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HONORABLE MENTIONSâNEW RELEASESAmbrose Akinmusireâon the tender spot of every calloused moment (Blue Note) ⢠Susan AlcornâPedernal (Relative Pitch) ⢠Lucian Ban/John Surman/Mat ManeriâTransylvanian Folk Songs (The BĂŠla BartĂłk Field Recordings) (Sunnyside) ⢠Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio (featuring Johnathan Blake)âWithout Deception (Dare2) Conny Bauer/Matthias Bauer/Dag MagnusâThe Gift (NoBusiness) ⢠Tim BerneâSacred Vowels Soloes (Screwgun) ⢠Tim Berne/Matt MitchellâSpiders (Out Of Your Head) ⢠Samuel Blaserâ18 monologues ĂŠlastiques (Outhere Music) ⢠James Brandon Lewis QuartetâMolecular (Intakt) ⢠Alan BraufmanâThe Fire Still Burns (Valley of Search) Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Gerald CleaverâWelcome Adventure! Vol. 1 (577 Records) ⢠Luigi Ceccarelli/Hamid Drake/Gianni Trovalusci/Ken VandermarkâOpen Border (Audiographic) ⢠Nels Cline SingersâShare the Wealth (Blue Note) ⢠Avishai CohenâBig Vicious (ECM) Marco Colonna/Alexander HawkinsâDolphy Underlined (Fundacja SĹuchaj) ⢠Conference CallâPrism (Not Two) ⢠Chick CoreaâPlays (Concord) ⢠CortexâLegal Tender (Clean Feed) ⢠Sylvie CourvoisierâFree Hoops (Intakt) ⢠Aaron DiehlâThe Vagabond (Mack Avenue) ⢠Chris DingmanâEmbrace (Inner Arts) Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra (featuring Stephen Riley)âBluu Afroo (SteepleChase) ⢠Dave DouglasâMarching Music (Greenleaf Music) ⢠Dezron Douglas/Brandee YoungerâForce Majeure (International Anthem) ⢠DuchessâLive at Jazz Standard (Anzic) ⢠Fabian DudekâCreating Meaning (Fixcel) Nick DunstonâAtlantic Abstraction (Live at Threes) (Out of Your Head) ⢠Kat EdmonsonâDreamers Do (Spinnerette) ⢠Espoo Big BandâEspoo Suite (Galileo) ⢠Peter EvansâStandards (More Is More) ⢠Peter Evans Being & BecomingâEponymous (More Is More) ⢠Joe Fiedlerâs Big SackbutâLive in Graz (Multiphonics Music) Fiil FreeâUnder Overfladen (s/r) ⢠The FlakeâPlays Clinkers (Amalgam) ⢠Ingebrigt HĂĽker FlatenâTil Anna (Sonic Transmissions)⢠Satoko Fujii Orchestra NYâEntity (Libra) ⢠Satoko Fujii/Natsuki TamuraâPentas (Not Two) ⢠Leo Genovese/Mariano Otero/Sergio VerdinelliâSin Tiempo (ears&eyes) Marshall GilkesâWaiting to Continue (s/r) ⢠Ben GoldbergâPlague Diary (BAG Prod.) ⢠GrencsĂł Collective Special 5 (with Ken Vandermark)âDo Not Slam The Door! (BMC Records) ⢠GRIDâDecomposing Force (NNA Tapes) ⢠Elisabeth Harnik/Paal Nilssen-LoveâTangram (Catalytic Sound) Alexander Hawkins/Tomeka ReidâShards and Constellations (Intakt) ⢠Jimmy HeathâLove Letters (Verve) ⢠Mark Helias/Tim BerneâBlood From A Stone (Radiolegs Music) ⢠Daniel HerskedalâCall For Winter (Edition) ⢠Peter HessâPresent Company (Diskonife) ⢠Jon PĂĽl Inderberg TrioâRadio Inderberg (AMP Music) Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton MarsalisâSherman Irbyâs Inferno (Blue Engine) ⢠Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton