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The New York City Jazz Record BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 BEST OF 2018 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR CONCERTS OF THE YEAR MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORIES OF THE YEAR IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS— NELS CLINE TRIO PETER EVANS/AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE An Angel Fell (Strut) Chris Lightcap, Tom Rainey January 16th, The Stone UNEARTHED GEMS BOXED SETS TRIBUTES SYLVIE COURVOISIER TRIO—D’Agala (Intakt) January 3rd, Bar Lunàtico JOHN COLTRANE— ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO— FRANK KIMBROUGH—Monk’s Dreams: The Complete DON MENZA QUARTET Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album (Impulse-Verve) And Associated Ensembles (ECM) Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside) DAVE HOLLAND—Uncharted Territories (Dare2) JAMES BRANDON LEWIS UNRULY NOTES Frank Kimbrough, Ed Howard, Bernd Reiter LEE KONITZ/DAN TEPFER—Decade (Impulse) Jaimie Branch, Anthony Pirog, Luke Stewart, Warren Trae Crudup January 20th, Jazz at Kitano JOHNNY MBIZO DYANI—African Bass (Solo Concert: FRANK KIMBROUGH—Monk’s Dreams: The Complete GREGORY LEWIS—Organ Monk Blue (s/r) Willisau Jazz Festival 1978) (Sing a Song Fighter) Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside) MICHAEL LEONHART ORCHESTRA— January 12th, Winter Jazzfest, Zinc Bar DAVE LIEBMAN/JOHN STOWELL— The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside) JOHN ABERCROMBIE “TIMELESS, A TRIBUTE” THELONIOUS MONK—Mønk (Gearbox) DON RENDELL/IAN CARR QUINTET— Petite Fleur: The Music of Sidney Bechet (Origin) KRIS DAVIS/CRAIG TABORN Joey Baron, Randy Brecker, Nels Cline, Marc Copland, WES MONTGOMERY— The Complete Lansdowne Recordings (1965-1969) (Jazzman) BRIAN MARSELLA TRIO— JOHAN LINDSTRÖM SEPTETT— February 15th, Issue Project Room Jack DeJohnette, Eliane Elias, Peter Erskine, Mark Feldman, Music For Empty Halls (Moserobie) In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording(Resonance) TEDDY WILSON—Classic Brunswick & Columbia Teddy Outspoken: The Music of the Legendary Hasaan (Tzadik) Bill Frisell, Drew Gress, Billy Hart, Marc Johnson, Dave Liebman, Wilson Sessions (1934-1942) (Mosaic) BRIAN MARSELLA TRIO— BEN PEROWSKY Joe Lovano, Thomas Morgan, Adam Nussbaum, John Scofield ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH/AKI TAKASE— MILES OKAZAKI—WORK (The Complete Compositions Outspoken: The Music of the Legendary Hasaan (Tzadik) David Tronzo, John Medeski and guest Mike Rivard March 26th, Roulette Live at Café Amores (NoBusiness) VARIOUS ARTISTS—The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic) of Thelonious Monk) (s/r) CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE—New Jawn March 15th, The Stone at The New School (Mack Avenue-Brother Mister Prod.) EVAN PARKER/NED ROTHENBERG RYAN TRUESDELL’S GIL EVANS PROJECT April 5th, Zürcher Gallery LATIN RELEASES ORIGINAL ALBUM ARTWORK DEBUTS THUMBSCREW—Theirs (Cuneiform) “PORGY AND BESS 60TH ANNIVERSARY” FERNANDO GARCÍA—Guasábara Puerto Rico (ZOHO) IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS—An Angel Fell (Strut) JOHAN GRADEN—Olägenheter (Moserobie) JOHN ZORN—In a Convex Mirror (Tzadik) FEATURING SCOTT ROBINSON AMIR ELSAFFAR, OLE MATHISEN, TOMAS FUJIWARA CARLOS HENRIQUEZ—Dizzy Con Clave JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION ADAM HOPKINS—Crickets (Out of Your Head) May 19th, Jazz Standard April 