9th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2014
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2014 Totals: New Albums

  1. Steve Lehman, Mise en Abime (Pi) 266 (40)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith, The Great Lakes Suites (TUM) 254 (32)
  3. Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note) 223 (30)
  4. Sonny Rollins, Roadshows Volume 3 (Doxy/Okeh) 174.5 (25)
  5. Mark Turner, Lathe of Heaven (ECM) 159 (24)
  6. Marc Ribot, Live at the Village Vanguard (Pi) 147 (25)
  7. Jason Moran, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy to Fats Waller (Blue Note) 135.5 (22)
  8. Brian Blade, Landmarks (Blue Note) 133.5 (18)
  9. Kenny Barron & Dave Holland, The Art of Conversation (Impulse) 101 (17)
  10. Jane Ira Bloom, Sixteen Sunsets (Outline/Pure Audio -13) 95 (15) *
  11. Miguel Zenón, Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music) 95 (15)
  12. Bad Plus, The Rite of Spring (Sony Masterworks) 88.5 (15)
  13. Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden, Last Dance (ECM) 83 (14)
  14. David Virelles, Mbókò (ECM) 80 (13)
  15. Tyshawn Sorey, Alloy (Pi) 80 (13)
  16. Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Over Time: The Music of Bob Brookmeyer (Planet Arts) 73.5 (9)
  17. Chick Corea, Trilogy (Stretch/Concord) 72 (10)
  18. Fred Hersch, Floating (Palmetto) 67 (12)
  19. Jeff Ballard, Time's Travels (Okeh) 66 (12)
  20. Vijay Iyer, Mutations (ECM) 64 (12)
  21. Mary Halvorson-Michael Formanek-Tomas Fujiwara, Thumbscrew (Cuneiform) 63.5 (14)
  22. Trio 3 & Vijay Iyer, Wiring (Intakt) 60.5 (10)
  23. Matt Wilson + John Medeski, Gathering Call (Palmetto) 60 (12)
  24. Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach, So Long Eric! Homage to Eric Dolphy (Intakt) 59.5 (9)
  25. Billy Hart, One Is the Other (ECM) 59 (11)
  26. Tom Harrell, Trip (HighNote) 56 (9)
  27. Eric Revis, In Memory of Things Yet Seen (Clean Feed) 53.5 (11)
  28. Jason Roebke, High Red Center (Delmark) 53 (9)
  29. Nels Cline Singers, Macroscope (Mack Avenue) 52 (10)
  30. Christine Jensen, Habitat (Justin Time -13) 48 (8) **
  31. Marty Ehrlich, A Trumpet in the Morning (New World -13) 47 (7) ***
  32. Frank Kimbrough, Quartet (Palmetto) 45.5 (8)
  33. Hafez Modirzadeh, In Convergence Liberation (Pi) 44 (7)
  34. Nels Cline & Julian Lage, Room (Mack Avenue) 43.5 (7)
  35. Jason Adasiewicz, From the Region (Delmark) 43 (9)
  36. Joshua Redman, Trios Live (Nonesuch) 43 (6)
  37. Yosvany Terry, New Throned King (5 Pasion) 43 (6)
  38. Avishai Cohen, Dark Nights (Anzic) 42.5 (11)
  39. James Brandon Lewis, Divine Travels (Okeh) 42 (10)
  40. Cookers, Time and Time Again (Motéma) 40.5 (9)
  41. Darius Jones, The Oversoul Manual (AUM Fidelity) 40.5 (5)
  42. Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein, Viper's Drag (Impulse) 40 (8)
  43. Pat Metheny, Kin (Nonesuch) 40 (7)
  44. Melissa Aldana, Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio (Concord) 39.5 (9)
  45. Farmers by Nature, Love and Ghosts (AUM Fidelity) 39 (11)
  46. Arturo O'Farrill, The Offense of the Drum (Motéma) 38.5 (6)
  47. Sean Jones, Im·pro·vise Never Before Seen (Mack Avenue) 37 (6)
  48. Dave Douglas & Uri Caine, Present Joys (Greenleaf) 35 (7)
  49. Ideal Bread, Beating the Teens (Cuneiform) 34.5 (7)
  50. Mary Halvorson, Reverse Blue (Relative Pitch) 34 (5)
