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Jon Hassell – Fascinoma (Water Lily Acoustics) — Jon Hassell—trumpet; Ry Cooder—guitar; Jacky Terrason—piano; Ronu Majumdar—bansuri; plus: Rick Cox—guitar, bass clarinet, samples; Jamie Muhoberac—zendrum; Joachim Cooder—drums; Rick Masterson—tambura; Rose Okada—tambura

Charlie Haden / Liberation Music Orchestra – Time / Life (Song For the Whales and Other Beings) (Impulse! / Universal Music France) — Charlie Haden: acoustic bass (1, 5); Carla Bley: piano, arrangements; Steve Swallow: electric bass (2,3,4); Tony Malaby: tenor saxophone; Chris Cheek: tenor saxophone; Loren Stillman: alto saxophone; Michael Rodriguez: trumpet; Seneca Black: trumpet; Curtis Fowlkes: trombone; Vincent Chancey: French horn; Joseph Daley: tuba; Steve Cardenas: guitar; Matt Wilson: drums.

Toot – One (Sofa Music) — With Phil Minton (voice), Axel Dorner (trumpet), Thomas Lehn (analogue synthesizer)

Stan Levey Quintet (VSOP / Mode Records) — Stan Levey (drums), Richie Kamuca (tenor sax), Conte Candoli (trumpet), Lou Levy (piano), Monty Budwig (bass)

McCoy Tyner Trio – Bon Voyage (Timeless Records) — With Avery Sharpe, Louis Hayes

Hugh Hopper & Honey Ride Me A Goat – Goat Hopper (Voiceprint — Floating World Records / Kitchen Dweller) — Hugh Hopper (bass), Jonny Shoults (drums), Motney Slim and Michael Pike(guitars).

Warne Marsh Quartet – Star Highs (Criss Cross Jazz) — With Hank Jones, George Mraz, Mel Lewis; includes three CD-only alternate takes.

Masahiko Togashi & Mototeru Takagi – Isolation (Take One Record / Nippon Columbia) — drum and tenor sax duets

Tete Montoliu – 'Live At The Keystone Corner' (Timeless Records—Solid Records/Ultra-Vybe Japan) — Tete Montoliu (piano), Herbie Lewis (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)

Phil Miller / In Cahoots – Live 1986 • 1989 (Crescent Discs) — Phil Miller (guitar, synth guitar), Elton Dean (alto sax, saxello), Pip Pyle (drums) and Pete Lemer or Steve Franklin (keyboards), Hugh Hopper or Fred Thelonious Baker (bass) Phil Miller, 1949-2017 RIP.

Zoot Sims – Quietly There — Zoot Sims plays Johnny Mandel (JVC XRCD / Pablo Records) — With Zoot Sims (tenor sax), Mike Wofford (piano), Chuck Berghofer (bass), Nick Ceroli (drums), Victor Feldman (percussion)

Andy Jaffe Nonet + 4 – Arc (Playscape Recordings) — Andy Jaffe: piano, composer/arranger; Wallace Roney: trumpet; John Clark: french horn; Kris Allen: alto sax; Jimmy Greene: tenor & soprano sax; Bruce Williamson: bass clarinet, soprano sax; Tom Olin: tenor, soprano & baritone sax; Marty Jaffe: bass; Jonathan Barber: drums; plus the Interestring Quartet on three tracks: Wei- Jun Huang: 1st violin; Wei-Hsin Liu: 2nd violin; Chiee Yeh: viola; Jiro Yeh: cello.

Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens – Two Cities (Delmark Records) — Aram Shelton: alto saxophone, clarinet; Keefe Jackson: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Josh Berman: cornet; Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello; Anton Hatwich: bass; Frank Rosaly: drums

Fred Hersch Trio – Plays… (Chesky Records) — With Drew Gress, Tom Rainey; jazz tunes by Coleman, Cotlrane,Davis, Ellington, Gillespie, Hersch, Monk, Rollins, Shorter & Strayhorn.

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Thelonious Monk – The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall [ensemble tracks] [CD 10b from the Complete Riverside Recordings session 20b] (Riverside Records)— Thelonious Monk — piano; Donald Byrd — trumpet; Eddie Bert — trombone; Robert Northern — French horn; Jay McAllister — tuba; Phil Woods — alto saxophone; Charlie Rouse — tenor saxophone; Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone; Sam Jones — bass; Art Taylor — drums; arrangements by Hal Overton.Thelonious Monk – Evidence [quartet tracks from the Town Hall Concert] [CDs 9b & 10a from the Complete Riverside Recordings session 20a] (Riverside Records / Milestone)— Thelonious Monk — piano; Charlie Rouse — tenor saxophone; Sam Jones — bass; Art Taylor — drums; three pieces first released on the Milestone collection Evidence.

John Greaves – Parrot Fashion (Blueprint / Europa Records) Personnel: John Greaves – vocals, piano, bass, synth; François Ovide – electric & acoustic guitars, trombone; Denis Van Hecke – acoustic & electric cello; Mireille Bauer – drums, vibraphone, congas, percussion ; Kristoffer Blegvad – backing vocals; Jean-Claude Borelly – trumpet (4); Alexis Drossos – soprano sax (4-remix); music by Greaves, lyrics by Peter Blegvad (6) or Greaves (3). Remixed and remasterd by Emmanuel Payet in 1997 (masters went missing) with different track order.

Myra Melford / Mark Dresser / Matt Wilson — Trio M – Big Picture (Cryptogramophone) — Myra Melford – piano, Mark Dresser – bass, Matt Wilson – Drums

McCoy Tyner – Quartet (Half Note Records) — With Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, Jeff "Tain" Watts; live at Yoshi's, Oakland CA

Poncho Sanchez – Soul Sauce: Memories of Cal Tjader (Concord Jazz) — With Poncho Sanchez – congas & percussion; David Torres – piano, musical director; Ramon Banda – timbales, drums & percussion; Tony Banda – bass; Jose "Papo" Rodriguez – bongos & percussion; Ruben Estrada – vibes; plus: Alex Henderson – trombone; Scott Martin – alto & tenor saxophones; Stan Martin – trumpet & flugelhorn

Matt Darriau – Paradox Trio (Knitting Factory Records) — Matt Darriau (soprano & alto sax, clarinet, kaval); Brad Shepik [as Schoeppach] (guitars); Rufus Cappadocia (cello); Seido Salifoski (percussion)

Bobby Timmons – Soul Time (Riverside Records) — Bobby Timmons (piano); Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Sam Jones (bass); Art Blakey (drums)

Gary Burton Quartet – Lofty Fake Anagram (RCA Records—BGO Records) — With Larry Coryell, Steve Swallow, Roy Haynes; tunes by Mike Gibbs (2), Carla Bley, Duke Ellington, Burton (3), and Swallow (2).

Herbie Nichols – Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note / Toshiba-EMI Japan TOCJ 1519) — With Al McKibbon or Teddy Kotick (bass), Max Roach (drums)