8th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2013
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John Szwed (Wire, Center for Jazz Studies)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  2. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  3. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  4. The Whammies, Play the Music of Steve Lacy, Vol. 2 (Driff)
  5. Ralph Alessi & Fred Hersch, Only Many (CAM Jazz)
  6. Marty Ehrlich, A Trumpet in the Morning (New World)
  7. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Trios (ECM)
  8. Ches Smith, Hammered (Clean Feed)
  9. Allison Miller, No Morphine, No Lilies (Royal Potato Family)
  10. François Carrier-Michel Lambert-John Edwards-Steve Beresford, Overground to the Vortex (Not Two)

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. Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch (Blue Note (Japan))

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Jeff Tamarkin (JazzTimes, Relix)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Pat Metheny, Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (Nonesuch/Tzadik)
  2. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  3. Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
  4. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  5. Chris Potter, Sirens (ECM)
  6. Gerald Clayton, Life Forum (Concord)
  7. Amir ElSaffar, Alchemy (Pi)
  8. Chucho Valdes, Border-Free (Jazz Village)
  9. Steve Swallow, Into the Woodwork (ECM)
  10. Youn Sun Nah, Lento (ACT)

REISSUES

  1. Paul Motian, Paul Motian (ECM)
  2. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Steve Kuhn, The Vanguard Date (Sunnyside)

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Derek Taylor (Dusted)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Peter Evans, Zebulon (More Is More)
  2. Adam Lane, Oh Freedom (CIMP)
  3. Stephen Riley, Lover (SteepleChase)
  4. Ellery Eskelin, Trio New York II (Prime Source)
  5. William Parker, Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity)
  6. Nate Wooley, (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship (Clean Feed)
  7. Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri, The Transylvania Concert (ECM)
  8. Tommy Flanagan & Jaki Byard, Magic of Two (Resonance)
  9. Peter Brötzmann, Long Story Short (Trost)
  10. Ralph Lalama, Bop Juice (Smalls Live -12)

REISSUES

  1. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, Free Standards: Stockholm 1966 (Fresh Sound)
  2. Joe McPhee, Nation Time: The Complete Recordings (1969-70) (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  3. Paul Motian, Paul Motian (ECM)

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Neil Tesser (ChicagoMusic.org)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Chris Potter, Sirens (ECM)
  2. Antonio Sanchez, New Life (CAM Jazz)
  3. Nicole Mitchell, Aquarius (Delmark)
  4. Dave Douglas, Time Travel (Greenleaf)
  5. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  6. Brussels Jazz Orchestra & Joe Lovano, Wild Beauty (Half Note)
  7. Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue (Concord)
  8. Gary Burton, Guided Tour (Mack Avenue)
  9. Ivo Perelman, The Edge (Leo)
  10. Jim Snidero, Stream of Consciousness (Savant)

REISSUES

  1. Clifford Jordan, The Complete Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Roscoe Mitchell, Live at "A Space" 1975 (Delmark)
  3. Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition (ECM)

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Michael Ullman (Fanfare, Arts Fuse)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue (Concord)
  2. Gary Burton, Guided Tour (Mack Avenue)
  3. Fred Hersch & Julian Lage, Free Flying (Palmetto)
  4. Geri Allen, Grand River Crossings: Motown & Motor City Inspirations (Motéma)
  5. Oscar Pettiford, Lost Tapes: Germany 1958/1959 (Jazz Haus)
  6. Roger Kellaway & Eddie Daniels, Duke at the Roadhouse: Live in Santa Fe (IPO)
  7. Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM)
  8. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)
  9. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Trios (ECM)
  10. Billy Bang, Da Bang! (TUM)

REISSUES

  1. Earl Hines, The Classic Earl Hines Sessions: 1928-1945 (Mosaic)
  2. Muhal Richard Abrams The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note, CAM Jazz ()
  3. Roscoe Mitchell, Live at "A Space" 1975 (Delmark)

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Ludwig Van Trikt (Cadence, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. David Murray, Be My Monster Love (Motéma)
  2. Mark Masters, Everything You Did: The Music of Becker & Fagen (Capri)
  3. Brian Landrus, Mirage (Blueland)
  4. Marc Cary, For the Love of Abbey (Motéma)
  5. O'Farrill Brothers, Sensing Flight (Zoho)
  6. Robert Hurst, BOB: A Palindrome (Bebob)
  7. Verneri Pohjola, Rubidium (TUM)
  8. Jaimeo Brown, Transcendence (Motéma)
  9. George Colligan, The Endless Mysteries (Origin)

