Awards & honorable mentions

Archive Series - CD coverart
Archive Series

 5 stars - Paul Acquaro - Free Jazz Collective

TRIANGLE, Live at OHM, 1987 - CD coverart
TRIANGLE, Live at OHM, 1987

Best album of 2023 - Kenny Inaoka - JAZZ TOKYO
Best Archive album of 2023 - John Corbett - Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll

Visitation Of Spirits - CD coverart
Visitation Of Spirits

Top Historic Album of 2023 -- Stef Gijssels -- Free Jazz Collective Blog

Stop Time - CD coverart
Stop Time

Best Historic album of 2023 - Andrey Henkin - New York Times
Best Historic album of 2023 - Ken Waxman - Jazz Word

Sonoris Causa - CD coverart
Sonoris Causa

Top Best Historic Recordings of 2022 - Eyal Hareuveni - Free Jazz Blog
Top Best Historic Recordings of 2022 - Stuart Broomer - Free Jazz Blog

 

Archive Series Volume 6 - Caldera - CD coverart
Archive Series Volume 6 - Caldera

 Best Historic Recording of 2022 - Paul Acquaro - Free Jazz Blog
 Best Historic Recording of 2022 - Geoffrey Himes - JazzTimes
 Best Historic Recording of 2022 - Rob Hoff - WQLN NPR
Best Historic Recording of 2022 - Tom Hull

Love Ghosts - CD coverart
Love Ghosts

Top 10 Best Recordings of 2022 - Troy Dostert - Free Jazz Blog
Top 10 Best Recordings of 2022 - Lee Rice Epstine - Free Jazz Blog
Top 10 Best Recordings of 2022 - Gregg Miller - Free Jazz Blog
Top 10 Best Recordings of 2022 - Mike Borella - Avant Music News

The Field - CD coverart
The Field

5 stars - Eyal Hareuveni - Free Jazz Blog
Top 15 albums of 2021 - Free Jazz Blog
Best release of 2021 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Rested Turquoise - CD coverart
Rested Turquoise

5 stars - Nick Ostrum - Free Jazz Blog

Total Music Association - Walpurgisnacht - CD coverart
Total Music Association - Walpurgisnacht

Top 3 historic releases of 2021 - Free Jazz Blog

Creation Series - CD coverart
Creation Series

Cadence Top 10 Critics Poll for 2021
Best release of 2021 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Transmissions - CD coverart
Transmissions

Top 10 albums of 2020 - Troy Collins - Point of Departure

THREADBARE - Silver Dollar - CD coverart
THREADBARE - Silver Dollar

Top 10 albums of 2020 - Tom Burris - Free Jazz Blog

Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe / Four Men Only - Complete Recordings - CD coverart
Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe / Four Men Only - Complete Recordings

5 STARS - Martin Schray - Free Jazz Blog
5 STARS - Fabricio Vieira - Free Form / Free Jazz
Best reissue of 2020 - Tom Hull
Best Historic Album of 2020 - Paul Acquaro / Colin Green / Nick Metzger / Martin Schray - Free Jazz Blog
Top 3 historic albums of 2020 - Tom Hull
Top 3 historic albums of 2020 - Ken Waxman - Jazz Word

RED trio - Suite 10 Years Anniversary - CD coverart
RED trio - Suite 10 Years Anniversary

Top 10 albums of 2020 - Stuart Broomer - Free Jazz Blog

Archive Series Volume 3 - Ricochet - CD coverart
Archive Series Volume 3 - Ricochet

Top three reissue albums in 2020 - Tim Niland - Jazz and Blues Blog
Top 10 albums of 2020 - Stuart Broomer - Free Jazz Blog
Top 10 historic albums of 2020 - NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll
Top 3 historic albums of 2020 - Larry Blumenfeld - The Wall Street Journal
Top 3 historic albums of 2020 - Troy Dostert - All About Jazz
Top 3 historic albums of 2020 - Geoffrey Himes - JazzTimes / Downbeat
Top 3 historic albums of 2020 - John Sharpe - New York City Jazz Record / All About Jazz
Top 3 historic albums of 2020 - Bill Shoemaker - Point of Departure
Top 20 albums of 2020 - Derek Taylor - DUSTED

The Spell: The Vincent Chancey Trio Live, 1987 - CD coverart
The Spell: The Vincent Chancey Trio Live, 1987

Top 3 historic albums of 2020 - Geoffrey Himes - JazzTimes / Downbeat

Concert in Vilnius - CD coverart
Concert in Vilnius

Best album of 2019 - Andrey Henkin - New York City Jazz Record
5 stars - Nick Metzger - Free Jazz Blog
Best album of 2020 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Archive Series Volume 2 - Zenith - CD coverart
Archive Series Volume 2 - Zenith

Best Unearthed Gem of 2019 - New York City Jazz Record
Best album of 2019 - Derek Taylor - Dusted
Best historical release - Patrick Friscoi - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - Andrey Henkin - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - Larry Blumenfeld - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
5 stars - Chris Searle - Morning Star

