EOY List Aggregate: 2017 New Music: Jazz
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- Jaimie Branch: Fly or Die (International Anthem) {50}: Bc:19, BIW:2, CM:7, JC:12, Mrg:28, NPR:47, W:9; aqd:+, jap:3, jdst:2, jem:3, jgl:4, jjc:+, jlre:7, jmsc:4, jmsk:6, jpa:2, jtb:2, jvv:14, la_r:2, npr_c:5, ny_u:4, qt_j:5, sg_j:1, tn:+ -- VV:75--104, TH:**
- Nicole Mitchell: Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE) {48}: BIW:4, CM:56, JC:5, JW:15, PO:57, Qt:28, W:35, WFM:1; ab:+, am:+, am_j:+, ei:3, jap:2, jdme:7, jfn:8, jnn:4, jtb:1, jvv:1, kq:+, npr_c:8, ny_u:1, qt_j:1, sg_j:13, sl_w:+ -- TH:**
- Vijay Iyer Sextet: Far From Over (ECM) {47}: AY:8, CM:15, G:48, JC:1, JW:19, NPR:12, RS:33; am:+, am_j:+, bg_g:8, ei:1, fd:7, jdst:8, jem:7, jfk:8, jmsc:3, jsf:5, jtb:7, jtd:1, npr_c:3, ny_u:10, pm_j:6, sg_j:6, tn:1, tr_j:+, xtj:2 -- TH:***
- Kamasi Washington: Harmony of Difference (Young Turks) {35}: ABC:19, BIW:44, Cl:17, CS:21, DS:61, Esq:12, Fp:73, JC:52, LBF:25, MO:46, Pf:31, PW:15, Sl:16, TN:16, TOC:16, Tr:43, UR:94, WFM:2; aqd:+, bbc:+, blt:10, pi:7, sg_j:8, tr_j:+ -- VV:62--119, TH:*
- Roscoe Mitchell: Bells for the South Side (ECM -2CD) {27}: JC:7, PO:20, W:47; am:+, am_j:+, fd:3, jdme:8, jem:8, jjc:+, jmsc:2, jnn:2, jvv:2, ny_u:5, qt_j:2 -- VV:68--112, TH:***
- Irreversible Entanglements: Irreversible Entanglements (International Anthem/Don Giovanni) {26}: Bc:43, BIW:9, JC:+, W:16, WFM:5; jap:1, jdst:10, jem:6, jnn:3, qt_j:3, sg_j:5 -- TH:A-
- William Parker Quartets: Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity 2CD) {26}: CM:1, JC:13, PO:12; ab:+, dw:1, jfk:5, jvv:11, qt_j:9, xiw:9, xgm:3, xmr:4 -- TH:A-
- Tyshawn Sorey: Verisimilitude (Pi) {26}: BIW:23, CM:40, JC:3, Mrg:22, PO:55; ab:+, am_j:+, ei:4, jjc:7, jrm:+, jtd:6, jvv:13, nat:+, npr_c:+, ny_u:3, qt_j:6, sg_j:7 -- TH:A-
- Cecile McLorin Salvant: Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue) {21}: JC:6, JW:1, JY:19, TL:35; am:+, am_j:+, jfk:1, jvv:15, nat:3, npr_c:+ -- TH:*
- Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts (ECM) {20}: CM:34, JC:4, JW:12; am_j:+, jjc:4, jtd:3, jvv:7, ny_u:18, pm_j:9, xtj:10 -- TH:A-
- Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Passin' Thru (Blue Note) {19}: JC:9, JW:5, JY:50, WFM:15; am_j:+, jjs:1, jsf:7, npr_c:+ -- TH:***
- Matt Mitchell: A Pouting Grimace (Pi) {19}: CM:6, JC:17; ei:2, jdme:9, jdst:1, jjc:1, pm_j:1 -- TH:**
- Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse (Naim) {17}: Bc:18, BIW:1, JC:87, VF:15, WFM:17; sg_j:2, tr_j:+ -- TH:**
- Binker & Moses: Journey to the Mountain of Forever (Gearbox) {17}: BIW:46, Dr:27, JW:20, Mj:17, RM:19, VF:2, WFM:3; sg_j:11
- Kate Gentile: Mannequins (Skirl) {17}: CM:14, JC:50; fd:+, jap:5, jem:4, jjc:+, jlre:5, jmsc:10, ny_u:11, pm_j:10 -- TH:***
- Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society: Simultonality (Eremite) {16}: JC:+, Mrg:32, U:15, W:7; aqd:+, jem:1 -- VV:98--75, TH:A-
- Jack DeJohnette/Larry Grenadier/John Meddeski/John Scofield: Hudson (Motema) {16}: JC:14, JY:4; bg_g:4, jkf:2, jsf:3 -- TH:A-
- Harriet Tubman: Araminta (Sunnyside) {16}: CM:3, JC:34, PO:9; sg_j:9, xbl:5, xmv:10 -- TH:A-
- Jazzmeia Horn: A Social Call (Prestige) {16}: JC:49, JW:7, JY:1, WFM:13; am_j:+, jrm:4 -- TH:**
- Colin Stetson: All This I Do for Glory (52Hz) {16}: AY:72, DS:32, Fp:100, Gw:41, MO:34, No:6, SR:21, WFM:27; am_j:+, ex_i:+ -- TH:A-
- Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse: Morphogenesis (Pi) {15}: CM:52, JC:2, WFM:25; fd:4, jfk:6, pm_j:5 -- TH:A-
- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: Diaspora (Stretch Music/Ropeadope) {15}: BS:22, DT:49, JC:30, JW:10, WFM:9; ex_i:+, sg_j:4, wp:4 -- TH:**
- Wadada Leo Smith: Najwa (TUM) {15}: JC:22, PO:40; ei:5, jjc:9, jmsc:8, jnn:1, ny_u:2 -- TH:A-
- David S Ware Trio: Live in New York 2010 (AUM Fidelity) {15}: CM:36, JC:+, PO:97; dw:10, jfn:7, jpa:4, tn:+, xis:1 -- TH:A-
- Ornette Coleman: Celebrate Ornette (Song X -16) {14}: JC:26, RS:43; fd:+, jfk:3, xgh:10, xjy:4, xtw:5 -- RC:A-
- Tomas Fujiwara: Triple Double (Firehouse 12) {14}: JC:33; fd:+, jjc:2, jsf:1, jtd:9, jvv:5 -- TH:A-
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band: So It Is (Legacy) {14}: CM:38, JC:+, PO:8, WFM:31; am_j:+, ob:2, sg_j:16, xhs:10, xtj:8 -- TH:**
- Wadada Leo Smith: Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM) {14}: JC:20, PO:66; jfk:10, jjc:+, jmsc:8, jmsk:2, jnn:1, jtb:4 -- TH:**
- Tony Allen: The Source (Blue Note) {13}: AY:59, BIW:31, Gw:38, JC:54, LR:35, Mj:26, PW:28, WFM:48; am_j:+, sg_j:19, tr_j:+ -- TH:**
- Ahmad Jamal: Marseille (Jazz Village) {13}: CM:77, JC:18, JW:3, WFM:12; am_j:+, aqd:+ -- TH:**
- Ron Miles: I Am a Man (Yellowbird) {13}: BIW:13, JC:15, NPR:30; fd:9, npr_c:2, ny_u:20, pm_j:7 -- TH:***
- Aki Takase/David Murray: Cherry Shakura (Intakt) {13}: CM:9, JC:76; xgm:1, xtw:4 -- TH:A-
- Miguel Zenon: Tipico (Miel Music) {13}: CM:53, JC:16, NPR:48; am_j:+, bg_g:7, jrm:3, npr_c:7 -- TH:A-
- Matt Wilson: Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto) {12}: JC:8; am_j:+, bg_g:3, fd:+, jjc:10, jkf:3, jrm:7 -- TH:*
- Angles 9: Disappeared Behind the Sun (Clean Feed) {11}: CM:2, JC:59; tn:5 -- TH:A-
- Hear in Now [Mazz Swift/Tomeka Reid/Silvia Bolognesi]: Not Living in Fear (International Anthem) {11}: JC:+; jap:6, jdme:5, jem:5, jnn:8, jtb:6, qt_j:7 -- TH:**
- Gard Nilssen's Complete Unity: Live in Europe (Clean Feed) {11}: CM:17, JC:+; jdst:7, jgl:1, jjs:9 -- TH:***
- Matthew Shipp Trio: Piano Song (Thirsty Ear) {11}: CM:29, JC:32; am_j:+, fd:5, jvv:6 -- TH:A-
- David Virelles: Gnosis (ECM) {11}: BIW:39, JC:72, WFM:35; am_j:+, es_r:+, fd:+, jjs:+, jrm:22, npr_c:+, ny_u:8 -- TH:*
- Ambrose Akinmusire: A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note -2CD) {10}: JC:10, JW:17; am_j:+, jsf:8, pm_j:12, sg_j:12 -- TH:*
- Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Incidentals (ECM) {10}: JC:28; am_j:+, jch:3, jjs:2, jpa:7 -- TH:***
- Cortex: Avant-Garde Party Music (Clean Feed) {10}: CM:10, JC:99; jdst:6, tn:2 -- TH:***
- Eric Revis: Sing Me Some Cry (Clean Feed) {10}: CM:8, JC:40; jjc:6, jsf:6 -- TH:A-
- Trio 3: Visiting Texture (Intakt) {10}: CM:5, JC:+, PO:62 -- TH:A-
- Lizz Wright: Grace (Concord) {10}: JC:+; bg_g:1, nni:+, nod:+, ny_u:6 -- TH:***
- Goncalo Almeida/Rodrigo Amado/Marco Franco: The Attic (NoBusiness) {9}: CM:50, JC:83; jsb:+, qt_j:8, tn:6 -- TH:A-
- Kirk Knuffke: Cherryco (SteepleChase) {9}: CM:43, JC:42; fd:1 -- TH:A-
- Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition: Agrima (self-released) {9}: BIW:33, JC:11; am_j:+, ny_u:12 -- TH:A-
- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: Ruler Rebel (Stretch Music/Ropeadope) {9}: BS:22, DT:49, JC:30; sg_j:4, wp:4 -- TH:**
- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: The Emancipation Procrastination (Stretch Music/Ropeadope) {9}: BS:22, DT:49, JC:30; sg_j:4, wp:4 -- TH:**
- Chris Speed Trio: Platinum on Tap (Intakt) {9}: JC:54, Mrg:5 -- TH:A-
- Trio Heinz Herbert: The Willisau Concert (Intakt) {9}: JC:+; jdbk:6, jtd:10, jvv:4 -- TH:A-
- Rez Abbasi: Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind) {8}: JC:27; bg_g:6, jjs:4, pm_j:2 -- TH:**
- Amok Amor [Christian Lillinger/Petter Eldh/Wanja Slavin/Peter Evans]: We Know Not What We Do (Intakt) {8}: CM:66, JC:+; jem:2 -- TH:A-
- Anemone [Peter Evans/John Butcher/Frederic Blondy/Clayton Thomas/Paul Lovens]: A Wing Dissolved in Light (NoBusiness) {8}: jfn:1, jmsc:7, jsg:7 -- TH:***
- Denys Baptiste: The Late Trane (Edition) {8}: JC:+, JW:2, WFM:22 -- TH:**
- Jane Ira Bloom: Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline -2CD) {8}: JC:21; jjs:8, jrm:+, jsf:4 -- TH:***
- Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams (ECM) {8}: JC:66, JW:11, YW:38; am_j:+, jjs:10 -- TH:**
- Chamber 4: City of Light (Clean Feed) {8}: JC:+; jtb:10, jrj:+, jsg:2, jtd:8 -- TH:**
- Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Fukushima (Libra) {8}: CM:32, JC:+; jlre:1, jsb:+ -- TH:**
- Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Peace (Libra) {8}: CM:37, JC:79; jap:7, jsf:9 -- TH:A-
- Terry Gibbs: 92 Years Young: Jammin' at the Gibbs House (Whaling City Sound) {8}: JC:+, JY:3 -- TH:***
- Louis Hayes: Serenade for Horace (Blue Note) {8}: JC:88, JY:2 -- TH:***
- The Heliocentrics: A World of Masks (Soundway) {8}: DJM:41, JC:+, WFM:41; jvv:3 -- TH:***
- Dave Liebman/Joe Lovano: Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane (Resonance) {8}: JC:76, JY:93; jjs:3, jrm:+ -- TH:***
- Makaya McCraven: Highly Rare (International Anthem) {8}: WFM:8; aqd:+, ny_u:13 -- TH:***
- Zara McFarlane: Arise (Brownswood) {8}: Bc:38, JC:+, Trk:47, WFM:24; am:+, npr_c:+, sg_j:20 -- TH:*
- Miles Okazaki: Trickster (Pi) {8}: BIW:26, JC:60; jdst:5, jnn:9, pm_j:3 -- TH:**
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 4: Hyperion (Leo) {8}: JC:+; jmsc:1, tn:8 -- TH:***
- Mike Reed: Flesh & Bone (482 Music) {8}: CM:20, JC:24; jjc:5 -- TH:***
- James Blood Ulmer With the Thing: Baby Talk: Live at the Molde International Jazz Festival 2015 (Trost) {8}: JC:+; jgl:3, jmsk:3 -- TH:***
- JD Allen: Radio Flyer (Savant) {7}: CM:49, JC:38, Mrg:2; sg_j:10
- Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor: Live in Krakow (Not Two) {7}: JC:39; tn:4 -- TH:A-
- Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber: All You Zombies Dig the Luminosity (Avant Groidd) {7}: PO:34 -- RC:***, TH:***
- Collectif Spatule: Le Vanneau Huppe (Aloya) {7}: BIW:5, JC:+ -- TH:**
- CP Unit: Before the Heat Death (Clean Feed) {7}: CM:39, JC:+; tn:3 -- TH:***
- Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan: Small Town (ECM) {7}: JC:19; fd:2, jjc:+ -- TH:**
- Jimmy Greene: Flowers: Beautiful Life Volume 2 (Mack Avenue) {7}: JC:+, JY:36; am_j:+ -- TH:A-
- Alexander Hawkins: Unit[e] (self-released) {7}: CM:25, JC:+, JW:14, Mrg:25 -- TH:**
- Diana Krall: Turn Up the Quiet (Verve) {7}: JY:9 -- TH:***
