My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, May 2013: JD Allen, Grace (Savant) Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Functional Arrhythmias (Pi) Kris Davis, Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed) Jason Mears Electric Quintet, Book of Changes: Part I (Prefecture) O’Farrill Brothers Band, Sensing Light (Zoho) Thiefs (Melanine Harmonique)
In case you missed the last one… Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter One: Les Gens de Couleur Libres (Constellation) Louie Belogenis Trio, Tiresias (Porter) Tom Harrell, The Time of the Sun (HighNote) Diego Barber, The Choice (Sunnyside) JD Allen Trio, Victory! (Sunnyside) Itai Kriss, The Shark (ind.)