  51. Denny Zeitlin, Stairway to the Stars (Sunnyside) 32.5 (6)
  52. Matthew Shipp, I've Been to Many Places (Thirsty Ear) 32 (7)
  53. Omer Avital, New Song (Motéma) 31 (6)
  54. Dan Weiss, Fourteen (Pi) 31 (5)
  55. Bad Plus, Inevitable Western (Okeh) 31 (5)
  56. Helen Sung, Anthem for a New Day (Concord) 30 (6)
  57. Regina Carter, Southern Comfort (Sony Masterworks) 30 (4)
  58. Billy Childs, Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks) 30 (4)
  59. Allen Lowe, Mulatto Radio: Field Recordings 1-4 (Or: A Jew at Large in the Minstrel Diaspora (Constant Sorrow) 29 (5)
  60. Michael Blake, Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside) 29 (5)
  61. George Cables, Icons & Influences (HighNote) 28.5 (5)
  62. Orrin Evans, Liberation Blues (Smoke Session) 28 (5)
  63. Diego Barber & Craig Taborn, Tales (Sunnyside) 28 (4)
  64. Martin Wind, Turn Out the Stars (What If? Music) 28 (4)
  65. Kris Davis, Waiting for You to Grow (Clean Feed) 27 (5)
  66. Dave Douglas, Riverside (Greenleaf) 26.5 (6)
  67. David Weiss, When Words Fail (Motéma) 26.5 (5)
  68. Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp, Cosmic Leider: The Darkseid Recital (AUM Fidelity) 26 (5)
  69. Ken Thomson, Settle (NCM-East) 26 (5)
  70. Johnathan Blake, Gone But Not Forgotten (Criss Cross) 26 (4)
  71. Jemeel Moondoc, The Zookeeper's House (Relative Pitch) 25 (3)
  72. Archie Shepp, I Hear the Sound (Archi Ball) 24 (6)
  73. Ron Miles, Circuit Rider (Enja/Yellowbird) 24 (4)
  74. Anna Webber, Simple (Skirl) 24 (4)
  75. Matthew Shipp, Root of Things (Relative Pitch) 23.5 (5)
  76. Hush Point, Blues and Reds (Sunnyside) 23 (5)
  77. Jerome Sabbagh, The Turn (Sunnyside) 23 (5)
  78. Branford Marsalis, In My Solitude: Live at Grace Cathedral (Okeh) 23 (4)
  79. Bobby Bradford & Frode Gjersted, Silver Cornet (Nessa) 23 (3)
  80. Jon Irabagon, It Takes All Kinds (Irabbagast/Jazzwerkstatt) 22.5 (6)
  81. Danilo Pérez, Panama 500 (Mack Avenue) 22 (5)
  82. Edward Simon, Venezuelan Suite (Sunnyside) 22 (4)
  83. Audio One, The Midwest School (Audiographic) 22 (3)
  84. Tom Rainey, Obbligato (Intakt) 21.5 (4)
  85. Jimmy Greene, Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue) 21 (5)
  86. Steve Wilson & Lewis Nash, Duologue (MCG Jazz) 21 (5)
  87. Sarah Manning, Harmonious Creature (Posi-Tone) 21 (4)
  88. Kyle Bruckmann, . . . Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire (SingleSpeed Music) 21 (3)
  89. Azar Lawrence, The Seeker (Sunnyside) 21 (3)
  90. Bill Frisell, Guitar in the Space Age! (Okeh) 20 (7)
  91. Sylvie Courvoisier, Double Windsor (Tzadik) 20 (4)
  92. Andy Bey, Pages From an Imaginary Life (HighNote) 20 (3)
  93. Jimmy Cobb, The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions) 20 (3)
  94. Roscoe Mitchell, Conversations II (Wide Hive) 20 (3)
  95. Elio Villafranca, Caribbean Tinge (Motéma) 19 (4)
  96. Satoko Fujii, Shiki (Libra) 19 (3)
  97. Harold Mabern, Right on Time (Smoke Sessions) 19 (3)
  98. Craig Handy, Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh) 18 (5)
  99. Ryan Keberle, Into the Zone (Greenleaf) 18 (5)
  100. Matt Bauder, Nightshades (Clean Feed) 18 (4)
  101. Raoul Björkenheim, Ecstasy (Cuneiform) 18 (3)
  102. Russ Johnson, Still Out to Lunch (Enja) 18 (3)
  103. Battle Trance, Palace of Wind (New Amsterdam) 18 (2)