- Made to Break: Trebuchet (Trost) {7}: JC:+; jeh:+, jlre:9 -- TH:A-
- Joe McPhee/Damon Smith/Alvin Fielder: Six Situations (Not Two) {7}: JC:+; jgl:10, jpa:3 -- TH:***
- Yoko Miwa Trio: Pathways (Ocean Blue Tear Music) {7}: JC:+, JY:45; jkf:7 -- TH:A-
- Stanton Moore: With You in Mind (Cool Green) {7}: JC:+, JY:82; am_j:+, am_r:+, ob:1
- Ikue Mori: Obelisk (Tzadik) {7}: JC:+, Mrg:7; jck:10, jlre:3
- Linda May Han Oh: Walk Against Wind (Biophilia) {7}: JC:23; jvv:12, pm_j:4 -- TH:***
- Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley/Brandon Lopez/Gerald Cleaver: Octagon (Leo) {7}: JC:+; jpa:5 -- TH:A-
- Tom Rainey Obbligato: Float Upstream (Intakt) {7}: JC:43, Mrg:15 -- TH:A-
- Jen Shyu: Song of Silver Geese (Pi) {7}: JC:94; fd:+, jjc:+, jjs:+, ny_u:19, tn:+ -- TH:*
- Nate Smith: Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere (Ropeadope) {7}: BIW:30, JC:73, JY:73; jrm:2, npr_c:+, pm_j:13 -- TH:B
- Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet: December Avenue (ECM) {7}: JC:84, JW:13, PO:89; tr_j:+ -- TH:**
- Jason Stein Quartet: Lucille! (Delmark) {7}: JC:+; fd:+, jtb:8 -- TH:A-
- Akmee: Neptun (Nakama) {6}: CM:13, JC:+ -- TH:***
- Fabian Almazan: Alcanza (Biophilia) {6}: BIW:18, JC:35; jrm:+, jtd:4 -- TH:B-
- Mario Batkovic: Mario Batkovic (Veruston) {6}: Dr:49, No:7, Qt:86, WFM:34
- Francois Carrier/Michel Lambert/Rafal Mazur: Oneness (FMR) {6}: JC:+; tn:10 -- TH:A-
- Chicago/London Underground: A Night Walking Through Mirrors (Cuneiform) {6}: JC:+; jmsk:8 -- TH:A-
- Billy Childs: Rebirth (Mack Avenue) {6}: JC:48, JY:11; jrm:1 -- TH:B-
- Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song (Anzic) {6}: JC:66; xtj:5 -- TH:***
- Dalava: The Book of Transfigurations (Songlines) {6}: CM:73, Mrg:8, PO:60 -- TH:*
- DKV Trio: Latitude 41.88 (Not Two) {6}: jmsk:5 -- TH:A-
- Eliane Elias: Dance of Time (Concord) {6}: JC:+, JY:20; am_j:+, jkf:+ -- TH:*
- Amir ElSaffar/Rivers of Sound: Not Two (New Amsterdam) {6}: BIW:14, JC:61; fd:+, qt_j:10, sg_j:15
- Ellery Eskelin/Christian Weber/Michael Griener: Sensations of Tone (Intakt) {6}: JC:+; jvv:9 -- TH:A-
- Hvalfugl: By (self-released) {6}: BIW:10, JC:+ -- TH:**
- The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: The Music of John Lewis (Blue Engine) {6}: JC:93, JY:23; fd:8, jfk:5 -- TH:*
- Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It (Mack Avenue) {6}: JC:44, JY:5; am_j:+ -- TH:B-
- Lisa Mezzacappa: AvantNOIR (Clean Feed) {6}: CM:28, JC:86; jnn:5 -- TH:**
- The Microscopic Septet: Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down to Me: The Micros Play the Blues (Cuneiform) {6}: CM:63, JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Nicole Mitchell and Haki Madhubuti: Liberation Narratives (Black Earth Music) {6}: JC:+; sl_w:+ -- TH:A-
- Matt Mitchell: Forage (Screwgun) {6}: JC:58; jjc:3, jlre:12, npr_c:10, ny_u:7
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Loafer's Hollow (Hot Cup) {6}: JC:+, PO:21 -- TH:A-
- The Necks: Unfold (Ideologic Organ) {6}: CM:69, JC:+; jnn:7 -- TH:***
- William Parker & Stefano Scodanibbio Duo: Bass Duo (Centering) {6}: jck:2, jdme:3 -- TH:**
- Nicholas Payton: Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (Paytone/Ropeadope) {6}: JC:41, JY:48, WFM:20; ob:6 -- TH:*
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 6: Saturn (Leo) {6}: jmsc:+jtb:3 -- TH:***
- Portico Quartet: Art in the Age of Automation (Gondwana) {6}: Gw:40, Pc:15; e_uk:+ -- TH:**
- Red Planet/Bill Carrothers: Red Planet With Bill Carrothers (Shifting Paradigm) {6}: BIW:8, JC:+ -- TH:**
- The Rempis Percussion Quartet: Cochonnerie (Aerophonic) {6}: JC:+; jjc:+ -- TH:A-
- Roswell Rudd/Fay Victor/Lafayette Harris/Ken Filiano: Embrace (RareNoise) {6}: JC:75; jrm:+ -- TH:A-
- Samo Salamon Sextet: The Colours Suite (Clean Feed) {6}: JC:+; jck:6 -- TH:A-
- Irene Schweizer/Joey Baron: Live! (Intakt) {6}: JC:51; jvv:8, ny_u:15 -- TH:***
- Jimmy Scott: I Go Back Home (Eden River) {6}: JC:+; jkf:1 -- TH:**
- Brandon Seabrook: Die Trommel Fatale (New Atlantis) {6}: CM:59, JC:+, YW:83; jjc:+ -- TH:**
- Randy Weston: The African Nubian Suite (African Rhythms 2CD) {6}: JC:+, PO:74 -- TH:A-
- Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet: Diablo en Brooklyn (Saponegro) {5}: jkf:+ -- TH:A-
- Sam Bardfeld: The Great Enthusiasms (BJU) {5}: BIW:19 -- TH:***
- Carlos Bica & Azul: More Than This (Clean Feed) {5}: jch:4 -- TH:***
- Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump/Kris Davis/Eric McPherson]: Asteroidea (10-15) {5}: JC:54 -- TH:A-
- Buffalo Jazz Octet: Live at Pausa Art House (Cadence Jazz) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Bill Charlap Trio: Uptown Downtown (Impulse) {5}: JC:+, JY:89; nat:8 -- TH:**
- Chicago Edge Ensemble: Decaying Orbit (self-released) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Avishai Cohen: Cross My Palm With Silver (ECM) {5}: JC:+; am_j:+, ny_u:16 -- TH:**
- Richie Cole: Latin Lover (RCP) {5}: JC:92; tn:+ -- TH:***
- Die Enttauschung: Lavaman (Intakt) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Dave Douglas: Little Giant Still Life (Greenleaf Music) {5}: JC:63; fd:6, jfk:9 -- TH:**
- EABS: Repetitions (Letters to Krzysztof Komeda) (Astigmatic) {5}: WFM:38; xbs:+ -- TH:***
- Dominique Eade & Ran Blake: Town and Country (Sunnyside) {5}: JC:62; bg_g:2, jsf:+ -- TH:*
- Silke Eberhard Trio: The Being Inn (Intakt) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Joe Fiedler: Like Strange (Multiphonics Music) {5}: JC:+; pm_j:8 -- TH:***
- Satoko Fujii: Invisible Hound (Cortez Sound) {5}: JC:84 -- TH:A-
- Nubya Garcia: Nubya's 5ive (Jazz Re:freshed) {5}: Cl:100, WFM:11 -- TH:**
- Gato Libre: Neko (Libra) {5}: JC:+; bg_g:10, jjc:+ -- TH:**
- Rich Halley/Carson Halley: The Wild (Pine Eagle) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Heads of State: Four in One (Smoke Sessions) {5}: JC:+, JY:15 -- TH:**
- Fred Hersch: Open Book (Palmetto) {5}: JC:25; jrm:+ -- TH:***
- Eric Hofbauer: Prehistoric Jazz Volume 4: Reminiscing in Tempo (Creative Nation Music) {5}: JC:+; bg_g:+ -- TH:***
- Large Unit: Fluku (PNL) {5}: CM:33 -- TH:A-
- Brian McCarthy Nonet: The Better Angels of Our Nature (Truth Revolution) {5}: JC:+; jrm:11 -- TH:***
- Ernest McCarty Jr & Jimmie Smith: A Reunion Tribute to Erroll Garner (Blujazz) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- John McLaughlin & the Fourth Dimension: Live at Ronnie Scott's (Abstract Logix) {5}: JC:+, JW:6; ab:+
- Roscoe Mitchell: Discussions (Wide Hive) {5}: JC:+; nat:5 -- TH:**
- Charnett Moffett: Music From Our Soul (Motema) {5}: JC:95, JY:47 -- TH:***
- Quinsin Nachoff: Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio (Whirlwind) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Eivind Opsvik: Overseas V (Loyal Label) {5}: CM:41, JC:+ -- TH:***
- Aruan Ortiz: Cub(an)ism (Intakt) {5}: JC:37, PO:65; jjc:+ -- TH:**
- Eddie Palmieri: Sabiduria/Wisdom (Ropeadope) {5}: JC:31, WFM:44 -- TH:***
- Gary Peacock Trio: Tangents (ECM) {5}: JC:89; jjc:+ -- TH:***
- Jeremy Pelt: Make Noise (HighNotes) {5}: CM:72, JW:18, JY:32; am_j:+
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 1: Titan (Leo) {5}: jmsc:+ -- TH:A-
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 2: Tarvos (Leo) {5}: jmsc:+ -- TH:A-
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 3: Pandora (Leo) {5}: jmsc:+ -- TH:A-
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 5: Rhea (Leo) {5}: jmsc:+ -- TH:A-
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: The Art of Perelman-Shipp Volume 7: Dione (Leo) {5}: JC:+; jmsc:+ -- TH:***
- Phronesis/Julian Arguelles/Frankfurt Radio Big Band: The Behemoth (Edition) {5}: JC:+, JW:4
- Noah Preminger: Meditations on Freedom (self-released) {5}: CM:74, JC:36 -- TH:***
- Eve Risser/Kaja Draksler: To Pianos (Clean Feed) {5}: jap:9, jeh:+, jlre:4, jtb:11 -- TH:B
- Rocco John: Peace and Love (Unseen Rain) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Roots Magic: Last Kind Words (Clean Feed) {5}: sg_j:18 -- TH:A-
- Christian Sands: Reach (Mack Avenue) {5}: JY:6 -- TH:**
- Tommy Smith: Embodying the Light: A Dedication to John Coltrane (Spartacus) {5}: JC:99 -- TH:A-
- Dayna Stephens: Gratitude (Contagious Music) {5}: JC:53; jrm:6, jvv:10 -- TH:**
- Katie Thiroux: Off Beat (Capri) {5}: JY:52 -- TH:A-
- Ken Vandermark: Momentum 1: Stone (Audiographic 6CD -16) {5}: JC:+; jgl:7, jpa:1
- Ken Vandermark/Klaus Kugel/Mark Tokar: Escalator (Not Two) {5}: JC:+; tn:7 -- TH:***
- John Vanore: Stolen Moments: Celebrating Oliver Nelson (Acoustical Concepts) {5}: JC:68; jjs:5 -- TH:**
- Cuong Vu 4-Tet: Ballet (Rare Noise) {5}: JC:+; jrm:19 -- TH:***
- Bobby Watson: Made in America (Smoke Sessions) {5}: JC:+, JY:14 -- TH:**
- David Weiss & Point of Departure: Wake Up Call (Ropeadope) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Nate Wooley: Knknighgh (Minimal Poetry for Aram Saroyan) (Clean Feed) {5}: CM:21 -- TH:A-
- Omri Ziegele Where's Africa: Going South (Intakt) {5}: JC:+ -- TH:A-
- Ben Allison and Think Free: Layers of the City (Sonic Camera) {4}: JC:54, JY:64; jrm:5
- Sebastien Ammann: Color Wheel (Skirl) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Django Bates: Saluting Sgt Pepper (Edition) {4}: JC:+, JW:8 -- TH:B
- Ignacio Berroa Trio: Straight Ahead From Havana (Codes Drum Music) {4}: JY:76; jkf:+ -- TH:**
- Raoul Bjorkenheim Ecstasy: Doors of Perception (Cuneiform) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Raoul Bjorkenheim Triad: Beyond (Eclipse) {4}: jch:5 -- TH:**
- Blue Note All Stars: Our Point of View (Blue Note 2CD) {4}: JC:+; am_j:+ -- TH:**
- Boneshaker: Thinking Out Loud (Trost) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Sam Braysher With Michael Kanan: Golden Earrings (Fresh Sound New Talent) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Memphis . . . Yes I'm Ready (Okeh) {4}: JC:+, JY:34; am_j:+ -- TH:*
