8th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2013
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David Franklin (Cadence, Winthrop University)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joe Lovano, Cross Culture (Blue Note)
  2. Chris Potter, Sirens (ECM)
  3. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  4. Tommy Flanagan & Jaki Byard, Magic of Two (Resonance)
  5. Eliane Elias, I Thought About You (Concord Jazz)
  6. Kenny Garrett, Pushing the World Away (Mack Avenue)
  7. Antonio Adolfo, Finas Misturas (AAM Music)
  8. Scott Hamilton, Remembering Billie (Blue Duchess)
  9. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  10. Christian McBride, People Music (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Clifford Brown & Max Roach, The EmArcy Albums (Mosaic)
  2. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Duke Ellington, Big Bands Live (Jazz Haus)

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Phil Freeman (Burning Ambulance, Jazziz, The Wire)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nick Hempton, Odd Man Out (Posi-Tone)
  2. John McNeil, Hush Point (Sunnyside)
  3. Ghost Train Orchestra, Book of Rhapsodies (Accurate)
  4. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Slippery Rock (Hot Cup)
  5. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile (Constellation)
  6. Matthew Shipp, Piano Sutras (Thirsty Ear)
  7. Aaron Parks, Arborescence (ECM)
  8. Michael Bates & Samuel Blaser, One From None (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  9. Dave Douglas, Time Travel (Greenleaf)
  10. William Parker, Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity)

REISSUES

  1. Joe McPhee, Nation Time: The Complete Recordings (1969-70) (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  2. Miles Davis, Original Mono Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)

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David Fricke (Rolling Stone)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Pat Metheny, Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (Nonesuch/Tzadik)
  2. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Somewhere (ECM)
  3. Christian McBride, Out Here (Mack Avenue)
  4. Bill Frisell, Big Sur (Okeh)
  5. Fire! Orchestra, Exit! (Rune Grammofon)
  6. Claudia Quintet, September (Cuneiform)
  7. Robert Hurst, BOB: A Palindrome (Bebob)
  8. Allison Miller, No Morphine, No Lilies (Royal Potato Family)
  9. Little Women, Lung (AUM Fidelity)
  10. John Medeski, A Different Time (Okeh)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. John Coltrane, Sun Ship: The Complete Session (Impulse/Mosaic)
  3. Ornette Coleman, Friends and Neighbors: Ornette Live at Prince Street (Flying Dutchman/BGP)

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Jon Garelick (Boston Globe)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Bill Frisell, Big Sur (Okeh)
  2. Jamie Baum, In This Life (Sunnyside)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  4. Fred Hersch & Julian Lage, Free Flying (Palmetto)
  5. Gilad Edelman, My Groove, Your Move (Sharp Nine)
  6. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)
  7. Darcy James Argue, Brooklyn Babylon (New Amsterdam)
  8. Patricia Barber, Smash (Concord Jazz)
  9. Roswell Rudd, Trombone for Lovers (Sunnyside)
  10. Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)

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Richard Gehr (Village Voice, eMusic)

NEW RELEASES

  1. John Hollenbeck, Songs I Like a Lot (Sunnyside)
  2. Ben Monder, Hydra (Sunnyside)
  3. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Somewhere (ECM)
  4. Monika Roscher, Failure in Wonderland (Enja)
  5. Carmen Souza, Kachupada (Galileo)
  6. Han Bennink & Uri Caine, Sonic Boom (816 Music)
  7. Black Host, Life in the Sugar Candle Mines (Northern Spy)
  8. Claudia Quintet, September (Cuneiform)
  9. Steve Swallow, Into the Woodwork (ECM)
  10. Ben Allison, The Stars Look Very Different Today (Sonic Camera)

REISSUES

  1. Stark Reality, Acting Thinking Feeling (Now Again)
  2. Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition (ECM)
  3. Ornette Coleman, Friends and Neighbors: Ornette Live at Prince Street (Flying Dutchman/BGP)

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Albert Gilbert (San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jaimeo Brown, Transcendence (Motéma)
  2. Ben Goldberg, Unfold Ordinary Mind (BAG)
  3. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  4. Alan Ferber, March Sublime (Sunnyside)
  5. Etienne Charles, Creole Soul (Culture Shock)
  6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  7. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak (ACT)
  8. Myra Melford, Life Carries Me This Way (Firehouse 12)
  9. Frank Wess, Magic 101 (IPO)
  10. Bill Horvitz, The Long Walk (Big Door Prize)

REISSUES

  1. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Paul Motian, Paul Motian (ECM)
  3. Frank Wess and Johnny Coles, Two at the Top (Uptown)