11th, The Stone at The New School —Laurence Donohue-Greene (Live From Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola) (RodBros Music) (WITH JIMMY HERRING & THE INVISIBLE WHIP)— MATTIAS RISBERG—Stamps (Clean Feed) Live in San Francisco (Abstract Logix) THUMBSCREW DAN WEISS STAREBABY ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ PHIL STEWART—Melodious Drum (Cellar Live) ARILD ANDERSEN—In-House Science (ECM) ORCHESTRA—Fandango at the Wall: A Soundtrack for The RAFAL SARNECKI—Climbing Trees (Outside In Music) Michael Formanek, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara Craig Taborn, Matt Mitchell, Ben Monder, Trevor Dunn GABRIEL ZUCKER—Weighting (ESP-Disk´) NELS CLINE 4—Currents, Constellations (Blue Note) July 17th, Village Vanguard September 19th, Nublu 151 United States, Mexico and Beyond (Resilience Music Alliance) SONS OF KEMET—Your Queen Is A Reptile (Impulse) PHILLIP JOHNSTON—The Adventures of Prince Achmed FRAN VIELMA AND HIS VENEZUELAN VARIOUS ARTISTS— (Asynchronous) FRED HERSCH TRIO SOFT MACHINE JAZZ COLLECTIVE—Tendencias (Papelón) A Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper (Impulse) John Hébert, Eric McPherson John Etheridge, Theo Travis, Roy Babbington, John Marshall REISSUES LEE KONITZ/DAN TEPFER—Decade (Impulse) DAVID VIRELLES—Igbó Alákorin (The Singer’s Grove) ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO— July 29th, Village Vanguard Oct 14th, Iridium Vol. I & II (Pi/El Tivoli Music) KUKURUZ QUARTET— LIVE ALBUMS A Jackson In Your House (AECO) Julius Eastman Piano Interpretations (Intakt) IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS ROY NATHANSON/ARTURO O’FARRILL ALAN BRAUFMAN—Valley of Search Sandra Poindexter, Skyler Stover, David Molina, November 8th, Bar Lunàtico CYRILLE AIMÉE—Cyrille Aimée Live (Mack Avenue) JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION (India Navigation-Valley of Search) George Hearst, Bradie Speller, Margaux Simmons, Lady Kube VOCAL RELEASES (WITH JIMMY HERRING & THE INVISIBLE WHIP)— ARILD ANDERSEN—In-House Science (ECM) C C CYRILLE AIMÉE—Cyrille Aimée Live (Mack Avenue) JOE M PHEE—The Willisau Concert Live in San Francisco (Abstract Logix) October 4th, Blank Forms Artists Space MAKAYA M CRAVEN UNIVERSAL BEINGS Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Josh Johnson, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION (hatHUT-Corbett vs. Dempsey) TONY BENNETT & DIANA KRALL— (WITH JIMMY HERRING & THE INVISIBLE WHIP)— GARD NILSSEN’S ACOUSTIC UNITY— SOFT MACHINE Brandee Younger, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Jeff Parker, Love is Here to Stay (Verve/Columbia) MISHA MENGELBERG—Pech Onderweg (BVHaast-ICP) Live in Europe (Clean Feed) John Etheridge, Theo Travis, Roy Babbington, John Marshall Joel Ross, Dezron Douglas, Junius Paul, Carlos Niño Live in San Francisco (Abstract Logix) KAT EDMONSON—Old Fashioned Gal (Spinnerette) MISHA MENGELBERG, PETER BRÖTZMANN, BARRE PHILLIPS—End To End (ECM) October 13th, Iridium December 2nd, Le Poisson Rouge GARD NILSSEN’S ACOUSTIC UNITY— EVAN PARKER, PETER BENNINK, PAUL RUTHERFORD, CHAMPIAN FULTON—The Stylings of Champian (s/r) Live in Europe (Clean Feed) MARC SINAN/OGUZ BÜYÜKBERBER—White (ECM) DEREK BAILEY, HAN BENNINK— MARS WILLIAMS “AN AYLER XMAS” PETER BERNSTEIN QUARTET CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT—The Window (Mack Avenue) EVAN PARKER/BARRY GUY/PAUL LYTTON— Groupcomposing (ICP-Corbett vs. Dempsey) ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH Nels Cline, Steve