- Alan Broadbent With the London Metropolitan Orchestra: Developing Story (Eden River) {4}: JC:74; jrm:10, jsf:10 -- TH:*
- Peter Brotzmann/Steve Swell/Paal Nilssen-Love: Live in Tel Aviv (Not Two) {4}: JC:+; jpa:6 -- TH:**
- Burning Ghosts: Reclamation (Tzadik) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Gerald Cannon: Combinations (Woodneck) {4}: JC:+, JY:29 -- TH:**
- Francois Carrier/Michel Lambert/Alexey Lapin: Freedom Is Space for the Spirit (FMR) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Francois Carrier/Michel Lambert: Out of Silence (FMR) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Regina Carter: Ella: Accentuate the Positive (Okeh) {4}: JC:+, JY:39; am_j:+ -- TH:*
- Cyrus Chestnut: There's a Sweet Sweet Spirit (HighNote) {4}: JY:10; am_j:+
- Alex Cline's Flower Garland Orchestra: Oceans of Vows (self-released 2CD) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Club D'Elf: Live at Club Helsinki (Face Pelt 2CD) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Anat Cohen & Marcello Goncalves: Outra Coisa: The Music of Moacir Santos (Anzic) {4}: JC:+; fd:+ -- TH:**
- Chick Corea: The Musician (Stretch/Concord 3CD) {4}: JC:81, JY:18; am_j:+
- Stephan Crump/Ingrid Laubrock/Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales (Intakt) {4}: JC:+; jtd:2 -- TH:*
- Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble: Transient Takes (Malcom) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Joey DeFrancesco + the People: Project Freedom (Mack Avenue) {4}: JY:7 -- TH:*
- DEK Trio: Construct 1: Stone (Audiographic) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Akua Dixon: Akua's Dance (Akua's Music) {4}: JC:+; sg_j:14 -- TH:**
- Scott DuBois: Autumn Wind (ACT) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Peter Evans/Agusti Fernandez/Mats Gustafsson: A Quietness of Water (Not Two) {4}: jgl:5, jrj:+ -- TH:*
- FCT = Francesco Cusa Trio Meets Carlo Atti: From Sun Ra to Donald Trump (Clean Feed) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Free Radicals: Outside the Comfort Zone (Free Rads) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Joana Gama/Luis Fernandes/Richardo Jacinto: Harmonies (Shhpuma) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Laszlo Gardony: Serious Play (Solo Piano) (Sunnyside) {4}: JC:+; bg_g:5 -- TH:*
- Charles Gayle Trio: Solar System (ForTune) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Camilla George Quartet: Isang (Ubuntu Music) {4}: JC:+; sg_j:3 -- TH:*
- Gorilla Mask: Iron Lung (Clean Feed) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Mary Halvorson: Paimon: The Book of Angels Volume 32 (Tzadik) {4}: JC:+; jap:10, jjc:8, jmsk:9
- Hello Skinny: Watermelon Sun (Brownswood) {4}: VF:25, WFM:10
- Jason Kao Hwang: Sing House (Euonymous) {4}: JC:65 -- TH:***
- Benedikt Jahnel Trio: The Invariant (ECM) {4}: JC:+; jkf:6 -- TH:**
- Howard Johnson and Gravity: Testimony (Tuscarora) {4}: JC:+, JY:84 -- TH:**
- Chuck Johnson: Balsams (Vdsq) {4}: Mrg:38, U:23; aqd:+, hc_d:9
- Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra: The Reason Why Vol 3 (Headspin) {4}: BIW:12; jeh:+, tr_J:+
- Noah Kaplan Quartet: Cluster Swerve (Hatology) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Find the Common Shine a Light (Greenleaf Music) {4}: jrm:+, pm_j:11 -- TH:**
- Lee Konitz: Frescalalto (Impulse) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Brian Landrus Orchestra: Generations (BlueLand) {4}: JC:47; fd:+ -- TH:**
- Led Bib: Umbrella Weather (RareNoise) {4}: CM:67, JC:+; am_j:+ -- TH:*
- Mat Maneri/Evan Parker/Lucian Ban: Sounding Tears (Clean Feed) {4}: JC:+; jdbk:8 -- TH:*
- Mark Masters Ensemble: Blue Skylight (Capri) {4}: JC:+, JY:85 -- TH:**
- Nick Mazzarella & Tomeka Reid: Signaling (Nessa) {4}: JC:+; fd:+, jtd:5
- Gary Meek: Originals (self-released) {4}: JC:+; jkf:+ -- TH:**
- Lisa Mezzacappa: Glorious Ravage (New World) {4}: JC:+; ab:+, jjs:6 -- TH:*
- Billy Mintz: Ugly Beautiful (Thirteenth Note) {4}: JC:+; jjc:+ -- TH:**
- Jason Moran: Bangs (Yes) {4}: JC:68; npr_c:4, sl_w:+
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Paint (Hot Cup) {4}: JC:99 -- TH:***
- Kyle Motl Trio: Panjandrums (Metatrope) {4}: jrj:+ -- TH:***
- Steve Nelson: Brothers Under the Sun (HighNote) {4}: JC:+, JY:12; jrm:8
- Neukollner Modelle: Sektion 3-7 (Umlaut) {4}: JC:+; jfn:4, jsb:+
- Uwe Oberg/Rudi Mahall/Michael Griener: Lacy Pool 2 (Leo) {4}: JC:96 -- TH:***
- Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdes: Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico (Motema) {4}: JC:+; am_j:+ -- TH:**
- Emile Parisien/Vincent Peirani/Andreas Schaerer/Michael Wollny: Out of Land (ACT) {4}: JC:+, JW:9 -- TH:B
- Evan Parker & RGG: Live @ Alchemia (Fundacja Sluchaj) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Mario Pavone: Vertical (Clean Feed) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Joe Hertenstein: Scalene (Leo) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Bobby Kapp: Heptagon (Leo) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Courtney Pine: Black Notes From the Deep (Freestyle) {4}: JC:+, JW:16; am_j:+
- Gregory Porter: Nat "King" Cole & Me (Blue Note) {4}: Al:30, JC:+, JY:79; am_j:+ -- TH:C+
- Anne Quillier 6tet: Dusty Shelters (Prince-Oreilles) {4}: BIW:7, JC:+
- Mette Rasmussen/Tashi Dorji/Tyler Damon: To the Animal Kingdom (Trost) {4}: jlre:2, jtb:5
- Dave Rempis/Matt Piet/Tim Daisy: Hit the Ground Running (Aerophonic) {4}: jtb:9 -- TH:***
- Jason Rigby: Detroit-Cleveland Trio: One (Fresh Sound New Talent) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Stephen Riley/Peter Zak: Deuce (SteepleChase) {4}: JC:+ -- TH:***
- Troy Roberts: Tales & Tones (Inner Circle) {4}: JC:+, JY:78 -- TH:**
- Marta Sanchez Quintet: Danza Imposible (Fresh Sound New Talent) {4}: BIW:36, JC:+ -- TH:**
- The Angelica Sanchez Trio: Float the Edge (Clean Feed) {4}: CM:57, JC:+ -- TH:**
- Greg Saunier/Mary Halvorson/Ron Miles: New American Songbooks Volume 1 (Sound American) {4}: JC:+; jeh:+, npr_c:4
- Matthew Shipp Quartet: Not Bound (ForTune) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Paula Shocron/German Lamonega/Pablo Diaz: Tensegridad (Hatology) {4}: JC:+; jpa:10 -- TH:**
- Steve Slagle: Alto Manhattan (Panorama) {4}: JY:49 -- TH:***
- Martial Solal & Dave Liebman: Masters in Bordeaux (Sunnyside) {4}: JC:70 -- TH:***
- Mike Stern: Trip (Heads Up) {4}: JC:+, JY:94; am_j:+ -- TH:*
- Pat Thomas: Elephant Clock of Al Jazari (Otoroku) {4}: JC:+; jmsc:9, qt_j:4
- Ralph Towner: My Foolish Heart (ECM) {4}: JC:78; jrm:12 -- TH:**
- Trespass Trio: The Spirit of Pitesti (Clean Feed) {4}: CM:62, JC:+; jtd:7 -- TH:*
- Vector Families: For Those About to Jazz/Rock We Salute You (Sunnyside) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Velkro: Too Lazy to Panic (Clean Feed) {4}: -- TH:A-
- Bobby Zankel & the Wonderful Sound 6: Celebrating William Parker @ 65 (Not Two) {4}: JC:+; tn:9 -- TH:**
- Espen Aalberg/Jonas Kullhammar/Torbjörn Zetterberg/Susana Santos Silva: Basement Sessions Vol 4 (The Bali Tapes) (Clean Feed) {3}: -- TH:***
- Greg Abate/Tim Ray Trio: Road to Forever (Whaling City Sound) {3}: JC:+, JY:61 -- TH:*
- Antonio Adolfo: Hybrido: From Rio to Wayne Shorter (AAM) {3}: JY:16; jkf:+ -- TH:B
- Tony Allen: A Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note -EP) {3}: PO:71 -- TH:**
- Jason Anick & Jason Yeager: United (Inner Circle) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Bill Anschell: Rumbler (Origin) {3}: jrm:+ -- TH:**
- Erlend Apneseth Trio: Ara (Hubro) {3}: JC:+, Mrg:13
- Atomic: Six Easy Pieces (Odin) {3}: CM:44 -- TH:**
- Ballister: Slag (Aerophonic) {3}: jmsk:4 -- TH:*
- Rahsaan Barber: The Music in the Night (Jazz Music City) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Django Bates' Beloved: The Study of Touch (ECM) {3}: JC:81; am_j:+ -- TH:*
- Stefano Battaglia: Pelagos (ECM) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Peter Bernstein: Signs LIVE! (Smoke Sessions) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Big Bold Back Bone: In Search of the Emerging Species (Shhpuma) {3}: jdbk:3, jdst:9 -- TH:B
- David Binney: The Time Verses (Criss Cross) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band: Body and Shadow (Blue Note) {3}: BIW:37, JC:+; am_h:+ -- TH:B-
- Theo Bleckmann: Elegy (ECM) {3}: JC:+; nat:+ -- TH:*
- Lena Bloch & Feathery: Heart Knows (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: JC:90; jjc:+ -- TH:*
- John Butcher/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter: The Catastrophe of Minimalism (Ballance Point Acoustics) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop: Rev (Anzic) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Yves Charuest/Agusti Fernandez/Nicolas Caloia/Peter Valsamis: Stir (Tour de Bras) {3}: JC+; jfn:9, jsb:+
- DEK Trio: Construct 2: Artfacts (Audiographic) {3}: -- TH:***
- DEK Trio: Construct 3: Divadlo 29 (Audiographic) {3}: -- TH:***
- Jon De Lucia Group: As the River Sings (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: -- TH:***
- Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet: Waltz New (OA2) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Whit Dickey/Mat Maneri/Matthew Shipp: Vessel in Orbit (AUM Fidelity) {3}: -- TH:***
- The Dorf: Lux (Umland) {3}: jsg:1
- Kaja Draksler Octet: Gledalec (Clean Feed 2CD) {3}: JC:+, Mrg:20 -- TH:B
- Mark Dresser: Modicana (NoBusiness) {3}: jch:9 -- TH:**
- Isabelle Duthoit/Franz Hautzinger: Lily (Relative Pitch) {3}: jap:4, jeh:+
- Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Quartet: On Parade in Parede (Clean Feed) {3}: CM:58 -- TH:**
- Harris Eisenstadt: Recent Developments (Songlines) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Christoph Erb/Jim Baker/Frank Rosaly: . . . Don't Buy Him a Parrot . . . (Hatology) {3}: -- TH:***
- Kevin Eubanks: East West Time Line (Mack Avenue) {3}: JY:13 -- TH:*
- ExpEAR & Drew Gress: Vesper (Kopasetic) {3}: -- TH:***
