Jazz Critics Poll: 2010

2010 Totals: New Albums

  1. Jason Moran: Ten (Blue Note) 376.5 (50)
  2. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green: Apex (Pi) 259 (34)
  3. Mary Halvorson: Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12) 175.5 (27)
  4. Charles Lloyd: Mirror (ECM) 150 (23)
  5. Henry Threadgill: This Brings Us To Volume II (Pi) 131 (22)
  6. Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden: Jasmine (ECM) 122 (21)
  7. Steve Coleman: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi) 112.5 (21)
  8. Vijay Iyer: Solo (ACT) 109 (17)
  9. Geri Allen: Flying Toward the Sound (Motema) 105 (17)
  10. Paul Motian: Lost in a Dream (ECM) 90.5 (14)
  11. Dave Holland: Pathways (Dare2) 85 (13)
  12. Chris Lightcap: Bigmouth Deluxe (Clean Feed) 83.5 (13)
  13. Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider (Nonesuch) 78 (13)
  14. Myra Melford: The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12) 77 (12)
  15. James Moody: 4B (IPO) 77 (11)
  16. Randy Weston: The Storyteller (Motema) 76 (11)
  17. Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Forty Fort (Hot Cup) 70 (9)
  18. Marc Ribot: Silent Movies (Pi) 69.5 (11)
  19. Fred Hersch: Whirl (Palmetto) 65 (15)
  20. Regina Carter: Reverse Thread (E1) 61 (10)
  21. The Claudia Quintet: Royal Toast (Cuneiform) 57 (11)
  22. Danilo Perez: Providencia (Mack Avenue) 56 (9)
  23. Christian Scott: Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord) 53 (9)
  24. Nels Cline Singers: Initiate (Cryptogramophone) 52 (9)
  25. Microscopic Septet: Friday the Thirteenth: The Micros Play Monk (Cuneiform) 46.5 (9)
  26. Tomasz Stanko: Dark Eyes (ECM) 46 (7*)
  27. Michael Formanek: The Rub and Spare Change (ECM) 45.5 (9)
  28. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman: Dual Identity (Clean Feed) 42 (8)
  29. Mike Reed: Stories and Negotiations (482 Music) 41.5 (10)
  30. Tom Harrell: Roman Nights (High Note) 40 (7)
  31. Irene Kral: Second Chance (Jazzed Media) 39 (5)
  32. Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes: Double Portrait (Blue Note) 38.5 (7)
  33. Steve Lacy: November (Intakt) 38 (6)
  34. William Parker: Uncle Joe's Spirit House (Centering) 37.5 (5)
  35. Ideal Bread: Transmit: Music of Steve Lacy (Cuneiform) 36 (8)
  36. Billy Bang: Prayer for Peace (TUM) 35 (8)
  37. John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable (Mythology) 35 (6)
  38. Evan Parker-Barry Guy-Paul Lytton-Peter Evans: Scenes in the House of Music (Clean Feed) 34.5 (4)
  39. Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms (Delmark) 34 (6)
  40. Kris Davis-Ingrid Laubrock-Tyshawn Sorey: Paradoxical Frog (Clean Feed) 34 (6)
  41. William Parker: I Plan to Stay a Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield (AUM Fidelity) 33 (5)
  42. Guillermo Klein: Domador de Huellas: Music of "Cuchi" Leguizamon (Sunnyside) 32 (8)
  43. Lee Konitz: Live at the Village Vanguard (Enja) 31.5 (5)
  44. Nels Cline: Dirty Baby (Cryptogramophone) 31.5 (4)
  45. Wadada Leo Smith & Ed Blackwell: The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer (Kabell) 30 (7)
  46. Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society (Heads Up) 29 (5)
  47. Either/Orchestra: Mood Music for Time Travellers (Accurate) 27.5 (6)
