Some 2024 favorites

NEW ALBUMS (alphabetical)

• Peter Bernstein, Better Angels (Smoke Sessions) →
• John Escreet, The Epicenter of Your Dreams (Blue Room Music) →
• Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani) →
• Bill Frisell, Orchestras (Blue Note) →
• Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note) →
• Brian Landrus, Plays Ellington & Strayhorn (Palmetto) →
• Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
• One for All, Big George (Smoke Sessions) →
• Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) →
• Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note) →

REISSUES/ARCHIVAL

1. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
2. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
3. Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
4. John Abercrombie-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette, Gateway (1975, ECM) →
5. Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound) →

VOCAL

• Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
• Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition) →
• Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, Wildflowers Vol. 2 (Edition) →

LATIN

• Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
• Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
• Diego Rivera, Ofendra (Posi-Tone) →