ, TN
  345. Ricardo Fassi: Sitting in a Song (Alice) {2}: TH:*
  346. Michael Feinberg: The Elvin Jones Project (Sunnyside) {2}: TH:**
  347. Amina Figarova: Twelve (In + Out) {2}: TH:**
  348. David Fiuczynski: Planet Microjam (Rare Noise) {2}:
  349. Amit Friedman Sextet: Sunrise (Origin) {2}: TH:*
  350. Hal Galper Trio: Airegin Revisited (Origin) {2}: TH:*
  351. Matt Garrison: Blood Songs (D Clef) {2}: TH:*
  352. Sara Gazarek: Blossom and Bee (Palmetto) {2}:
  353. Lafayette Gilchrist/New Volcanoes: It Came From Baltimore: Live at the Windup Space Vol 1 (Creative Differences) {2}:
  354. Marshall Gilkes: Sound Stories (Alternate Side) {2}: TH:**
  355. Jared Gold: Goldenchild (Posi-Tone) {2}: TN, TH:*
  356. Vinny Golia/Marco Eneidi/Lisa Mezzacappa/Vijay Anderson: Hell-Bent in the Pacific (NoBusiness) {2}: FJ, TH:**
  357. Eddie Gomez: Per Siempre (BFM) {2}: Buf:88; TH:B
  358. Will Guthrie: Sticks, Stones and Breaking Bones (Antboy) {2}: TMT:80; FJ
  359. Tianna Hall and the Mexico City Jazz Trio: Two for the Road (Mighty Pretty) {2}: TH:*
  360. Mary Halvorson Trio: Jazzstudio Nurnberg, 2012-09-26 (Bayerischer Rundfunk stream) {2}:
  361. Jeff Hamilton Trio: Red Sparkle (Capri) {2}: DB, TH:*
  362. Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott: Ninety Miles: Live at Cubadisco (Concord) {2}: TN; V[1277-1-9]
  363. Boris Hauf Sextet: Next Delusion (Clean Feed) {2}: FJ, TH:*
  364. Thomas Heberer's Clarino: Cookbook (Red Toucan) {2}: FJ
  365. Daniel Herskedal/Marius Neset: Neck of the Woods (Edition) {2}: JM
  366. Marquis Hill: Sounds of the City (self-released) {2}: DB
  367. Jim Holman: Explosion! (Delmark) {2}: TN, TH:**
  368. Ben Holmes Quartet: Anvil of the Lord (Skirl) {2}: FJ, TH:***
  369. Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: True (Challenge) {2}:
  370. William Hooker Quintet: Channels of Consciousness (NoBusiness) {2}: TN, TH:***
  371. Charlie Hunter/Scott Amendola: Not Getting Behind Is the New Getting Ahead (Charlie Hunter Music) {2}:
  372. Bobby Hutcherson: Somewhere in the Night (Kind of Blue) {2}:
  373. Alex Hutton Trio: Legentis (F-ire) {2}: JM
  374. I Compani: Garbo (Icdisc) {2}: AM:80, TH:***
  375. InterStatic: InterStatic (RareNoise) {2}: TN
  376. Carmen Intorre Jr: For the Soul (Random Act) {2}: TN
  377. Iron Dog: Interactive Album Rock (self-released) {2}: TH:***
  378. Ali Jackson/Aaron Goldberg/Omer Avital: Yes! (Sunnyside) {2}: DB, TH:**
  379. Benedikt Jahnel Trio: Equilibrium (ECM) {2}: TH:**
  380. Max Johnson: Quartet (Not Two) {2}: FJ; TH:**
  381. Julian Joseph: Live at the Vortex in London (ASC) {2}: G:80
  382. Laura Jurd: Landing Ground () {2}: JM
  383. Kalle Kalima and K-18: Out to Lynch (TUM) {2}: TH:**
  384. Stacey Kent: Dreamer in Concert (Blue Note) {2}: DB, TH:***
  385. David Kikoski: Consequences (Criss Cross) {2}: TN
  386. Dave King: I've Been Ringing You (Sunnyside) {2}: TH:*
  387. Guy Klucevsek: The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour (Innova) {2}: TH:**
  388. David Krakauer: Book of Angels, Vol. 18: Pruflas (Tzadik) {2}: FJ
  389. Sabrina Lastman: The Candombe Jazz Sessions (Zoho) {2}: TH:*
  390. Bill Laswell: Means of Deliverance (Innerhythmic) {2}: TH:**
  391. Daunik Lazro/Jean-François Pauvros/Roger Turner: Curare (NoBusiness) {2}: TN, TH:**
  392. Lean Left: Live at the Cafe Oto (Unsounds) {2}: FJ, TN
  393. Christian Lillinger's Grund: Second Reason (Clean Feed) {2}: TH:**
  394. Gareth Lockrane's Grooveyard: The Strut (Whirlwind) {2}:
  395. Niels Lyhne Lokkegaard: Vesper (self-released) {2}: FJ
  396. Russ Lossing: Drum Music: Music of Paul Motian (Sunnyside) {2}: FJ
  397. Jasmine Lovell-Smith's Towering Poppies: Fortune Songs (Paint Box) {2}: CM, TH:***
  398. Paul Lytton/Nate Wooley: The Nows (Clean Feed, 2CD) {2}: FJ, TH:*
  399. Alex Machacek: FAT (Abstract Logix) {2}:
  400. Jacam Manricks: Cloud Nine (Posi-Tone) {2}: TN, TH:**
  401. Tania Maria: Tempo (Naxos/Naive) {2}: Buf:75, PM:90
  402. Billy Martin/Wil Blades: Shimmy (The Royal Potato Family) {2}: DB, JG:*
  403. Michael McNeill Trio: Passageways (self-released) {2}: TH:A-
  404. Joe McPhee/Eli Keszler: Ithaca (8mm) {2}: FJ
  405. Joe McPhee: Glasses (Corbett vs Dempsey) {2}: FJ
  406. Joe McPhee: Variations on a Blue Line (Corbett vs Dempsey) {2}: FJ
  407. Metallic Taste of Blood: Metallic Taste of Blood (Rare Noise) {2}: TN
  408. Hendrik Meurkens/Gabriel Espinosa: Celebrando (Zoho) {2}: Buf:75; TH:C+
  409. Bob Mintzer Big Band: For the Moment (MCG Jazz) {2}: DB, TH:B
  410. MMM Quartet: Live at the Metz' Arsenal (Leo) {2}: FJ
  411. Mockuno NuClear: Drop It (NoBusiness) {2}: TN, TH:***
  412. Tony Monaco: Celebration: Life-Love-Music (Chicken Coup/Summit) {2}: TH:*
  413. Jose-Luis Monton: Solo Guitarra (ECM) {2}: TH:**
  414. Ra-Kalam Bob Moses: Sacred Exhalations (Ra-Kalam) {2}: FJ, TN
  415. National Youth Jazz Orchestra: The Change (NYJO) {2}: G:80
  416. Ivo Neame: Yatra (Edition) {2}: JM
  417. Hailey Niswanger: The Keeper (Calmit Productions) {2}: TN, TH:**
  418. Michael Occhipinti: The Universe of John Lennon (True North) {2}:
  419. Piero Odorici: Cedar Walton Presents (Savant) {2}: TN, TN:***
  420. Iris Ornig: No Restrictions (self-released) {2}: DB
  421. Lou Pallo: Thank You Les (Showplace Music Productions) {2}: DB, TH:***
  422. Pao: Pao (Shhpuma) {2}: FJ