Swell, Tomeka Reid, Hilliard Greene, Chris Corsano Sullivan Fortner, Doug Weiss, Leon Parker Music for David Mossman (Live at Vortex London) (Intakt) GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA— November 27th, The Stone at The New School December 6th, Village Vanguard Globe Unity: 50 Years (Intakt) —Laurence Donohue-Greene —Andrey Henkin LARGE ENSEMBLE RELEASES JAZZ BOOKS —Andrey Henkin ORRIN EVANS AND THE CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND— SOLO RECORDINGS Art Kane Harlem 1958: 60th Anniversary Edition Presence (Smoke Sessions) SIGURD HOLE—Elvesang (Elvesang) (Wall of Sound Editions) MICHAEL LEONHART ORCHESTRA— MILES OKAZAKI—WORK (The Complete Compositions of History of European Jazz (Edited by Francesco Martinelli) MUSICIANS OF THE YEAR VENUES OF THE YEAR LABELS OF THE YEAR The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside) Thelonious Monk) (s/r) (Equinox Publishing) JIM MCNEELY/FRANKFURT RADIO BIG BAND— BARRE PHILLIPS—End To End (ECM) Jazz in China: From Dance Hall Music to Individual Freedom of NELS CLINE (guitar) BAR LUNÀTICO (Stuyvesant Heights) CLEAN FEED (cleanfeed-records.com) Barefoot Dances and Other Visions (Planet Arts) MARTIAL SOLAL—My One and Only Love (Intuition) Expression by Eugene Marlow (University Press of Mississippi) SATOKO FUJII (piano) THE JAZZ GALLERY (Korea Town) CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY (corbettvsdempsey.com) HENRY THREADGILL 14 OR 15 KESTRA: AGG— LISA ULLÉN—Piano Works (Disorder) Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon MARY HALVORSON (guitar) JAZZ STANDARD (Gramercy) ECM (ecmrecords.com) Dirt... And More Dirt (Pi) by Maxine Gordon (University of California Press) CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE (bass) THE STONE AT THE NEW SCHOOL (West Village) INTAKT (intaktrec.ch) ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH Tropical Riffs: Latin America and the Politics of Jazz JOEL ROSS (vibraphone) VILLAGE VANGUARD (West Village) TZADIK (tzadik.com) GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA— by Jason Borge (Duke University Press) Globe Unity: 50 Years (Intakt) HONORABLE MENTIONS—NEW RELEASES Juhani Aaltonen/Raoul Björkenheim—Awakening (Eclipse Music) • ABIAH—ABIAH sings NINA (Madoh Music Group) • JD Allen—Lovestone (Savant) • AMM—An Unintended Legacy (Matchless) • Hearts and Minds—Electroradiance (Astral Spirits) • Angles 3—Parede (Clean Feed) • Bad Luck—Four (Origin) Duck Baker—Plays Monk (Triple Point) • Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell—Angel Dusk (Screwgun/Knuckles) • Samuel Blaser—Early in the Mornin’ (OutNote/Outhere) • Jakob Bro—Returnings (ECM) • Aaron Burnett—Digital Light (moreismore) • David Byrd-Marrow/Peter Evans—Eye of the Mind (moreismore) Daniel Carter/William Parker/Matthew Shipp—Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity) • David Chesky—Aural Paintings (Chesky) • Chicago Edge Ensemble—Insidious Anthem (Trost) • Musæum Clausum—En/Musæum Clausum (Umlaut) • Steve Coleman and Five Elements—Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi) Jeremiah Cymerman—Decay of the Angel (5049 Records) • Andrew Cyrille/Wadada Leo Smith/Bill Frisell—Lebroba (ECM) • Benoît Delbecq 4—Spots on Stripes (Clean Feed) • Michael Dessen Trio—Somewhere in the Upstream (Clean Feed) • Robert Dick/Tiffany Chang—Raise the River (Rogue Art) Pierre Dørge—Soundscapes (SteepleChase) • Hamid Drake/Ralph M. Jones/Adam Rudolph—Karuna (META)
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