  48. The Bad Plus: Never Stop (E1) 27 (9)
  49. Chucho Valdes: Chucho's Steps (Four Quarters) 27 (5)
  50. Pat Metheny: Orchestrion (Nonesuch) 27 (4)
  51. Clayton Brothers: The New Song and Dance (ArtistShare) 26 (4)
  52. Mike Mainieri: Crescent (NYC) 25 (4)
  53. Chet Baker: The Sesjun Radio Shows (Out of the Blue/T2) 25 (3)
  54. Dave Douglas: Spark of Being: Burst (Greenleaf) 24.5 (5)
  55. Steve Colson: The Untarnished Dream (Silver Sphinx) 24 (5)
  56. Tarbaby: The End of Fear (Posi-Tone) 24 (5)
  57. Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif Suite (Pi) 24 (4)
  58. Matthew Shipp: 4D (Thirsty Ear) 23 (6)
  59. Anat Cohen: Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (Anzic) 23 (5)
  60. Ted Nash & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Portrait in Seven Shades (JLCO) 23 (4)
  61. Odean Pope: Odean's List (In + Out) 23 (4)
  62. Dominic Duval & Cecil Taylor: The Last Dance (Cadence) 23 (3)
  63. Bobby McFerrin: VOCAbuLaries (Emarcy) 23 (3)
  64. Denny Zeitlin: Precipice (Sunnyside) 23 (3)
  65. John Ellis: Puppet Mischief (ObliqSound) 22 (4)
  66. Roscoe Mitchell: Far Side (ECM) 22 (4)
  67. Ches Smith & These Arches: Finally Out of My Hands (Skirl) 22 (3)
  68. Decoy & Joe McPhee: Oto (Bo'Weavil) 21 (3)
  69. Kenny Dorham: The Flamboyan, Queens, NY, 1963 (Uptown) 21 (3)
  70. Ryan Keberle: Heavy Dreaming (Alternate Side) 21 (3)
  71. ROVA & Nels Cline Singers: The Celestial Septet (New World) 20.5 (3)
  72. Rez Abbasi: Natural Selection (Sunnyside) 20 (4)
  73. : Enescu Re-Imagined (Sunnyside) 20 (4)
  74. Anat Fort: And If (ECM) 20 (4)
  75. Catherine Russell: Inside This Heart of Mine (World Village) 20 (4)
  76. Steve Turre: Delicious and Delightful (HighNote) 19 (3)
  77. Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley: Ailanthus/Altissima (Bilateral Dimensions of Two Root Songs) (Triple Point) 19 (2)
  78. Jon Irabagon: Foxy (Hot Cup) 18.5 (6)
  79. Cassandra Wilson: Silver Pony (Blue Note) 18 (5)
  80. Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (Half Note) 18 (3)
  81. Ingrid Laubrock: Anti-House (Intakt) 18 (3)
  82. Fred Anderson: Black Horn Long Gone (Southport) 18 (2)
  83. Dee Dee Bridgewater: Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee (Emarcy) 18 (2)
  84. Fight the Big Bull: All Is Gladness in the Kingdom (Clean Feed) 17 (4)
  85. Dave Liebman: As Always (MAMA) 17 (3)
  86. Anthony Braxton & Gerry Hemingway: Old Dogs (2007) (Mode) 17 (2)
  87. Brad Goode: Tight Like This (Delmark) 17 (2)
  88. Joel Harrison: The Music of Paul Motian (Sunnyside) 17 (2)
  89. Cookers: Warriors (Jazz Legacy) 16 (4)
  90. Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz) 16 (4)
  91. Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband: Ceremony () 16 (4)
  92. Howard Wiley: 12 Gates to the City (HNIC Music) 16 (4)
  93. Rufus Reid: Out Front (Motema) 16 (3)
  94. AMM & John Butcher: Sounding Music (Matchless) 16 (2)
  95. Jeff Chan: Horns of Plenty (Asian Improv) 16 (2)
  96. Geri Allen and Timeline: Live (Motema) 15 (3)
  97. Ray Anderson & Marty Ehrlich: Hear You Say: Live in Willisau (Intuition) 15 (3)
  98. : Spiritual Lover (Clean Feed) 15 (3)
  99. Adam Lane: Ashcan Rantings (Clean Feed) 15 (3)
  100. Ullmann/Swell 4: News? No News! (Jazzwerkstatt) 15 (3)