- Adam Fairhall: Friendly Ghosts (Efpi) {3}: -- TH:***
- Nick Finzer: Hear & Now (Outside In Music) {3}: JC:+, JY:24 -- TH:*
- Champian Fulton & Scott Hamilton: The Things We Did Last Summer (Blau) {3}: JC:+, JY:91 -- TH:*
- Hal Galper and the Youngbloods: Live at the Cota Jazz Festival (Origin) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People: Weather or Not (Whaling City Sound -2CD) {3}: JY:8 -- TH:B
- Jean-Brice Godet: Lignes De Cretes (Clean Feed) {3}: -- TH:***
- Ben Goldberg School: Vol 1: The Humanities (BAG) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Gordon Grdina Quartet: Inroads (Songlines) {3}: -- TH:***
- Noah Haidu: Infinite Distances (Cellar Live) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Charlie Halloran: Ce Biguine! (self-released) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Ross Hammond + Jon Bafus: Masonic Lawn (Prescott) {3}: -- TH:***
- Keyon Harrold: The Mugician (Legacy) {3}: WFM:40; am_j:+ -- TH:*
- Vincent Herring: Hard Times (Smoke Sessions) {3}: JC:+, JY:88 -- TH:*
- Dre Hocevar: Surface of Inscription (Clean Feed) {3}: jdbk:1 -- TH:B-
- Eric Hofbauer: Ghost Frets (Creative Nation Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- Sherman Irby & Momentum: Cerulean Canvas (Black Warrior) {3}: JC:+, jrm:9 -- TH:*
- Dylan Jack Quartet: Diagrams (Creative Nation Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- The Jazz Passengers: Still Life With Trouble (Thirsty Ear) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Ingrid and Christine Jensen: Infinitude (Whirlwind -16) {3}: JC:+; jkf:5 -- TH:[**]
- Paul Jones: Clean (Outside In Music) {3}: BIW:11, JC:+ -- TH:B
- Sean Jones: Live From Jazz at the Bistro (Mack Avenue) {3}: JC:+, JY:35 -- TH:*
- LAMA + Joachim Badenhorst: Metamorphosis (Clean Feed) {3}: jsg:3 -- TH:*
- Michel Lambert: Alom Mola (Jazz From Rant) {3}: -- TH:***
- Matt Lavelle/Lewis Porter/Hilliard Greene/Tom Cabrera: Matt Lavelle Quartet (Unseen Rain) {3}: -- TH:***
- Lean Left: I Forgot to Breathe (Trost) {3}: jdbk:7 -- TH:**
- Lee Ann Ledgerwood: Renewal (SteepleChase) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Allegra Levy: Cities Between Us (SteepleChase) {3}: -- TH:***
- Liebman/Murley Quartet: Live at U of T (U of T Jazz) {3}: -- TH:***
- Mike Longo Trio: Only Time Will Tell (CAP) {3}: JY:63 -- TH:**
- Harold Mabern: To Love and Be Loved (Smoke Sessions) {3}: JC:+, JY:27 -- TH:*
- Doug MacDonald: Jazz Marathon 2 (BluJazz -2CD) {3}: -- TH:***
- Roberto Magris Sextet: Live in Miami @ the WDNA Jazz Gallery (JMood) {3}: -- TH:***
- Tony Malaby/Mat Maneri/Daniel Levin: New Artifacts (Clean Feed) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Russell Malone: Time for the Dancers (HighNote) {3}: JC:+, JY:17
- Rob Mazurek: Rome (Clean Feed) {3}: jdbk:4 -- TH:*
- John McNeil/Mike Fahie: Plainsong (Destiny) {3}: JC:+; jsf:2
- Joe McPhee/Pascal Niggenkemper/Stale Liavik Solberg: Imaginary Numbers (Clean Feed) {3}: -- TH:***
- Bob Merrill: Tell Me Your Troubles: Songs by Joe Bushkin (Accurate) {3}: -- TH:***
- Marcus Monteiro: Another Part of Me (Whaling City Sound) {3}: -- TH:***
- Jason Moran and the Bandwagon: Thanksgiving at the Vanguard (Yes) {3}: JC:45; jfk:7 -- TH:*
- Jason Moran: MASS (Howl, eon) (Yes) {3}: JC:+; jfk:2
- The MUH Trio [Roberto Magris/Frantisek Uhlir/Jaromir Helesic]: Prague After Dark (JMood) {3}: -- TH:***
- Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack: The Harry Warren Songbook (GotMusic) {3}: -- TH:***
- Simon Nabatov/Max Johnson/Michael Sarin: Free Reservoir (Leo) {3}: -- TH:***
- Zaid Nasser: The Stroller (SteepleChase) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Vadim Neselovskyi Trio: Get Up and Go (Neuklang) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Sam Newsome and Jean-Michel Pilc: Magic Circle (Some New Music) {3}: JC:79 -- TH:**
- Sam Newsome: Sopranoville: Works for Prepared and Non-Prepared Soprano (Some New Music) {3}: JC:+; jjc:+ -- TH:*
- Paal Nilssen-Love/Frode Gjerstad: Nearby Faraway (PNL) {3}: -- TH:***
- Johnny O'Neal: In the Moment (Smoke Sessions) {3}: JC:+, JY:77 -- TH:*
- Matt Otto With Ensemble Iberica: Iberica (Origin) {3}: BIW:24 -- TH:**
- Evan Parker/Mikolaj Trzaska/John Edwards/Mark Sanders: City Fall: Live at Cafe Oto (Fundacja Sluchaj) {3}: jmsc:6 -- TH:**
- Jonah Parzen-Johnson: I Try to Remember Where I Come From (Clean Feed) {3}: tr_j:+ -- TH:**
- Elan Pauer: Yamaha/Speed (Creative Sources) {3}: -- TH:***
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Nate Wooley: Philosopher's Stone (Leo) {3}: JC:+; jdst:3 -- TH:*
- Ivo Perelman With Matthew Shipp and Jeff Cosgrove: Live in Baltimore (Leo) {3}: -- TH:***
- Lucas Pino: The Answer Is No (Outside In Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- Lewis Porter/Phil Scarff Group: Three Minutes to Four (Whaling City Sound) {3}: -- TH:***
- Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is the Dream (ECM) {3}: JC:29; am_j:+ -- TH:*
- Dave Potter: You Already Know (Summit) {3}: jrm:20 -- TH:**
- Reflections in Cosmo [Kjetil Moster/Hans Magnus Ryan/Stale Storlokken/Thomas Stronen]: Reflections in Cosmo (RareNoise) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Dave Rempis: Lattice (Aerophonic) {3}: -- TH:***
- The Reunion Project: Veranda (Tapestry) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Riverside [Dave Douglas/Chet Doxas/Steve Swallow/Jim Doxas]: The New National Anthem (Greenleaf Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- Keith Rowe and Michael Pisaro: 13 Thirteen (Erstwhile) {3}: jck:1
- Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures: Glare of the Tiger (MOD Technologies) {3}: -- TH:***
- Heikki Ruokangas/Olli Estola/Jakob Roland: Ruokangas/Estola/Roland (Alba) {3}: jch:1
- Jeff Rupert and Richard Drexler: Imagination (Rupe Media) {3}: JC:+; jkf:4
- Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte With Iggy Pop: Loneliness Road (Rare Noise) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Samo Salamon/Szilard Mezei/Achille Succi: Planets of Kei: Free Sessions Vol 1 (Not Two) {3}: -- TH:***
- Marco Santilli CheRoba: L'Occhio Della Betulla (Unit) {3}: BIW:6
- Jenny Scheinman: Here on Earth (Royal Potato Family) {3}: -- TH:***
- Oliver Schwerdt: Prestige/No Smoking (Euphorium -2CD) {3}: -- TH:***
- Joseph Shabason: Aytche (Western Vinyl) {3}: GB:49; aqd:+, sl_w:+
- Elliott Sharp With Mary Halvorson and Marc Ribot: Err Guitar (Intakt) {3}: PO:99 -- TH:**
- Shelter: Shelter (Audiographic) {3}: -- TH:***
- Matthew Shipp: Invisible Touch at Taktlos Zurich (Hatology) {3}: -- TH:***
- Shotgun Jazz Band: Steppin' on the Gas (self-released) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Jared Sims: Change of Address (Ropeadope) {3}: -- TH:***
- Rotem Sivan: Antidote (Alma) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Bria Skonberg: With a Twist (Okeh) {3}: JC:+, JY:26 -- TH:*
- Wadada Leo Smith/Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii/Ikue Mori: Aspiration (Libra) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: Transparent Water (World Village) {3}: JC:+; bbc:+ -- TH:*
- Lyn Stanley: The Moonlight Sessions: Volume Two (AT Music) {3}: -- TH:***
- John Stein/Dave Zinno: Wood and Strings (Whaling City Sound) {3}: -- TH:***
- Dave Stryker: Strykin' Ahead (Strikezone) {3}: JY:31; jrm:23 -- TH:*
- Rain Sultanov: Inspired by Nature (Ozella) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Steve Swell: Music for Six Musicians: Hommage A Olivier Messiaen (Silkheart) {3}: -- TH:***
- Talinka: Talinka (MoonJune) {3}: -- TH:***
- Joris Teepe & Don Braden: Conversations (Creative Perspective Music) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Throttle Elevator Music: Retrospective (Wide Hive) {3}: -- TH:***
- Nestor Torres: Jazz Flute Traditions (Alfi) {3}: JC:+; jrm:24 -- TH:*
- Gabriele Tranchina: Of Sailing Ships and the Stars in Your Eyes (Rainchant Eclectic) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Klaus Treuheit/Lou Grassi: Port of Call (NoBusiness) {3}: -- TH:***
- Trichotomy: Known-Unknown (Challenge) {3}: -- TH:***
- Trombone Shorty: Parking Lot Symphony (Blue Note) {3}: JY:33; ob:3 -- TH:B-
- Vels Trio: Yellow Ochre (Total Refreshment Centre -EP) {3}: WFM:7
- Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/William Parker: Toxic: This Is Beautiful Because We Are Beautiful People (ESP-Disk) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Daniel Weltlinger: Samoreau: A Tribute to the Fans of Django Reinhardt (Rectify) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
- Jurg Wickihalder/Barry Guy/Lucas Niggli: Beyond (Intakt) {3}: -- TH:***
- Carl Winther & Jerry Bergonzi: Inner Journey (SteepleChase LookOut) {3}: -- TH:***
- Hideo Yamaki/Bill Laswell/Bjorn Bjorkenheim/Mike Sopko/Dominic James: Inaugural Sound Clash for the 2 Americas (MOD Technologies) {3}: -- TH:***
- John Abercrombie Quartet: Up and Coming (ECM) {2}: am_j:+ -- TH:*
- Laura Ainsworth: New Vintage (Eclectus) {2}: -- TH:**
- Carol Albert: Fly Away Butterfly (Cahara) {2}: -- TH:**
- Eric Alexander: Song of No Regrets (HighNote) {2}: JC:+; am_j:+
- Joey Alexander: Joey Monk Live! (Motema) {2}: JC:+, JY:90
- Alfa Mist: Antiphon (self-released) {2}: cls:2
- Alfjors: Demons 1 (Shhpuma) {2}: -- TH:**
- Wali Ali: To Be (Mendicant) {2}: -- TH:**
- Lina Allemano's Titanium Rot: Squish It! (Lumo) {2}: jsg:4
- Ballrogg [Klaus Ellerhusen Holm/Roger Arntzen/Ivar Grydeland]: Abaft the Beam (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Heather Bambrick: You'll Never Know (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Amina Baraka: Amina Baraks & the Red Microphone (ESP-Disk) {2}: -- RC:**
- Diego Barber: One Minute Later (Sunnyside) {2}: BIW:27, JC:+
- Joao Barradas: Directions (Inner Circle Music) {2}: -- TH:**
- John Beasley: MONK'estra Vol 2 (Mack Avenue) {2}: JC:46, JY:53 -- TH:B
- Dave Bennett: Blood Moon (Mack Avenue) {2}: -- TH:**