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Ted Gioia (The Jazz Standards, The History of Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  2. Dawn of Midi, Dysnomia (Thirsty Ear)
  3. Yeahwon, Shin Lua Ya (ECM)
  4. Dawn Upshaw & Maria Schneider, Winter Morning Walks (ArtistShare)
  5. Fred Hersch & Julian Lage, Free Flying (Palmetto)
  6. Vadim Neselovskyi, Music for September (Sunnyside)
  7. Pat Metheny, Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (Nonesuch/Tzadik)
  8. Stefano Bollani & Hamilton de Holanda, O Que Será (ECM)
  9. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak (ACT)
  10. Thundercat, Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)

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Kurt Gottschalk (WFMU, The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Anthony Braxton, Echo Echo Mirror House (Victo)
  2. Aki Takase, My Ellington (Intakt)
  3. Evan Parker-Barry Guy-Paul Lytton, Live at Maya Recordings Festival (Maya)
  4. John Butcher-Thomas Lehn-John Tilbury, Exta (Fataka)
  5. Tony Oxley, A Birthday Tribute--75 Years (Incus)
  6. Joana Sá & Luís José Martins, Almost a Song (Shhpuma)
  7. Ellery Eskelin-Susan Alcorn-Michael Formanek, Mirage (Clean Feed)
  8. Sophie Agnel-John Edwards-Steve Noble, Meteo (Clean Feed)
  9. Hans Koch-Martin Schütz-Fredy Studer & Shelly Hirsch, Walking and Stumbling Through Your Sleep (Intakt)
  10. Mathieu Metzger, Self-Cooking (Ayler)

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Steve Greenlee (Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ketil Bjørnstad, La Notte (ECM)
  2. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Somewhere (ECM)
  3. Ken Peplowski, Maybe September (Capri)
  4. Dave Holland, Prism (Dare 2)
  5. Robert Hurst, BOB: A Palindrome (Bebob)
  6. Kahil El'Zabar, What It Is! (Delmark))
  7. Tom Harrell, Colors of a Dream (HighNote)
  8. John Hollenbeck, Songs I Like a Lot (Sunnyside)
  9. David Weiss, Venture Inward (Posi-Tone)
  10. Black Host, Life in the Sugar Candle Mines (Northern Spy)

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George Grella (The Brooklyn Rail, The Big City Blog)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson, Illusionary Sea (Firehouse 12)
  2. William Parker, Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity)
  3. John Hébert, Floodstage (Clean Feed)
  4. Jon Lundbom, Liverevil (Hot Cup)
  5. Bobby Avey, Be Not So Long to Speak (Minsi Ridge)
  6. Ches Smith, Hammered (Clean Feed)
  7. Marc Cary, Four Directions (Motéma)
  8. Harris Eisenstadt, The Destructive Element (Clean Feed)
  9. Curtis Hasselbring, Number Stations (Cuneiform)
  10. 10-32K, That Which Is Planted: Live in Buffalo and Rochester (Passin' Thru)

REISSUES

  1. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Begins (BGP -12)
  3. Clifford Jordan, The Complete Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic)

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Evan Haga (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  2. Joshua Redman, Walking Shadows (Nonesuch)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  4. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  5. Gary Burton, Guided Tour (Mack Avenue)
  6. Ralph Alessi, Baida (ECM)
  7. Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
  8. Dave Douglas, Time Travel (Greenleaf)
  9. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak (ACT)
  10. Bill Frisell, Big Sur (Okeh)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Paul Motian, Paul Motian (ECM)
  3. Charles Lloyd, Quartets (ECM)

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James Hale (DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Somewhere (ECM)
  2. Myra Melford, Life Carries Me This Way (Firehouse 12)
  3. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  4. Dave Douglas, Time Travel (Greenleaf)
  5. Christine Jensen, Habitat (Justin Time)
  6. Chris Potter, Sirens (ECM)
  7. Julia Hülsmann, In Full View (ECM)
  8. Ian Carey, Roads & Codes (Kabocha)
  9. Ben Goldberg, Unfold Ordinary Mind (BAG)
  10. Quest, Circular Dreaming (Enja)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions (Pablo)
  2. Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition (ECM)
  3. Paul Bley, Closer (ESP-Disk)

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

NEW RELEASES

  1. Chick Corea, The Vigil (Concord)
  2. René Marie, I Wanna Be Evil: With Love to Eartha Kitt (Motéma)
  3. Nicole Mitchell, Aquarius (Delmark)
  4. Daniel Lantz, Plays Bond (Do Music)
  5. J.D. Walter, One Step Away (JWal)
  6. Ghost Train Orchestra, Book of Rhapsodies (Accurate)
  7. Freddy Cole, This and That (HighNote)
  8. Kevin Eubanks, The Messenger (Mack Avenue)
  9. Marlene Ver Planck, Ballads . . . Mostly (Audiophile)
  10. Eric Alexander, Touching (HighNote)

REISSUES

  1. Caldera, Caldera/Sky Islands (SoulMusic)
  2. John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions (Pablo)
  3. Zoot Sims, Compatibility (Delmark)