DETAIL - Day Two - CD coverart
DETAIL - Day Two

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2019 - Cadence Magazine Critic's Pool
Best historical release - Chris Monsen - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019

Summer Bummer - CD coverart
Summer Bummer

5 stars - Fabricio Vieira - Free Form / Free Jazz

Homework - CD coverart
Homework

4 STARS - Downbeat

Archive Series Volume 1 - Emanation - CD coverart
Archive Series Volume 1 - Emanation

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2019 - Cadence Magazine Critic's Pool
4 STARS - Downbeat
Best historical release - Ysi Ortega - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - Sergio Piccirilli - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - John Sharpe - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - Stewart Smith - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - Suzanne Lorge - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - Sergio Piccirilli - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - Rob Hoff - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
Best historical release - Stuart Broomer - 14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019

Drone Dream - CD coverart
Drone Dream

All About Jazz - Mark Corroto - Best Release of 2019

Oh My, Those Boys! - CD coverart
Oh My, Those Boys!

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by David Menestres - Free Jazz Blog
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by Keith Prosk - Free Jazz Blog

Frames & Terrains - CD coverart
Frames & Terrains

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by Colin Green - Free Jazz Blog

The Haunt - CD coverart
The Haunt

Top Albums of 2018 - Mark Corroto - All About Jazz

Oh My, Those Boys! - CD coverart
Oh My, Those Boys!

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by David Menestres - Free Jazz Blog
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by Keith Prosk - Free Jazz Blog

Live at Cafe Amores - CD coverart
Live at Cafe Amores

Best of 2018 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz
Best Historic Releases of 2018 - Tom Hull
Best of 2018 - Unheared Gem - New York City Jazz Record

Mannyoka - CD coverart
Mannyoka

5 stars - Fabricio Vieira - Free Form / Free Jazz
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by Chris Haines - Free Jazz Blog
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by Fotis Nikolopolus - Free Jazz Blog

Live at Cafe Amores - CD coverart
Live at Cafe Amores

Best of 2018 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz
Best Historic Releases of 2018 - Tom Hull
Best of 2018 - Unheared Gem - New York City Jazz Record

Banka - CD coverart
Banka

5 stars - Fabricio Vieira - Free Form / Free Jazz
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by Chris Haines - Free Jazz Blog
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2018 by Fotis Nikolopolus - Free Jazz Blog

Live at the Black Musicians' Conference, 1981 - CD coverart
Live at the Black Musicians' Conference, 1981

Best Historic Releases of 2018 - Tom Hull
4 STARS - Downbeat

Burning Meditation - CD coverart
Burning Meditation

Best Historic Releases of 2018 - Tom Hull

Live in the USA - CD coverart
Live in the USA

The best historic music release of 2018 - (A) - Tom Hull

JONES JONES - A Jones In Time Saves Nine - CD coverart
JONES JONES - A Jones In Time Saves Nine

All About Jazz - John Sharpe - Best Release of 2019

The Attic - CD coverart
The Attic

Top 5 Jazz Albums of 2017 - Tom Hull

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2017 - Tim Niland - Jazz and Blues Blog

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2017 by Mark Corroto - Free Jazz Blog

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2017 by Stuart Broomer - Free Jazz Blog

ANEMONE - A Wing Dissolved in Light - CD coverart
ANEMONE - A Wing Dissolved in Light

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2017 - Stef Gijsels - Free Jazz Blog

Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2017 - Fotis Nikolakopoulos - Free Jazz Blog

Modicana - CD coverart
Modicana

Top 10 Jazz albums of 2017 - Chris Haines - Free Jazz Blog

Ton-Klami  - Prophecy of Nue - CD coverart
Ton-Klami - Prophecy of Nue

Best of 2017 - Unearthed Gem - New York City Jazz Record

LIGHT. The Early Years 1975-1989 - CD coverart
LIGHT. The Early Years 1975-1989

Top 10 albums of 2016 - Martin Schray - Free Jazz Blog

Cinema Spiral - CD coverart
Cinema Spiral

Best releases of 2016 - Troy Collin - All About Jazz

The Other Shore - CD coverart
The Other Shore

Top 10 albums of 2016 - Paul Acquaro - Free Jazz Blog

No Coming, No Going – The Music of Peter Kuhn 1978-1979 - CD coverart
No Coming, No Going – The Music of Peter Kuhn 1978-1979

Top 10 Rara Avis of 2016 - NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

Top 10 recordings of 2016 - San Diego - Robert Bush

Best releases of 2016 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Constant Change 1976-2016 - CD coverart
Constant Change 1976-2016

Best Box Set of 2016 - New York City Jazz Record

Top 10 albums of 2016 - Colin Green - Free Jazz Blog

Top 10 albums of the year - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

5 Stars - Martin Schray - Free Jazz Blog

Before the Silence - CD coverart
Before the Silence

5 stars - Eyal Hareuveni - Free Jazz Blog

5 stars - Maciej Lewenstein

Fail Better! - OWT - CD coverart
Fail Better! - OWT

Free Jazz Blog Reviewer's Top 10 Albums of 2016

FREE JAZZ GROUP WIESBADEN - Frictions / Frictions Now - CD coverart
FREE JAZZ GROUP WIESBADEN - Frictions / Frictions Now

