John Chacona

Erie (PA) Times-News, All About Jazz, PostGenre Media and blogger at let's call this

Ten favorite new releases

1. Amyrillis and Belladonna Mary Halvorson (Nonesuch)
2. Ghost Song, Cécile McLorin Salvant (Nonesuch)
3. For The Love Of Fire And Water, Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet (RogueArt)
4. Other Zones, Michael Formanek Quartet (Circular File Records)
5. Séances, Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre (Pyroclastic Records)
6. The Bottom, Luke Stewart's Silt Trio (Cuneiform)
7. Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
8. John Escreet, Seismic Shift (Whirlwind Records)
9. Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra with Catherine Russell, Good Time Music: Community Music, Vol. 2 (Royal Potato Family)
10. Dan Weiss Trio, Dedication (Cygnus)
    

Reissues or Historical albums

1.     Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert (Oblivion Records)
2.     Albert Ayler, Revelations (Elemental Music)
3.     Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective Records)

Best vocal album

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song, (Nonesuch)

Best debut album

Julieta Eugenio,  JUMP (Greenleaf Music)

Best Latin jazz CD

Miguel Zenón, Música de Las Américas (Miel Music)