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| 1 | Steve Lehman | Mise En Abime | "A state-of-the-art musical thinker, a composer of high academic credentials and complex algorithm, but he has a true affinity for postwar jazz modernism, as a benchmark and a literature." The New York Times | ||
| 2 | Sonny Rollins | Roadshows Volume 3 | "Rollins does it because he is convinced he can only play his best before a live audience, improvising from scratch, without the safety net of a studio. This third volume of his Road Shows series, recorded between 2001 and 2012 in various venues stretching from France to Japan, is exceptional, even for him." The Guardian | ||
| 3 | Wadada Leo Smith | The Great Lakes Suites | "This is perfectly balanced music with heavy input between four improvising and interpretive masters, no one dominates but each one consistently soars. If you're new to Smith's music, The Great Lakes Suites is a perfect place to start." allaboutjazz | ||
| 4 | Ambrose Akinmusire | The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint | "Ambrose Akinmusire, with his two most recent recordings, stakes a claim as one of the very best musicians in jazz--or any other style of music. He won't be contained. Neither will your emotions as you soak up this daring, fulfilling, perfectly crafted 80 minutes of music." Pop Matters | ||
| 5 | Mark Turner | Lathe Of Heaven | "Lathe of Heaven is a master-class in melody and control; it develops carefully and slowly, and nothing is wasted - there is no bluster. This is a virtuosic, personal and moving record, which reveals deeper levels of meaning with each listen." London Jazz News | ||
| 6 | Christine Jensen | Habitat | "With a career path that, from Collage to Treelines, moved in a corresponding upward direction, with the even more impressive Habitat, Jensen's trajectory has just taken a quantum leap forward." All About Jazz | ||
| 7 | Mark Ribot | Live At The Village Vanguard | "Some is raucous and some is tender, but it's all about what's real and feeling. ... Mark Ribot works in the hot, driving current of that tradition on Live at the Village Vanguard, which means that the recording easily earns its historically notable title." PopMatters | ||
| 8 | Jason Moran | All Rise: A Joyful Elegy To Fats Waller | "This set manages to be reverent to Waller's original recordings, but since facsimile was never the goal, it also manages to create a completely new veneer for them, and the end result is a marvelous tribute that still retains its own shape and coherency." All Music Guide | ||
| 9 | Brian Blade | Landmarks | "Blending folkloric references, hints of church and spiritual concerns, jazz modality and countrified touchstones, Landmarks is the perfect name for Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band's fourth album; beyond its meaning to the group, it truly is yet another landmark recording in the core quintet's evolutionary travels." All About Jazz | ||
| 10 | Kenny Barron & Dave Holland | The Art Of Conversation | "Witty, intelligent chat with many heartfelt, shared intimacies, all gorgeously articulated. The finest jazz musician to come out of the West Midlands, bassist Dave Holland, gets together with pianist Kenny Barron for a set of their own compositions plus some Monk, Charlie Parker and Strayhorn/Ellington." The Jazz Breakfest | ||
| 11 | Jane Ira Bloom | Sixteen Sunsets | |||
| 12 | Miguel Zenon | Identities Are Changeable | |||
| 13 | Bad Plus | The Rite Of Spring | |||
| 14 | Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden | Last Dance | |||
| 15 | David Virelles | Mboko | |||
