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- Chris Potter - Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard
- yellowjackets-Time Squared
- Otiel and the Peacemakers-Family Secret
- Dietrich Eichmann / Jeff Arnal - The Temperature Dropped Again
- Ralph Irizarry & Timbalaye: It's Time!
- Recent Matchlesses
- George Coleman - At Yoshi's
- Greg Osby - Public
- Eliane Elias - Dreamer
- Josh Roseman Unit - Treats for the Nightwalker
- John Zorn - 50th Birthday Celebration Series
- Two Sounds Ensemble - Inversions
- David Murray - Gwotet
- Live in London series on Harkit Records
- Von Freeman - The Great Divide
- Francois Carrier - Travelling Lights
- The JC Group Giveaway/Review - Trumpeter Christy Dana - Merry-Go-Round
- Five Men Singing
- John Heward, Let Them Pass
- Chicago Underground Trio- Slon
- Max Roach--Deeds....Not Words
- Libby York - Sunday in New York *** Downbeat
- Bob Brookmeyer - Get Well Soon
- Bill Evans: You Must Believe In Spring
- Brett Sroka - Hearsay
- Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
- Cecil Taylor / Mat Maneri - Algonquin
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Lucidarium
- Bill McHenry - Graphic
- Fred Anderson and Robert Barry - Duets 2001: Live at the Empty Bottle
- Harvey Mason With All My Heart
- Barry Guy / LJCO - Harmos
- John Law Quartet - Exploded on Impact
- Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura - Weather Sky
- Art Blakey - Free For All
- Lindsay Cooper, Oh Moscow
- Big Satan-Souls Saved Hear
- Anthony Braxton - 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003
- Ivo Perelman - Sieiro
- Evan Parker / Eddie Prevost - Most Materiall
- Jon Lloyd Quartet: By Confusion
- Tim Berne - Acoustic and Electric Hard Cell Live
- Horace Tapscott - The Dark Tree
- Nailed
- Chick Corea Elektric Band - To The Stars
- Geri Allen - The Life of a Song
- Ganelin Trio: Con Affetto
- Spontaneous Music Ensemble - A New Distance
- Whispering Blue -|---_-> Gies, Joachim
- Bill Frisell -- Unspeakable
- Joe Maneri - Dahabenzapple
- Simon Nabatov, Autumn Music
- The JC Group Giveaway/Review - Alice Coltrane - Translinear Light
- Joost Buis -- Astronotes
- petrova - --^2zø¤° ---Year's Cycle
- Russ Lossing / Ed Schuller / Paul Motian - As It Grows
- Two new Origin CDs: Garry Hobbs and the Deardorf/Peterson Group
- Gush - Live in Tampere
- Jimmy Giuffre / Paul Bley / Steve Swallow - Emphasis & Flight 1961
- Steve Swallow / Ohad Talmor Sextet - L'histoire du Clochard
- William Parker - O'Neal's Porch
- Groundtruther - Latitude
- Joelle Leandre Project
- Ray Anderson-Han Bennink-Christy Doran: Azurety
- Phil Kelly and the NW Prevailing Winds - Convergence Zone
- Evan Parker Trio / Peter Brötzmann Trio - The Bishop's Move
- Spring Heel Jack - The Sweetness of the Water
- Ochs/Jeanrenaud/Masaoka, Fly Fly Fly
- The JC Group Giveaway/Review - Matthias Lupri - Transition Sonic
- Cooper-Moore - "The Box"
- Dennis Gonzalez - Catechism
- Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet - Images/Signs
- Borgmann/Morris/Charles - "The Last Concert - Dankeschon"
- LSB - Walk, Stop, Look and Walk
- Scott Fields, Christangelfox
- Penny Wells - Shine
- Dunmall, Rogers & Gibbs - Live At The Quaker Center
- Maria Schneider - Concert in the Garden
- Stefano Di Battista - Parker's Moods
- Eddie Henderson - New Recording
- James Finn, Faith in a Seed
- Ian Chaplin Quartet - Tjapangati
- Patricia Barber - Live: A Fortnight in France
- Matthew Shipp - Harmony and Abyss
- Evan Parker / Alexander von Schlippenbach / Paul Lytton - America 2003
- Jimmy Halperin - Joy and Gravitas
