Jazz

JD Allen, Graffiti (Savant) The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (Nonesuch) David Berkman, Old Friends and New Friends (Palmetto) Andrew Bishop, De Profundis (Envoi) Hayden Chisholm, Breve (Pirouet) Kris Davis Infrasound, Save Your Breath (Clean Feed) Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, Family First (Beat Music) Makaya McCraven, In the Moment (International Anthem) Billy Mintz, The 2 Bass Band… Live (Thirteenth Note) Maria

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Tim Berne’s Snakeoil, You’ve Been Watching Me (ECM) Anat Cohen, Luminosa (Anzic) Steve Coleman and the Council of Balance, Synovial Joints (Pi) Erik Friedlander, Illuminations: A Suite for Solo Cello (Skipstone) Pedro Giraudo Big Band, Cuentos (Zoho) Ghost Train Orchestra, Hot Town (Accurate) Marty Grosz Meets the Fat Babies, Diga Diga Doo: Hot Music from Chicago (Delmark) Ross Hammond, Flight

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Jovan Alexandre, Collective Consciousness (Xippi) Stephan Crump & Mary Halvorson (Secret Keeper), Emerge (Intakt) Harris Eisenstadt, Golden State II (Songlines) James Falzone’s Renga Ensemble, The Room Is (Allos) Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas, Sound Prints (Blue Note) Myra Melford, Snowy Egret (Enja) PRISM Quartet, Heritage/Evolution (Innova) Reggie Quinerly, Invictus (Redefinition) Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color: Live at

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Aidan Carroll, Original Vision (Truth Revolution/Lyte) Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM) Duchess (Anzic) Jozef Dumoulin & The Red Hill Orchestra, Trust (Yolk) Fresh Cut Orchestra, From the Vine (ind.) Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band, Köln (Alternate Side) Albert “Tootie” Heath/Ethan Iverson/Ben Street, Philadelphia Beat (Sunnyside) Julian Lage, World’s Fair (Modern Lore) Alex Norris Organ Quartet, Extension Deadline (BJU)

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Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet, Intents and Purposes (Enja) Lotte Anker, What River Is This (ILK) Andy Brown, Soloist (Delmark) Ben Goldberg, Orphic Machine (BAG Productions) Allan Harris, Black Bar Jukebox (Love Productions) Vijay Iyer Trio, Break Stuff (ECM) Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT) Chris Potter Underground Orchestra, Imaginary Cities (ECM) Joe Sample & NDR Big Band, Children of the Sun

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Addison Frei, Intentions (Armored) Art Hirahara, Libations & Meditations (Posi-Tone) Wayne Horvitz & The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, At the Reception (Songlines) Justin Kauflin, Dedication (Jazz Village) Tony Malaby’s Tubacello, Scorpion Eater (Clean Feed) Jack Mouse & Scott Robinson, Snakeheads & Ladybugs (Tall Grass) Sam Newsome, The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation (ind.) Chris Potter Underground

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Michael Blake, Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside) Jimmy Greene, A Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue) Louis Hayes, Return of the Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions) Owen Howard, Drum Lore Vol. 2: More Lore (BJU) Dave Liebman’s Expansions, Samsara (Whaling City) David Ryshpan, Alicuanta (ind.) Dayna Stephens, Peace (Sunnyside) Lennie Tristano, Chicago April 1951 (Uptown) Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Over Time: Music of Bob Brookmeyer (Planet

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This review appears in the November 2014 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Bobby Avey Authority Melts From Me (Whirlwind) By David R. Adler Inspired by a visit to Haiti in 2012, pianist Bobby Avey sought to develop his own musical response to the voudou drumming ensembles he studied. The result is Authority Melts From Me, featuring

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