Top ten from Cadence Magazine
2025 TOP NEW RECORDINGS - LARRY HOLLIS
SHAREL CASSITY—GRATITUDE--SUNNYSIDE
ERIC ALEXANDER/VINCENT HERRING—SPLIT
DECISION—SMOKE SESSIONS
BRANFORD MARSALIS—BELONGING--BLUE NOTE
BUDDY GUY—AIN'T DONE YET—RCA SILVERTONE
JOE FARNSWORTH—BIG ROOM—SMOKE SESSIONS
CORY WEEDS—MEETS JERRY WELDON—CELLAR
BLUE MOODS—FORCE AND GRACE—POSITONE
ERIC ALEXANDER—LIKE SUGAR—CELLAR MUSIC
GEORGE COLEMAN—WITH STRINGS—HIGHNOTE
ALVIN QUEEN—THE JAZZ CUP CAFE BLUES—CELLAR
REISSUES/HISTORICAL - LARRY HOLLIS
CHARLIE PARKER—BIRD IN K.C.--VERVE
TUBBY HAYES—ANTIBES 1962—JAZZ IN BRITAIN
BACK DOOR—VIENNA BREAKDOWN—ESOTERIC
JIMMY WITHERSPOON/ROBBEN FORD—JUMP BLUES
LIVE 1972—LIBERATION HALL
CHET BAKER QUINTET—FIVE FROM 65—NEW LAND
ROY BROOKS—THE FREE SLAVE—TIME TRAVELER
MEMPHIS SLIM—AT THE GATE OF HORN—CRAFT
MILES DAVIS QUINTET—COMPLETE PLUGGED
NICKEL—SONY LEGACY
KENNY BURRELL-ON VIEW AT THE FIVE SPOT—BLUE
NOTE
ROLAND KIRK QUARTET—DOMINO—MIG(CD/DVD}
2025 TOP NEW RECORDINGS - FRANK KoHL
Florian Arbenz — The Alpine Sessions
Yunmi Kang & John Stowell Duo — A Timeless
Piece
Dave Stryker — Goes To The Movies
Ari Hoenig — Punkbop- Live At Smalls
Leo Larratt — Rahim’s Blues
Donny McCaslin — Lullaby Of The Lost
Shawn Purcell — Oblivity
Mike Stern — Echoes And Other Songs
Johnathan Blake — My Life Matters
Randy Napoleon — Waking Dream
2025 TOP NEW RECORDINGS - ABE goldstein
Eric McPherson — Double Bass Quartet —
Giant Steps
James Brandon Lewis — Abstractions in
Deliverance — Intakt
Thomas Ruckert — For All We Know
— Challenge
Ehud Asherie — Thank You Barry Harris —
Arbors
Michael Bisio — NuMBq — Mahakala
Joe McPhee — We Know Why The Caged Bird Sings — Rogue Art
Thomas Heberer — Hipp Hipp Hooray — FSR
David Kikoski— Weekend at Smalls — Cellar
Joris Roelofs— Rite of Spring — ICP
Steve Hirsh — The Back Nine — Self produced
REISSUES/HISTORICAL - ABE goldstein
Dave Burrell — The Lost Session — No Business
Rashied Ali — Sidewalks In Motion — Survival
Ellery Eskelin — About (Or On) First —
Ezzthetics
Kenny Dorham — Blue Bossa in the Bronx — Resonance
Irene Schweizer — Irene’s Hot Four — Intakt Gato Barbieri — Standards Lost & Found
ChaRles Mingus — In Argentina — Resonance
Jimmy Bennington — Blue Veils — That Swan
Frank Kimbrough — The CallHorace Tapsctott — Live at Widney High 1971
2025 TOP NEW RECORDINGS - Jerome wilson
Ensemble C — Every Journey — Adhyaropa
Amina Claudine Myers — Solace of the Mind
Linda May Han Oh — Strange Heavens
Fabia Mantwill Orchestra — In - Sight
Jason Kao Hwang — Myths of Origin
Patricia Brennan — Of the Near and Far
Van Morrison — Remembering Now — Exile
Jimmy Farace — Hours Fly, Flowers Die
The Hemphill Stringtet — Plays the Music of
Julius Hemphill — Out Of Your Head
Branford Marsalis Quartet — Belonging (
2025 TOP NEW RECORDINGS - Ken weiss
RAPHAEL PANNIER QUARTET/KHADIM NIANG &
SABAR GROUP – LIVE IN SAINT LOUIS, SENEGAL
SYLVIE COURVOISIER/MARY HALVORSON – BONE
BELLS – PYROCLASTIC
SATOKO FUJII TOKYO TRIO – DREAM A DREAM
PATRICIA BRENNAN – OF THE NEAR AND FAR
SYLVIE COURVOISIER /WADADA LEO SMITH – ANGEL
FALLS – INTAKT
ALISTER SPENCE TRIO – GATHER
