NOTABLE 2016 RELEASES
Harry Allen's All Star New York Saxophone Band, The Candy Men (Arbors Records) Albert Ayler, Bells/Prophecy: Expanded Edition (Esp Disk Ltd.)
Harry Appelman, Freehand (HarryAppelman.com)
Allison Au Quartet, Forest Grove (Allison Au Quartet)
The Bad Plus, It's Hard (Sony Masterworks)
Nicolas Bearde, Invitation (Right Groove Records)
Maya Beiser, Trance Classical (Innova)
Michael Blum Quartet Chasin’ Oscar: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson (Michael Blum Music)
Cristina Braga, Whisper & Brandenburger Symphoniker (ENJA)
Joshua Breakstone, 88 (Capri)
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Oddara (Linus Entertainment)
George Burton, The Truth of What I Am: The Narcissist (Inner Circle Music)
Uri Caine, Calibrated Thickness (816 Music)
Club d’Elf & John Medeski, Live at Club Helsinki (Face Pelt Records)
Richie Cole, Plays Ballads & Love Songs (Richie Cole)
Joanna Connor, Six String Stories (M.C. Records)
Roxy Coss, Restless Idealism (Artist)
Natalie Cressman and Mike Bono, Etchings In Amber (Cressman Music)
Jim Cullum Jazz Band, Porgy And Bess Live (Riverwalk)
Barbara Dane, with Tammy Hall, Throw It Away (Dreadnaught Music)
Laurie Dapice, Parting the Veil (LaurieDapice.com)
Caroline Davis, Doors, Chicago Storylines (Ears & Eyes)
Jack DeJohnette, Return (Newvelle Records) LP
Dwiki Dharmawan, Pasar Klewer (Moonjune Records)
Echoes of Swing, Dancing (ACT Music)
Ellery Eskelin, Christian Weber, Michael Griener, Sensations of Tone (Intakt)
Kali Z Fasteau, Intuit (Kalimuse.com)
The Fat Babies, Solid Gassuh (Delmark)
Jonathan Finlayson and Sicilian Defense, Moving Still (PI Recordings)
Letizia Gambi, Blue Monday (ArtistShare)
Mary Halvorson Octet, Away With You (Firehouse 12 Records)
Fred Hersch, Sunday Night at the Vanguard (Palmetto Records)
Marika Hughes, New York Nostalgia (Marika Hughes)
Mimi Jones, Feet in the Mud (Hot Tone Music)
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, All My Yesterdays: The Debut 1966 Village Vanguard Recordings (Resonance Records)
Kaia Kater, Nine Pin (Kingswood Records)
Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, and Jeff Hirshfield, Solstice, (Pirouet Records)
Dave Liebman Group, Expansions Live (Whaling City Sound)
Daphna Levy and Lew Tabackin, Late Night Journey (Daphna Levy)
Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble, Sing Me Home (Sony Masterworks)
Roberto Magris, Need to Bring out Love (JMood)
Hendrik Meurkens, Harmonicus Rex (Height Advantage)
Blue Mitchell & Sonny Red, Baltimore 1966 (Uptown Jazz)
Jane Monheit, Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (Emerald City Records)
Joyce Moreno-Kenny Werner, Poesia (Pirouet Records)
Roberto Negro Trio, Luna di Wuxi (Tricollectif)
Roberta Piket, One for Marian: Celebrating Marian McPartland (Thirteenth Note Records)
Ana Popovic, Trilogy (Artistexclusive Records)
Rova Orkestrova, No Favorites! For Lawrence “Butch” Morris (New World Records)
Noah Preminger, Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (Noah Preminger)
Professor Longhair, Live in Chicago (Orleans)
Roswell Rudd with Jamie Saft, Strength & Power (Rarenoise Records)
Wolfgang Schalk, From Here to There (Frame Up Music)
Yotam Silberstein, The Village (Jazz & People)
Jeri Southern, Blue Note, Chicago March 1956 (Uptown Jazz)
Norbert Stein & Pata Messengers, Friends & Dragons (Pata Music)
Karolina Strassmayer, Of Mystery and Beauty (Lilypad Music)
Various Artists, Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)
Yago Vazquez, Beekman Vol. 02 (ropeadope)
The Westerlies, The Westerlies (Songlines)
Randy Weston, African Nubian Suite (African Rhythms)