  101. : The Sixth Jump (Songlines) 15 (2)
  102. Paquito D'Rivera: Tango Jazz: Live at Lincoln Center (Sunnyside) 15 (2)
  103. David S. Ware: Saturnian (AUM Fidelity) 15 (2)
  104. Frank Kimbrough: Rumors (Palmetto) 14 (3)
  105. Azar Lawrence: Mystic Journey (Furthermore) 14 (3)
  106. Lionel Loueke: Mwaliko (Blue Note) 14 (3)
  107. Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro (ECM) 14 (3)
  108. Jessica Williams: Touch (Origin) 14 (3)
  109. Little Women: Throat (AUM Fidelity) 14 (2)
  110. Mark Lomax: The State of Black America (Inarhyme) 14 (2)
  111. Rebecca Martin: When I Was Long Ago (Sunnyside) 14 (2)
  112. Barry Harris: Live in Rennes (Plus Loin) 13.5 (3)
  113. Sam Newsome: Blue Soliloquy (Solo Works for Soprano Saxophone) (self-released) 13.5 (3)
  114. Greg Lewis: Organ Monk (self-released) 13 (3)
  115. Scott Amendola: Lift (Sazi) 13 (2)
  116. Ross Bolleter: Night Kitchen (2002-2009) (Emanem) 13 (2)
  117. Maurice Brown: The Cycle of Love (Brown) 13 (2)
  118. Bill Carrothers: Joy Spring (Pirouet) 13 (2)
  119. Circulasione Totale Orchestra: Bandwidth (Rune Grammofon) 13 (2)
  120. Billy Childs: Autumn: In Moving Pictures (ArtistShare) 13 (2)
  121. Jazz Passengers: Reunited (Justin Time) 13 (2)
  122. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Vitoria Suite (Emarcy) 13 (2)
  123. David Weiss: Snuck In (Sunnyside) 13 (2)
  124. John Zorn: Ipsissimus (Tzadik) 13 (2)
  125. Jacky Terrasson: Push (Concord) 12 (4)
  126. Evan Christopher: The Remembering Song (Arbors) 12 (3)
  127. Bruce Barth & Steve Wilson: Home (WASJS) 12 (2)
  128. Michael Dease: Grace (Jazz Legacy) 12 (2)
  129. John McNeil & Bill McHenry: Chill Morn He Climb Jenny (Sunnyside) 12 (2)
  130. Liam Sillery: Phenomenology (OA2) 12 (2)
  131. Dan Weiss: Timshel (Sunnyside) 12 (2)
  132. Cyrus Chestnut: Journeys (Jazz Legacy) 11.5 (2)
  133. Dave Liebman-Evan Parker-Tony Bianco: Relevance (Red Toucan) 11.5 (2)
  134. Erica Lindsay & Sumi Tonooka: Initiation (ARC) 11.5 (2)
  135. Geof Bradfield: African Flowers (Origin) 11 (4)
  136. Dmitry Baevsky: Down With It (Sharp Nine) 11 (3)
  137. Richie Beirach & Dave Liebman: Quest for Freedom (Sunnyside) 11 (3)
  138. Keefe Jackson: Seeing You See (Clean Feed) 11 (3)
  139. Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol. V (Widow's Taste) 11 (3)
  140. Kurt Rosenwinkel: Our Secret World (Word of Mouth) 11 (3)
  141. Joshua Abrams: Natural Information (Eremite) 11 (2)
  142. Dan Block: From His World to Mine (Miles High) 11 (2)
  143. Lorraine Feather: Ages (Jazzed Media) 11 (2)
  144. Benjamin Herman: Hypochristmastreefuzz: More Mengelberg (Dox) 11 (2)
  145. Tony Malaby: Tamarindo Live (Clean Feed) 11 (2)
  146. New York Art Quartet: Old Stuff (Cuneiform) 11 (2)
  147. Evan Parker: Set (Eminem) 11 (2)
  148. John Pizzarelli: Rockin' in Rhythm (Telarc) 11 (2)
  149. Stephan Crump: Reclamation (Sunnyside) 10.5 (2)
  150. : Llyria (ECM) 10 (2)
  151. Avishai Cohen: Introducing Triveni (Anzic) 10 (2)
  152. Eli Degibri: Israeli Song (Anzic) 10 (2)
  153. Dave Liebman: Turnaround: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Jazzwerkstatt) 10 (2)
  154. Warren Vache & John Allred: Top Shelf (Arbors) 10 (2)
  155. Muhal Richard Abrams & Roscoe Mitchell: Spectrum (Mutable) 10 (1)