MarsalisâBlack, Brown and Beige (Blue Engine) ⢠Karuna TrioâImaginary Archipelago (Meta) ⢠Kirk KnuffkeâBrightness: Live in Amsterdam (Royal Potato Family) Krakow Improvisers OrchestraâKJO at Cricoteka (Not Two) ⢠Briggan KraussâThe Art of the Saxophone: Live at The Stone Brooklyn 2020 (s/r) ⢠Joachim KĂźhn & TrummerschlunkâPlaying Probabilities (ACT Music) ⢠JosĂŠ Lencastre/Jorge Nuno/Felipe Zenicola/JoĂŁo ValinhoâAnthropic Neglect (Clean Feed) Russ LossingâMood Suite (SteepleChase) ⢠Harold MabernâMabern Plays Mabern (Smoke Sessions) ⢠Jon Maksimowicz/Dmitrij GolovanovâBeyond (s/r) ⢠Billy MartinâGuilty (Amulet) ⢠Makaya McCravenâUniversal Beings E & F Sides (International Anthem) ⢠Mike McGinnisâTime is Thicker (Open Stream Music) Lisa MezzacappaâCosmicomics (Queen Bee) ⢠Hedvig MollestadâEkhidna (Rune Grammofon) ⢠Ra Kalam Bob MosesâThe Skies of Copenhagen (s/r) ⢠The NecksâThree (Northern-Spy) ⢠Sam NewsomeâSonic Journey (s/r) ⢠Sam NewsomeâFree Wyoming (s/r) ⢠Evan Parker/Paul LyttonâCollective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee) (Intakt) Evan Parker/Zlatko KauÄiÄâArkosberg (Klopotec) ⢠Valery PonomarevâOur Father Who Art Blakey: The Centennial (Summit) ⢠Bobby Previte/Jamie Saft/Nels ClineâMusic from the Early 21st Century (RareNoise) ⢠Bruno Räberg/Jason Robinson/Bob WeinerâThe Urgency of Now (Creative Nation Music) Enrico Rava/Matthew Herbert/Giovanni GuidiâFor Mario (Live) (Accidental) ⢠Eric RevisâSlipknots Through A Looking Glass (Pyroclastic) ⢠Steph RichardsâSupersense (Northern Spy) ⢠Howard RileyâMore Listening, More Hearing (SLAM) ⢠Stephen RileyâFriday The 13th (SteepleChase) Mara RosenbloomâRespiration (Fresh Sound-New Talent) ⢠Ana RuizâAnd The World Exploded Into Love (s/r) ⢠Terje RypdalâConspiracy (ECM) ⢠Angelica Sanchez/Marilyn CrispellâHow To Turn The Moon (Pyroclastic) ⢠Dave SewelsonâMore Music for a Free World (Mahakala Music) Matthew ShippâThe Unidentifiable (ESP-Diskâ) ⢠Matthew Shipp/Nate WooleyâWhat If? (RogueArt) ⢠Susana Santos SilvaâThe Same Is Always Different (s/r) ⢠Josh Sintonâs What Happens in a YearâcĂŠrĂŠmonie musique (FiP) ⢠Ăyvind Skarbø/Fredrik Ljungkvist/Kris Davis/Ole Morten VĂĽganâInland Empire (Clean Feed) Sonar (with David Torn)âTranceportation (Volume 2) (RareNoise) ⢠Esperanza Spalding/Fred HerschâLive at the Village Vanguard (s/r) ⢠Alister SpenceâWhirlpool (s/r) ⢠Vinnie Sperrazza/Jacob Sacks/Masa KamaguchiâPlay Sonny Rollins (Fresh Sound-New Talent) ⢠Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii/RamĂłn LĂłpezâMantle (Not Two) Etuk UbongâAfrica Today (Night Dreamer) ⢠Diego Urcola Quartet (featuring Paquito DâRivera)âEl Duelo (Sunnyside) ⢠Trevor WattsâThe Lockdown Solos (Hi4Head) ⢠Weisblat/Ralske/Lafkas/CappâTreatise on the Fragility of Knowledge (Noncept) ⢠Mike WestbrookâParis (ASC) ⢠TorbjĂśrn Zetterberg âAre You Happy? (Moserobie)
JUHANI AALTONEN, JONAS KULLHAMMAR, CHRISTIAN MEAAS SVENDSEN,