  423. Paradoxical Frog: Union (Clean Feed) {2}: FJ, TH:**
  424. Brian Patneaude: All Around Us (WEPA) {2}: TN
  425. Michael Pedicin: Live @ the Loft (Jazz Hut) {2}: TH:**
  426. Clarence Penn: Dali in Cobble Hill () {2}:
  427. Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey: The Clairvoyant (Leo) {2}: TH:A-
  428. Ivo Perelman/The Sirius Quartet: The Passion According to GH (Leo) {2}: FJ, TH:**
  429. Guillaume Perret: Guillaume Perret and the Electric Epic () {2}:
  430. Giovanna Pessi/Susanna Wallumrød: If Grief Could Wait (ECM) {2}: TH:**
  431. Enrico Pieranunzi: Permutation (CAM Jazz) {2}: Buf:88, TH:***
  432. John Pizzarelli: Double Exposure (Telarc) {2}: MC(72/4), G:80, Ob:80; TH:B
  433. Paul Plimley/Barry Guy/Lucas Niggli: Hexentrio (Intakt) {2}: FJ, TH:***
  434. Philippe Baden Powell: Adventure Music Piano Masters Series: Vol 2 (Adventure Music) {2}: AM:80, Buf:88; TH:B
  435. Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits (Manushi) {2}:
  436. Ratchet Orchestra: Hemlock (Drip Audio) {2}: FJ, TH:**
  437. Nicola Ratti: Streengs (Senufo Editions) {2}: FJ
  438. Return to Forever: The Mothership Returns (Eagle Rock, 3CD) {2}:
  439. Pete Robbins: Live in Basel (Hate Laugh Music) {2}: FJ, TH:*
  440. Scott Robinson Doctette: Bronze Nemesis (Doc-Tone) {2}: TH:*
  441. Alfredo Rodriguez: Sounds of Space (Mack Avenue) {2}: PM:80; TH:*
  442. Keith Rowe/John Tilbury: EE Tension and Circumstance (Potlatch) {2}: TMT:90
  443. Amanda Ruzza: This Is What Happened (Pimienta) {2}: TH:B
  444. Jerome Sabbagh: Plugged In (Bee Jazz) {2}: TH:**
  445. Carol Saboya: Belezas (AAM) {2}: TH:*
  446. Diego Schissi Quinteto: Tongos (Sunnyside) {2}: PM:90; DB, TH:B
  447. Jacques Schwarz-Bart: The Art of Dreaming (Aztec Musique) {2}:
  448. Sara Serpa/Ran Blake: Aurora (Clean Feed) {2}: TH:*
  449. Elliott Sharp's Terraplane: Sky Road Songs (Enja) {2}: RC:**, TH:*
  450. Ian Shaw: A Ghost in Every Bar (Splash Point) {2}:
  451. Elizabeth Shepherd: Rewind (Linus) {2}:
  452. Mark Sherman: The LA Sessions (Miles High) {2}: AM:80; TH:**
  453. Jeremy Siskind: Finger-Songwriter (Bju'ecords) {2}: TH:*
  454. Steve Smith and Vital Information: Live! One Great Night () {2}:
  455. Dr Lonnie Smith: The Healer (Pilgrimage) {2}:
  456. Luciana Souza: Duos III (Sunnyside) {2}:
  457. Luciana Souza: The Book of Chet (Sunnyside) {2}:
  458. Jesse Stacken: Bagatelles for Trio (Fresh Sound New Talent) {2}: TH:*
  459. Stone Quartet: Live at Vision Festival (Ayler) {2}: FJ, TH:**
  460. Melissa Stylianou: Silent Movie (Anzic) {2}: DB, TH:B
  461. Andrew Swift: Swift Kick (D Clef) {2}: TH:*
  462. Take 6: One (Shanachie) {2}: TH:C+
  463. Tom Tallitsch: Heads or Tails (Posi-Tone) {2}: TN, TH:**
  464. Erena Terakubo with Legends: New York Attitude (4Q) {2}: TH:**
  465. Toots Thielemans: Yesterday and Today (Out of the Blue) {2}: DB; V[699-1-11]
  466. The Thirteenth Assembly: Station Direct (Important) {2}: FJ
  467. Thollem/Parker/Cline: The Gowanus Session (Porter) {2}: TN, TH:***
  468. Sumi Tonooka: Now (ARC, 2CD) {2}: TH:**
  469. Trespass Trio: Bruder Beda (Clean Feed) {2}: FJ, TH:***
  470. Trio M: The Guest House (Enja) {2}:
  471. Mikolaj Trzaska's Ircha: Zikaron Lefanaj (Kilogram) {2}: FJ
  472. John Turville Trio: Conception (import) {2}: JM
  473. Federico Ughi: Songs for Four Cities (Skycap) {2}:
  474. David Ullmann Quintet: Falling (Wet Cash) {2}: DB, TH:*
  475. Andrea Veneziani: Oltreoceano (self-released) {2}: Buf:88, TH:**
  476. Elio Villafranca/Arturo Stable: Dos Y Mas (Motema) {2}: AM:80; TH:**
  477. Chad Wackerman: Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations () {2}:
  478. Florian Weber: Biosphere (Enja) {2}: TH:**
  479. Bobby Wellins/Kate Williams: Smoke and Mirrors (KWJazz) {2}: G:80
  480. Steven Wilson: Get All You Deserve (Kscope) {2}: V[723-1-10]
  481. Cory Wong: Quartet/Quintet (self-released) {2}: TH:B
  482. Nate Wooley/Christian Weber/Paul Lytton: Six Feet Under (NoBusiness) {2}: FJ, TH:**
  483. Nate Wooley: [8] Syllables (Peira) {2}: FJ
  484. Nate Wooley: The Almond (Pogus) {2}: FJ
  485. Stephane Wrembel: Origins (Water Is Life) {2}: DB
  486. Brandon Wright: Journeyman (Posi-Tone) {2}: TH:**
  487. Pamela York: Lay Down This World (Jazzful Heart Music) {2}: DB, TH:*
  488. Jesper Zeuthen: Plus (Barefoot) {2}:
  489. John Zorn: Templars: In Sacred Blood (Tzadik) {2}: TN
  490. John Zorn: The Concealed (Tzadik) {2}: DB, TN
  491. John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ (Tzadik) {2}: FJ, TN
  492. 300 Basses: Sei Ritornelli (Potlatch) {1}:
  493. 4Tet: A Different Song (Leo) {1}: FJ
  494. 6ix: Almost Even Further (Leo) {1}: FJ
  495. Greg Abate: The Greg Abate Quintet Featuring Phil Woods (Rhombus) {1}: TH:*
  496. Casey Abrams: Casey Abrams (Concord) {1}:
  497. Glasser Adam: Mzansi (Sunnyside) {1}: TH:*
  498. Lina Allemano Four: Live at the Tranzac (Lumo) {1}: FJ
  499. Akula Allrich: Live! Uniquely Standard (self-released) {1}:
  500. Animation: Agemo () {1}:
  501. Bill Anschell/Brent Jensen/Chris Smyer: Blueprints (Origin) {1}: TH:***
  502. The Antfarm Quartet: Live (Dreambox Media) {1}: Buf:75
  503. Luigi Archetti: Null II/III (Die Schachtel) {1}: FJ
  504. Susie Arioli: All the Way (Jazzheads) {1}: TH:*
  505. Tom Arthurs/Richard Fairhurst: Postcards From Pushkin (Babel) {1}: JM