  156. Afrocubism: Afrocubism (Nonesuch) 10 (1)
  157. : 3 Nights in Oslo (Smalltown Superjazz) 10 (1)
  158. Mike Clark: Carnival of Soul (Owl Studios) 10 (1)
  159. Jay Clayton: In and Out of Love (Sunnyside) 10 (1)
  160. Andrew Cyrille & Greg Osby: Low Blue Flame (TUM) 10 (1)
  161. Bill Dixon-Aaron Siegel-Ben Hall: Weight/Counterweight (Brokenresearch) 10 (1)
  162. Tigran Hamasyan: Red Hail (Plus Loin) 10 (1)
  163. Hiromi: Place to Be (Telarc) 10 (1)
  164. ICP Orchestra: ICP Orchestra (ICP) 10 (1)
  165. Sum Invenio: Ergo (Matchless) 10 (1)
  166. Junko Onishi: Baroque (Verve) 10 (1)
  167. Scott Robinson-Marshall Allen-Pat O'Leary-Kevin Norton: Live at Space Farms (ScienSonic) 10 (1)
  168. Thomas Savy: French Suite (Plus Loin) 10 (1)
  169. Chris Schlarb: Psychic Temple (Asthmatic Kitty) 10 (1)
  170. Walter Smith III: III (Criss Cross) 10 (1)
  171. Lew Soloff, Steve Richman and Harmonie Ensemble New York: Sketches of Spain (Sheffield Lab) 10 (1)
  172. : Fabula Suite Lugano (ECM) 10 (1)
  173. Joost Buis & Astronotes: Zoomin (Data) 9.5 (2)
  174. Curtis Fuller: I Will Tell Her (Capri) 9.5 (2)
  175. Angles: Epileptical West (Clean Feed) 9 (2)
  176. Jeb Bishop: 2009 (Better Animal) 9 (2)
  177. Nils Petter Molvaer: Hamada (Thirsty Ear) 9 (2)
  178. Mike Pride: Betweenwhile (AUM Fidelity) 9 (2)
  179. Michael Jefry Stevens-Tim Siegel-Jeff Ferguson: Six (Konnex) 9 (2)
  180. Schlippenbach Trio: Bauhaus Dessau (Intakt) 9 (2)
  181. Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky: In Search of a Standard (Leo) 9 (2)
  182. Duke Ellington: The Great Concerts London & New York 1963-1964 (Nimbus) 9 (1)
  183. Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier: Oblivia (Tzadik) 9 (1)
  184. Dana Hall: Into the Light (Origin) 9 (1)
  185. Hilary Kole: You Are There (Justin Time) 9 (1)
  186. : Jugendstil II (ESP-Disk) 9 (1)
  187. Warne Marsh: New York City Live (Riverworks) 9 (1)
  188. Sei Miguel: (Clean Feed) 9 (1)
  189. Oregon: In Stride (CAM Jazz) 9 (1)
  190. Gail Pettis: Here in the Moment (OA2) 9 (1)
  191. Supersilent: 10 (Rune Grammofon) 9 (1)
  192. Trio X: Live on Tour 2008 (CIMP) 9 (1)
  193. Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love: Milwaukee Volume (Smalltown Superjazz) 9 (1)
  194. Bob Wilber: Is Here (Arbors) 8.5 (2)
  195. Houston Person: Moment to Moment (HighNote) 8 (3)
  196. Marilyn Crispell & David Rothenberg: One Dark Night I Left My Silent House (ECM) 8 (2)
  197. Tamir Hendelman: Destinations (Resonance) 8 (2)
  198. Jean-Michel Pilc: True Story (Dreyfus) 8 (2)
  199. Ellen Rowe: Wishing Well (PKO) 8 (2)
  200. Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph: Towards the Unknown (Meta) 8 (2)
  201. Antonio Sanchez: Live in New York at the Jazz Standard (CAM Jazz) 8 (2)
  202. Trombone Shorty: Backatown (Verve Forecast) 8 (2)
  203. Lina Allemano: Jargon (Independent) 8 (1)
  204. Bobby Carcasses: De la Habana a Nueva York (Vero) 8 (1)
  205. Jacques Coursil: Trails of Tears (Sunnyside) 8 (1)
  206. Harris Eisenstadt: Woodblock Prints (NoBusiness) 8 (1)
  207. Alan Ferber: Chamber Songs: Music for Nonet and Strings (Sunnyside) 8 (1)
  208. Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project (Herbie Hancock) 8 (1)