- Douglas/Sclavis/Lee/van der Schyff, Bow River Falls
- heward's laissez-passer
- Stevens/Rabinowitz, Play
- Ornette Coleman - At The Golden Circle -- Vols. 1 & 2
- Lee Konitz/Alan Broadbent, More Live-Lee
- Frank Kimbrough: Lullabluebye
- Saxophone Summit--Gathering of Spirits
- Mike Osborne Trio & Quintet - Border Crossing / Marcel's Muse
- Ellery Eskelin - Ten
- Andrew Hill - Black Fire
- Roy Hargrove - The RH Factor: Strength EP
- Branford Marsalis - Eternal
- Jimmy Smith Retrospective
- Makanda Ken McIntyre - In the Wind
- John Butcher/Toshimaru Nakamura, Cavern with Nightlife
- Peter Brötzmann / Ellis / Eneidi / Krall - Live at Spruce Street Forum
- Anita O'Day & Billy May Swing Rogers and Hart
- Jemeel Moondoc & The Jus Grew Orchestra - Spirit House
- Chris Speed's Yeah No - Swell Henry & Jim Black's AlasNoAxis - Habyor
- Rudresh Mahanthappa - Mother Tongue
- Horace Tapscott - Aieee The Phantom
- Harry Miller's Isipingo: Family Affair
- Eddie Prevost Band - Live 1977 vol 1 & 2
- Bik Bent Braam - Growing Pains
- Great Jazz Trio - Someday My Prince Will Come
- George Lewis: Homage to Charles Parker
- Ivo Perelman - Suite for Helen F.
- Conrad Herwig/Brian Lynch - "Que Viva Coltrane"
- Trio Transition w/Oliver Lake
- Ganelin Trio: Poco-a-Poco
- Ivo Perelman: Seeds, Vision and Counterpoint
- Keith Rowe / Burkhard Beins - ErstLive 001
- Jeff "Tain" Watts: Detained at The Blue Note
- Clark Terry with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra - Porgy & Bess
- Barry Guy / LJCO - Harmos -- rate it
- Peter Brötzmann / Friis Nielsen / Uuskyla - Medicina
- Ran Blake - Short Life of Barbara Monk -- rate it
- Denman Maroney - Fluxations
- Evan Parker / Alexander von Schlippenbach / Paul Lytton - America 2003 -- rate it
- Dempa - "Nine Fragments"
- Anthony Braxton / Andrew Cyrille - Duo Palindrome 2002 -- rate it
- Keith Rowe / Axel Dörner / Franz Hautzinger - A View From the Window
- Thomas Lehn & Gerry Hemingway: Tom & Gerry
- Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura - Weather Sky -- rate it
- Sunna Gunnlaugs - Mindful
- Matthew Shipp - Multiplication Table -- rate it
- How do you feel about ratings polls in Record Reviews?
- Peter Epstein Quartet: The Invisible
- AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark: Stumble
- Charles Mingus - The Great Concert Of Charles Mingus
- Wycliffe Gordon - 'In The Cross'
- John Law: Extremely Quartet
- Alvin Batiste - Late
- Evan Parker - The Topography of the Lungs
- Ralph Peterson - "The Fo'tet Augmented"
- Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live
- Bill Mays - Bick's Bag
- Grant Green - Talkin' About
- Greg Burk Quartet - Carpe Momentum
- Roswell Rudd / Steve Lacy - Regeneration
- Scott DuBois w David Liebman, Monsoon
- Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century
- Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
- Less of Five, Acrobati folli e innamorati
- Richard Grossman & Friends: In The Air
- joe giardullo - Language of Swans
- Urs Leimgruber - Lines
- Jackie Mclean-One Step Beyond
- Duke Ellington - Masterpieces by Ellington
- David S. Ware - Go See The World
- Roy Hargrove - Habana
- Don Byron - Ivey-Divey
- statement quintet - cat's pyjamas
- Burton Greene / Alan Silva / Sunny Murray - Firmanence
- Anthony Braxton / György Szabados / Vladimir Tarasov - TRIOTONE
- Bill Frisell - Go West
- Miles Davis - On the Corner -- rate it
- Nels Cline / Andrea Parkins / Tom Rainey - Ash and Tabula -- Out Trios Vol. 3
- Triage - American Mythology
- Anthony Braxton - Charlie Parker Project 1993
- Houston Person - Why Not?
