The Power of Two (Panorama) For the first duo recording of his nearly four-decade career,…
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Gary Peacock Trio
Now This (ECM) At the age of 80, bassist Gary Peacock plays, improvises and composes…
Ramón Valle
Take Off (In + Out) Pianist Ramón Valle has conquered jazz scenes across the globe.…
Marilyn Crispell/Gerry Hemingway
Table of Changes (Intakt) Having spent a decade together in Anthony Braxton’s quartet during the…
John Patitucci Electric Guitar Quartet
Brooklyn (Three Faces) Bassist John Patitucci has few peers when it comes to doubling on…
Matthew Shipp-Mat Walerian Duo
The Uppercut: Live at Okuden (ESP-Disk) Pianist Matthew Shipp and saxophonist/clarinetist/flutist Mat Walerian hail from…
John Raymond
Foreign Territory (Fresh Sound/New Talent) The title of trumpeter and flugelhornist John Raymond’s sophomore release…
The Robert Glasper Trio
Covered: The Robert Glasper Trio Recorded Live at Capitol Studios (Blue Note) In his spoken…
Ran Blake/Christine Correa
The Road Keeps Winding (Red Piano) Vocalists who interpret the work of a singer and…
Marcus Miller
Afrodeezia (Blue Note) Certain members of the Jazz Police won’t like this album. “Too busy,”…
Kamasi Washington
The Epic (Brainfeeder) Comprising 17 tracks, three discs and a three-hour run time, Kamasi Washington’s…
Tony Adamo and the New York Crew
Tony Adamo and the New York Crew (Urban Zone) “Hipspokenword” artist Tony Adamo comes across…
Benny Green
Live in Santa Cruz! (Sunnyside) The audience at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Northern California…
The Shape of Things to Come
Henry Threadgill looks forward to looking forward. By Shaun Brady Explaining the structure of Henry…
The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (Nonesuch) At first blush, this would seem to be a…
Bob Mintzer Big Band
Get Up! (MCG Jazz) Give Bob Mintzer his just due: Since recording his debut at…
Harvie S / Sheryl Bailey
Plucky Strum (Whaling City Sound) Although guitarist Sheryl Bailey and bassist Harvie S have been…
Sal Mosca
The Talk of the Town: Live at the Bimhuis (Sunnyside) Legend has it that pianist…
Aaron Diehl
Space Time Continuum (Mack Avenue) The album’s title is a clever play on the multi-generational…
Pat Martino with Jim Ridl
Nexus (HighNote) Nexus sheds light on an underappreciated partnership — guitarist Pat Martino’s decade-long collaboration…
Rob Reich
Shadowbox (BAG Productions) Accordionist Rob Reich’s evocative style lends itself to storytelling. In the past,…
Harold Mabern
Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions) Post-bop pianist Harold Mabern has worked with some of jazz’s greatest…
Lisa Parrott
Round Tripper (Serious Niceness) Australian ex-pat saxophonist Lisa Parrott has recorded with many a prominent…
Adam Birnbaum
Three of a Mind (Daedalus) Although pianist Adam Birnbaum has released three previous discs under…
Myra Melford
Snowy Egret (Enja) Pianist Myra Melford’s new album, Snowy Egret, marks the recorded debut of…
Oliver Lake/William Parker
To Roy (Intakt) Trumpeter Roy Campbell Jr., who died of heart disease in January 2014,…
Buena Vista Social Club
Lost and Found (World Circuit) Nearly two decades have passed since the release of Buena…
Jakob Bro
Gefion (ECM) Danish guitarist Jakob Bro clearly belongs to the introspective, post-Bill-Frisell cadre of electric…
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Wild Man Dance (Blue Note) During his 25 years with the ECM imprint, saxophonist Charles…
Clark Terry
Keep On Keepin’ On (Varèse Sarabande) With 24 tracks recorded between 1949 and last year,…
Steven Feifke
Peace in Time (Self-released) His former teacher Brian Lynch describes 23-year-old pianist Steven Feifke as…
Open Loose
The Signal Maker (Intakt) Bassist-composer Mark Helias has led ensembles of various sizes: sextets, quintets,…
Anna Webber’s Percussive Mechanics
Refraction (Pirouet) Instrumental virtuosity is but one of the assorted elements that elevate Refraction, flutist/saxophonist/songwriter…
Donny McCaslin
Fast Future (Greenleaf Music) On Fast Future is saxophonist Donny McCaslin’s elaboration upon the acoustic-jazz-and-electronica…
Anat Cohen
Luminosa (Anzic) Natural exuberance pervades everything that Anat Cohen plays. Part of that spirit springs…
Ernesto Cervini
Turboprop (Anzic) Toronto-born-and-based drummer and composer Ernesto Cervini isn’t one to stay married to any…
Chantale Gagné
The Left Side of the Moon (Revelations) This is pianist and composer Chantale Gagné’s recording.…
Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord
Jeremiah (Hot Cup) For his first solo on “The Bottle,” track one on Jeremiah, guitarist…
Omar Sosa
Ilé (Otá) Throughout a career spanning almost 20 years and more than two dozen recordings,…
The Kandinsky Effect
Somnambulist (Cuneiform) The Kandinsky Effect’s Somnambulist presents jazz fusion in the original sense of the…
Andy Brown
