7th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2012
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Matthew Kassel (Village Voice, Capital New York)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Masabumi Kikuchi, Sunrise (ECM)
  2. Jacob Garchik, The Heavens (Yestereve)
  3. Mary Stallings, Don't Look Back (HighNote)
  4. Meshell Ndegeocello, Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone (Naive)
  5. Greg Lewis, Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black (self-released)
  6. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  7. Fred Hersch, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
  8. David Virelles, Continuum (Pi)
  9. Anat Cohen, Claroscuro (Anzic)
  10. Marco Cappelli, The American Dream (Mode)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Stan Getz, The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Thelonious Monk, The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy)

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Elzy Kolb (Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  2. Eri Yamamoto, The Next Page (AUM Fidelity)
  3. Avishai Cohen, Triveni II (Anzic)
  4. Fred Hersch, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
  5. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  6. Ravi Coltrane, Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
  7. Stefon Harris-David Sánchez-Christian Scott, Ninety Miles: Live at Cubadisco (Concord Picante)
  8. Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society (Heads Up)
  9. Gregg August, Four by Six (laCuessa))
  10. Virginia Mayhew, Mary Lou Williams--The Next 100 Years (Renma)

REISSUES

  1. Paul Winter, Count Me In 1962-1963 (Living Music)

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David Kunian (Offbeat, Downbeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  2. Living by Lanterns, New Myth/Old Science (Cuneiform)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  4. Branford Marsalis, Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)
  5. Dr. Michael White, Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Part 2 (Basin Street)
  6. Josh Berman, There Now (Delmark)
  7. Christian Scott, Christian aTunde Adjuah (Concord)
  8. Billy Hart, All Our Reasons (ECM)
  9. Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott, Live at Chickie Wa Wa (DIY)
  10. John Boutte, All About Everything (DIY?)

REISSUES

  1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 50th Anniversary Collection (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. The Quintet, Jazz at Massey Hall (Original Jazz Classics)

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Joe Lang (Jersey Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tommy Cecil and Bill Mays, Side by Side (DIY)
  2. Morganville Four, Alone With My Dream (JazzRules)
  3. Harry Allen & Scott Hamilton, Round Midnight (Challenge)
  4. Dan Block, Duality (Miles High)
  5. Tim Horner, The Places We Feel Free (Miles High)
  6. Rossano Sportiello-Nicki Parrott-Eddie Metz, Live at the Jazz Corner (Arbors)
  7. Sue Raney, Listen Here (Rhombus)
  8. Stephanie Nakasian, Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World (Capri)
  9. Matt Munisteri, Still Runnin' Wild in the Wilderness: The Lost Music of Willard Robison, Volume One (Old Cow Music)
  10. Daryl Sherman, Mississippi Belle: Cole Porter in the Quarter (Audiophile)

REISSUES

  1. Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)
  2. Beverly Kenney, Complete Decca Recordings + Bonus Tracks (Fresh Sound)
  3. Beverly Kenney, Complete Roost Recordings + Bonus Tracks (Fresh Sound)

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Art Lange (Point of Departure, Fanfare)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Josh Berman, There Now (Delmark)
  2. Grutronic & Evan Parker, Together in Zero Space (psi)
  3. The Whammies, Play the Music of Steve Lacy (Driff)
  4. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  5. Marilyn Crispell-Mark Dresser-Gerry Hemingway, Play Braxton (Tzadik)
  6. Anthony Braxton, Echo Echo Mirror House (NYC) 2011 (New Braxton House)
  7. Greg Lewis, Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black (self-released)
  8. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  9. Simon Nabatov, Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols (Leo)
  10. Katharina Weber-Barry Guy-Balts Nill, Games and Improvisations: Hommage a György Kurtág (Intakt)

REISSUES

  1. Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)
  2. Steve Lacy, The Sun (Emanem)
  3. Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, Fascinating Rhythm 1922-35 (Retrieval)

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Josh Langhoff (PopMatters, Burnside Writers Collective)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  2. John Surman, Saltash Bells (ECM)
  3. Devin Gray, Dirigo Rataplan (Skirl)
  4. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  5. Souljazz Orchestra, Solidarity (Strut)
  6. Jon Lundbom, No New Tunes (Hot Cup)
  7. Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow and Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
  8. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  9. Tim Berne, Snakeoil (ECM)
  10. Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)

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John Litweiler (Point of Departure, Britannica Book of the Year)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  2. Simon Nabatov, Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols (Leo)
  3. Hank Mobley, Newark 1953 (Uptown)
  4. Roscoe Mitchell & Nicole Mitchell, Three Compositions (RogueArt)
  5. Kidd Jordan-Joel Futterman-William Parker-Alvin Fielder, Live at the Guelph Jazz Festival 2011 (Engine)
  6. Scott Joplin/Rick Benjamin, Treemonisha (New World)
  7. Ben Holmes, Anvil of the Lord (Skirl)
  8. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  9. Josh Berman, There Now (Delmark)
  10. Dave Douglas, Three Views (Greenleaf)