ILMARI HEIKINHEIMOâ The Father, the Sons & The Junnu (Moserobie)
DANIEL BINGERTâBerit in Space (Moserobie)
COLLOCUTORâContinuation (On The Corner)
ANDREA KELLERâJourney Home (s/r)
JON-ERIK KELLSOâSweet Fruits Salty Roots (Jazzology)
KIRK KNUFFKEâTight Like This (SteepleChase)
CHARLES LLOYDâ8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
BARRE PHILLIPSâThirty years in between (Les Disques Victo)
RUFUS REID/SULLIVAN FORTNERâAlways in The Moment (Newvelle)
MATT WILSON QUARTETâHug! (Palmetto)
âLaurence Donohue-Greene
JUHANI AALTONEN, JONAS KULLHAMMAR, CHRISTIAN MEAAS SVENDSEN,
ILMARI HEIKINHEIMOâ The Father, the Sons & The Junnu (Moserobie)
PETER EVANSâInto the Silence (More is More-Old Heaven)
FIRE! ORCHESTRAâActions (Rune Grammofon)
DAVID KRAKAUER/KATHLEEN TAGGâBreath & Hammer (Table Pounding)
CHARLES LLOYDâ8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
MIKLĂS LUKĂCS CIMBIOSIS TRIOâMusic From the Solitude of Timeless Minutes (BMC Records)
LUCA T. MAIâHeavenly Guide (Trost)
GARD NILSSEN SUPERSONIC ORCHESTRAâIf You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours (Odin)
BARRE PHILLIPSâThirty years in between (Les Disques Victo)
MATT WILSON QUARTETâHug! (Palmetto)
âAndrey Henkin
ALBUMS OF THE YEAR MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORIES OF THE YEAR
THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORDLAKECIA BENJAMIN (saxophone)
TIM BERNE (saxophone)MATS GUSTAFSSON (saxophone)
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS (saxophone)CHARLES LLOYD (saxophone)
EMMET COHEN (piano)KARL EVANGELISTA (guitar)SULLIVAN FORTNER (piano)
HEDVIG MOLLESTAD (guitar)LUKE STEWART (bass)
BMC RECORDS (bmcrecords.hu)INTAKT (intaktrec.ch)
NOT TWO (nottwo.com)STEEPLECHASE (steeplechase.dk)
SUNNYSIDE (sunnysiderecords.com)
SOLO RECORDINGSCHRIS CORSANOâMezzaluna (Catalytic Sound)
SIGURD HOLEâLys / Mørke ( Light / Darkness ) (s/r)HERMIONE JOHNSONâTremble (Relative Pitch)
LUCA T. MAIâHeavenly Guide (Trost)MATTHEW SHIPPâThe Piano Equation (Tao Forms)
LATIN RELEASESROBBY AMEENâDiluvio (Origin)RAY MANTILLAâRebirth (Savant)
JOSĂ RIZOâS MONGORAMAâMariposas Cantan (Saungu)GONZALO RUBALCABA/AYMĂE NUVIOLAâ
Viento y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo (Top Stop Music)PAPO VĂZQUEZ MIGHTY PIRATES
TROUBADOURSâChapter 10: Breaking Cover (Picaro)
VOCAL RELEASESLUCIA CADOTSCHâSpeak Low II (We Jazz)
YOON SUN CHOI/JACOB SACKSâI Should Care (Yeah Yeah)
JAY CLAYTON/JERRY GRANELLIâ Alone Together (Sunnyside)
COSMIC VIBRATIONS FT. DWIGHT TRIBLEâPathways & Passages (Spiritmuse)ARCHIE SHEPP, RAW POETIC,
DAMU THE FUDGEMUNKâOcean Bridges (Redefinition)
LIVE ALBUMSMATS GUSTAFSSONâPadova Solo (Catalytic Sound)
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS/CHAD TAYLORâLive in Willisau (Intakt)
CHARLES LLOYDâ8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
BARRE PHILLIPSâThirty years in between (Les Disques Victo)MARTIAL SOLAL/DAVE LIEBMANâ