Best reissue of 2015 - New York City Jazz record

The Delaware River - CD coverart
The Delaware River

Top 10 albums of 2015 - Colin Green - Free Jazz Blog

Top 10 albums of 2015 - Stefan Wood - Free Jazz Blog

Melted Snow - CD coverart
Melted Snow

Best releases of 2015 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

The Prisoner - CD coverart
The Prisoner

Best releases of 2014 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

The Freedom Principle - CD coverart
The Freedom Principle

Top 10 albums of 2014 - Stefan Wood - Free Jazz Blog

Best releases of 2014 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Top 10 albums of 2014 - Colin Green - Free Jazz Blog

Turning Point - CD coverart
Turning Point

Best releases of 2015 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Best releases of 2015 - Kurt Gottschalk - All About Jazz

Live at Vilnius Jazz Festival - CD coverart
Live at Vilnius Jazz Festival

Top 10 albums of 2014 - Tom Burris - Free Jazz Blog

Best releases of 2015 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Top 10 albums of 2014 - Martin Schray - Free Jazz Blog

North and The Red Stream - CD coverart
North and The Red Stream

Top 10 albums of 2014 - Dan Sorrells - Free Jazz Blog

Five Fizzles For Samuel Beckett - CD coverart
Five Fizzles For Samuel Beckett

5 stars - Eyal Hareuveni - Free Jazz Blog

Best releases of 2015 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Convergence Quartet - Slow and Steady - CD coverart
Convergence Quartet - Slow and Steady

Top 10 albums of 2013 - Martin Schray - Free Jazz Blog

Best releases of 2013 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

5 stars - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

Live at Maya Recordings Festival - CD coverart
Live at Maya Recordings Festival

Best Album of 2013 - Downbeat

Top 10 albums of 2013 - Joe Higham - Free Jazz Blog

Hasparren - CD coverart
Hasparren

Top 10 albums of 2014 - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

Best releases of 2014 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Trio and Duo in New Orleans - CD coverart
Trio and Duo in New Orleans

Best releases of 2014 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Tribal Ghost - CD coverart
Tribal Ghost

The Free Jazz Collective Top 10 albums of 2013

Fabric Trio - Murmurs - CD coverart
Fabric Trio - Murmurs

Top 10 albums of 2013 - Colin Green - Free Jazz Blog

Rebento - CD coverart
Rebento

Top 10 albums of 2013 - Paolo Casertano - Free Jazz Blog

Sleepless in Chicago - CD coverart
Sleepless in Chicago

Top 10 albums of 2014 - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

Centering. Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987 - CD coverart
Centering. Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987

Best boxed set of the year 2012 - New York City Jazz Record

Best releases of 2012 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Riverloam Trio - CD coverart
Riverloam Trio

Best releases of 2012 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

The Thing with Barry Guy - Metal! - CD coverart
The Thing with Barry Guy - Metal!

5 stars - Martin Schray - Free Jazz Blog

Best releases of 2012 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Best album of the year 2012 - New York City Jazz Record

Nasty & Sweet - CD coverart
Nasty & Sweet

Best releases of 2013 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

The Complete Short Stories 1998-2010 - CD coverart
The Complete Short Stories 1998-2010

Best releases of 2011 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Best box set of the year 2011 - New York City Jazz Record

Turbina Anthem - CD coverart
Turbina Anthem

5 stars - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

Black Man's Blues / New York Collage - CD coverart
Black Man's Blues / New York Collage

This release received THE ASCAP DEEMS TAYLOR PUBLISHER AWARD in 2012

Best releases of 2011 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite) - CD coverart
Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite)

Best releases of 2011 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Upcoming Hurricane - CD coverart
Upcoming Hurricane

Best album of the year 2011 - New York City Jazz Record

Tarfala Trio - SYZYGY - CD coverart
Tarfala Trio - SYZYGY

Best releases of 2011 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Red Trio + John Butcher - Empire - CD coverart
Red Trio + John Butcher - Empire

Best album of the year 2011 - New York City Jazz Record

Woodblock Prints - CD coverart
Woodblock Prints

5 stars - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

Best releases of 2010 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Earth’s Orbit - CD coverart
Earth’s Orbit

Best releases of 2010 - John Sharpe - All About Jazz

Prayer For Peace - CD coverart
Prayer For Peace

5 stars - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

Muntu Recordings - CD coverart
Muntu Recordings

Best boxed set of the year 2010 by All About Jazz

Sinners, Rather Than Saints - CD coverart
Sinners, Rather Than Saints

5 stars - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

Bit Heads - CD coverart
Bit Heads

Best debut album 2010 - New York Jazz Records

David S. Ware Quartet - Live in Vilnius - CD coverart
David S. Ware Quartet - Live in Vilnius

5 stars - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

The Vilnius Implosion - CD coverart
The Vilnius Implosion

5 stars - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog

Trio X - Live in Vilnius - CD coverart
Trio X - Live in Vilnius

5 stars - Stef Gijssels - Free Jazz Blog