REISSUES

  1. Art Ensemble, Early Combinations (Nessa)
  2. Steve Lacy, The Sun (Emanem)
  3. Hal Russell, NRG Ensemble (Nessa)

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Martin Longley (BBC Music, Jazzwise)

NEW RELEASES

  1. E.S.T. [Esbjörn Svensson Trio], 301 (ACT)
  2. Kalle Kalima, Out to Lynch (TUM)
  3. Angles 8, By Way of Deception (Clean Feed)
  4. Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)
  5. Neneh Cherry & The Thing, The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Superjazz)
  6. Fire! & Oren Ambarchi, In The Mouth -- A Hand (Rune Grammofon)
  7. Peter Van Huffel, Howl! (Double Moon)
  8. Elephant9 & Reine Fiske, Atlantis (Rune Grammofon)
  9. Roller Trio (F-ire)
  10. Tyshawn Sorey, Oblique (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. Frank Zappa, Hot Rats (Universal)
  2. Mothers of Invention, Absolutely Free (Universal)
  3. Ray Charles, Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Warner Jazz)

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Kevin Lynch (The Shepherd Express [Milwaukee], No Depression, Culture Currents (Vernaculars Speak))

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  2. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  3. Amina Figarova, Twelve (In+Out)
  4. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  5. Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)
  6. Joel Harrison, Search (Sunnyside)
  7. Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow and Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
  8. Philip Dizack, End of an Era (Truth Revolution)
  9. Torben Waldorff, Wah-Wah (ArtistShare)
  10. Hafez Modirzadeh, Post-Chromodal Out (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection (Columbia/RCA/Legacy)
  2. Weather Report, The Complete Columbia Albums, 1971-1975 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Stan Getz, The Clef & Norgran Studio Albums (Hip-O Select)

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Jim Macnie (Downbeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)
  2. John Abercrombie, Within a Song (ECM)
  3. Kris Davis, Aeriol Piano (Clean Feed)
  4. Ravi Coltrane, Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
  5. Luciana Souza, Duos III (Sunnyside)
  6. Paradoxical Frog, Union (Clean Feed)
  7. Ahmad Jamal, Blue Moon (JazzVillage)
  8. Billy Hart, All Our Reasons (ECM)
  9. Tim Berne, Snakeoil (ECM)
  10. Orrin Evans, Flip the Script (Posi-Tone)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)

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Howard Mandel (Jazz Journalists Association, Jazz Beyond Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maghostut Trio, Live at Last (RogueArt)
  2. Steve Lehman, Dialect Fluorescent (Pi)
  3. Jacob Garchik, The Heavens (Yestereve)
  4. Frank Wright, Blues for Albert Ayler (ESP-Disk)
  5. Living by Lanterns, New Myth/Old Science (Cuneiform)
  6. Jon Irabagon, Unhinged (Irabbagast)
  7. Hafez Modirzadeh, Post-Chromodal Out (Pi)
  8. Wes Montgomery, Echoes of Indiana Avenue (Resonance)
  9. Harris Eisenstadt, Canada Day III (Songlines)
  10. Ron Miles, Quiver (Enja/Yellowbird)

REISSUES

  1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 50th Anniversary Collection (Columbia/Legacy)

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Peter Margasak (Chicago Reader, Downbeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. David Virelles, Continuum (Pi)
  2. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  3. Eric Boeren, Coconut (Platenbakkerij)
  4. Billy Hart, All Our Reasons (ECM)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Bending Bridges (Firehouse 12)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
  7. Avishai Cohen, Triveni II (Anzic)
  8. Josh Berman, There Now (Delmark)
  9. Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow and Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
  10. JD Allen, The Matador and the Bull (Savant)

REISSUES

  1. Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)
  2. Don Cherry, Organic Music Society (Caprice)
  3. Clare Fischer, Extension (International Phonograph)

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Bill Milkowski (Downbeat, Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. George Schuller, Circle Wide, Listen Both Ways (Playscape)
  2. Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow and Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
  3. John Abercrombie, Within a Song (ECM)
  4. Johnathan Blake, The Eleventh Hour (Sunnyside)
  5. Ron Miles, Quiver (Enja/Yellowbird)
  6. John McLaughlin, Now Here This (Abstract Logix)
  7. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  8. Manuel Valera, New Cuban Express (Mavo)
  9. Branford Marsalis, Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)
  10. Michael Formanek, Small Places (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. The Quintet, Jazz at Massey Hall (Original Jazz Classics)
  2. Weather Report, The Complete Columbia Albums, 1971-1975 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. The Brecker Bros., The Complete Arista Albums Collection (Sony/Legacy)