- Richard X Bennett: Experiments With Truth (Ropeadope) {2}: -- TH:**
- Richard X Bennett: What Is Now (Ropeadope) {2}: -- TH:**
- Johan Berthling/Martin Kuchen/Steve Noble: Threnody at the Gates (Trost) {2}: jck:3
- Gianni Bianchini: Type I (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Terence Blanchard: The Comedian (Blue Note) {2}: JC:+, JY:46
- Jean-Francois Bonnel and His Swinging Jazz Cats: With Thanks to Benny Carter (Arbors) {2}: -- TH:**
- Leila Bordreuil & Zach Rowden: Hollow (No Rent) {2}: jdme:4
- Geof Bradfield: Birdhoused (Cellar Live) {2}: -- TH:**
- Bobby Bradford/Hafez Modirzadeh: Live at the Magic Triangle (NoBusiness) {2}: -- TH:**
- Brot & Sterne: Tales of Herbst (Traumton) {2}: BIW:17
- Kyle Bruckmann's Degradient: Dear Everyone (Not Two -2CD) {2}: -- TH:**
- John Butcher/John Edwards/Mark Sanders: Last Dream of the Morning (Relative Pitch) {2}: JC:+; jpa:8
- Chris Byars: The Music of Frank Strozier (SteepleChase) {2}: -- TH:**
- Lucia Cadotsch: Speak Low (Yellowbird -16) {2}: JC:+; fd:+
- Camille: Oui (Balulalo) {2}: MO:18
- Peter Campbell: Loving You: Celebrating Shirley Horn (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble: Monk Dreams Hallucinations and Nightmares (Red Piano) {2}: JC:+; bg_g:9
- Kent Carter/Sylvain Guerineau: Couleur De L'Exit (Improvising Beings) {2}: jfn:2
- The CCM Jazz Orchestra as James Bond: Nobody Does It Better (Summit) {2}: -- TH:**
- Brian Charette Circuit Bent Organ Trio: Kurrent (Dim Mak) {2}: jrm:13 -- TH:*
- Zack Clarke: Random Acts of Order (Clean Feed) {2}: jrj:+ -- TH:*
- Gerald Clayton: Tributary Tales (Motema) {2}: JC:+, JY:43 -- TH:B
- Emmet Cohen Featuring Jimmy Cobb: Masters Legacy Series Vol 1 (Cellar Live -16) {2}: JC:+, JY:57
- Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Invitation (OA2) {2}: -- TH:**
- Michelle Coltrane: Awakening (Blujazz) {2}: -- TH:**
- Larry Coryell's 11th House: Seven Secrets (Savoy Jazz) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson: Crop Circles (Relative Pitch) {2}: JC:+; jlre:11
- Cowboys and Frenchmen: Bluer Than You Think (Outside In Music) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Stanley Cowell: No Illusions (SteepleChase) {2}: -- TH:**
- Tim Daisy: Music for Lying Still (Relay -EP) {2}: -- TH:**
- Tim Daisy: Red Nation "1" (Relay) {2}: -- TH:**
- Jeremy Danneman & Sophie Nzayisenga: Honey Wine (Ropeadope) {2}: BIW:16
- Roger Davidson Trio With Hendrik Meurkens: Oracao Para Amanha/Prayer for Tomorrow (Soundbrush) {2}: -- TH:**
- Rick Davies: Thugtet (Emlyn) {2}: -- TH:**
- Michael Dease: All These Hands (Posi-Tone) {2}: JC:+, JY:54
- Dial & Oatts/Rich DeRosa/WDR Big Band: Rediscovered Ellington (Zoho) {2}: JC:70 -- TH:*
- Jeff Dingler: In Transit (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Chet Doxas: Rich in Symbols (Ropeadope) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Laura Dubin Trio: Live at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (self-released 2CD) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Sinne Eeg: Dreams (ArtistShare) {2}: -- TH:**
- Lorenzo Feliciati: Elevator Man (RareNoise) {2}: -- TH:**
- Bob Ferrel: Bob Ferrel's Jazztopian Dream (self-released) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Nick Fraser: Is Life Long? (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Fred Frith/Hans Koch: You Are Here (Intakt) {2}: -- TH:**
- Hillary Gardner/Ehud Asherie: The Late Set (Anzic) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Philipp Gerschlauer/David Fiuczynski: Mikrojazz: Neue Expressionistische Musik (RareNoise) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Ghost Train Orchestra: Book of Rhapsodies Vol II (Accurate) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Paul Giallorenzo Trio: Flow (Delmark) {2}: -- TH:**
- Yedo Gibson/Hernâni Faustino/Vasco Trilla: Chain (NoBusiness) {2}: -- TH:**
- Pasquale Grasso/Renaud Penant/Ari Roland: In the Mood for a Classic (ITI Music) {2}: -- TH:**
- Frank Gratkowski/Simon Nabatov: Mirthful Myths (Leo) {2}: -- TH:**
- Cameron Graves: Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue) {2}: JC:+; tr_j:+ -- TH:B-
- The Great Harry Hillman: Tilt (Cuneiform) {2}: -- TH:**
- Alexander Grimal/Benjuamin Duboc/Valentin Ceccaldi: Bambu (Ayler) {2}: jds:+, jsg:8
- Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet: Jersey (Motema) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Jari Haapalainen Trio: Fusion Madness (Moserobie) {2}: -- TH:**
- Jari Haapalainen Trio: Fusion Nation (Moserobie) {2}: -- TH:**
- Tardo Hammer: Swinging on a Star (Cellar Live) {2}: JC:+, JY:80
- Tom Harrell: Moving Picture (HighNote) {2}: JC:+, JY:59
- Hans Hassler: Wie Die Zeit Hinter Mir Her (Intakt) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Alexander Hawkins-Elaine Mitchener Quartet: Uproot (Intakt) {2}: -- TH:**
- The Heliocentrics: The Sunshine Makers [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Soundway) {2}: sd:5
- Arve Henriksen: Towards Language (Rune Grammofon) {2}: JC:+; am_j:+ -- TH:B
- Oscar Hernandez & Alma Libre: The Art of Latin Jazz (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**
- Florian Hoefner: Coldwater Stories (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**
- Honest John: International Breakthrough (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Humcrush: Enter Humcrush (Shhpuma) {2}: -- TH:**
- BJ Jansen: Common Ground (Ronin Jazz) {2}: -- TH:**
- Dusan Jevtovic: No Answer (Moonjune) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Yan Jun & Ben Owen: Swimming Salt (Organized Music From Thessaloniki) {2}: jck:5
- Stacey Kent: I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions (Okeh) {2}: -- TH:**
- Kokotab: Flying Heart (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Krokofant: Krokofant III (Rune Grammofon) {2}: jdst:4
- Joachim Kuhn New Trio: Beauty & Truth (ACT -16) {2}: JC:+; jkf:8 -- TH:[**]
- Oliver Lake Featuring Flux Quartet: Right Up On (Passin' Thru) {2}: JC:+; ab:+ -- TH:B
- Steve Langone Trio: Breathe (Whaling City Sound) {2}: -- TH:**
- Ingrid Laubrock: Serpentines (Intakt -16) {2}: JC:+; fd:10 -- TH:[*]
- Matt Lavelle's 12 Houses: End Times (Unseen Rain) {2}: -- TH:**
- Joelle Leandre/Phil Minton: Leandre-Minton (Fou) {2}: JC:+; jsb:+
- Chad Lefkowitz-Brown: Onward (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Joao Lencastre's Communion 3: Movements in Freedom (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Daniel Levin Quartet: Live at Firehouse 12 (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Mark Lewis: New York Session (Audio Daddio) {2}: -- TH:**
- Gregory Lewis Organ Monk: The Breathe Suite (self-released) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- The Liberation Music Collective: Rebel Portraiture (Ad Astrum) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Live Human: Scratch Bop (Cosmic) {2}: -- TH:**
- Pete Malinverni Trio: Heaven (Saranac) {2}: JY:100; jrm:14
- Delfeayo Marsalis: Kalamazoo (Troubadour Jass) {2}: TH:**
- Pat Martino: Formidable (HighNote) {2}: JC:+, JY:86
- Mausiki Scales: Drums & Shadows (self-released -16) {2}: WFM:19
- Rob Mazurek: Chants and Borders (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School: The Twilight Fall (Browntasaurus) {2}: jjc:+ -- TH:*
- MEM3: Circles (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Alma Micic: That Old Feeling (Whaling City Sound) {2}: -- TH:**
- Mind Games [Angelika Niescier/Denman Maroney/James Ilgenfritz/Andrew Drury]: Ephemera Obscura (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Liudas Mockunas: Hydro (NoBusiness) {2}: -- TH:**
- Abdul Moimeme: Exosphere (Creative Sources) {2}: JC:+; jds:+
- Miles Mosley: Uprising (Verve) {2}: JC:+; am_j:+
- Donny Most: Mostly Swinging (Summit) {2}: -- TH:**
- Kjetil Moster/Jeff Parker/Joshua Abrams/John Herndon: Ran Do (Clean Feed) {2}: jch:7 -- TH:*
- Kyle Motl: Transmogrification (Metatrope) {2}: -- TH:**
- Michael Musillami/Rich Syracuse: Bird Calls (Playscape) {2}: JC:+; jjs:7
- Sam Newsome and Jean-Michel Pilc: Magic Circle (Some New Music) {2}: -- TH:**
- Dick Oatts: Use Your Imagination (SteepleChase) {2}: -- TH:**
- Maciej Obara Quartet: Unloved (ECM) {2}: YW:13 -- TH:B
- Aine O'Dwyer: Gallarais (MIE) {2}: W:25; jap:8
- Oliwood: Euphoria (Enja) {2}: jch:2
- Onyx Collective: Lower East Suite Pt 1 (Big Dada) {2}: WFM:16
- Onyx Collective: Lower East Suite Pt 2 (Big Dada) {2}: WFM:16
- Organissimo: B3tles (Big O) {2}: JC:+, JY:44
- Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: Whispers on the Wind (MAMA) {2}: JC:+; jrm:+
- Keith Oxman: East of the Village (Capri) {2}: -- TH:**
- The Ed Palermo Big Band: The Great Un-American Songbook: Volumes I & II (Cuneiform 2CD) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Pan-Scan Ensemble: Air and Light and Time and Space (Hispid/PNL) {2}: -- TH:**
- Phil Parisot: Creekside (OA2) {2}: -- TH:**
- Han-earl Park/Dominic Lash/Mark Sanders/Caroline Pugh: Sirene 1009 (Buster & Friends) {2}: BIW:38; jdme:6
- Teri Parker: In the Past (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Aaron Parks/Ben Street/Billy Hart: Find the Way (ECM) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Nicki Parrott: Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Songbook (Venus) {2}: -- TH:**
- People Like You: Verse (Topshelf) {2}: KYS:12
- Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Live in Brussels (Leo -2CD) {2}: -- TH:**
- Stuart Popejoy: Pleonid (Leo) {2}: -- TH:**
- Michel Portal & Quatour Ebene: Eternal Stories (Erato) {2}: BIW:15
- Debbie Poryes Trio: Loving Hank (OA2) {2}: -- TH:**
- Simona Premazzi: Outspoken (PRE) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Psychic Temple: IV (Joyful Noise) {2}: JC:+; aqd:+
- Wojciech Pulcyn: Tribute to Charlie Haden (ForTune) {2}: -- TH:**
- Ranky Tanky: Ranky Tanky (Resilience) {2}: JC:+; fd:+
- Jamie Reynolds: Grey Mirror (Fresh Sound New Talent) {2}: -- TH:**