REISSUES

  1. Ted Curson, Ode to Booker Ervin (Rocket)
  2. Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition (ECM)
  3. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)

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George Varga (U-T San Diego, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  2. Mark Dresser, Nourishments (Clean Feed)
  3. Steve Coleman, Functional Arrythmias (Pi)
  4. Myra Melford, Life Carries Me This Way (Firehouse 12)
  5. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)
  6. Tom Harrell, Colors of a Dream (HighNote)
  7. Kenny Garrett, Pushing the World Away (Mack Avenue)
  8. Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue (Concord)
  9. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak (ACT)
  10. Mike Wofford, It's Personal (Capri)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition (ECM)
  3. Archie Shepp, Live in Antibes (Charly)

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Seth Colter Walls (Slate, New York Review of Books, Rhapsody)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile (Constellation)
  2. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Illusionary Sea (Firehouse 12)
  4. Harold Lopez-Nussa, New Day (Jazz Village)
  5. Revolutionary Ensemble, Counterparts (Mutable)
  6. Craig Taborn, Chants (ECM)
  7. Angelica Sanchez & Wadada Leo Smith, Twine Forest (Clean Feed)
  8. Albert "Tootie" Heath, Tootie's Tempo (Sunnyside)
  9. Kris Davis, Massive Threads (Thirsty Ear)
  10. Christian McBride, Out Here (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. New York Art Quartet, Call It Art (Triple Point)

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Ken Waxman (The New York City Jazz Record, Jazz Word)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Convergence Quartet, Slow and Steady (NoBusiness)
  2. Andrew Cyrille, Duology (Jazzwerkstatt)
  3. Black Host, Life in the Sugar Candle Mines (Northern Spy)
  4. Scott Neumann, Blessed (Origin)
  5. Michel Edelin, Resurgence (RogueArt)
  6. Ab Baars-Meinard Kneer-Bill Elgart, Give No Quarter (Evil Rabbit)
  7. Maria Faust, Jazz Catastrophe (Barefoot)
  8. Barry Altschul, The 3dom Factor (TUM)
  9. Mark Dresser, Nourishments (Clean Feed)
  10. Alexey Kruglov-Alexey Lapin-Jaak Sooäär-Oleg Yudanov, Military Space (Leo)

REISSUES

  1. Paul Bley, Closer (ESP-Disk)
  2. Chris McGregor Brotherhood of Breath, Procession Live at Toulouse (Ogun)
  3. Roscoe Mitchell, Live at "A Space" 1975 (Delmark)

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Bob Weinberg (Jazziz, Jazz & Blues Florida)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Odean Pope, Odean's Three (In+Out)
  2. Peter Madsen & Alfred Vogel, Soul of the Underground (Playscape)
  3. Myra Melford, Life Carries Me This Way (Firehouse 12)
  4. Mary Halvorson, Illusionary Sea (Firehouse 12)
  5. Nicole Mitchell, Aquarius (Delmark)
  6. Kahil El'Zabar, What It Is! (Delmark))
  7. Andy Bey, The World According to Andy Bey (HighNote)
  8. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  9. Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue (Concord)
  10. Samuel Blaser, As the Sea (Hat Hut)

REISSUES

  1. Various, The Rise & Fall of Paramount, Volume One, 1917-1927 (Third Man/Revenant)
  2. Albert Ayler, Live on the Riviera (ESP-Disk)
  3. Clifford Jordan, The Complete Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic)

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Jason Weiss (Improjazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. François Tusques, L'Étang Change (Improvising Beings)
  2. Amir ElSaffar, Alchemy (Pi)
  3. Curtis Hasselbring, Number Stations (Cuneiform)
  4. Bengt Berger, Beches Brew Big (Country & Eastern)
  5. Frank Carlberg, Big Enigmas (Red Piano)
  6. Jonathan Finlayson, Moment & the Message (Pi)
  7. Simon Spang-Hanssen, Luna Moon (Alisio)
  8. Llyn Foulkes, Sounds From Bldg 22 (Brewery)
  9. Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown, We're Live (ESP-Disk)
  10. Various, Taiwan Jazz & World (Buda Musique)