  209. Eddie Henderson: For All We Know (Furthermore) 8 (1)
  210. Daniel Humair: Pas de Dense (Zig Zag) 8 (1)
  211. Eli Keszler: Oxtirn (ESP-Disk) 8 (1)
  212. Jon Lundbom: Accomplish Jazz (Hot Cup) 8 (1)
  213. Marsalis Family: Music Redeemed (Marsalis Music) 8 (1)
  214. John McLaughlin: For the One (Mediastarz/Abstract Logix) 8 (1)
  215. Lisa Mezzacappa: What Is Known (Clean Feed) 8 (1)
  216. : Summer Works 2009 (Emanem) 8 (1)
  217. Terje Rypdal: Crime Scene (ECM) 8 (1)
  218. Eri Yamamoto: In Each Day, Something Good (AUM Fidelity) 8 (1)
  219. Scott Colley: Empire (CAM Jazz) 7.5 (3)
  220. Cindy Blackman: Another Lifetime (Four Quarters) 7.5 (2)
  221. Exploding Star Orchestra: Stars Have Shapes (Delmark) 7 (2)
  222. Mingus Big Band: Live at Jazz Standard (Jazz Workshop/Jazz Standard) 7 (2)
  223. Jason Robinson: The Two Faces of Janus (Cuneiform) 7 (2)
  224. Absolute Ensemble: Absolute Zawinul (Sunnyside) 7 (1)
  225. Mose Allison: The Way of the World (Anti-) 7 (1)
  226. Derek Bailey: More 74 (Incus) 7 (1)
  227. Marc Cary: Focus Trio Live 2009 (Motema) 7 (1)
  228. Bill Easley: Love Stories (American Showplace) 7 (1)
  229. Robin Holcomb & Wayne Horvitz: The Point of It All (Songlines) 7 (1)
  230. Abdullah Ibrahim: Bombella (Sunnyside) 7 (1)
  231. Frank Macchia: Folk Songs for Jazzers (Cacophony) 7 (1)
  232. Pat Mallinger: Dragon Fish (Chicago Sessions) 7 (1)
  233. Charnett Moffett: Treasure (Motema) 7 (1)
  234. Evan Parker: Whitstable Solo (Psi) 7 (1)
  235. Ivo Perelman-Daniel Levin-Torbjorn Zetterberg: Soulstorm (Clean Feed) 7 (1)
  236. Louis Sclavis-Craig Taborn-Tom Rainey: Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed) 7 (1)
  237. Shining: Black Jazz (The End) 7 (1)
  238. Mary Stallings: Dream (High Note) 7 (1)
  239. Milton Suggs: Things to Come (Skiptone) 7 (1)
  240. Vox Arcana: Aerial Age (Allos Documents) 7 (1)
  241. Rachel Z & Omar Hakim: Trio of Oz (Ozmosis) 7 (1)
  242. Various Artists: Treme: Music From the HBO Series, Season 1 (Geffen) 7 (1)
  243. Russell Malone: Triple Play (MaxJazz) 6.5 (2)
  244. : Blue Chicago Blues (Not Two) 6.5 (2)
  245. Dave Douglas: Spark of Being: Expand (Greenleaf) 6 (2)
  246. Hamid Drake: Reggaeology (RogueArt) 6 (2)
  247. Ken Thomson & Slow/Fast: It Would Be Easier If (Intuition) 6 (2)
  248. Sarah Wilson: Trapeze Project (Brass Tonic) 6 (2)
  249. Juhani Aaltonen: Conclusions (TUM) 6 (1)
  250. Alaturka: Tamam Abi (Tzigane) 6 (1)
  251. Architeuthis Walks on Land: Natura Naturans (Carrier) 6 (1)
  252. Atomic: Theater Tilters Vol. 1 (Jazzland) 6 (1)
  253. David Boykin: Ultra Sheen (Sonic Healing Ministries) 6 (1)
  254. Peter Evans: Live in Lisbon (Clean Feed) 6 (1)
  255. Food: Quiet Inlet (ECM) 6 (1)
  256. Erik Friedlander: Fifty (Skipstone) 6 (1)
  257. Jan Garbarek & the Hilliard Ensemble: Officium Novum (ECM) 6 (1)
  258. Sameer Gupta: Namaskar (Motema) 6 (1)
  259. : BlackMagic (Brownswood) 6 (1)
  260. Thomson Kneeland: Mazurka for a Modern Man (Innova) 6 (1)
  261. Lage Lund: Unlikely Stories (Criss Cross) 6 (1)
  262. Joe Magnarelli: My Old Flame (GIVE@GO) 6 (1)
  263. Wynton Marsalis & Richard Galliano: From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf (Wynton Marsalis Enterprises) 6 (1)
  264. Dan Pratt: Toe the Line (Posi-Tone) 6 (1)