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Tad Hendrickson (iTunes, Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. William Parker, Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity)
  2. Sex Mob, Plays Fellini (Royal Potato Family)
  3. Andy Bey, The World According to Andy Bey (HighNote)
  4. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Red Hot (Hot Cup)
  5. Matthew Shipp, Piano Sutras (Thirsty Ear)
  6. Erik Friedlander, Claws and Wings (Skipstone)
  7. Kneebody, The Line (Concord)
  8. Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd, Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project (Pi)
  9. Mulatu Astatke, Sketches of Ethiopia (Jazz Village)
  10. Darcy James Argue, Brooklyn Babylon (New Amsterdam)

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Andrey Henkin (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES

  1. Chris McGregor Brotherhood of Breath, Procession Live at Toulouse (Ogun)
  2. Clifford Jordan, The Complete Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Volker Kriegel, With A Little Help From My Friends (Mig Music/Liberty)

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Will Hermes (Rolling Stone, NPR)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  2. Jose James, No Beginning No End (Blue Note)
  3. Kneebody, The Line (Concord)
  4. 3 Cohens, Tightrope (Anzic)
  5. Dave Holland, Prism (Dare 2)
  6. Ceramic Dog, Your Turn (Northern Spy)
  7. Tierney Sutton, After Blue (BFM Jazz)
  8. Pat Metheny, Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (Nonesuch/Tzadik)
  9. Linda Oh, Sun Pictures (Greenleaf)
  10. Arve Henriksen, Places of Worship (Rune Grammofon)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Original Mono Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Theo Parrish, Black Jazz Signature (Snow Dog)
  3. Stark Reality, Acting Thinking Feeling (Now Again)

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Geoffrey Himes (Washington Post, Nashville Scene)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  2. 3 Cohens, Tightrope (Anzic)
  3. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  4. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  5. Steve Coleman, Functional Arrythmias (Pi)
  6. Randy Weston & Billy Harper, The Roots of the Blues (Sunnyside)
  7. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Trios (ECM)
  8. Bill Frisell, Big Sur (Okeh)
  9. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak (ACT)
  10. Warren Wolf, Wolfgang (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. James Booker, Classified: Remixed and Expanded (Rounder)
  3. John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions (Pablo)

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Eugene Holley, Jr. (Waxpoetics, NPR: A Blog Supreme)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ahmad Jamal, Saturday Morning (Jazz Village)
  2. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  3. David Weiss, Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter (Motéma)
  4. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  5. Frank Wess, Magic 101 (IPO)
  6. Etienne Charles, Creole Soul (Culture Shock)
  7. Randy Weston & Billy Harper, The Roots of the Blues (Sunnyside)
  8. Matthew Shipp, Piano Sutras (Thirsty Ear)
  9. Tom McDermott, Bamboula (Minky -12)
  10. Aaron Diehl, The Bespoke Man's Narrative (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Herbie Hancock, The Complete Columbia Album Collection (Legacy)
  2. Clifford Jordan, The Complete Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Paris 1969 (Blue Note)

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Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Pablo Ziegler & Metropole Orkest, Amsterdam Meets New Tango (Zoho)
  2. Jonathan Suazo, Extracts of a Desire (self-released)
  3. Stefano Bollani & Hamilton de Holanda, O Que Será (ECM)
  4. Bill O'Connell, Zócalo (Savant)
  5. Various, Salsa de la Bahia - Salsa From the Bay (Patois)
  6. Marquis Hill, The Poet (Skiptone)
  7. Eugenie Jones, Black Lace Blue Tears (self-released)
  8. Ensemble Real Book Argentina, Contemplación (Club del Disco)
  9. Mariano Loiacono, Hot House (Rivo)
  10. Marcos Valle & Stacey Kent, Ao Vivo (Sony)

REISSUES

  1. Tito Puente, Quatro: The Definitive Collection (Sony Music Latin)
  2. Volker Kriegel, Lost Tapes (Jazz Haus)
  3. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Experiments of Charles Mingus (Bethlehem/Verse)

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Lyn Horton (The Paradigm for Beauty)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matthew Shipp, Piano Sutras (Thirsty Ear)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith & Tumo, Occupy the World (TUM)
  3. Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd, Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project (Pi)
  4. Nicole Mitchell, Aquarius (Delmark)
  5. Wheelhouse [Dave Rempis-Jason Adasiewicz-Nate McBride], Boss of the Plains (Aerophonic)
  6. Darcy James Argue, Brooklyn Babylon (New Amsterdam)
  7. Convergence Quartet, Slow and Steady (NoBusiness)
  8. Adam Lane, Absolute Horizon (NoBusiness)
  9. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  10. Lubomyr Melnyk, Three Solo Pieces (Unseen Worlds)

REISSUES

  1. Joe McPhee, Nation Time: The Complete Recordings (1969-70) (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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