  506. Asunder Trio [Paul Dunmall/Mark Sanders/Hasse Poulsen]: The Lamp (Kilogram) {1}: FJ
  507. Michael Attias: Spun Tree (Clean Feed) {1}: TH:***
  508. Axel's Axiom: Uncommon Sense (Armored) {1}: TH:*
  509. BABs: Diving Bells (Loop) {1}: FJ
  510. Jon Balke/Batagraf: Say and Play (ECM) {1}: TH:*
  511. Bark!: Fume of Sighs (Psi) {1}: FJ
  512. Bill Barner: Ten Tunes (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  513. Alan Barnes: The Art Trip/The Music of Art Pepper (Woodville) {1}:
  514. Barnett's International Swing Party: Tour 2010: Live () {1}:
  515. Gerry Beaudoin: The Return (Francesca) {1}: TH:**
  516. Michael Benedict and Bopitude: Five and One (CDBaby) {1}: TN
  517. Beninghove's Hangmen: Beninghove's Hangmen () {1}: FJ
  518. Cheryl Bentyne: Let's Misbehave: The Cole Porter Song Book () {1}:
  519. Espen Berg: Noctilucent (Afterklang) {1}:
  520. Eraldo Bernocchi/Harold Budd/Robin Guthrie: Winter Garden (Rare Noise) {1}: JM
  521. Noah Bernstein: Six (self-released) {1}: FJ
  522. Bester Quartet: Metamorphoses (Tzadik) {1}: FJ
  523. Otmar Binder Trio: Boogie Woogie Turnaround (Jump River) {1}: TH:***
  524. Jeb Bishop/Jorrit Dijkstra: 1000 Words (Driff) {1}: TH:**
  525. Ran Blake/David "Knife" Fabris: Vilnius Noir (NoBusiness) {1}: TH:**
  526. Michael Blake: In the Grand Scheme of Things (Songlines) {1}: TH:B
  527. Terence Blanchard: Red Tails [Soundtrack] (Sony Classical) {1}: Buf:88; TH:C+
  528. Samuel Blaser Quartet: As the Sea (Hatology) {1}: FJ
  529. The Julian Bliss Septet: A Tribute to Benny Goodman (Signum) {1}: TH:*
  530. Richard Bliwas Trio: Nine (Rising Rose) {1}: TN
  531. Dan Block: Duality (Miles High) {1}: TH:**
  532. Stanislav Bobrytskyy/Andy Gore: Live at Babuin (self-released) {1}: FJ
  533. Stanislav Bobrytskyy/Mikhail Paramzin: Draft Communication (self-released) {1}: FJ
  534. Eric Boeren Quartet: Coconut (Platenbakkerij) {1}:
  535. Paul Booth: Trilateral (Pathway) {1}: JM
  536. Boptitude: Five Plus One (Planet Arts) {1}:
  537. Martin Brandlmayr/Werner Dafeldecker/Christian Fennesz: Till the Old World's Blown Up and a New One Is Created (M=Minimal) {1}: FJ
  538. Anthony Branker and Ascent: Together (Origin) {1}: TH:**
  539. Georg Breinschmid: Fire (Preiser) {1}: TH:*
  540. Chloe Brisson: Blame It on My Youth (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  541. Zach Brock: Almost Never Was (Criss Cross) {1}: TH:*
  542. Jakob Bro: Time (Loveland) {1}: FJ
  543. Peter Brotzmann and Improvising Ensemble of Qianxingzhe: China Live 2011 (Jazzhuis) {1}: FJ
  544. Peter Brotzmann/John Edwards/Steve Noble: The Worse the Better (OTO roku) {1}: FJ
  545. Peter Brotzmann/Massimo Pupillo/Paal Nilssen-Love: Roma (PNL) {1}: TN
  546. Ted Brown/Kirk Knuffke: Pound Cake (Steeplechase) {1}:
  547. Chris Brubeck's Triple Play: Live at Arthur Zankel Music Center (Blue Forest) {1}: TH:***
  548. Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack: Cracked Refraction (Porter) {1}: TH:***
  549. Kelly Bucheger: House of Relics (Harder Bop) {1}: TH:**
  550. Daren Burns: Fear Is Not the Natural State of Civilized People (UrbanNerds) {1}: FJ
  551. Euan Burton: Occurrences (Whirlwind) {1}: JM
  552. Bushman's Revenge: Never Mind the Botox (Rune Grammofon) {1}: AM:80
  553. LaVerne Butler: Love Lost and Found Again (High Note) {1}: TH:***
  554. Taurey Butler: Taurey Butler () {1}:
  555. Ed Byrne's Latin Jazz Evolution: Conquistador (Blue Truffle Music) {1}: TH:**
  556. David Caldwell-Mason: Cold Snap (self-released) {1}: TN
  557. Carter Calvert: Carter Calvert and the Roger Cohen Trio (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  558. Michael Campagna: Moments (Challenge) {1}: TH:B
  559. Lucio Capece: Zero Plus Zero (Potlatch) {1}: TMT:80
  560. Tim Carey: Room 114 (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  561. Francois Carrier/Michel Lambert: Shores and Ditches (FMR) {1}: TH:***
  562. Bill Carrothers: Family Life (Pirouet) {1}: TH:**
  563. Mel Carter: The Other Standards (CSP) {1}: TH:*
  564. Oscar Castro-Neves: Live at Blue Note Tokyo (Zoho) {1}: TH:*
  565. Dan Cavanagh Trio: The Heart of the Geyser (OA2) {1}: TH:*
  566. Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzys Club Coca Cola (Savant) {1}: TH:B
  567. Jean-Pierre Chasse: Pilgrim of the Strings (Productions de L'Onde) {1}:
  568. Ed Cherry: It's All Good (Posi-Tone) {1}: TH:*
  569. Chives: Dads (Primary) {1}: TH:***
  570. Roger Chong: Send a Little Love (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  571. Thanos Chrysakis/Philip Somervell: Knotted Alembic (Aural Terrains) {1}: FJ
  572. Andy Clausen: The Wishbone Suite (Table and Chairs) {1}: TH:**
  573. Clayton Brothers: The Gathering (ArtistShare) {1}: DB
  574. Nels Cline/Henry Kaiser/Jim Thomas/Weasel Walter/Allen Whitman: Jazz Free: A Connective Improvisation (There) {1}: FJ
  575. Kevin Coelho: Funkengruven: The Joy of Driving a B3 (Chicken Soup/Summit) {1}: TH:**
  576. Avishai Cohen: Duende () {1}:
  577. Raynald Colom: Rise (Jazz Village) {1}:
  578. Cat Conner: Cat Tales () {1}:
  579. Coat Cooke/Joe Poole: Conversations (Now Orchestra) {1}: TH:***
  580. Coat Cooke/Rainer Wiens: High Wire (Now Orchestra) {1}: TH:***
  581. Chris Corsano: Cut (Hot Cars Warp) {1}: TMT:80