  265. Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly: Cyrillic (482 Music) 6 (1)
  266. G9 Gipfel: Berlin (Jazzwerkstatt) 6 (1)
  267. Wee Trio: Capitol Diner, Vol. 2 (Bionic) 6 (1)
  268. Marshall Allen-Matthew Shipp-Joe Morris: Night Logic (RogueArt) 5.5 (1)
  269. Bizingas: Bizingas (NCM East) 5.5 (1)
  270. Michael Blake: Hellbent (Label of Love) 5.5 (1)
  271. : Cape of Storms (Ayler) 5.5 (1)
  272. Owen Howard: Drum Lore (BJU) 5.5 (1)
  273. Joe Morris & Nate Wooley: Tooth and Nail (Clean Feed) 5.5 (1)
  274. Harold O'Neal: Whirling Mantis (Smalls) 5.5 (1)
  275. Aki Takase: A Week Went By (Psi) 5.5 (1)
  276. Fred Van Hove-Paul Dunmall-Paul Rogers-Paul Lytton: Asynchronous (Slam) 5.5 (1)
  277. Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra: India & Africa (Water Baby) 5 (2)
  278. Orrin Evans: Faith in Action (Posi-Tone) 5 (2)
  279. Ahmad Jamal: A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 5 (2)
  280. Torben Waldorf: American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare) 5 (2)
  281. Abraham Inc.: Tweet Tweet (Table Pounding) 5 (1)
  282. Howard Alden: I Remember Django (Arbors) 5 (1)
  283. Artvark Saxophone Quartet: Truffles (Challenge) 5 (1)
  284. Atomic: Theater Tilters Vol. 2 (Jazzland) 5 (1)
  285. Anthony Braxton: GTM (Outpost) 2003 (Leo) 5 (1)
  286. Evan Christopher: Finesse (Fremeaux) 5 (1)
  287. Nat King Cole: The Forgotten 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert (Hep) 5 (1)
  288. Jamie Cullum: The Pursuit (Verve) 5 (1)
  289. Benoit Delbecq: Circles and Calligrams (Songlines) 5 (1)
  290. Daniele D'Agaro-Alexander von Schlippenbach-Han Bennink: Fingerprints (Artesuono) 5 (1)
  291. Marc Edwards & Weasel Walter: Blood of the Earth (UgExplode) 5 (1)
  292. Garrison Fewell: Sound Particle 47 (Creative Nation) 5 (1)
  293. Tia Fuller: Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue) 5 (1)
  294. Bill Gagliardi: Mr. Fubar, I Presume (CIMP) 5 (1)
  295. Hal Galper: E Pluribus Unum (Origin) 5 (1)
  296. Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela: Hands (Dare2) 5 (1)
  297. Sherman Irby: Live at the Otto Club (Black Warrior) 5 (1)
  298. Jonas Knutsson: (Country & Eastern) 5 (1)
  299. Manolito y su Trabuco: Beat Cubano (BIS) 5 (1)
  300. Joe McPhee-Dominic Duval-Jay Rosen-Mikolaj Trzaska: Magic (Not Two) 5 (1)
  301. Jeremy Pelt: Men of Honor (HighNote) 5 (1)
  302. Rangda: False Flag (Drag City) 5 (1)
  303. Claudio Roditi: Simpatico (Resonance) 5 (1)
  304. Paul Rutherford: Tetralogy (Emanem) 5 (1)
  305. Gil Scott-Heron: I'm New Here (XL) 5 (1)
  306. Karl E.H. Seigfried: Portrait of Jack Johnson (Imaginary Chicago) 5 (1)
  307. Aram Shelton: Two Cities (Delmark) 5 (1)
  308. Soft Machine: NDR Jazz Workshop, Germany, May 17, 1973 (Cuneiform) 5 (1)
  309. Dan Tepfer: Five Pedals Deep (Sunnyside) 5 (1)
  310. Richard Thompson: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Arabesque) 5 (1)
  311. Baptiste Trotignon: Suite . . . (Naive) 5 (1)
  312. Matt Wilson: Christmas Tree-O (Palmetto) 5 (1)
  313. Gregory Porter: Water (Motema) 4 (3)
  314. David S. Ware: Onecept (AUM Fidelity) 4 (2)
  315. Eivind Aarset: Live Extracts (Jazzland) 4 (1)
  316. Leny Andrade: Alma Mia (Microchoice Brazil) 4 (1)
  317. Michael Attias: Twines of Colesion (Clean Feed) 4 (1)
