7th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2012
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Evan Haga (JazzTimes, NPR)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  2. Branford Marsalis, Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)
  3. Steve Lehman, Dialect Fluorescent (Pi)
  4. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  5. Lee Konitz-Bill Frisell-Gary Peacock-Joey Baron, Enfants Terribles (Half Note)
  6. Jacob Garchik, The Heavens (Yestereve)
  7. John Abercrombie, Within a Song (ECM)
  8. Bad Plus, Made Possible (Entertainment One)
  9. Josh Berman, There Now (Delmark)
  10. Wes Montgomery, Echoes of Indiana Avenue (Resonance)

REISSUES

  1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 50th Anniversary Collection (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Pharoah Sanders, In the Beginning 1963-64 (ESP-Disk)
  3. Clare Fischer, Extension (International Phonograph)

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James Hale (Downbeat, CBCMusic.ca)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Gato Libre, Forever (Libra)
  2. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  3. Fred Ho & Quincy Saul, The Music of Cal Massey: A Tribute (Mutable)
  4. Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow and Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
  5. Nik Bärtsch, Live (ECM)
  6. Dave Douglas, Be Still (Greenleaf)
  7. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, XXI Century (5Passion)
  8. Frank Kimbrough, Live at Kitano (Palmetto)
  9. John Abercrombie, Within a Song (ECM)
  10. Bill Laswell, Means of Deliverance: Solo (Innerrhythmic)

REISSUES

  1. The Quintet, Jazz at Massey Hall (Original Jazz Classics)
  2. Charles Mingus, The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection (Columbia/RCA/Legacy)
  3. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)

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Ed Hazell (Point of Departure, Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  2. Jason Kao Hwang, Burning Bridge (Innova)
  3. William Parker, Essence of Ellington (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Vinny Golia, Abstractions and Retrocausalities (Nine Winds)
  5. The Whammies, Play the Music of Steve Lacy (Driff)
  6. Talking Cows, Almost Human (Morvin)
  7. Sebastaino Meloni-Paul Dunmall-Sebastiano Dessavay-Mark Sanders, Portrait of a Quartet (SLAM)
  8. Joe Morris-William Parker-Gerald Cleaver, Altitude (AUM Fidelity)
  9. Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow and Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
  10. Hafez Modirzadeh, Post-Chromodal Out (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Steve Lacy, Estilhaços: Steve Lacy Live in Lisbon (Clean Feed)
  3. Heiner Stadler, Brains on Fire (Labor)

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Don Heckman (The International Review of Music, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ravi Coltrane, Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
  2. Pat Metheny, Unity Band (Nonesuch)
  3. Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Hot House (Concord)
  4. Anat Cohen, Claroscuro (Anzic)
  5. Eric Reed, The Baddest Monk (Savant)
  6. John McLaughlin, Now Here This (Abstract Logix)
  7. Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)
  8. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  9. Don Byron, Love, Peace, and Soul (Savoy Jazz)
  10. Kenny Garrett, Seeds From the Underground (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Duke Ellington, The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Alex Henderson (The New York City Jazz Record, Jazz Inside)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma)
  2. Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Hot House (Concord)
  3. Kurt Elling, 1619 Broadway (Concord)
  4. Harry Allen & Scott Hamilton, Round Midnight (Challenge)
  5. Yoron Israel, Visions: The Music of Stevie Wonder (Ronja Music)
  6. Mary Stallings, Don't Look Back (HighNote)
  7. Wee Trio, Ashes to Ashes: A David Bowie Intraspective (Bionic)
  8. Ivo Perelman-Joe Morris-Gerald Cleaver, Family Ties (Leo)
  9. Ray Anderson, Sweet Chicago Suite (Intuition)
  10. Harold Mabern, Mr. Lucky: A Tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr. (HighNote)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady/Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse)
  2. Weather Report, The Complete Columbia Albums, 1971-1975 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Tad Hendrickson (Wall Street Journal, Newark Star-Ledger, AOL Radio)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Anat Cohen, Claroscuro (Anzic)
  2. Darius Jones, Book of Mæ'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) (AUM Fidelity)
  3. Joe Morris-William Parker-Gerald Cleaver, Altitude (AUM Fidelity)
  4. William Parker, Essence of Ellington (AUM Fidelity)
  5. Eric Revis, Parallax (Clean Feed)
  6. Ravi Coltrane, Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
  7. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  8. Edmar Castaneda, Double Portion (Arpa y Vo)
  9. Theo Bleckmann, Hello Earth! (The Music of Kate Bush) (Winter & Winter)
  10. Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma)

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Andrey Henkin (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