Soloist (Delmark) Fingerstyle specialist Andy Brown brings a wealth of stylistic range and technical ability…
Jean-Michel Pilc
What Is This Thing Called? (Sunnyside) Paris-born, New York-based pianist and composer Pilc is known…
Ignacio Berroa
Heritage and Passion (5Passion) Heritage and Passion is drummer Ignacio Berroa’s unabashed love letter to…
Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan
Duets (Mack Avenue) More than simply an inspired, brilliantly performed execution of a high-concept project…
Dave Liebman
Ceremony (Chesky) Samsara (Whaling City Sound) Saxophonist, flutist and composer Dave Liebman is one of…
Kenny Barron and Dave Holland
The Art of Conversation (Impulse) Kenny Barron established himself as the keyboardist of choice for…
Hal Galper Trio
O’s Time (Origin) Pianist Hal Galper’s signature style involves bending and stretching pieces as far…
Marquis Hill
Modern Flows EP Vol. 1 (Skiptone Music) Like Jason Moran and Robert Glasper, Marquis Hill…
James Farm
City Folk (Nonesuch) The relative anonymity of “James Farm” conceals some well-known jazz names. Featuring…
Branford Marsalis
In My Solitude: Live at Grace Cathedral (OKeh) Apart from its many virtues, and its…
Linda Presgrave
Along the Path (Metropolitan) Like many globetrotting jazz musicians, New York-based pianist Linda Presgrave takes…
Eddie Henderson
Collective Portrait (Smoke Session) The opening two tunes, both written by trumpeter and flugelhorn player…
Matt Lavelle/John Pietaro
Harmolodic Monk (Unseen Rain) Apply Ornette Coleman’s guiding principle of harmolodics to the music of…
Frank Kimbrough
Frank Kimbrough Quartet (Palmetto) On his 12th album as a leader, pianist Frank Kimbrough achieves…
Vijay Iyer Trio
Break Stuff (ECM) The latest album from pianist and composer Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff isn’t…
Nick Sanders
You Are a Creature (Sunnyside) With his forward-leaning trio of bassist Henry Fraser and drummer…
Champian Fulton
Change Partners: Live at the Yardbird Suite (Cellar Live) Now in her late 20s, pianist…
Joanna Wallfisch
The Origin of Adjustable Things (Sunnyside) Throughout the entirety of this release, the partnership of…
Aaron Goldberg
The Now (Sunnyside) Some folks view the piano trio as the foundation of jazz; others…
Jeff Coffin
Saxophonist Jeff Coffin is a master of multitasking. While leading his Mu’tet band, with whom…
Vance Thompson’s Five Plus Six
Such Sweet Thunder (Shade Street) Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk and … Dolly Parton?…
Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet
Intents and Purposes (Enja) On the charmingly unassuming Intents and Purposes, guitarist Rez Abbasi and…
Dario “Rainote” Chiazzolino
Paint Your Life (Tu Kool) Italy boasts one of the most vibrant jazz scenes in…
Joe Sample and NDR Bigband
Children of the Sun (PRA) When funk/jazz trombonist Nils Landgren asked Joe Sample to compose…
Jim Norton Collective
Time Remembered: Compositions of Bill Evans (Origin) It’s a mystery why Bill Evans’ compositions, beyond…
Connie Evingson and the John Jorgenson Quintet
All the Cats Join In (Minnehaha Music) Connie Evingson’s Gypsy-jazz-love affair is still going strong.…
Fresh Cut Orchestra
From the Vine (Ropeadope) Pretty much everything about the debut by the Fresh Cut Orchestra,…
Charles Ruggiero
Boom Bang, Boom Bang! (Rondette Jazz) Charles Ruggiero is a second-generation jazz drummer (his dad,…
Kenny Wheeler
Songs for Quintet (ECM) Kenny Wheeler, the legendary trumpeter and composer, died last September. Known…
Steve Wilson & Wilsonian’s Grain
Live in New York: The Vanguard Sessions (Random Act) This latest CD by saxophonist Steve…
Abdullah Ibrahim
The Song Is My Story (Sunnyside) Now 80 years old and with an illustrious career…
Nir Naaman
Independence (self-produced) Every once in a while, an album comes along that’s so fresh, genuinely…
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
Roadsides (Arogole Music) Two titles from Jerusalem-born singer Ayelet Rose Gottlieb’s new album — “Bridge”…
Abelardo Barroso with Orquesta Sensación
Cha Cha Cha (World Circuit) Compiled and produced by Nick Gold of Buena Vista Social…
Nels Cline & Julian Lage
Room (Mack Avenue) Guitarist Nels Cline may be best known as a member of Wilco,…
Jimmy Greene
Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue) Two years ago, on the night of the Sandy Hook Elementary…
Ali Jackson
Amalgamations (Sunnyside) Ali Jackson sports a broad, happy grin in the cover photo of this,…
Marianne Solivan
Spark (Hipnotic) Marianne Solivan doesn’t waste a second before setting the mood for this stimulating…
Chris Dundas
Oslo Odyssey (BLM Records) Travelers frequently find the most interesting places when they don’t use…
Kenny Werner
Coalition (Half Note) At this stage of his career, it would be easy for Kenny…
The Process: Jon Batiste, Chad Smith, Bill Laswell
The Process (M.O.D. Technologies) Just one look at the lineup and you know you’re in…
