Top Ten New Releases

Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)

Jon Batiste, Beethoven Blues (Verve)

Milton + Esperanza, Milton + Esperanza (Concord)

Joel Ross, nublues (Blue Note)

Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)

Walter Smith III, three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note)

Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts)

Ndudzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note)

Lizz Wright, Shadow (Blues and Greens)

Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix Reimagined (ropeadope)

Ten (or so) More

Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few, The Almighty/The World Is On Fire (Division 81) (I counted these as one release because it's my list and I can do what I want.)

Sun Ra Arkestra, Lights on a Satellite (In+Out Records)

Steve Turre, Sanyas (Smoke Sessions)

Jazzmeia Horn, Messages (Empress Legacy)

Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note)

Oscar Hernandez & Alma Libre, No Words Needed (Ovation)

Brian Bromberg, LaFaro (Be Squared)

Mike Stern, Echoes and Other Songs (Mack Avenue)

Emmet Cohen, Vibe Provider (Mack Avenue)

Out of/Into, Motion 1 (Blue Note) (This is probably a top ten album but it was just released and I have only listened to it once...)

Best Archival Releases

Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box, The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)

Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian, The Old Country (ECM)

Roy Hargrove Crisol, Grande-Terre (Verve)

Best Non-Jazz Archival Release

B.B King In France, Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (Deep Digs/Elemental)

Best Non-Jazz New Release

Beyonce, Cowboy Carter (Parkwood/Columbia) 

Best Dance Music 

Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Swing Forever (Ovation) (This is the best salsa album I have heard in decades...)