  582. Carlo Costa/FrantzLoriot/Sean Ali: Natura Morta (Prom Nights) {1}: FJ
  583. Dan Cray: Meridies (Origin) {1}: TH:*
  584. Natalie Cressman: Unfolding (self-released) {1}: TH:B
  585. Connie Crothers/David Amer: Spontaneous Suites for Two Pianos (RogueArt) {1}:
  586. Adam Cruz: Milestone (Sunnyside) {1}:
  587. Katja Cruz/Howard Curtis: Lightning and Thunder (Ein Klang) {1}:
  588. Culture of Un: Moonish (Bocian) {1}: FJ
  589. Adrian Cunningham: Walkabout (New Market Music) {1}: TH:B
  590. Eddie Daniels/Roger Kellaway: Live at the Library of Congress (IPO) {1}:
  591. Lars Danielsson: Libretto (ACT) {1}: JM
  592. Dans LesArbres: Canopee (ECM) {1}: FJ
  593. Isaac Darche: Boom-Bap!tism (Bju'ecords) {1}: TH:*
  594. Dark Poetry: Dark Poetry (Creative Sources) {1}: FJ
  595. Roger Davidson Trio: We Remember Helen (Soundbrush) {1}: TH:***
  596. Rick Davies: Salsa Norteña (Emlyn) {1}: TH:***
  597. Angharad Davies/Tisha Mukarji/Dimitra Lazaridou-Chartigoga: Outwash () {1}:
  598. The Billie Davies Trio: All About Love (Cobra Basement) {1}: TH:**
  599. Jesse Davis: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) {1}:
  600. Caroline Davis Quartet: Live Work and Play (Ears and Eyes) {1}: TH:**
  601. Jesse Davis Quintet: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) {1}:
  602. Johnny DeBlase Quartet: Composites () {1}:
  603. Benoit Delbecq: Crescendo in Duke (Nato) {1}:
  604. Jim Denley/Philippe Lauzier/Pierre-Yves Martel/Kim Myhr/Eric Normand: Transition de Phase (Tour de Bras) {1}: FJ
  605. Dena DeRose: Travelin' Light (MaxJazz) {1}:
  606. Laurent de Wilde: Over the Clouds () {1}:
  607. Die Enttauschung: Vier Halbe (Intakt) {1}: TH:***
  608. Die Mikronesische Mafia: Die Mikronesische Mafia () {1}:
  609. Michel Doneda/Nils Ostendorf: Cristallisation (Absinth) {1}: FJ
  610. Delphine Dora/Paulo Chagas/Bruno Duplant: Onion Petals as Candle Light (Wild Silence) {1}: FJ
  611. Double Tandem [Baars/Vandermark/Nilssen-Love]: Cement (PNL) {1}: TN
  612. Double Tandem: Ox (Den) {1}: FJ
  613. DouBt: Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love () {1}:
  614. Rick Drumm and Fatty Necroses: Return From the Unknown (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  615. Candy Dulfer: Crazy (Razor and Tie) {1}: TH:*
  616. Kait Dunton: Mountain Suite (Real and Imagined Music) {1}: TH:**
  617. Louis Durra: Rocket Science (Lot 50) {1}: TH:*
  618. Geoff Eales and Isorhythm: Shifting Sands (33) {1}: JM
  619. Silke Eberhard/Alex Huber: Singen Sollst Du (Not Two) {1}: FJ
  620. Yelena Eckemoff: Forget-Me-Not (Yelena Music) {1}: TH:***
  621. Paul Edis: There Will Be Time (Jazz Action) {1}:
  622. Shauli Einav: Opus One (Plus Loin Music) {1}: Buf:75
  623. The Element Choir/William Parker: At Christ Church Deer Park (Barnyard) {1}: TH:*
  624. Elephant9: Live at the BBC (Rune Grammofon) {1}: FJ
  625. Duke Ellington Legacy: Single Petal of a Rose (Renma) {1}: TH:**
  626. Empirical: Elements of Truth (1-2-3-4 Go) {1}: JM
  627. Endemic Ensemble: Lunar () {1}:
  628. Ensemble FisFuz/Gianluigi Trovesi: Papillons (HGBS) {1}: DB
  629. Ensemble X: Metaimproviser (Red Toucan) {1}: FJ
  630. Daniel Erdmann: How to Catch a Cloud (Intakt) {1}: FJ
  631. Ari Erev: A Handful of Changes (self-released) {1}: TH:***
  632. Eric Erhardt: A Better Fate (Tapestry) {1}: TH:*
  633. Christian Escoude: Plays Brassens: Au Bois de Mon Coeur (Sunnyside) {1}: TH:***
  634. Essex Improviser's Collective: Lifting the Light (Fred Taylor Music, 2CD) {1}: TH:**
  635. Gene Ess: A Thousand Summers (SIMP) {1}: TH:**
  636. Connie Evingson: Sweet Happy Life () {1}:
  637. Fabula: Fabula (Creative Sources) {1}: FJ
  638. The Fat Babies: Chicago Hot (Delmark) {1}: TH:***
  639. Lorraine Feather: Tales of the Unusual (Jazzed Media) {1}: Buf:88
  640. Morton Feldman: Music for Piano and Strings Vol 2 (Matchless) {1}:
  641. Steven Feld: Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra (VoxLox) {1}:
  642. Filipe Felizardo: Guitar Soli for the Moa and the Frog (Shhpuma) {1}: FJ
  643. Per-Arne Ferner/Per Gunnar Juliusson: Undertowed (NORCD) {1}:
  644. FFEAR (Forum for Electro-Acoustic Research): Mirage (Jazzheads) {1}: TH:**
  645. Ken Field: Sensorium: Music for Dance and Film (Innova) {1}: TH:**
  646. Roman Filiu: Musae (Dafnison) {1}: TH:*
  647. Jorg Fischer/Olaf Rupp/Frank Paul Schubert: Phugurit (Gligg) {1}: TH:***
  648. The Fish: Moon Fish (Clean Feed) {1}: TH:**
  649. Fo/mo/deep: A Beautiful Bang () {1}:
  650. Foxes Fox: Live at the Vortex (Psi) {1}: FJ
  651. The Danny Fox Trio: The One Constant () {1}:
  652. Carlos Franzetti: Pierrot et Colombine (Sunnyside) {1}: TH:*
  653. Paolo Fresu/Omar Sosa: Alma (Ota) {1}:
  654. Jurgen Friedrich: Monosuite (Pirouet) {1}: DB, TH:B
  655. Nobuyasu Furuya Quintet: The Major (NoBusiness) {1}: TH:***
  656. Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind (F-IRE) {1}: MO:80
  657. Leo Gandelman: Vip Vop (Far Out) {1}:
  658. Giorgio Gaslini: Incanti (CAM Jazz) {1}: G:80
  659. Stephen Gauci: Thunk! (Not Two) {1}:
  660. Jonathan Gee Trio: Dragonfly (ASC) {1}: T:80
  661. Mike Gibbs/NDR Big Band/Norma Winstone: Here's a Song for You (Fuzzy Moon) {1}:
  662. Tom Gibbs: Fear of Flying (Whirlwind) {1}: JM
  663. Joe Gilman: Relativity (Capri) {1}: TH:*
  664. Josh Ginsburg: Zembla Variations (Bju'ecords) {1}: TH:***