- Ted Nash - Sidewalk Meeting
- Rosemary Clooney - Sentimental Journey
- Anthony Braxton - Six Monk's Compositions
- Marc Ducret Trio - Live in France
- Ellery Eskelin & Han Bennink - Dissonant Characters
- Roger Kellaway - I Was There
- Branford Marsalis Quartet - Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live
- Dominic Duval / Joe McPhee -°- Rules of Engagement Vol. 2
- Mujician - Poem About the Hero
- JC Hopkins Biggish Band feat. Queen Esther - Underneath a Brooklyn Moon
- Borbetomagus - Live In Tokyo
- Pandelis Karayorgis - Seventeen Pieces
- Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love
- McCoy Tyner - Illuminations
- cecil taylor - all the notes
- Sam Rivers / Ben Street / Kresten Osgood + Bryan Carrott - Purple Violets
- Kazue Sawai / Michel Doneda et al. - Une chance pour l'ombre
- Money Jungle
- Sam Rivers / Adam Rudolph / Harris Eisenstadt - Vista
- Grachan Moncur III Octet - Exploration
- Janice Robinson Quintet - Rosebrass
- Fred Hess - Crossed Paths
- Frieze of Life - Nuclear Frog Pond
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti with music by Dana Colley - A Coney Island of the Mind
- Simon Fell / SFQ - Four Compositions
- Andrew Hill - MOSAIC SELECT (16)
- David S. Ware - Live in the World (live 3-CD set)
- World Saxophone Quartet - Plays Duke Ellington -- Help needed
- Grant Green - Feelin' the Spirit (RVG)
- Newly released RVGs
- Cold Bleak Heart - It's Magnificent, but It Isn't War
- Orrin Evans - Easy Now
- Sirone Bang Ensemble - Configuration
- Wiek Hijmans - Classic Electric
- Alexander von Schlippenbach - Monk's Casino
- Dave Binney - Bastion of Sanity
- Steven Lantner / Mat Maneri - Reaching
- Neal Caine - Backstabber's Ball
- Not Missing Drums Project - Urban Voices
- Miles Davis - Amandla
- Kowald / Lüdi / Morris / Namtchylak - When The Sun Is Out You Don't See Stars
- Warne Marsh / Pete Christlieb - Apogee
- Pat Metheny - The Way Up
- Sal Mosca - Thing-Ah-Majig
- Max Roach & Archie Shepp - The Long March
- Veryan Weston / John Edwards / Mark Sanders - Gateway to Vienna
- Dave Holland Big Band - Overtime
- Cecil Taylor - Love for Sale
- William Parker - Luc's Lantern
- Rosenberg / Baker / Hatwich / Daisy - New Folk, New Blues
- Clifford Thornton - The Panther and the Lash
- Respect Sextet - Respect in You
- Gianni Gebbia / Matthew Goodheart / Garth Powell - Zen Widow
- Keith Rowe / Sachiko M / Toshimaru Nakamura / Otomo Yoshihide - ErstLive 005
- Clark Terry & Max Roach - Friendship
- Chris Walden; Home of the Heart
- John Surman - Way Back When
- Miles Davis - In Concert
- Aretha Franklin - The Queen in Waiting
- Avram Fefer / Bobby Few - Kindred Spirits
- Billy Bang - Vietnam Reflections
- Stefan F. Winter - The Little Trumpet
- Sacha Perry - Eretik
- Vijay Iyer - Reimagining
- Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet - Be Music, Night
- Julien Ottavi / Dion Workman - misenlian
- John Scofield - That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles
- Jazzooo - Live At Dizzy's
- Wayne Shorter - Beyond the Sound Barrier
- Anthony Braxton / Matt Bauder - 2 + 2 Compositions
- Randy Sandke & the Inside Out Band - Outside In
- Renee Fleming - Haunted Heart
- Kenny Wheeler - What Now?
- Drew Gress - 7 Black Butterflies
- Ron Blake - Sonic Tonic
- Alaadeen - New Africa Suite
- James Finn - Ginkgo Leaf releases
- John Lindberg -- Winter Birds
- Joe Lovano - Joyous Encounter
- Evan Parker / Guy / Lytton / Schlippenbach / Lovens - 2 X 3 = 5
- Barry Guy New Orchestra - Oort-Entropy
- Keith Rowe / Günter Müller / Taku Sugimoto - The World Turned Upside Down
- Dennis Gonzalez's Spirit Meridian -- Idle Wild