9th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2014 |
Ballot 2014
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Paul Bley, Play Blue: Oslo Concert (ECM)
- Diva, A Swingin' Life (MCG Jazz)
- Mary Halvorson-Michael Formanek-Tomas Fujiwara, Thumbscrew (Cuneiform)
- Penguin Café, The Red Book (self-released)
- Tineke Postma & Greg Osby, Sonic Halo (Challenge)
- Sonny Rollins, Roadshows Volume 3 (Doxy/Okeh)
- Ada Rovatti, Disguise (Piloo)
- Daniel Smith, Smokin Hot Bassoon Blues (Summit)
- Wadada Leo Smith-Jamie Saft-Joe Morris-Balazs Pandi, Red Hill (Rare Noise)
- Miguel Zenón, Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music)
REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Louis Armstrong, The Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings (Mosaic)
- Bud Powell, Birdland 1953 (ESP-Disk)
- Various, 60 Years of Jazz (Delmark)
VOCAL
- Catherine Russell, Bring It Back (Jazz Village)
DEBUT
- Zan Stewart, The Street Is Making Music (Mobo Dog)
LATIN
- Eliana Cuevas, Espejo (Alma)