10 Essential 2013 releases+

Here are ten essential 2013 releases (listed in no particular rank order), plus three reissues and our choices for Best Vocal Album, Best Debut Album, and Best Latin Jazz Album:

2013 RELEASES

Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-uba, 30 Years: A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America (Advance Dance Disques)

Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue (Concord)

Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)

Roberto Fonseca, Yo (Concord)

Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)

Nicole Mitchell, Aquarius (Delmark)

Dave Holland, Prism (Dare 2)

Albert “Tootie” Heath, Tootie’s Tempo (Sunnyside)

Allison Miller, No Morphine, No Lilies (Royal Potato Family)

Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra Live, I Hear the Sound (Harmonia Mundi)