  318. Carlos Bica & Materia-Prima: Carlos Bica & Materia-Prima (Clean Feed) 4 (1)
  319. Federico Britos: Voyage (Sunnyside) 4 (1)
  320. Taylor Ho Bynum & Tomas Fujiwara: Stepwise (Not Two) 4 (1)
  321. Frank Carlberg: Tivoli Trio (Red Piano) 4 (1)
  322. Antonio Ciacca: Lagos Blues (Motema) 4 (1)
  323. Freddy Cole: Sings Mr. B (HighNote) 4 (1)
  324. Correction: Two Nights in April (Ayler) 4 (1)
  325. Scott DuBois: Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside) 4 (1)
  326. The Engines: Wire and Brass (Okka Disk) 4 (1)
  327. Satoko Fujii: Zakopane (Libra) 4 (1)
  328. Cochemea Gastelum: The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow (Mowo/Hyena) 4 (1)
  329. Eric Hofbauer: American Fear! (Creative Nation) 4 (1)
  330. : For All We Know (Impulse) 4 (1)
  331. Michael Janisch: Purpose Built (Whirlwind) 4 (1)
  332. Christine Jensen: Treelines (Justin Time) 4 (1)
  333. Olivier Manchon: And Miniature Chamber Orchestra (ObliqSound) 4 (1)
  334. Nellie McKay: Home Sweet Mobile Home (Verve) 4 (1)
  335. Evan Parker & Sten Sandell: Psalms (Psi) 4 (1)
  336. Edward Ratliff: Those Moments Before (Strudelmedia) 4 (1)
  337. Aldo Romano: Origine (Dreyfus) 4 (1)
  338. Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Stems and Cages (MNR) 4 (1)
  339. The Vandermark 5: The Horse Jumps and the Ship Is Gone (Not Two) 4 (1)
  340. Weasel Walter: Invasion (ugExplode) 4 (1)
  341. Nicole Mitchell: Emerald Hills (RogueArt) 3 (3)
  342. SFJazz Collective: Live 2010: The Works of Horace Silver (SFJazz) 3 (3)
  343. Allison Miller: Boom Tic Boom (Foxhaven) 3 (2)
  344. Jason Ajemian & the High Life: Let Me Get That (Digital Sundmagi) 3 (1)
  345. Ralph Alessi: Cognitive Dissonance (CAM Jazz) 3 (1)
  346. Dave Bass: Gone (Dave Bass Music) 3 (1)
  347. Big Band Mamborama: Big Band Mamborama (Russi) 3 (1)
  348. : Remembrance (ECM) 3 (1)
  349. Ran Blake & Christine Correa: Out of the Shadows (Red Piano) 3 (1)
  350. Stefano Bollani: Stone in the Water (ECM) 3 (1)
  351. Alan Broadbent: Live at Giannelli Square, Volume 1 (Chilly Bin) 3 (1)
  352. Joe Chambers: Horace to the Max (Savant) 3 (1)
  353. Denise Donatelli: When Lights Are Low (Savant) 3 (1)
  354. James Falzone: Lamentations (Allos) 3 (1)
  355. First Meeting: Cut the Rope (Libra) 3 (1)
  356. Mac Gollehon: Mac Straight Ahead (American Showplace) 3 (1)
  357. David Hazeltine: Inversions (Criss Cross) 3 (1)
  358. Holly Hofmann & Bill Cunliffe: Three's Company (Capri) 3 (1)
  359. Michael Musillami: Old Tea (Playscape) 3 (1)
  360. No Mor Musik: No Mor Musik (ugExplode) 3 (1)
  361. Ken Peplowski: Noir (Blue Capri) 3 (1)
  362. Tom Rainey: Pool School (Clean Feed) 3 (1)
  363. Pete Robbins: siLENT Z Live (Hate Laugh Music) 3 (1)
  364. Jason Robinson & Anthony Davis: Cerulean Landscape (Clean Feed) 3 (1)
  365. Kurt Rosenwinkel: Reflections (Wommusic) 3 (1)
  366. Scoolptures: Materiale Umano (Leo) 3 (1)
  367. Tierney Sutton: Desire (Telarc) 3 (1)
  368. Julian F. Thayer-Jarmo Savolainen-Scott Robinson-Klaus Suonsaari: Norwegian Invention (KS Jazz) 3 (1)
  369. Toots Thielemans: The Live Takes (In+Out) 3 (1)
  370. John Scofeld-Vince Mendoza-Metropole Orkest: 54 (Emarcy) 2 (2)
  371. Nate Wooley: Trumpet/Amplifier (Smeraldina-Rima) 2 (2)