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Geoffrey Himes (Downbeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  2. Lafayette Gilchrist, It Came From Baltimore: Live at the Windup Space Vol. 1 (Creative Differences)
  3. Ron Miles, Quiver (Enja/Yellowbird)
  4. Fly, Year of the Snake (ECM)
  5. Branford Marsalis, Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)
  6. Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)
  7. Christian Scott, Christian aTunde Adjuah (Concord)
  8. Michael Formanek, Small Places (ECM)
  9. JD Allen, The Matador and the Bull (Savant)
  10. Todd Marcus, Inheritance (Hipnotic)

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Eugene Holley, Jr. (Ebony.com, Philadelphia Weekly)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ahmad Jamal, Blue Moon (JazzVillage)
  2. Marcus Miller, Renaissance (Concord)
  3. Jazz Soul Seven, Impressions of Curtis Mayfield (BFM)
  4. Pat Metheny, Unity Band (Nonesuch)
  5. Jack DeJohnette, Sound Travels (Entertainment One)
  6. Donald Vega, Spiritual Nature (Resonance)
  7. Kenny Garrett, Seeds From the Underground (Mack Avenue)
  8. Tia Fuller, Angelic Warrior (Mack Avenue)
  9. Ralph Peterson, The Duality Perspective (Onyx)
  10. Darryl Reeves, Mercury (Epic Life Music Group)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Wayne Shorter, The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Duke Ellington, The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mauro Senise, Afetivo (Biscoito Fino)
  2. Omer Avital, Suite of the East (Anzic)
  3. Yosvany Terry, Today's Opinion (Criss Cross)
  4. Steve Turre, Woody's Delight (HighNote)
  5. Duduka Da Fonseca, Samba Jazz -- Jazz Samba (Anzic)
  6. Claudio Rubio, Tristano! (Discos Pendiente)
  7. Alfredo Rodriguez, Sounds of Space (Mack Avenue)
  8. Andrew Swift, Swift Kick (D Clef)
  9. Anne Sajdera, Azul (Bijuri)
  10. Natalie Cressman, Unfolding (self-released)

REISSUES

  1. Paul Winter, Count Me In 1962-1963 (Living Music)
  2. Woody Shaw, Woody Plays Woody (HighNote)
  3. Irene Reid, Queen of the Party (Savant)

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Lyn Horton (The Paradigm for Beauty)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  2. Burton Greene, Live at Kerrytown (NoBusiness)
  3. Darius Jones, Book of Mæ'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Jason Stein, The Story This Time (Delmark)
  5. Joe McPhee & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Brooklyn DNA (Clean Feed)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith, Dark Lady of the Sonnets (TUM)
  7. Frank Rosaly, Centering and Displacement (Utech)
  8. John Butcher & Matthew Shipp, At Oto (Fataka)
  9. Peter Brötzmann & Jason Adasciewicz, Going All Fancy (Eremite)
  10. Fred Lonberg-Holm, Gather (Delmark)

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Tom Hull (tomhull.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Lehman, Dialect Fluorescent (Pi)
  2. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  3. Houston Person, Naturally (HighNote)
  4. Ivo Perelman-Joe Morris-Gerald Cleaver, Living Jelly (Leo)
  5. Jenny Scheinman, Mischief & Mayhem (Jenny Scheinman Music)
  6. Ben Riley, Grown Folks Music (Sunnyside)
  7. Fred Lonberg-Holm, Gather (Delmark)
  8. Nik Bärtsch, Live (ECM)
  9. Arthur Kell, Jester (BJU)
  10. Jacob Garchik, The Heavens (Yestereve)

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen, jazzblog.ca)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tim Berne, Snakeoil (ECM)
  2. Branford Marsalis, Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)
  3. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  4. Keith Jarrett-Jan Garbarek-Palle Danielsson-Jon Christensen, Sleeper (ECM)
  5. Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)
  6. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Star of Jupiter (Wommusic)
  7. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  8. Ben Wendell, Frame (Sunnyside)
  9. Billy Hart, All Our Reasons (ECM)
  10. Joel Miller, Swim (Origin)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Pharoah Sanders, In the Beginning 1963-64 (ESP-Disk)
  3. Steve Kuhn, Life's Magic (Sunnyside)

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Robert Iannopolo (Cadence, The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  2. Jason Kao Hwang, Burning Bridge (Innova)
  3. Hafez Modirzadeh, Post-Chromodal Out (Pi)
  4. William Parker, Essence of Ellington (AUM Fidelity)
  5. Paul Smoker, Cool Lives (Alvos)
  6. Talking Cows, Almost Human (Morvin)
  7. Michael Musillami, Mettle (Playscape)
  8. Klang, Brooklyn Lines . . . Chicago Spaces (Allos Documents)
  9. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  10. The Whammies, Play the Music of Steve Lacy (Driff)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Heiner Stadler, Brains on Fire (Labor)
  3. Pharoah Sanders, In the Beginning 1963-64 (ESP-Disk)