- Eve Risser/Benjamin Duboc/Edward Perraud: En Corps/Generation (Dark Tree) {2}: -- TH:**
- Kurt Rosenwinkel: Caipi (Razdaz/Heartcore/Sunnyside) {2}: JC:96; am_w:+
- ROVA Saxophone Quartet/Kyle Bruckmann/Henry Kaiser: Steve Lacy's Saxophone Special Revisited (Clean Feed) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Vitor Rua and the Metaphysical Angels: Do Androids Dream of Electrid Guitars? (Clean Feed 2CD) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Adam Rudolph: Morphic Resonances (MOD Technologies) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Rune Your Day: Rune Your Day (Clean Feed) {2}: -- TH:**
- Saagara: 2 (Instant Classic) {2}: Gw:14
- Akira Sakata/Manuel Mota/Giovanni Di Domenico/Mathieu Calleja: Jomon (Holidays) {2}: jfn:5
- Louis Sclavis: Frontieres (JMS) {2}: xce:3
- Luke Sellick: Alchemist (Cellar Live) {2}: -- TH:**
- Se Och Hor: Se Mig Hor Mig Kann Mig (Signal and Sound) {2}: jgl:2
- Charlie Sepulveda & the Turnaround: Mr EP: A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri (HighNote) {2}: JC:+, JY:60
- Idit Shner: 9 Short Stories (OA2) {2}: -- TH:**
- Sirius: Acoustic Main Suite Plus the Inner One (Clean Feed) {2}: jsg:+5 -- TH:*
- Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra: Effervescence (Spartacus) {2}: -- TH:**
- Gunter Baby Sommer: Le Piccole Cose: Live at Theater Gutersloh (Intuition) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Peter Sommer: Happy-Go-Lucky Locals (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal: Hide Ye Idols (Loyal Label) {2}: jjc:+ -- TH:*
- Summit Quartet: Live in Sant' Arresi (Audiographic) {2}: -- TH:**
- Akio Suzuki/John Butcher: Immediate Landscapes (Flarri) {2}: W:33; jsb;+
- Takaaki: New Kid in Town (Albany) {2}: -- TH:**
- Jeannie Tanner: Words & Music (Tanner Time -2CD) {2}: -- TH:**
- Tephra Sound: Horizon (self-released) {2}: BIW:20
- Emma-Jean Thackray's Walrus: Walrus EP (Deptford Beach -EP) {2}: WFM:28 -- TH:*
- Chris Thile/Brad Mehldau: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch) {2}: JC:64; am_j:+
- Thollem/Mazurek: Blind Curves and Box Canyons (Relative Pitch) {2}: jdbk:5
- Masahide Tokunaga: Bwoouunn: Fleeting Excitement (Hitori) {2}: jck:4
- Triocity [Charles Pillow/Jeff Campbell/Rich Thompson]: I Believe in You (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**
- Tune Recreation Committee: Voices of Our Vision (self-released) {2}: ny_u:9 -- TH:*
- Gebhard Ullmann/Oliver Potratz/Eric Schaefer: Das Kondesat (Why Play Jazz) {2}: JC:+; jpa:9
- University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band: The Romeo and Juliet Project (Artist Alliance) {2}: JC:+; jkf:10
- Manuel Valera Trio: The Seasons (MaVo) {2}: JC:+; jjc:+
- Colin Vallon Trio: Danse (ECM) {2}: JC:+; am_j:+
- The Vampires: The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke (Earshift Music) {2}: JC:+ -- TH:*
- Torben Waldorff: Holiday on Fire (ArtistShare) {2}: -- TH:**
- Alex Ward: Proprioception (Weekertoft) {2}: jdme:2
- Kenny Warren Quartet: Thank You for Coming to Life (Whirlwind) {2}: JC:+; jjc:+
- Alex Wintz: Life Cycle (Culture Shock Music) {2}: -- TH:**
- David Wise: Till They Lay Me Down (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Florian Wittenberg: Don't Push the Piano Around (NurNichtNur) {2}: -- TH:**
- Nate Wooley: Battle Pieces II (Relative Pitch) {2}: jdbk:2
- Eric Wyatt: Look to the Sky (Whaling City Sound) {2}: -- TH:**
- Tal Yahalom/Almog Sharvit/Ben Silashi: Kadawa (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Mark Zaleski Band: Days Months Years (self-released) {2}: -- TH:**
- Michael Zilber: Originals for the Originals (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**
- 3Divas: 3Divas (Diva) {1}: JC:+
- Sophie Agnel/Daunik Lazro: Marguerite D'Or Pale (Fou -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]
- Natasha Agrama: The Heart of Infinite Change (World Galaxy/AlphaPup) {1}: JC:+
- Noel Akchote: Complete Recordings (Plays Anthony Braxton) (self-released) {1}: jch:10
- Don Aliquo: Fathers & Sons (MCG Jazz) {1}: JY:70
- Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra: Vula (Alien Transistor) {1}: ex_i:+
- Lotte Anker: Plodi (Klopotec) {1}: jsg:6
- Arashi [Akira Sakata/Johan Berthling/Paal Nilssen-Love]: Semikujira (Trost -16) {1}: JC:+
- Tim Armacost: Time Being (Whirlwind) {1}: JC:+
- BadBadNotGood: LateNightTales (LateNightTales) {1}: Fp:35
- Sheryl Bailey & Harvie S: Plucky Strum Departure (Whaling City Sound) {1}: -- TH:*
- Emily Bear Trio: Into the Blue (Edston) {1}: JY:68
- Gerald Beckett: Oblivion (Summit) {1}: -- TH:*
- Beholder: Claim No Native Land (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Han Bennink Trio: Adelante (ICP) {1}: JC:+
- Ernaldo Bernocchi: Rosebud (RareNoise) {1}: -- TH:*
- David Bertrand: Palmyra & Other Places (Blujazz) {1}: -- TH:*
- Steve Bilodeau: The Sun Through the Rain (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- The Black Butterflies: Luisa (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Black Flower: Artifacts (Sdban -16) {1}: JC:+
- Black Gardenia: Lucky Star (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Jim Black/Oskar Gudjonsson/Elias Stemeseder/Chris Tordini: Mala Mute (Intakt) {1}: -- TH:*
- Ran Blake & Kresten Osgood: The Dorothy Wallace Suite (ILK Music) {1}: JC:+
- Blindflug: Without Doubt (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Blue Notes Tribute Orkestra: Live at the Bird's Eye (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Blue Notes Tribute Orkestra: Live at the Bird's Eye (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Bohemian Trio: Okonkolo (Innova) {1}: JC:+
- Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano: Heritage (Qwest -16) {1}: JC:+
- Francois Bourassa Quartet: Number 9 (Effendi) {1}: JC:+
- Matthew Bourne: Isotach (Leaf Label) {1}: BIW:25
- Anthony Braxton: Solo (Victoriaville) 2017 (Victo) {1}: JC:+
- Kati Briens Dream Band: Happy Music (self-released) {1}: BIW:43
- Jakob Bro: Streams (ECM -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[B]
- Brooks Prumo Orchestra: Pass the Bounce (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Peter Brotzmann/Heather Leigh: Sex Tape (Trost) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B-
- Bill Brovold & Jamie Saft: Serenity Knolls (Rare Noise) {1}: -- TH:*
- Taylor Ho Bynum: Enter the Plustet (Firehouse 12 -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]
- Jonas Cambien/Adrian Myhr: Simiskina (Clean Feed) {1}: -- TH:*
- Michel Camilo: Live in London (Redondo Music) {1}: jsf:+
- Chantae Cann: Sol Empowered (Atlanta) {1}: WFM:36
- Corey Christiansen: Dusk (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*
- Albert Cirera/Hernani Faustino/Gabriel Ferrandini/Agusti Fernandez: Before the Silence (NoBusiness -16) {1}: jgl:9 -- TH:[A-]
- Albert Cirera & Tres Tambors: Suite Salada (Underpool) {1}: BIW:40
- Tal Cohen: Gentle Giants (Inner Circle) {1}: JC:+
- George Colligan: More Powerful (Whirlwind) {1}: JC:+
- The Cookers: The Call of the Wild & Peaceful Heart (Smoke Sessions -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[*]
- The Co-Op: The Co-Op (Brown Brothers -16) {1}: JC:+
- Eva Cortes: Crossing Borders (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*
- Gustavo Cortinas Snapshot: Esse (OA2) {1}: -- TH:*
- Roxy Coss: Chasing the Unicorn (Posi-Tone) {1}: jkf:+
- Francois Couturier/Tarkovsky Quartet: Nuit Blanche (ECM) {1}: JC:+
- Sandy Cressman: Entre Amigos (Cressman Music) {1}: -- TH:*
- Curtis Brothers Quartet: Syzygy (Truth Revolution -16) {1}: JC:+
- Lars Danielsson: Libretto III (ACT) {1}: JC:+
- Darkhouse Family: The Offering (First Word) {1}: am_r:+
- Joao Paulo Esteves Da Silva/Mario Franco/Samuel Rohrer: Brightbird (Arjunamusic) {1}: JC:+
- The Date Brothers With Bob Barnard and Jonathan Zwartz: Just My Luck (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- David's Angels: Traces (Kopasetic) {1}: -- TH:*
- Kris Davis: Duopoly (Pyroclastic -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[***]
- Michael Davis: Hip-Bone Big Band (Hip-Bone Music) {1}: jrm:+
- Steve Davis: Think Ahead (Smoke Sessions) {1}: JY:22
- Mark De Clive-Lowe: Live at the Blue Whale (Ropeadope) {1}: JC:+
- Dwiki Dharmawan: Pasar Klewer (MoonJune -16) {1}: JC:+
- The Brian Dickinson Quintet: The Rhythm Method (Addo) {1}: -- TH:*
- Brandi Disterheft: Blue Canvas (Justin Time) {1}: JY:96
- Dog Leg Dilemma: Not This Time (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Chano Dominguez: Over the Rainbow (Sunnyside) {1}: -- TH:*
- Miles Donahue: The Bug (Whaling City Sound) {1}: -- TH:*
- Marcelo Dos Reis: Cascas (Cipsela) {1}: jlre:10
- Jerry Douglas Band: What If (Universal) {1}: am_j:+
- Dave Douglas/Frank Woeste: Dada People (Greenleaf Music -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[***]
- Mike Downes: Root Structure (Addo) {1}: -- TH:*
- Mark Dresser Seven: Sedimental You (Clean Feed -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]
- Dr Mint: Voices in the Void (Orenda) {1}: -- TH:*
- Duchess: Laughing at Life (Anzic) {1}: -- TH:*
- Echoes of Swing: Bix: A Tribute to Bix Beiderbecke (ACT -16) {1}: JC:+
- Henrique Eisenmann: The Free Poetics of Henrique Eisenmann (Red Piano) {1}: JC:+
- Harris Eisenstadt/Mivos Quartet: Whatever Will Happen That Will Also Be (NoBusiness) {1}: -- TH:*
- Endless Field [Jesse Lewis/Ike Sturm]: Endless Field (Biophilia) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B
- Peter Erskine Trio: In Praise of Shadows (Fuzzy Music) {1}: JC:+
- John Escreet: The Unknown (Sunnyside -16) {1}: PO:56 -- TH:[A-]
- Ezra Collective: Juan Pablo: The Philosopher (Enter the Jungle) {1}: WFM:29
- Fabel: Fabel (Jaeger Community Music) {1}: BIW:22
- David Feldman: Horizonte (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Alan Ferber Big Band: Jigsaw (Sunnyside) {1}: JC:+
