Best 20 Jazz Releases of 2016

Greg Ward & 10 Tongues - Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf Music)

JD Allen - Americana Musings on Jazz and Blues (Savant)

Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison - In Movement (ECM Records)

Andrew Cyrille Quartet - The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM Records)

Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilan Defense - Moving Still (PI Recordings)

Jaimeo Brown Transcendence - Work Songs (Motéma Music)

Jeff Parker - The New Breed (International Anthem Recording Co.)

The Claudia Quintet: Super Petite  (Cuneiform Records)

Kenny Barron - Book of Intuition (Impulse)

Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith,-  A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM Records)

Craig Taborn/Christian McBride/Tshawn Sorey/John Zorn - Flaga Book of Angels Volume 27  (Tzadik Records)

Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus - The Distance (ECM Records)

Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow - Andando El Tiempo (ECM Records)

James Ira Bloom - Early Americans (Outline)

Ed Cherry - Soultree (Posi-Tone Records)

Lori Bell - Brooklyn Dreaming (CD Baby)

Renee Rosnes - Written in the Rocks (Smoke Sessions Records)

Rene Marie - Sound of Red (Motema Music)

Tierney Sutton Band - The Sting Variations (BRM Jazz)

Cory Weeds Quintet - It's Easy to Remember (Cellar Live)