| 16 | Nels Cline Singers | Macroscope | |||
| 17 | Tyshawn Sorey | Alloy | |||
| 18 | Vanguard Jazz Orchestra | Over Time: The Music Of Bob Brookmeyer | |||
| 19 | Tom Harrell | Trip | |||
| 20 | Chick Corea | Trilogy | |||
| 21 | Fred Hersch | Floating | |||
| 22 | Marty Ehrlich | A Trumpet In The Morning | |||
| 23 | Jeff Ballard | Time's Tales | |||
| 24 | Vijay Iyer | Mutations | |||
| 25 | Mary Halvorson- Michael Formanek- Tomas Fujiwara | Thumbscrew | |||
| 26 | Trio 3 & Vijay Iyer | Wiring | |||
| 27 | Matt Wilson + John Medeski | Gathering Call | |||
| 28 | Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach | So Long Eric ! Homage To Eric Dolphy | |||
| 29 | Avishai Cohen | Dark Knights | |||
| 30 | Billy Hart | One Is The Other | |||
| 31 | Eric Revis | In Memory Of Things Yet Seen | |||
| 32 | Catherine Russell | Bring It Back | |||
| 33 | Jason Roebke | High Red Center | |||
| 34 | Ralph Towner/Wolfgang Muthspiel/Slava Grigoryan | Travel Guide | |||
| 35 | Anthony Braxton | Duo | |||
| 36 | Romero Lubambo | So: Brazilian Essence | |||
| 37 | John Abercrombie Quartet | 39 Steps | |||
| 38 | Afro Bop Alliance | Angel Eyes | |||
| 39 | JD Allen | Bloom | |||
| 40 | Frank Kimbrough | Quartet | |||
| 41 | Rodrigo Amarante | Cavalo | |||
| 42 | AMM | Place Sub. V. | |||
| 43 | Hafez Modirzadeh | In Convergence Liberation | |||
| 44 | Bobby Avey | Authority Melts From Me | |||
| 45 | Nels Cline & Julian Lage | Room | |||
| 46 | Peter Bernstein | Solo Guitar (Live At Smalls) | |||
| 47 | Joshua Breakstone | With The Wind And The Rain | |||
| 48 | Jason Adasiewicz | From The Region | |||
| 49 | Jakob Bro | December Song | |||
| 50 | Roseanne Cash | The River & The Thread | |||
| 51 | Joshua Redman | Trios Live | |||
| 52 | Jimmy Cobb | The Original Mob | |||
| 53 | Yosvany Terry | New Throned King | |||
| 54 | Greg Cohen | Golden State | |||
| 55 | Oran Etkin | Gathering Light | |||
| 56 | James Brandon Lewis | Divine Travels | |||
| 57 | Lee Fields & The Expressions | Emma Jean | |||
| 58 | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | Life In The Bubble | |||
| 59 | Cookers | Time And Time Again | |||
| 60 | Tord Gustavsen Quartet | Extended Circle | |||
| 61 | Darryl Harper | The Need's Got To Be So Deep | |||
| 62 | Darius Jones | The Oversoul Manual | |||
| 63 | Elias Haslanger | Live At The Gallery | |||
| 64 | Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein | Viper's Drag | |||
| 65 | Hush Point | Blues And Reds | |||
| 66 | Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra | Second Wind: A Tribute To The Music Of Bill Evans | |||
| 67 | Path Metheny | Kin | |||
| 68 | Anne Mette Iversen's Double Life | So Many Roads | |||
| 69 | Richard Leo Johnson | Celeste | |||
| 70 | Melissa Aldana | Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio | |||
| 71 | Russ Johnson | Meeting Point | |||
| 72 | L.A. 6 | Frame Of Mind | |||
| 73 | Farmers By Nature | Love And Ghosts | |||
| 74 | Azar Lawrence | The Seeker | |||
| 75 | Karen Mantler | Business Is Bad | |||
| 76 | Arturo O'Farrill | The Offensive Of The Drum | |||
| 77 | Ellis Marsalis Trio | On The Second Occasion | |||
| 78 | Emilia Martensson | Ana | |||
| 79 | Sean Jones | Improvise Never Before Seen | |||
| 80 | Mike McGinnis +9 | Road Trip | |||
| 81 | Jazz Orchestra | Strength In Numbers | |||
| 82 | Dave Douglas & Uri Caine | Present Joys | |||
| 83 | John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension | The Boston Record | |||
| 84 | Mostly Other People Do The Killing | Blue | |||
| 85 | Ideal Bread | Beating The Teens | |||
| 86 | Mary Halvorson | Reverse Blue |