- Heloisa Fernandes: Faces (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Agusti Fernandez/Rafal Mazur: Ziran (Not Two -16) {1}: JC:+
- Fiuum Sharrkk: We Are Astonishingly Lifelike (Not Applicable) {1}: WFM:49
- Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn: Echo in the Valley (Rounder) {1}: JC:+
- Roberto Fonseca: Abuc (Impulse -16) {1}: WFM:43
- Brenton Foster: The Nature of Light (self-released) {1}: BIW:42
- The Four Bags: Waltz (NCM East) {1}: -- TH:*
- Ken Fowser: Now Hear This! (Posi-Tone) {1}: JY:56
- Craig Fraedrich With Trilogy and Friends: All Through the Night (Summit) {1}: -- TH:*
- Thomas Franck Quartet: Association: Live at Jazzhus Montmartre (Storyville) {1}: JC:+
- David Friesen: Structures (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*
- Satoko Fujii/Natsuki Tamura: Kisaragi (Libra) {1}: -- TH:*
- Satoko Fujii Quartet: Live at Jazz Room Cortez (Cortez Sound) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B
- Gaudi: Magnetic (RareNoise) {1}: JC:+
- Julian Gerstin Sextet: The One Who Makes You Happy (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Philip Gibbs: Infinite Spirit Perfect Now (Environmental Studies) {1}: jch:8
- David Gilmore: Transitions (Criss Cross) {1}: -- TH:*
- The Brett Gold New York Jazz Orchestra: Dreaming Big (Goldfox) {1}: -- TH:*
- Vitor Goncalves: Vitor Goncalves Quartet (Sunnyside) {1}: -- TH:*
- Alex Goodman: Second Act (Lyte) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B
- Burton Greene: Compendium (Improvising Beings) {1}: JC:+
- Josh Green & the Cyborg Orchestra: Telepathy & Bop (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Philipp Gropper's Philm: Sun Ship (WhyPlayJazz) {1}: JC:+
- Mats Gustafsson & Craig Taborn: Ljubljana (Clean Feed) {1}: jmsk:7 -- TH:B
- Tim Hagans: Faces Under the Influence: A Tribute to John Cassavetes (Waiting Moon) {1}: jrm:17
- Tigran Hamasyan: An Ancient Observer (Nonesuch) {1}: JC:+
- Ross Hammond: Follow Your Heart (Prescott) {1}: CM:71
- Hampshire & Foat: Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (Athens of the North) {1}: tr_j:+
- Larry Ham/Woody Witt: Presence (Blujazz) {1}: -- TH:*
- Hang Em High: Tres Testosterones (Gig Ant/Boomslang) {1}: jrj:+
- Taylor Haskins & Green Empire: The Point (Recombination) {1}: -- TH:*
- Joao Hasselberg & Pedro Branco: From Order to Chaos (Clean Feed) {1}: -- TH:*
- Hazelrigg Brothers: Songs We Like (self-released) {1}: jrm:15
- The Heliosonic Tone-Tette: Heliosonic Toneways Vol 1 (ScienSonic Laboratories) {1}: JC:90
- Rebecca Hennessy's Fog Brass Band: Two Calls (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Daniel Herskedal: The Roc (Edition) {1}: BIW:28
- Cynthia Hilts: Lyric Fury (Blond Coyote) {1}: -- TH:*
- Art Hirahara: Central Line (Posi-Tone) {1}: JC:+
- Dave Holland/Chris Potter/Lionel Loueke/Eric Harland: Aziza (Dare2 -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]
- Holland-Coots Jazz Quintet: This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal (Shane's Mohawk) {1}: JC:+
- Tristan Honsinger/Antonio Borghini/Tobias Delius/Axel Dorner: Hook Line and Sinker (De Platenbakakkerij) {1}: -- TH:*
- Adam Hopkins: Party Pack Ice (pfMENTUM -EP) {1}: -- TH:*
- Agnes Hvizdalek: Index (Nakama) {1}: Mrg:31
- Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Book of Sound (Honest Jons) {1}: WFM:26
- IKB: Ornithorhynchus Anatinus (Creative Sources) {1}: jds:+
- Innocent When You Dream: Dirt in the Ground (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Jon Irabagon/John Hegre/Nils Are Dronen: Axis (Rune Grammofon) {1}: -- TH:*
- Ishmael Ensemble: Songs for Knotty (Banoffee Pies -EP) {1}: xlr:+ -- TH:B
- Anne Mette Iversen Quartet + 1: Round Trip (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Michael Gregory Jackson: Spirit Signal Strata (Golden) {1}: jch:6
- Sidney Jacobs: First Man (Baby Chubs -16) {1}: JC:+
- Jose James: Love in a Time of Madness (Blue Note) {1}: -- TH:*
- JAM: Silent Notes (Victor Entertainment) {1}: WFM:32
- Jass: Mix of Sun and Clouds (Yolk Music -16) {1}: JC:+
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Handful of Keys (Blue Engine) {1}: JY:55
- Jerome Jennings: The Beast (Iola) {1}: JY:21
- Jentsch Group Quartet: Fractured Pop (Fleur de Son) {1}: -- TH:*
- Nicole Johanntgen: Henry (Hofa) {1}: sg_j:17
- Max Johnson: In the West (Clean Feed) {1}: -- TH:*
- Willie Jones III: My Point Is . . . (WJ3) {1}: JC:+
- Norah Jones: Day Breaks (Blue Note -16) {1}: JY:87 -- TH:[**]
- Theo Jorgensmann and Albrecht Maurer: Hymnen An Die Nacht (Nemu) {1}: JC:+
- Danny Kamins/Damon Smith/Alvin Fielder/Joe Hertenstein: After Effects (FMR) {1}: jrj:+
- Achim Kaufman/Olie Brice: Of Tides (Babel) {1}: jrj:+
- Steve Khan: Backlog (Tone Center) {1}: JY:42
- Rebecca Kilgore/Bernd Lhotzky: This and That (Arbors) {1}: JC:+
- Frank Kimbrough: Solstice (Pirouet -16) {1}: JC:+
- Petros Klampanis: Chroma (Motema) {1}: JY:97
- Kneebody: Anti-Hero (Motema) {1}: am_j:+ -- TH:B
- Mateusz Kolakowski/Alan Wykpisz/Bertlomiej Korelus: Schonberg (ForTune -16) {1}: jrj:+
- Konstrukt: Molto Bene (Holidays -16) {1}: jmsk:10
- Martin Kuchen/Lieber Heiland: Lass Und Sterben (Sofa Music) {1}: jgl:6
- Kungobram: Night in Panam (self-released) {1}: BIW:49
- Kyoto Jazz Sextet: Unity (Extra Freedom) {1}: WFM:33
- Yannis Kyriakides: Subvoice (Unsounds) {1}: jeh:+
- Patti Labelle: Bel Hommage (GPE) {1}: JY:81
- Andrew Lamb/Warren Smith/Arkadijus Gotesmanas: The Sea of Modicum (NoBusiness) {1}: -- TH:*
- La Pingo's Orquesta: Peregrino (Ropeadope) {1}: JC:+
- La Tene: Tardive/Issime (Astral Spirits) {1}: jds:+
- Jihye Lee Orchestra: April (self-released) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B-
- Nguyen Le & Ngo Hong Quang: Ha Noi Duo (ACT) {1}: JC:+
- The Billy Lester Trio: Italy 2016 (Ultra Sound) {1}: -- TH:*
- Gregory Lewis: Organ Monk Blue (self-released -18) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]
- James Brandon Lewis Trio: No Filter (BSN Sessions -16) {1}: WFM:30 -- TH:[**]
- Dave Liebman: Expansions Live (Whaling City Sound -16) {1}: JC:+
- Helge Lien Trio: Guzuguzu (Ozella) {1}: JC:+
- Llop: J Imp (El Negocito) {1}: -- TH:*
- David Lopato: Gendhing for a Spirit Rising (Global Coolant -2CD) {1}: -- TH:*
- Carmen Lundy: Code Noir (Afrasia Productions) {1}: JY:37 -- TH:B
- Nick Maclean Quartet: Rites of Ascension (Browntasaurus) {1}: -- TH:*
- Sabrina Malheiros: Clareia (Far Out) {1}: am_w:+
- Mama Luma: Mama Luma (Krapp's Tapes/Noise-Below) {1}: jfn:6
- Ray Mantilla: High Voltage (Savant) {1}: JY:65
- MAP: Guerra E Paz (Porta Jazz) {1}: BIW:32
- Mario Laginha/Julian Arguelles/Helge Andreas Norbakken: Setembro (Edition) {1}: JC:+
- Marker: Wired for Sound (Audiographic) {1}: jgl:8 -- TH:B
- Markley & Balmer: Standards & Covers (Soona Songs) {1}: -- TH:*
- Ben Markley Big Band: Clockwise: The Music of Cedar Walton (OA2) {1}: -- TH:*
- Rebecca Martin & Guillermo Klein: The Upstate Project (Sunnyside) {1}: BIW:21
- Luis Jose Martins: Tentos - Invencoes E Encantamentos (Shhpuma) {1}: -- TH:*
- Andre Matos: Muquina (Rubalo Music -16) {1}: JC:+
- Wade Matthews/Abdul Moimeme: Lisbon: 10 Sound Portraits (Creative Sources) {1}: jsb:+
- Maximum Ernst: Maximum Ernst (Ever/Never) {1}: PO:52
- Wojtek Mazolewski: Theme De Yoyo (Languidity) {1}: WFM:42
- Rob Mazurek: Chimeric Stoned Horn (Astral Spirits) {1}: jlre:6
- Ross McHenry: The Outsiders (First Word) {1}: am_j:+
- Hermon Mehari: Bleu (Unlabeled) {1}: jjc:+
- Stephan Meidell: Metrics (Hubro) {1}: Mrg:36
- Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne: Homecoming (Jazzline) {1}: JC:+
- Meridian Trio: Triangulum (Clean Feed) {1}: -- TH:*
- Emi Meyer: Monochrome (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*
- Szilard Mezei/Marina Dzukljev/Vasco Trilla: Still Now (If You Still) (FMR) {1}: jds:+
- Microtub: Bite of the Orange (Sofa) {1}: jsg:+
- Jason Miles: Kind of New 2: Blue Is Paris (Lightyear) {1}: -- TH:*
- Dominic Miller: Silent Light (ECM) {1}: ab:+
- Simon Millerd: Lessons and Fairytales (Songlines) {1}: JC:+
- The Milwaukee Jazz Orchestra: Welcome to Swingsville! (BluJazz) {1}: -- TH:*
- MIR 8: Perihelion (Shhpuma) {1}: -- TH:*
- Robert Mitchell: A Vigil for Justice a Vigil for Peace (Depth of Field) {1}: WFM:23
- Carol Morgan: Post Cool Vol 1: The Night Shift (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Michael Morreale: Love and Influence (Blujazz -2CD) {1}: -- TH:*
- Barbara Morrison: I Wanna Be Loved (Savant) {1}: JY:62
- China Moses: Nightintales (MPS) {1}: JC:+
- Misha Mullov-Abbado: Cross-Platform Interchange (Edition) {1}: BIW:48
- Luis Munoz: The Dead Man (Pelin Music) {1}: JC:+
- Musica Elettronica Viva: Symphony No 106 (Victo -16) {1}: JC:+
- Musicianer: Slow Learner (Iluso) {1}: JC:+
- Musique Noire: Reflections: We Breathe (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Brad Myers & Michael Sharfe: Sanguinaria (Hopefulsongs) (Colloquy) {1}: -- TH:*
- Jo Berger Myhre/Olafur Bjorn Olafsson: The Third Script (Hubro) {1}: jrj:+
- Toshimaru Nakamura and Martin Taxt: Listening to the Footsteps of Living Ones Who Are Still on the Ground (Ftarri) {1}: jck:8
- Negative Press Project: Eternal Life: Jeff Buckley Songs and Sounds (Ridgeway) {1}: -- TH:*
- Ed Neumeister & His NeuHat Ensemble: Wake Up Call (MeisteroMusic) {1}: -- TH:*
- Larry Newcomb Quartet With Bucky Pizzarelli: Living Tribute (Essential Messenger) {1}: -- TH:*
- The New Triumph: Keep on Push'n (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- The New Vision Sax Ensemble: Musical Journey Through Time (Zak Publishing) {1}: -- TH:*
- Judy Niemack With Dan Tepfer: Listening to You (Sunnyside) {1}: JC:+
- Jan Nijdam Kwartet: Bij De Dieren Thuis (Sollasiututut) {1}: JC:+
- Audrey Ochoa Trio: Afterthought (Chronograph) {1}: JC:+
- Nils Okland Band: Lysning (Hubro) {1}: Mrg:29
- Stephan Oliva/Susanne Abbuehl/Oyvind Hegg-Lunde: Prince (Vision Fugitive) {1}: jeh:+
- Jowee Omicil: Let's Bash (Jazz Village) {1}: JC:+