REISSUES

  1. New York Art Quartet, Call It Art (Triple Point)
  2. Chris McGregor Brotherhood of Breath, Procession Live at Toulouse (Ogun)
  3. Ran Blake, Plays Solo Piano (ESP-Disk)

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Ken Weiss (Cadence, Jazz Inside)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Billy Bang, Da Bang! (TUM)
  2. Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre, Live in Zürich (Intakt)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Illusionary Sea (Firehouse 12)
  4. Trio 3 & Jason Moran, Refraction: Breakin' Glass (Intakt)
  5. Satoko Fujii, Time Stands Still (Not Two)
  6. Jessica Jones & Connie Crothers, Live at the Freight (New Artists)
  7. Mark Dresser, Nourishments (Clean Feed)
  8. Jonathan Finlayson, Moment & the Message (Pi)
  9. Confusion Bleue, East Side Banquet (Ictus)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith & Tumo, Occupy the World (TUM)

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Michael J. West (Washington City Paper, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Allyn Johnson, The Truth (self-released)
  2. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  3. Jaimeo Brown, Transcendence (Motéma)
  4. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  5. Gary Burton, Guided Tour (Mack Avenue)
  6. Cliff Hines, Wanderlust (self-released)
  7. John Hollenbeck, Songs I Like a Lot (Sunnyside)
  8. Harold Mabern, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live)
  9. Luis Muñoz, Luz (self-released)
  10. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile (Constellation)

REISSUES

  1. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Philly Joe Jones, Six Classic Albums (Real Gone Jazz)
  3. Tito Puente, Quatro: The Definitive Collection (Sony Music Latin)

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Kevin Whitehead (Fresh Air [NPR], Why Jazz?)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES

  1. Instant Composers Pool, The Complete Catalogue (ICP)
  2. Duke Ellington, The Ellington Suites (OJC/Pablo)
  3. Sarah Vaughan, Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958 (Verve Select)

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Josef Woodard (DownBeat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, Los Angeles Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note)
  2. Joe Lovano, Cross Culture (Blue Note)
  3. Christian Wallumrod, Outstairs (ECM)
  4. Bill Frisell, Big Sur (Okeh)
  5. Anthony Braxton, Echo Echo Mirror House (Victo)
  6. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Red Hot (Hot Cup)
  7. Steve Coleman, Functional Arrythmias (Pi)
  8. Marius Neset, Birds (Edition)
  9. Ahmad Jamal, Saturday Morning (Jazz Village)
  10. The Thing, Boot! (The Thing)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck, The White House Sessions, Live 1962 (Columbia/RPM/Legacy)
  3. Patty Waters, College Tour (ESP-Disk)

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Ron Wynn (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. David Murray, Be My Monster Love (Motéma)
  2. Joshua Redman, Walking Shadows (Nonesuch)
  3. Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note)
  4. Tim Berne, Shadow Man (ECM)
  5. George Benson, Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole (Concord)
  6. Pat Metheny, Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (Nonesuch/Tzadik)
  7. Christian McBride, People Music (Mack Avenue)
  8. Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
  9. Arturo O'Farrill, Final Night at Birdland (Zoho)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith & Tumo, Occupy the World (TUM)

REISSUES

  1. Herbie Hancock, The Complete Columbia Album Collection (Legacy)
  2. Wes Montgomery, So Much Guitar (Original Jazz Classics)
  3. Woody Shaw, The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic)

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Scott Yanow (The Jazz Singers, Jazz on Record 1917-76)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Benny Green, Magic Beans (Sunnyside)
  2. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue)
  3. Frank Wess, Magic 101 (IPO)
  4. Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown, We're Live (ESP-Disk)
  5. Jackie Ryan, Listen Here (Open Art)
  6. Champian Fulton, Sings and Swings (Sharp Nine)
  7. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Somewhere (ECM)
  8. Dave Douglas, Time Travel (Greenleaf)
  9. Paris Washboard, Swinging Castle (Kur und Kongress)
  10. Monty Alexander, Uplift 2 Higher (Jazz Legacy)

REISSUES

  1. Herbie Hancock, The Complete Columbia Album Collection (Legacy)
  2. Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald, Complete Decca Sessions 1934-1941 (Mosaic)
  3. Miles Davis, Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy)

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