  372. Harry Allen: New York State of Mind (Challenge) 2 (1)
  373. Ken Berman: Looking Forward (MMG) 2 (1)
  374. Steve Cardenas: West of Middle (Sunnyside) 2 (1)
  375. Alexis Cole: Someday My Prince Will Come (Venus) 2 (1)
  376. Contact: Five on One (Pirouet) 2 (1)
  377. Rich Corpolongo: Get Happy (Delmark) 2 (1)
  378. Betty Davis: Is It Love or Desire (Light in the Attic) 1 (1)
  379. Tomas Fujiwara: Actionspeak (482 Music) 2 (1)
  380. Dan Gailey: What Did You Dream? (OA2) 2 (1)
  381. Ben Goldberg: Go Home (Bag) 2 (1)
  382. Larry Goldings & Harry Allen: When Larry Met Harry () 2 (1)
  383. Benito Gonzalez: Circles (Furthermore) 2 (1)
  384. Carolyn Leonhart: Tides of Yesterday (Savant) 2 (1)
  385. Manuel Mengis: Dulcet Crush (Hatology) 2 (1)
  386. One for All: One for All (Jazz Legacy) 2 (1)
  387. Jason Palmer: Nothing to Hide (SteepleChase) 2 (1)
  388. Janet Planet: Sings the Bob Dylan Songbook Volume 1 (Stellar) 2 (1)
  389. Mike Reed: Empathetic Parts (482 Music) 2 (1)
  390. John Russell: Hyste (Psi) 2 (1)
  391. Sam Sadigursky: The Words Project III: Miniatures (New Amsterdam) 2 (1)
  392. Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra & Jimmy Heath: The Endless Search (Origin) 2 (1)
  393. Lizz Wright: Fellowship (Verve) 2 (1)
  394. Stephen Haynes: Parrhesia (Engine Studios) 2 (1)
  395. Gabriel Alegria: Pucusana (Alegria) 1 (1)
  396. : Ground Rush (Clean Feed) 1 (1)
  397. Jeff Berlin: High Standards (M.A.J.) 1 (1)
  398. Blue Cranes: Observatories (Blue Cranes) 1 (1)
  399. Bryan and the Haggards: Pretend It's the End of the World (Hot Cup) 1 (1)
  400. John Bunch: Do Not Disturb (Arbors) 1 (1)
  401. Chicago Underground Duo: Boca Negra (Thrill Jockey) 1 (1)
  402. Terry Clarke: It's About Time (Blue Music Group) 1 (1)
  403. Taylor Eigsti: Daylight at Midnight (Concord) 1 (1)
  404. Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali: Spirits Aloft (Porter) 1 (1)
  405. Stacey Kent: Raconte-moi . . . (Blue Note) 1 (1)
  406. Kirk Knuffke: Amnesia Brown (Clean Feed) 1 (1)
  407. Kneebody: You Can Have Your Moment (Winter and Winter) 1 (1)
  408. Masada String Trio: Haborym: The Book of Angels, Vol. 16 (Tzadik) 1 (1)
  409. Necks: Stillwater (ReR) 1 (1)
  410. Meg Okura: Naima (self-released) 1 (1)
  411. Organissimo: Alive & Kickin' (Big O) 1 (1)
  412. Mario Pavone: Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po (Playscape) 1 (1)
  413. Marian Petrescu: Thrivin': Live at Jazz Standard (Resonance) 1 (1)
  414. Julian Waterfall Pollack: Infinite Playground (Junebeat) 1 (1)
  415. Florian Ross: Mechanism (Pirouet) 1 (1)
  416. Matt Slocum: Portraits (Chandra) 1 (1)
  417. Erik Telford: Kinetic (EJT) 1 (1)
  418. Steve Tibbetts: Natural Causes (ECM) 1 (1)
  419. Trio Braam DeJoode Vatcher: Quartet (BBB) 1 (1)
  420. Tim Warfield: A Sentimental Journey (Criss Cross) 1 (1)
  421. Walt Weiskopf: See the Pyramid (Criss Cross) 1 (1)

* Includes 10 (1) from 2009.

Critics were asked to list 10 albums in descending order, with 10 points awarded for their #1, 9 for #2, etc. (On ballots where choices were listed alphabetically, each received 5.5 points.) The first bold number indicates total points; the number in parentheses is the tally of ballots on which a CD appeared, which was used as a tiebreaker.