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Chris Monsen (Klassekampen, Perfect Sounds)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Lehman, Dialect Fluorescent (Pi)
  2. Grass Roots (AUM Fidelity)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  4. Ben Allison-Michael Blake-Rudy Royston, Union Square (Abeat)
  5. Mike Reed, Clean on the Corner (482 Music)
  6. Charles Gayle, Streets (Northern Spy)
  7. Fly, Year of the Snake (ECM)
  8. Devin Gray, Dirigo Rataplan (Skirl)
  9. William Parker, Essence of Ellington (AUM Fidelity)
  10. Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Fortune Songs (Paint Box)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts: 1964-65 (Mosaic)
  2. Charles Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady/Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse)
  3. Cecil Taylor, Complete Nat Hentoff Sessions (ASI)

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John Frederick Moore (Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)
  2. Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)
  3. Anat Cohen, Claroscuro (Anzic)
  4. Matthew Shipp, Elastic Aspects (Thirsty Ear)
  5. Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma)
  6. Steve Kuhn-Steve Swallow-Joey Baron, Wisteria (ECM)
  7. Guillermo Klein, Carrera (Sunnyside)
  8. Jeff Parker, Bright Light in Winter (Delmark)
  9. Ravi Coltrane, Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
  10. Robert Glasper, Black Radio (Blue Note)

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Dan Morgenstern (Jersey Jazz, Journal of Jazz Studies)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dan Block, Duality (Miles High)
  2. Anat Cohen, Claroscuro (Anzic)
  3. Scott Robinson, Bronze Nemesis (ScienSonic)
  4. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  5. Virginia Mayhew, Mary Lou Williams--The Next 100 Years (Renma)
  6. Daryl Sherman, Mississippi Belle: Cole Porter in the Quarter (Audiophile)
  7. Marty Krystall, Liquid Krystall Displayed (K2B2)
  8. Gary Smulyan, Smul's Paradise (Capri)
  9. Erik Jekabson, Anti-Mass (Jekab's Music)
  10. Jeanfrancois Prins, El Gaucho (Challenge)

REISSUES

  1. Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)
  2. Louis Armstrong, Satchmo at Symphony Hall 65th Anniversary: The Complete Performances (Verve)
  3. Frank Wess & Johnny Coles, Two at the Top (Uptown)

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Russ Musto (The New York City Jazz Record, Downbeat)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

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Marc Myers (JazzWax, Why Jazz Happened)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Robert Glasper, Black Radio (Blue Note)
  2. Bill Evans, Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate (Resonance)
  3. Jazz Soul Seven, Impressions of Curtis Mayfield (BFM)
  4. Donald Fagen, Sunken Condos (Reprise)
  5. Greg Lewis, Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black (self-released)
  6. Joy Road: The Complete Works of Pepper Adams, Volumes 1-5 (Motéma)
  7. Antibalas, Antibalas (Daptone)
  8. Beka Gochiashvili (Bungalo)
  9. Triosence & Sara Gazarek, Where Time Stands Still (Charleston Square)
  10. Tommy Cecil and Bill Mays, Side by Side (DIY)

REISSUES

  1. Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)
  2. Duke Ellington, The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Little Willie John, Complete Hit Singles A's and B's (Real Gone)

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Michael G. Nastos (Cadence, Hot House, WEMU/89.1 FM Ypsilanti, MI)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Lee Konitz-Bill Frisell-Gary Peacock-Joey Baron, Enfants Terribles (Half Note)
  2. Donny McCaslin, Casting for Gravity (Greenleaf)
  3. Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
  4. David Virelles, Continuum (Pi)
  5. Jacob Anderskov, Granular Alchemy (Ilk)
  6. Jack DeJohnette, Sound Travels (Entertainment One)
  7. Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Hot House (Concord)
  8. Lionel Loueke, Heritage (Blue Note)
  9. Zach Brock, Almost Never Was (Criss Cross)
  10. Daniel Freedman, Bamako by Bus (Anzic)

REISSUES

  1. Charles Mingus, The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection (Columbia/RCA/Legacy)
  2. Paul Winter, Count Me In 1962-1963 (Living Music)
  3. Heiner Stadler, Brains on Fire (Labor)

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Stuart Nicholson (Jazzwise)

NEW RELEASES

  1. E.S.T. [Esbjörn Svensson Trio], 301 (ACT)
  2. John Surman, Saltash Bells (ECM)
  3. Ahmad Jamal, Blue Moon (JazzVillage)
  4. Tore Brunborg & Kirsti Huke, Scent of Soil (Hubro)
  5. Michael Wollny, Wasted & Wanted (ACT)
  6. Lighthouse Trio (ACT)
  7. Dave Stapleton, Flight (Edition)
  8. Zoe Rahman, Kindred Spirits (Manuchi)
  9. Adam Baldych, Imaginary Room (ACT)
  10. Radio String Quartet, Vienna Radiodream (ACT)

REISSUES

  1. Jan Garbarek, Dansere (ECM)
  2. Joe Harriott, The Joe Harriott Story (Proper)
  3. Duke Ellington, My People (Storyville)

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