HENRY THREADGILL – LISTEN SHIP – PI
SPINIFEX – MAXXIMUS – TRYTONE
MARTY EHRLICH EXALTATION TRIO – THIS TIME
PLAINS PEAK – SOMEONE TO SOMEONE
REISSUES/HISTORICAL - Ken weiss
PHAROAH SANDERS – THE COMPLETE THERESA
RECORDINGS
ELLERY ESKELIN - ELLERY ESKELIN TRIO NEW YORK:
ABOUT (OR ON) FIRST VISIT
FREDDIE HUBBARD – FREDDIE HUBBARD ON FIRE LIVE
FROM THE BLUE MOROCCO – RESONANCE
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK – SEEK & LISTEN: LIVE AT THE PENDTHOUSE – RESONANCE
CHARLES MINGUS - MINGUS IN ARGENTINA – THE
BUENOS AIRES CONCERTS
JIMMY LYONS – LIVE FROM STUDIO RIVBEA –1974 &
1976
KENNY DORHAM – KENNY DORHAM BLUE BOSSA IN
THE BRONX LIVE FROM THE BLUE MOROCCO
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK – VIBRATIONS IN THE
VILLAGE: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE GATE
2025 TOP NEW RECORDINGS - Scott Yanow
Joe Farnsworth – The Big Room – Smoke
Sessions
Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Sextet – Armando mi
Conga – Amor de Flores Productions
Sullivan Fortner – Southern Nights – Pias
nenna Freelon – Beneath The Skin – Origin
Caity Gyorgy – Hello! How Are You? – Self-
Released
David Kikoski – Weekend At Smalls – Cellar
Branford Marsalis – Belonging – Blue Note
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz
Orchestra - Mundoagua – Zoho
Anais Reno – Lady Of The Lavender Mist – Club
44
Gonzalo Rubalcaba – First Meeting –
5passion
REISSUES/HISTORICAL – Scott Yanow
Bob Crosby - Classic Decca Recordings Of
Bob Crosby Orchestra/Bob Cats (1936-1942) Miles Davis – Miles In Paris – Columbia/Legacy
Ella Fitzgerald – Live At The Concetgebouw
1961 – The Lost Recordings
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Vibrations In The
Village - Resonance
Oscar Moore – The Enchanting Guitar – Fresh
Sound
Charlie Parker – Bird In Kansas City - Verve
Art Pepper – An Afternoon In Norway –
Elemental Music
Andre Previn – Early Years – Acrobat
McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson – Forces Of
Nature – Blue Note
Various Artists – Classic Vanguard Small
Group Swing Sessions – Mosaic
2025 TOP NEW RECORDINGS - George Harris
Eddie Daniels – To Milton With Love
Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet– Turn It Up!
Denny Zeitlin – With A Song In My Heart
Bob James and Dave Koz – Just Us
Diego Figuieredo – I Love Samba
Gunhild Carling – Jazz Is My Lifestyle
Horace Silver – Live At The Penthouse
Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Geezer – Gillian
Margot and Geoffrey Geezer
Freddie Hubbard – On Fire
Kenny Dorham – Blue Bossa In Bronx
2025 TOP NEW RECORDINGS - ZIM TARRO
DAVID “FATHEAD” NEWMAN - RETURN TO THE WIDE
OPEN SPACES
Rob Brown - Walkabout - Mahakala
Dave Sewelson, Steve Swell, Matthew Shipp,
William Parker & Steve Hirsh – Muscle Memory
LOUIS ROSEN – AMERICAN SUNSET – DI-TONE
HENRY THREADGILL – LISTEN SHIP – PI
Patricia Brennan — Of the Near and Far
The Hemphill Stringtet — Plays the Music of
Julius Hemphill — Out Of Your Head
BUDDY GUY—AIN'T DONE YET—RCA SILVERTONE
John Taylor, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron · -
Tramonto — ECM