- Tomoko Omura: Post Bop Gypsies (Inner Circle) {1}: JC:+
- Organic Trio: Saturn's Spell (Jazz Family) {1}: JY:66
- Sergio Pamies: What Brought You Here? (Bebyne) {1}: JC:+
- Diana Panton: Solstice/Equinox (self-released) {1}: -- TH:*
- Evan Parker ElectroAcoustic Septet: Seven (Victo -15) {1}: JC:+
- Live in Concert: Ancient Future () {1 Parker Indo Latin Jazz_Mariah}:
- Evan Parker/Mark Nauseef/Toma Gouband: As the Wind (Psi -16) {1}: jsb:+
- Nicki Parrott: Dear Blossom: A Tribute to Blossom Dearie (Arbors) {1}: -- TH:*
- Sarah Partridge: Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian (Origin) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B
- John Patitucci: Irmaos De Fe (Newvelle) {1}: JC:+
- Mario Pavone Dialect Trio: Chrome (Playscape) {1}: JC:99
- Michael Pedicin: As It Should Be: Ballads 2 (Groundblue) {1}: -- TH:*
- Deniz Peeters & Simon Rose: Edith's Problem (Leo) {1}: jsg:9
- Gene Perla: Out of the Game (PM) {1}: JC:+
- Frank Perowsky Jazz Orchestra: Gowanus (Jazzkey) {1}: -- TH:*
- Houston Person: Rain or Shine (HighNote) {1}: JC:+
- Lucky Peterson: Tribute to Jimmy Smith (Jazz Village) {1}: JC:+
- Samora Pinderhughes: The Transformations Suite (Gray Area -16) {1}: JC:+
- The Pitch: Frozen Orchestra (Berlin) (Arbitrary) {1}: jds:+
- John Pizzarelli: Sinatra & Jobim @ 50 (Concord) {1}: JY:51 -- TH:B-
- Ariel Pocock: Living in Twilight (Justin Time) {1}: JY:67
- Gregory Porter: Live in Berlin (Eagle Vision -16) {1}: JC:+
- Gregory Privat Trio: Family Tree (ACT -16) {1}: JC:+
- Quartet NL [Benjamin Herman/Peter Beets/Ruud Jacobs/Han Bennink]: Quartet NL (ICP) {1}: JC:+
- Quercus [June Tabor/Iain Ballamy/Huw Warren]: Nightfall (ECM) {1}: am_j:+
- Michael Rabinowitz: Uncharted Waters (Cats Paw) {1}: -- TH:*
- Vanessa Racci: Italiana Fresca (self-released) {1}: JC:+
- Errol Rackipov Group: Distant Dreams (OA2) {1}: -- TH:*
- Ada Rave Trio: The Sea the Storm and the Full Moon (Clean Feed) {1}: -- TH:*
- Sofia Rei Featuring Marc Ribot: El Gavilan (Cascabalera) {1}: JC:+
- Emilio Reyna: La Lenta Marcha De Las Estrellas (self-released) {1}: BIW:50
- Aki Rissanen Trio: Another North (Edition) {1}: JC:+
- Carol Robbins: Taylor Street (Jazzcats) {1}: -- TH:*
- Marcus Roberts Trio: Trio Crescent: Celebrating Coltrane (J-Master) {1}: jrm:+
- Adam Rogers: Dice (Adraj) {1}: JC:+
- Chris Rogers: Voyage Home (Art of Life -16) {1}: JC:+
- Raphael Roginski: Plays Henry Purcell (Bolt) {1}: Mrg:33
- Berta Rojas: Felicidade (OnMusic) {1}: JC:+
- Wallace Roney: A Place in Time (HighNote -16) {1}: JY:92
- Jeremy Rose: Within & Without (Earshift Music) {1}: -- TH:*
- Joe Rosenberg Ensemble: Tomorrow Never Knows (Quark) {1}: JC:+
- Daniel Rosenthal: Music in the Room (American Melody) {1}: -- TH:*
- Scott Routenberg Trio: Every End Is a Beginning (Summit) {1}: -- TH:*
- ROVA: Orkestrova: No Favorites! For Lawrence "Butch" Morris (New World) {1}: JC:+
- Rulemares: Atractor Extrano (FMR -16) {1}: JC:+
- Ruby Rushton: Trudi's Songbook Vol 2 (22a) {1}: WFM:39
- Antonio Sanchez: Bad Hombre (CAM Jazz) {1}: JC:+
- Sandcatchers: What We Found Along the Way (Chant) {1}: BIW:47
- San Francisco String Trio: May I Introduce to You (Ridgeway) {1}: -- TH:*
- Marco Santilli's CheRoba & Il Fiato Delle Alpi: La Stua (Unit) {1}: JC:+
- Scenes: Destinations (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*
- Morten Schantz: Godspeed (Edition) {1}: JC:+
- Ken Schaphorst Big Band: How to Say Goodbye (JCA -16) {1}: JC:+
- Virginia Schenck: Aminata Moseka: An Abbey Lincoln Tribute (Airborne Ecstasy) {1}: JC:+
- Schnellertollermeier: Rights (Cuneiform) {1}: -- TH:*
- Jan Schulte: Tropical Drums of Deutschland (Music for Dreams) {1}: aqd:+
- Marilyn Scott: Standard Blue (Prana Entertainment) {1}: jrm:18
- Bobby Selvaggio Transcendental Orchestra: Quantum Man (Dot Time -16) {1}: JC:+
- The Selva: The Selva (Clean Feed) {1}: -- TH:*
- Sex Mob: Cultural Capital (Rex -16) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]
- Sam Sfirri & Taku Unami: Zymology (Hibari Music) {1}: jck:9
- SFJazz Collective: Music of Miles Davis & Original Compositions (SFJazz) {1}: JC:+
- Shabaka and the Ancestors: Wisdom of Elders (Brownswood -16) {1}: jsf:+ -- TH:[*]
- Mako Sica: Invocation (Instant Classic/Feeding Tube) {1}: jds:+
- Layth Sidiq: Son of Tigris (self-released -16) {1}: JC:+
- Ben Sidran: Picture Him Happy (Nardis) {1}: JC:+
- Jeff "Siege" Siegel Quartet: King of Xhosa (ARC) {1}: JC:+
- Bostjan Simon: There Be Monsters (Klopotec) {1}: BIW:45
- Sirom: I Can Be a Clay Snapper (Tak:til) {1}: jds:+
- Steve Slagle: Dedication (Panorama -18) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[***]
- Slow Is Possible: Moonwatchers (Clean Feed) {1}: -- TH:*
- Andrew Smiley: Dispersal (Astral Spirits) {1}: jem:10
- Hal Smith's Swing Central: Windy City Swing (Tuxedo Cat) {1}: JC:+
- Mark Solborg & Christian Skjodt: Omdrejninger (ILK) {1}: jeh:+
- Dave Soldier: The Eighth Hour of Amduat (Mulatta) {1}: -- TH:*
- Clark Sommers: Lens by a Thread (Eyes & Ears) {1}: JC:+
- Sounds of A&R: Sounds of A&R (Soaring) {1}: JY:99
- David Stackenas: Bricks (Clean Feed) {1}: -- TH:*
- Terell Stafford: Forgive and Forget (Herb Harris Music -16) {1}: JY:30 -- TH:[A-]
- Staub Quartet: House Full of Colors (JACC) {1}: JC:+
- Matthew Stevens: Preverbal (Ropeadope) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B
- John Stowell/Ulf Bandgren Quartet: Night Visitor (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*
- Hiromi Suda: Nagi (BluJazz) {1}: -- TH:*
- Sult/Lasse Marhaug: Harpoon (Conrad Sound/Pica Disk) {1}: -- TH:*
- Suzeri & Fiona Lee: Ftarri de Solos (Ftarri) {1}: jck:7
- Cyiyoko Szlavnics: During a Lifetime (Another Timbre) {1}: jds:+
- Dylan Taylor: One in Mind (Blujazz) {1}: -- TH:*
- Sam Taylor Quartet With Larry McKenna: Along the Way (Cellar Live) {1}: JC:+
- Team Hegdal: Vol 4 (Particular Recordings Collective) {1}: CM:23
- Dan Tepfer Trio: Eleven Cages (Sunnyside) {1}: JC:+
- Yosvany Terry/Baptiste Trotignon: Ancestral Memories (Okeh) {1}: -- TH:*
- Henri Texier: Concert Anniversaire 30 Ans (Label Bleu) {1}: JC:+
- Jacques Thollot: Thollot in Extenso (Nato) {1}: JC:+
- Charles Thomas: The Colors of a Dream (Sea Tea) {1}: -- TH:*
- Twerk Thomson: Plays Unpopular Songs (Twerk-O-Phonic) {1}: JC:+
- Camille Thurman: Inside the Moment (Chesky) {1}: JC:+
- Tiger Trio [Myra Melford/Joelle Leandre/Nicole Mitchell]: Unleashed (RogueArt -16) {1}: JC:+
- Kasper Tom/Rudi Mahall: One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure (Barefoot -16) {1}: JC:+
- Tiziano Tononi and Southbound: Trouble No More . . . All Men Are Brothers (Long Song) {1}: JC:+
- Tiziano Tononi & Daniele Cavallanti Nexus: Experience Nexus! (Rudi) {1}: JC:+
- Cat Toren: Cat Toren's Human Kind (self-released) {1}: BIW:41
- Dwight Trible: Inspirations (Gondwana) {1}: WFM:47
- Trio Blastonal: It Is What It Is! (self-released) {1}: BIW:29
- Trio S: Somewhere Glimmer (Zitherine) {1}: -- TH:*
- Trouble Kaze: June (Circum-Disc) {1}: -- TH:*
- Akiko Tsuruga: So Cute So Bad (self-released) {1}: JY:38
- Oded Tzur: Translator's Note (Enja/Yellowbird) {1}: JC:+
- Jeremy Udden/John McNeil/Akyer Kobrinsky/Anthony Pinciotti: Hush Point III (Sunnyside) {1}: -- TH:*
- (U)nity: (U)nity Is Power (Ropeadope) {1}: JC:+
- University of Toronto Jazz Orcherstra: Sweet Ruby Suite (UofT Jazz) {1}: -- TH:*
- Uptown Jazz Tentet: There It Is (Irrabagast) {1}: JY:69
- Urbanity: Urban Soul (Alfi) {1}: JY:72 -- TH:B
- Ken Vandermark: Momentum 2 & 3 (Audiographic) {1}: -- TH:*
- Rick Vandivier: Under One Roof (self-released) {1}: jrm:+
- Paul Van Gysegem/Chris Joris/Patrick De Groote: Boundless (El Negocito) {1}: JC:+
- Petra Van Nuis & Andy Brown: Lessons Lyrical (String Damper) {1}: JC:+
- Raphael Vanoli: Bibrax (Shhpuma) {1}: -- TH:*
- Carlos Vega: Bird's Up (Origin) {1}: -- TH:*
- Vein: Vein Plays Ravel (Double Moon) {1}: jjc:+
- The Verve Jazz Ensemble: Swing-A-Nova (self-released) {1}: JY:98
- Jeff "Tain" Watts: Blue Vol 2 (Dark Key Music -16) {1}: JY:58
- Trevor Watts/Veryan Weston/Alison Blunt/Hannah Marshall: Dialogues With Strings: Live at Cafe Oto in London (Fundacja Sluchaj) {1}: -- TH:*
- Web Web: Oracle (Compost) {1}: BIW:34
- Cory Weeds: Let's Groove: The Music of Earth Wind & Fire (Cellar Live) {1}: JY:83
- Cory Weeds Quintet/David Hazeltine: It's Easy to Remember (Cellar Live -16) {1}:
- Cory Weeds & the Jeff Hamilton Trio: Dreamsville (Cellar Live) {1}: JY:28
- Martin Wheatley & Tom Langham: The Land of Might-Have-Been (Bigfoot) {1}: JC:+
- Matthew Whitaker: Outta the Box (Jazz Foundation of America) {1}:
- Joshua White: 13 Short Stories (Fresh Sound New Talent) {1}: JC:+
- Mark Whitfield: Grace (self-released) {1}: JY:40
- Chip Wickham: La Sombra (Lovemonk) {1}: WFM:45
- Wildflower: Wildflower (Stac) {1}: WFM:37
- Ken Wiley: Jazz Horn Redux (Krug Park Music) {1}: -- TH:*
- Mars Williams: An Ayler Xmas (Soul What) {1}: JC:+
- Mark Wingfield/Markus Reuter/Aaron Stavi/Asaf Sirkis: The Stone House (MoonJune -16) {1}: JC:+
- Mark Winkler: The Company I Keep (Cafe Pacific) {1}: jrm:16
- Deanna Witkowski: Makes the Heart to Sing: Jazz Hymns (Tilapia) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:B
- Victor Wooten/Dennis Chambers/Bob Franceschini: Trypnotyx (VIX) {1}: JC:+
- Stephane Wrembel: The Django Experiment I (Water Is Life) {1}: JC:+
- Jim Yanda Trio: Home Road (Corner Store Jazz -2CD) {1}: -- TH:*
- Otomo Yoshihide/Hiroshi Yamazaki/Evan Parker: 14.11.16 (Otoroku) {1}: jnn:6
- Reggie Young: Forever Young (Whaling City Sound) {1}: -- TH:*
- Dave Young/Terry Promane Octet: Vol 2 (Modica Music) {1}: -- TH:*
- Glenn Zaleski: Fellowship (Sunnyside) {1}: -- TH:*
- Denny Zeitlin and George Marsh: Expedition (Sunnyside) {1}: jrm:+
- Pablo Ziegler Trio: Jazz Tango (Zoho) {1}: -- TH:*
- Dave Zinno Unisphere: River of January (Whaling City Sound) {1}: -- TH:*
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