  665. Frode Gjerstad/Paal Nilssen-Love: Side by Side (CIMP) {1}: TN
  666. Glas: Live at Brotz Gothenburg Sweden 2012 04 12 (self-released) {1}: FJ
  667. GoGo Penguin: Fanfares (Gondwana) {1}:
  668. The Golden Age of Steam: Welcome to Bat Country (Basho) {1}:
  669. Jon Gold: Bossa of Possibility (Blujazz) {1}: DB
  670. Vinny Golia Quartet: Take Your Time (Relative Pitch Record) {1}: FJ
  671. Dennis Gonzalez/Yells at Eels: Bandoleros En Gdansk (1 Car Garage) {1}: V[723-1-10]
  672. Dennis Gonzalez/Yells at Eels: Resurrection and Life (Ayler) {1}: TH:**
  673. The Alex Goodman Quintet: Bridges (Connection Point) {1}: TH:*
  674. Nico Gori/Fred Hersch: Da Vinci (Bee Jazz) {1}:
  675. Graculus: Small Things (Whi Music) {1}: FJ
  676. Grand Union Orchestra: If Paradise (Grand Union) {1}:
  677. Jerry Granelli Trio: Let Go (Plunge) {1}: FJ
  678. Avi Granite's Verse: Snow Umbrellas (Pet Mantis) {1}: TH:**
  679. Kay Grant/Alex Ward: Fast Track (Emanem) {1}: FJ
  680. The Great Wee Band: Light Blue (Trio) {1}:
  681. Tatum Greenblatt: Imprints (self-released) {1}: DB
  682. Chris Greene Quartet: A Group Effort (Single Malt) {1}: TH:*
  683. Leon Greening: Cookin' in Brooklyn (Leopard) {1}:
  684. Phil Grenadier/Bruno Raberg: Plunge (Orbis) {1}: FJ
  685. Alexandra Grimal: Andromeda (Ayler) {1}: FJ
  686. Grupo Los Santos: Clave Heart (OA2) {1}: TH:**
  687. Mats Gustafsson: Mats G Plays Gullin (Sagittarius A-Star) {1}: FJ
  688. Gustafsson/Russell/Strid: Birds (Den) {1}: FJ
  689. Mats Gustafsson/Thurston Moore: Play Some Fucking Stooges (Quasi Pop/Dumpster Diving Lab) {1}: FJ
  690. Bernocchi Budd Guthrie: Winter Garden () {1}:
  691. Gerald Hagen Trio: Song for Leslie (Surf Cove Jazz) {1}: TH:*
  692. Ingebrigt Haker Flaten New York Quartet: Now Is (Clean Feed) {1}: TH:***
  693. Jon Hamar: Hymn (Origin) {1}: TH:*
  694. Marc Hannaford: Ordinary Madness (Marchon) {1}: FJ
  695. Hardcoretet: Do It Live (Tables and Chairs) {1}: TH:B-
  696. Winard Harper and Jeli Posse: Coexist (JLP) {1}:
  697. The Harris Group: Choices (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  698. Joel Harrison/Lorenzo Feliciati: Holy Abyss (Cuneiform) {1}:
  699. Frank Harrison Trio: Sideways (Linus) {1}: JM
  700. Elias Haslanger: Church on Monday (Cherrywood) {1}: AC:89
  701. Ted Hefko and the Thousandaires: If I Walked on Water (Onager) {1}: TH:**
  702. Skip Heller: Fakebook II: That's Entertainment () {1}:
  703. Scott Henderson with Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers: HBC (Tone Center) {1}:
  704. Ig Henneman Sextet: Live @ the Ironworks Vancouver (Wig) {1}: TH:**
  705. Yaron Herman: Alter Ego (ACT) {1}: JM
  706. Conrad Herwig: A Voice Through the Door () {1}:
  707. Fred Hess Big Band: Speak (Alison) {1}: TH:***
  708. Hession/Wilkinson/Fell: Two Falls and a Submission (Bo' Weavil) {1}: JM
  709. Fred Ho and Quincy Saul Present the Music of Cal Massey: A Tribute Conducted by Whitney George (Mutable/Big Red Media) {1}: Buf:75
  710. Florian Hoefner Group: Songs Without Words (OA2) {1}: TH:***
  711. Allan Holdsworth: None Too Soon (MoonJune) {1}: DB
  712. Jeff Holmes Quartet: Of One's Own (Miles High) {1}: TH:**
  713. Maya Homburger/Barry Guy: Tales of Enchantment (Intakt) {1}:
  714. Martin Hoper: The Bridce (Hoob Jazz) {1}:
  715. Chris Hopkins/Bernd Lhotzky: Partners in Crime (Echoes of Swing) {1}: TH:***
  716. Fred Ho/Quincy Soul: Present: The Music of Cal Massey: A Tribute (Mutable/Big Red Media) {1}: DB
  717. Francois Houle 5+1: Genera (Songlines) {1}: FJ
  718. Christian Howes: Southern Exposure (Resonance) {1}: TH:**
  719. Human Spirit: Dialogue: Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival (Origin) {1}: TH:*
  720. Andy Hunter: Think Like a Mountain (self-released) {1}:
  721. Jason Kao Hwang: Burning Bridge (Innova) {1}: TH:***
  722. Weber Iago: Adventure Music Piano Masters Series Vol. 3 (Adventure Music) {1}: TH:**
  723. The Iceberg Quartet: The Iceberg Quartet (FMR) {1}: FJ
  724. Ich Bin Nintendo/Mats Gustafsson: Ich Bin Nintendo and Mats Gustafsson (Vafongool) {1}: FJ
  725. Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band: Eleven (Deep Rhythm Music) {1}: TH:*
  726. The Impossible Gentlemen: The Impossible Gentlemen (Basho) {1}: TH:***
  727. Indigo Kid: Indigo Kid (Babel) {1}: JM
  728. Yoron Israel: Visions: The Music of Stevie Wonder (Ronja Music) {1}: V[723-1-10]
  729. Anne Mette Iversen: Poetry of Earth (Bju'ecords) {1}: TH:***
  730. Irene Jacob and Francis Jacob: Je Sais Nager (Sunnyside) {1}: TH:*
  731. Sven-Ake Johansson: Fur Paul Klee (Jazzwerkstatt) {1}: FJ
  732. Karen Johns and Company: Peach (Ptarmigan Music/Jazz) {1}: TH:*
  733. Jeff Johnson: Suitcase (Origin) {1}: TH:***
  734. Max Johnson Trio: Elevated Vegetation (FMR) {1}: FJ
  735. Jessica Jones/Mark Taylor: Live at the Freight (New Artists) {1}: TH:**
  736. Dave Jones Quartet: Resonance () {1}: JM
  737. Jooklo Danish Group: Mixture of Energies (Holiday) {1}: FJ
  738. Jooklo Duo and Bill Nace: Scratch (Holidays) {1}: FJ
  739. Kidd Jordan: On Fire 2 (Engine) {1}: TN
  740. Anders Jormin: Ad Lucem (ECM) {1}: TH:*
  741. Just Music Trio: Standpoint (Caligola) {1}:
  742. Markelian Kapedani: Balkan Bop () {1}:
  743. Karl 2000: Karl 2000 (self-released) {1}: TH:***
  744. Jacob Karlzon: More (ACT) {1}: G:80