Masters in Paris (Sunnyside)
BOXED SETSPAUL DESMONDâThe Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings
(Mosaic)CHARLES LLOYDâ8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero)
(Blue Note)MODERN JAZZ QUINTET KARLSRUHE/
FOUR MEN ONLYâComplete Recordings (NoBusiness)CHARLIE PARKERâThe Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP
Collection (Verve)VARIOUS ARTISTSâNot Two... but Twenty (Not Two)
JAZZ BOOKSTHE ART OF JAZZ
Alyn Shipton (Penguin/Random House)BETTER DAYS WILL COME AGAIN: THE LIFE OF
ARTHUR BRIGGS, JAZZ GENIUS OF HARLEM, PARIS AND A NAZI PRISON CAMP
Travis Atria (Chicago Review Press)JAZZ IMAGES BY FRANCIS WOLFF
(Elemental Music)PLAY THE WAY YOU FEEL: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE
TO JAZZ STORIES ON FILMKevin Whitehead (Oxford University Press)
SITTINâ IN: JAZZ CLUBS OF THE 1940S AND 1950SJeff Gold (Harper Design)
LARGE ENSEMBLE RELEASESAARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRAâFaces of Souls (Leo)
FIRE! ORCHESTRAâActions (Rune Grammofon)JACOB GARCHIKâClear Line (Yestereve)
GARD NILSSEN SUPERSONIC ORCHESTRAâIf You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours (Odin)
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRAâ Data Lords (ArtistShare)
UNEARTHED GEMSART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERSâ
Just Coolinâ (Blue Note)ELLA FITZGERALDâThe Lost Berlin Tapes (Verve)LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRAâ
That Time (Not Two)CHARLES MINGUSâ@ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)ALAN WAKEMANâThe Octet Broadcasts (1969 and 1979)
(Gearbox)
TRIBUTESLAKECIA BENJAMINâ
Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)RAOUL BJĂRKENHEIMâSolar Winds (Long Song)FIRE! ORCHESTRAâActions (Rune Grammofon)
KRISTJAN RANDALU/DAVE LIEBMANâMussorgsky Pictures Revisited (BMC Records)
JOHN SCOFIELDâSwallow Tales (ECM)
DEBUTSMWATA BOWDENâ1 Foot In 1 Foot Out (Asian Improv)
KARL EVANGELISTAâApura! (Astral Spirits)ANTTI LĂTJĂNENâQuintet East (We Jazz)
LUCA T. MAIâHeavenly Guide (Trost)JORGE ROEDERâEl Suelo MĂo (s/r)
REISSUESRASHIED ALI/FRANK LOWEâDuo Exchange (Survival)
DAVE BRUBECK TRIO (FEATURING GERRY MULLIGAN)âCompadres (Recorded Live in Mexico)
(Columbia-Speakers Corner)ERROLL GARNERâThatâs My Kick
(Mack Avenue-Octave Music)MODERN JAZZ QUINTET KARLSRUHE/
FOUR MEN ONLYâComplete Recordings (NoBusiness)MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI NEW DIRECTION UNITâ
Axis/Another Revolvable Thing (In Concert) (Offbeat-Blank Forms Editions)
MUSICIANS OF THE YEAR
UP-AND-COMERS OF THE YEAR
LABELS OF THE YEAR
IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDSâShaman!
(Strut)
CYANOTYPEâ Birdsongs of the Necromancer
(Out & Gone Music)
NUBYA GARCIAâ SOURCE (Concord)
JERRY GRANELLIâ Plays Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison
(RareNoise)
PETER EVANSâ Into the Silence
(More is More-Old Heaven)
ORIGINAL ALBUM ARTWORK