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Patrick Jarenwattananon (NPR)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  2. Matt Ulery, By a Little Light (Greenleaf)
  3. Omer Avital, Suite of the East (Anzic)
  4. Billy Hart, All Our Reasons (ECM)
  5. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  6. Darius Jones, Book of Mæ'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) (AUM Fidelity)
  7. Todd Marcus, Inheritance (Hipnotic)
  8. Scott DuBois, Landscape Scripture (Sunnyside)
  9. Neneh Cherry & The Thing, The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Superjazz)
  10. Theo Bleckmann, Hello Earth! (The Music of Kate Bush) (Winter & Winter)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Don Cherry, Organic Music Society (Caprice)
  3. Calvin Keys, Shawn-Neeq (Black Jazz)

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Willard Jenkins (The Independent Ear, WPFW 89.3 FM [Washington, DC])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Branford Marsalis, Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)
  2. Robert Glasper, Black Radio (Blue Note)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  4. Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma)
  5. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  6. Francisco Mora Catlett, Afro Horn Mix (AACE)
  7. Clayton Brothers & Friends, The Gathering (ArtistShare)
  8. Matt Wilson, An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto)
  9. Chick Corea, The Continents (Deutsche Grammophon)
  10. Lenora Zenzalai Helm, I Love Myself When I Am Laughing (CDB)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, It's Monk's Time (Legacy)
  2. Woody Shaw, Woody Plays Woody (HighNote)
  3. Charles Mingus, The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection (Columbia/RCA/Legacy)

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Rob Johnson (Denver Jazz Music Examiner)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  2. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  4. Chick Corea-Eddie Gomez-Paul Motian, Further Explorations (Concord Jazz)
  5. Keith Jarrett-Jan Garbarek-Palle Danielsson-Jon Christensen, Sleeper (ECM)
  6. Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow and Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
  7. Masabumi Kikuchi, Sunrise (ECM)
  8. Ralph Peterson, The Duality Perspective (Onyx)
  9. Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway, Live at the Library of Congress (IPO)
  10. The Cookers, Believe (Motéma)

REISSUES

  1. Paul Winter, Count Me In 1962-1963 (Living Music)
  2. Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)

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Richard Kamins (Step Tempest)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Branford Marsalis, Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)
  2. Erik Jekabson, Anti-Mass (Jekab's Music)
  3. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  4. Amy Cervini, Digging Me, Digging You (Anzic)
  5. Lorraine Feather, Tales of the Unusual (Jazzed Media)
  6. Linda Oh, Initial Here (Greenleaf)
  7. Bobby Sanabria, Multiverse (Jazzheads)
  8. Harris Eisenstadt, Canada Day III (Songlines)
  9. Anne-Mette Iversen, Poetry of Earth (BJU)
  10. Brian Charette, Music for Organ Sextette (SteepleChase)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection (Columbia/RCA/Legacy)

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George Kanzler (Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Hank Mobley, Newark 1953 (Uptown)
  2. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  3. Diane Moser & Mark Dresser, Duetto (CIMP)
  4. Ted Nash, The Creep (Plastic Sax)
  5. Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Hot House (Concord)
  6. Bruce Barth, Three Things of Beauty (Savant)
  7. Arturo O'Farrill, The Noguchi Sessions (Zoho)
  8. Michael Benedict, Five and One (Planet Arts)
  9. Jana Herzen, Passion of a Lonely Heart (Motéma)
  10. LaVerne Butler, Love Lost and Found Again (HighNote)

REISSUES

  1. Duke Ellington, The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Charles Mingus, The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection (Columbia/RCA/Legacy)
  3. John Kirby, Biggest Little Band in the Land (Classic Jazz Records)

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Fred Kaplan (Slate, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ravi Coltrane, Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
  2. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  3. Fred Hersch, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
  4. Ted Nash, The Creep (Plastic Sax)
  5. Chick Corea-Eddie Gomez-Paul Motian, Further Explorations (Concord Jazz)
  6. Dave Douglas, Be Still (Greenleaf)
  7. Frank Kimbrough, Live at Kitano (Palmetto)
  8. Ron Miles, Quiver (Enja/Yellowbird)
  9. Jenny Scheinman, Mischief & Mayhem (Jenny Scheinman Music)
  10. John Abercrombie, Within a Song (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Thelonious Monk, The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  3. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella & Louis Again (Analogue Productions)

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