  745. Brian Kelley Trio: Ready (self-released) {1}:
  746. Stephane Kerecki: Sounds Architects () {1}:
  747. Jonny King: Above All (Sunnyside) {1}: TH:**
  748. Lisa Kirchner: Charleston for You (Verdant World) {1}: TH:**
  749. Kathy Kosins: To the Ladies of Cool () {1}:
  750. Yoni Kretzmer 2Bass Quarter: Weight (Out Now) {1}:
  751. Adam Kromelow: Youngblood (Zoho) {1}: Buf:100
  752. Fredrik Kronkvist: New York Elements (Connective) {1}: DB
  753. Alexey Kruglov/Alexey Lapin/Oleg Yudanov: Impulse (Leo) {1}: FJ
  754. Sam Kulik: Escape From Society (Hot Cup) {1}: TH:*
  755. Takuya Kuroda Sextet: Six Aces () {1}:
  756. Joe La Barbera: Silver Streams () {1}:
  757. Mario Laginha/Julian Arguelles/Helge Norbakken: 20 Anos De Jazz No Parque (Serralves) {1}:
  758. Ralph Lalama and Bop Juice: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) {1}:
  759. Andrew Lamb Trio: Honeymoon on Saturn (CIMP) {1}: TN
  760. Michael Landau Group: Organic Instrumentals (Tone Center) {1}:
  761. Tim Lapthorn: Transport (Pathway) {1}:
  762. Yusef Lateef: Roots Run Deep () {1}:
  763. Ingrid Laubrock/Javier Carmona/Olie Brice: Catatumbo (Babel) {1}: FJ
  764. Linda Lavin: Possibilities (Ghostlight) {1}: TH:*
  765. Chris Lawhorn: Fugazi Edits (Case/Martingale) {1}: TH:***
  766. Jay Lawrence Quartet: Sweet Lime (Jazz Hang) {1}: TH:**
  767. Joelle Leandre/Phillip Greenlief: That Overt Desire of Object (Relative Pitch) {1}: FJ
  768. Le Ggril/Evan Parker: Vivaces (Tour de Bras) {1}: FJ
  769. Urs Leimgruber/Roger Turner: The Pancake Tour (Relative Pitch) {1}: FJ
  770. Sylvain Leroux: Quatuor Creole (Completely Nuts) {1}:
  771. Josh Levinson Sextet: Chauncey Street (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  772. Leslie Lewis/Gerald Hagen Trio: Midnight Sun (Surf Cove Jazz) {1}: TH:**
  773. Ligro: Dictionary 2 () {1}:
  774. Jeremy Long: In Suspension (Innova) {1}: TH:*
  775. Loose Tubes: Sad Afrika (Lost Marble) {1}: G:80
  776. Jeff Lorber Fusion: Galaxy () {1}:
  777. Halie Loren: Heart First (Justin Time) {1}:
  778. Luce Trio: Pieces, Vol 1 (Museum Clausum) {1}: TH:*
  779. Carmen Lundy: Changes (Afrasia Productions) {1}:
  780. Jessica Lurie Ensemble: Megaphone Heart (Zipa! Music) {1}: TH:*
  781. Payton MacDonald/Peter Evans/Elliott Sharp: Payton Peter Elliott (Savory Art) {1}: FJ
  782. Shai Maestro Trio: Shai Maestro Trio (Laborie) {1}: G:80
  783. Maghostut Trio: Live at Last (RogueArt) {1}:
  784. Mahlis-Panos Project: Protoleia (self-released) {1}: TH:**
  785. Maikotron Unit: Effugit (Jazz From Rant) {1}: TH:***
  786. Gregoire Maret: Gregoire Maret (E1) {1}: Buf:88
  787. Eric Marienthal: It's Love (E1) {1}: Buf:75
  788. Don Mark's Fire Escape: In a New Light (Niromi) {1}: TH:**
  789. Max Marshall: Instant Camaraderie (Jazz Hang) {1}: TH:**
  790. Dominic J Marshall Trio: Icaros (F-ire) {1}: JM
  791. Emilia Martensson/Barry Green: And So It Goes (Babel) {1}:
  792. Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care (Linn) {1}: G:80
  793. Clare Martin: Too Much Love to Care (Linn) {1}:
  794. Martin, Haynes and Driver: Freedman at Western Front (Barnyard) {1}: TH:*
  795. Hugh Masekela/Larry Willis: Friends (House of Masekela) {1}:
  796. David Maxwell: Blues in Other Colors (Shining Stone) {1}: TH:*
  797. Magda Mayas/ChristineAbdelnour: Myriad (Unsounds) {1}: FJ
  798. Daniel McBrearty: Clarinet Swing< (Dan McB Music) {1}: TH:*
  799. Kelly McCarty 3: Roux Steady (72 Offsuit) {1}: TH:*
  800. Chad McCullough-Bram Weijters Quartet: Urban Nightingale (Origin) {1}: TH:B
  801. Isamu McGregor: Live at the Baked Potato! (Amorphous Paraphernalia) {1}: JM
  802. Joe McPhee: Trio X: Tour 2010 (Corbett vs Dempsey) {1}:
  803. Meeco: Beauty of the Night (Connector) {1}:
  804. Steve Melling/Clark Tracey Special Septet: Special One (Melljazz) {1}:
  805. Giacomo Merega: Watch the Walls () {1}:
  806. Metta Quintet: Big Drum/SmallWorld (Jazz Reach) {1}: TN
  807. Szilard Mezei Tubass Quintet: Canons: 2nd Hosting (NoBusiness) {1}: TH:**
  808. Allison Miller: Live at Willisau (Foxhaven) {1}: DB
  809. Joel Miller: Swim (Origin) {1}: TH:**
  810. Gianni Mimmo/Daniel Levin: Turbulent Flow (Amirani) {1}: FJ
  811. Joe Moffett: Ad Faunum (Not Two) {1}: FJ
  812. Mohel: The Second Temple (Verdura) {1}:
  813. Jessica Molaskey/Dave Frishberg: At the Algonquin (Arbors) {1}:
  814. Mole: What's the Meaning? (RareNoise) {1}: TN
  815. Nick Moran Trio: No Time Like Now (Manor Sound) {1}: TH:*
  816. Cristina Morrison: I Love (Baronesa) {1}: TH:***
  817. James Morrison: Snappy Too (self-released) {1}: TH:**
  818. Moskus: Salmesykkel () {1}: JM
  819. John Moulder Quintet: The Eleventh Hour: Live at the Green Mill (Origin) {1}: TH:*
  820. Jim Mullen Reunion Quartet: String Theory (Diving Duck) {1}: TN
  821. Muringa: The Unknown Knowns (Sofa Music) {1}: FJ
  822. Musaner: Once Upon a Time (Lucent Music) {1}: TH:**
  823. Myriad 3: Tell (ALMA) {1}: TH:**
  824. Nakatani/Tiner/Drake: Ritual Inscription (Epigraph) {1}: FJ, TH:U
  825. Naked Truth: Ouroboros () {1}:
  826. Natie Soul: One Mind (American Showplace Music) {1}:
  827. Maria Neckam: Unison (Sunnyside) {1}: TH:C+
  828. Negroni's Trio: On the Way (AA) {1}: TH:**
  829. Thea Neumann: Lady and the Tramps (self-released) {1}: TH:**
  830. New Zion Trio: Fight Against Babylon (Veal) {1}:
  831. Sebastian Noelle: Koan (Fresh Sound New Talent) {1}: TH:**
  832. Russ Nolan: Tell Me (Rhinoceruss Music) {1}: TH:*
  833. Nadje Noordhuis: Nadje Noordhuis (Little Mystery) {1}: TH:***
  834. Walter Norris/Leszek Mozder: The Last Set (ACT) {1}:
  835. Mark O'Connor: American Classics (OMAC) {1}: Buf:100
  836. Oddarrang: Cathedral (Texicali) {1}: JM
  837. Piero Odorici: Cedar Walton Presents (Savant) {1}: TH:***
  838. JJ Oliveros: El Jilguero de Centro Habana (Lujuna Music) {1}:
  839. Stephen O'Malley/Steve Noble: St Francis Duo (Bo Weavil) {1}: FJ
  840. Oregon: Family Tree (CAM Jazz) {1}:
  841. Aruan Ortiz: Santiarican Blues Suite (Sunnyside) {1}: TH:*
  842. Jamie Ousley: A Sea of Voices (Tie) {1}: Buf:88
  843. Dudley Owens/Aaron Wright Band: People Calling (Origin) {1}: TH:*
  844. Drew Paralic: Wintertime Tunes of Drew Paralic (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  845. Emile Parisien Quartet: ChienGuepe (Laborie Jazz) {1}: FJ
  846. Evan Parker/Okkyung Lee/Peter Evans: The Bleeding Edge () {1}:
  847. Ray Parker: Swingin' Never Hurt Nobody (Pythagoras) {1}: TH:*
  848. Arvo Part: Adam's Lament (ECM) {1}: V[540-1-15]
  849. PascAli: Suspicious Activity (Creative Sources) {1}: FJ
  850. Hanna Paulsberg Concept: Waltz for Lili (Ora Fonogram) {1}: JM
  851. Mario Pavone/Mike DiRubbo/Tyshawn Sorey: Trio (Arc Cafe) {1}: TN
  852. Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio: The Gift (Leo) {1}: TH:***
  853. Anto Pett/Bart van Rosmalen: Playwork (Leo) {1}: FJ
  854. Dave Phillips and Freedance: Confluence (Innova) {1}: TH:**
  855. Roberta Piket: Solo (Thirteenth Note) {1}:
  856. Pixel: Reminder () {1}:
  857. John Pizzarelli: Double Exposure (Telarc) {1}:
  858. Jake Playmo: My Favorite Toys () {1}:
  859. Verneri Pohjola Quartet: Ancient History (ACT) {1}: JM
  860. Positive Catastrophe: Dibrujo, Dibrujo, Dibrujo (Cuneiform) {1}:
  861. Ben Powell: New Street (self-released) {1}: TH:**
  862. Predicate: Predictate (FMR) {1}: JM
  863. Marcus Printup: Homage (Steeplechase) {1}: DB
  864. John Proulx: The Best Thing for You () {1}:
  865. Reggie Quinerly: Music Inspired by Freedman Town (Redefinition Music) {1}: TH:**
  866. Radio String Quartet: Vienna (ACT) {1}:
  867. Nate Radley: The Big Eyes (Fresh Sound New Talent) {1}: TH:**
  868. Robert Randolph and the Family Band: In Concert (Dare) {1}:
  869. John Raymond: Strength and Song (Strength and Song) {1}: TH:*
  870. Red Kite: Red Kite (F-ire) {1}: JM
  871. The Resonance Ensemble: What Country Is This? (Not Two) {1}: FJ
  872. Marc Ribot Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard (NPR stream) {1}:
  873. Hannes Riepler: The Brave (Jellymould Jazz) {1}: JM
  874. Sylvain Rifflet: Alphabet (self-released) {1}: FJ
  875. Stephen Riley: Hart-Beat (Steeplechase) {1}:
  876. Carol Robbins: Moraga (Jazzcats) {1}: TH:*
  877. Teri Roiger: Dear Abbey (Inner Circle) {1}:
  878. Barry Romberg: Crab People (Romhog, 2CD) {1}: TH:U
  879. Frank Rosaly: Centering and Displacement (Utech) {1}: FJ
  880. Frank Rosaly: Centering and Displacement (Utech) {1}:
  881. Marlene Rosenberg Quartet: Bassprint (Origin) {1}: DB, TH:***
  882. Alan Rosenthal: Just Sayin' (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  883. Marc Rossi Group: Mantra Revealed (Innova) {1}: TH:*
  884. Keith Rowe: September (Erstlive) {1}: TMT:90
  885. Rusconi: Revolution (Qiln) {1}:
  886. Paul Rutherford/George Haslam with Samuli Mikkonen Trio: Raahe '99: For Paul Rutherford (Slam) {1}: FJ
  887. Saint Dirt Elementary School: Abandoned Ballroom (Barnyard) {1}: TH:*
  888. Felipe Salles: Departure (Tapestry) {1}: TH:**
  889. Poncho Sanchez: Live in Hollywood (Concord Picante) {1}:
  890. Inaki Sandoval: Miracielos (Bebyne) {1}:
  891. Pedro Sausa/Hernani Faustino: Falaise (Dromos) {1}: FJ
  892. Jane Scheckter: Easy to Remember (self-released) {1}: TH:***
  893. Nicky Schrire: Freedom Flight (Circavision) {1}:
  894. George Schuller's Circle Wide: Listen Both Ways (Playscape) {1}:
  895. Claudio Scolari: Synthesis (Principal) {1}: TH:**
  896. Scorch Trio/Mars Williams: Made in Norway (Rune Grammophone) {1}: FJ
  897. Selvhenter: Frk B Fricka (Eget Vaerelse) {1}:
  898. Lauren Sevian: Blueprint (CDBaby) {1}:
  899. Avery Sharpe: Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? (JKNM) {1}: TH:***
  900. Shift: Songs From Aipotu (Leo) {1}: FJ
  901. Catherine Sikora/Ian Smith/Han-earl Park: Cork 04-04-11 (self-released) {1}: FJ
  902. Matthew Silberman: Questionable Creatures (DeSoto Sound Factory) {1}: TH:***
  903. Sisters: The Mono (Multikulti Project) {1}: FJ
  904. Skogen: Is Gefallen in Den Schnee (Another Timbre) {1}: FJ
  905. Slugfield: Slimezone (PNL) {1}: FJ
  906. Slumgum: Quardboard Flavored Fiber () {1}:
  907. Ches Smith: Psycho Predictions (88 Records) {1}: FJ
  908. Snus: Can't Stop Snussing (Ayler) {1}: FJ
  909. Mark Solborg: Solborg 4+4+1 (Ilk) {1}: MiF:88; TH:B
  910. Sophisticated Ladies: A True Story (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  911. Mark Soskin: Nino Rota (Kind of Blue) {1}:
  912. Tessa Souter: Beyond the Blue (Motema) {1}: TH:***
  913. Martin Speake/Colin Oxley: Two Noe One (Pumpkin) {1}: G:80
  914. Larry Stabbins: Transcendental (Noetic) {1}:
  915. Tommaso Starace: Simply Marvellous (import) {1}:
  916. Dayna Stephens: Tomorrow Is Today (Criss Cross) {1}:
  917. Colin Stetson/Mats Gustafsson: Stones (Rune Grammofon) {1}: FJ
  918. Christoph Stiefel Inner Language Trio: Live! (Basho) {1}: G:80
  919. John Stowell/Ulf Bandgren: Throop (Origin) {1}: TH:*
  920. Bobby Streng's House Big Band: Getting Housed (self-released) {1}: TH:***
  921. Sudo Quartet: Live at Banlieue Bleue (NoBusiness) {1}: TH:**
  922. Richard Sussman Quintet: Continuum (Origin) {1}: TH:*
  923. Svenska Kaputt: Svenska Kaputt () {1}:
  924. Steve Swell's Nation of We: The Business of Here: Live at the Roulette, August 13th, 2008 (Cadence) {1}: TN
  925. Craig Taborn Trio: At Binhuis, Amsterdam (Radio Nederland stream) {1}:
  926. Tall and Small: The Pete Christlieb and Linda Small Eleven Piece Band: High on U (Bosco) {1}: DB
  927. Melvin Taylor: Beyond the Burning Guitar (Eleven East, 2CD) {1}: TH:*
  928. Toots Thielemans European Quartet: 90 Yrs (Challenge) {1}: G:80
  929. Ben Thomas: Endless Mountain Region (Lungbasket) {1}: FJ
  930. Jens Thomas: Speed of Grace (ACT) {1}:
  931. Leon Foster Thomas: Brand New Mischief (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  932. Rich Thompson Trio: Generations (Origin) {1}: TH:*
  933. Keith Tippett Octet: From Granite to Wind (Ogun) {1}: FJ
  934. Rafael Toral/Davu Seru: Live in Minneapolis (Clean Feed) {1}: TH:**
  935. Gian Tornatore: The Heights (Sound Spiral) {1}: TH:*
  936. Tournesol: Tournesol (Kelsey) {1}: JM
  937. Wojtek Traczyk: Free Solo (Multikulti) {1}: FJ
  938. The Michael Treni Big Band: Boy's Night Out (self-released) {1}: TH:**
  939. Tres Hongos: Where My Dreams Go to Die (Molk) {1}:
  940. Tribal Tech: X (Tone Center) {1}:
  941. Triosence with Sara Gazarek: Where Time Stands Still () {1}:
  942. The Troubles: The Troubles (Rattle) {1}:
  943. Twopool: Traffic Bins (Origin) {1}: TH:***
  944. Paul Tynan/Aaron Lington: Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Three (OA2) {1}: TH:*
  945. Bogdo Ula: Crash Canis Majoris (self-released) {1}: FJ
  946. Upper Left Trio: Ulternative (Origin) {1}: TH:***
  947. Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love: Letter to a Stranger (Smalltown Superjazz) {1}: TN
  948. Peter Van Huffel's Gorilla Mask: Howl! () {1}:
  949. Donald Vega: Spiritual Nature (Resonance) {1}: DB
  950. Piet Verbist: Zygomatik (Origin) {1}: TH:***
  951. Eyal Vilner: Introducing the Eyal Vilner Big Band (Gut String) {1}: TH:*
  952. Vloeimans/Weber: Live at the Concertgebouw (Challenge) {1}:
  953. Vinz Vonlathen/Cyril Bondi/Christophe Berthet: Silo (Leo) {1}: FJ
  954. Vox Arcana: Soft Focus (Relay) {1}: FJ
  955. Anne Walsh: Go (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  956. Justin Walter: Stars (Walter) {1}: TH:B
  957. Trevor Watts/Veryan Weston: Dialogues in Two Places (Hi4Head) {1}:
  958. Way Out Northwest: The White Spot (Relative Pitch) {1}: FJ
  959. Katharina Weber/Barry Guy/Balts Nill: Games and Improvisations: Hommage a Gyorgy Kurtag (Intakt) {1}: FJ
  960. Allison Wedding: This Dance (GroundUp Music) {1}: TH:***
  961. The Wee Trio: Ashes to Ashes: A David Bowie Intraspective (Bionic) {1}: TH:B
  962. Joanna Weinberg: The Piano Diaries (Kissingpoint) {1}: TH:**
  963. Carl Weingarten: Panomorphia () {1}:
  964. Nils Weinhold: Shapes (self-released) {1}: TH:*
  965. Ezra Weiss: Our Path to This Moment (Roark) {1}: TH:*
  966. Neil Welch: Boxwork (Table and Chairs) {1}:
  967. Neil Welch: Sleeper (Table and Chairs) {1}:
  968. Carol Welsman: Journey (Justin Time) {1}: Buf:75
  969. Bugge Wesseltoft: Songs (Jazzland) {1}:
  970. Calvin Weston: Of Alien Feelings (Imaginary Chicago) {1}:
  971. Veryan Weston/Ingrid Laubrock/Hannah Marshall: Haste (Emanem) {1}: FJ
  972. Kirk Whalum: Romance Language () {1}: UT:75
  973. Shannon Whitworth/Barrett Smith: Bring It On Home () {1}:
  974. Wild Chamber Trio: 10.000 Leaves (Not Two) {1}: FJ
  975. Dan Wilensky: Back in the Mix (Speechless Productions) {1}: TH:**
  976. Steve Williams: Steve Williams and Jazz Nation with Eddie Daniels (OA2) {1}: TH:*
  977. Larry Willis: This Time the Dream's on Me (High Note) {1}: TH:**
  978. Bob Willoughby: Jazz: Body and Soul (Evans Mitchell Books) {1}: DB
  979. Spike Wilner: La Tendresse (Posi-Tone) {1}: TH:**
  980. Mike Wofford/Holly Hofmann Quintet: Turn Signal (Capri) {1}: TH:*
  981. Wolfram Trio: Wolfram (Va Fongool) {1}: FJ
  982. Andrea Wolper/Connie Crothers/Ken Filiano: Trance Formation: In Concert (New Artists) {1}: TH:**
  983. Eri Yamamoto Trio: The Next Page (AUM Fidelity) {1}:
  984. John Yao Quintet: In the Now (Innova) {1}: TH:*
  985. Jordan Young: Cymbal Melodies (Posi-Tone) {1}: TN, TH:B
  986. Katherine Young: Releasing Bound Water From Green Material (Prom Night, EP) {1}: TH:*
  987. Neil C Young: El Camino (Canadian American) {1}: TH:*
  988. Shingo Yuji: Introducing Shingo Yuji (Yujipan Music) {1}: TH:*
  989. Zanussi 13: Live (Moserobie) {1}:
  990. Bojan Z: Soul Shelter (Emarcy) {1}:
  991. Zhenya Strigalev: Smiling Organizm (Whirlwind) {1}: JM
  992. Matthias Ziegler: La Rusna (Music for Three Flutes) {1}: FJ
  993. Pete Zimmer: Prime of Life (Tippin') {1}:
  994. John Zorn: Gnostic Preludes (Tzadik) {1}: TN
  995. John Zorn: Mount Analogue (Tzadik) {1}: TN
  996. John Zorn: Nosferatu (Tzadik) {1}: TN

Notes

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