  104. Paul Shapiro, Shofarot Verses (Tzadik) 18 (2)
  105. Michael Wollny, Weltentraum (ACT) 18 (2)
  106. Ezra Weiss, Before You Know It (Roark) 17 (4)
  107. Wayne Horvitz, At the Reception (Songlines) 17 (3)
  108. Harvey Mason, Chameleon (Concord) 17 (2)
  109. Mehliana, Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch) 17 (2)
  110. Ivo Perelman, The Other Edge (Leo) 16.5 (3)
  111. The Microscopic Septet, Manhattan Moonrise (Cuneiform) 16 (6)
  112. Angles 9, Injuries (Clean Feed) 16 (3)
  113. Steffano Bollani, Joy in Spite of Everything (ECM) 16 (3)
  114. Max Johnson, The Invisible Trio (Fresh Sound) 16 (3)
  115. Pharoah Sanders & the Underground, Spiral Mercury (Clean Feed) 16 (3)
  116. Otis Brown III, The Thought of You (Blue Note) 16 (2)
  117. Lafayette Gilchrist, The Go-Go Suite (Creative Differences) 16 (2)
  118. Dave Liebman, A Tribute to Wayne Shorter (MAMA) 16 (2)
  119. Ernie Watts, A Simple Truth (Flying Dolphin) 16 (2)
  120. Medeski, Martin & Wood + Nels Cline, Woodstock Sessions, Vol.2 (Indirecto) 15.5 (4)
  121. Orrin Evans, Mother's Touch (Posi-Tone) 15 (4)
  122. Alfredo Rodriguez, The Invasion Parade (Mack Avenue) 15 (3)
  123. Brandon Ross & Stomu Takeishi, Revealing Essence (Sunnyside) 15 (2)
  124. Scott Wendholt/Adam Kolker, And Them (Fresh Sound New Talent) 15 (2)
  125. Dave Stryker, Eight Track (Panorama) 15 (2)
  126. Brian Lynch & Emmet Cohen, Questioned Answer (Hollistic) 14.5 (2)
  127. Bobby Hutcherson-Dave Sanborn-Joey DeFrancesco-Billy Hart, Enjoy the View (Blue Note) 14 (3)
  128. John Zorn, Valentine's Day (Tzadik) 14 (2)
  129. Joe Beck, Get Me Joe Beck (Whaling City Sound) 14 (2)
  130. David Binney, Anacapa (Criss Cross) 14 (2)
  131. Digital Primitives, Lipsomuch/Soul Searchin' (Hopscotch -13) 14 (2)
  132. Paul Giallorenzo, Force Majeure (Delmark) 14 (2)
  133. Joe Morris, Balance (Clean Feed) 14 (2)
  134. Tineke Postma & Greg Osby, Sonic Halo (Challenge) 13.5 (5)
  135. Franco D'Andrea, Monk and the Time Machine (Parco Della Musica) 13.5 (2)
  136. Anthony Braxton, Trio (New Haven) 2013 (New Braxton House) 13 (4)
  137. Ed Palermo, Oh No! Not Jazz!! (Cuneiform) 13 (4)
  138. Norma Winstone, Dance Without Answer (ECM) 13 (3)
  139. Phronesis, Life to Everything (Editon) 13 (2)
  140. Barry Guy, Amphi/Radio Rondo (Intakt) 12.5 (2)
  141. Wadada Leo Smith-Jamie Saft-Joe Morris-Balazs Pandi, Red Hill (Rare Noise) 12.5 (2)
  142. Chicago Underground Duo, Locus (Northern Spy) 12 (3)
  143. Decoy & Joe McPhee, Spontaneous Combustion (OTOroku -13) 12 (2)
  144. Oran Etkin, Gathering Light (Motéma) 12 (2)
  145. Whammies, Play the Music of Steve Lacy Vol. 3: Live (Driff) 11.5 (3)
  146. Black Top, No. 1 (Babel) 11 (2)
  147. Paquito D'Rivera, Jazz Meets the Classics (Paquito) 11 (2)
  148. Kahil El'Zabar, Follow the Sun (Delmark -13) 11 (2)
  149. Alexander Hawkins, Song Singular (Babel -13) 11 (2)
  150. Phil Haynes, No Fast Food/In Concert (CornerStoreJazz) 11 (2)
  151. Max Johnson, The Prisoner (NoBusiness) 11 (2)
  152. Kalle Kalima, Buñuel de Jour (TUM) 11 (2)
  153. Led Bib, The People in Your Neighborhood (Cuneiform) 11 (2)
  154. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Blue (Hot Cup) 11 (2)
  155. Houston Person, The Melody Lingers On (HighNote) 11 (2)
  156. Brandon Seabrook, Sylphid Vitalizers (New Atlantis) 10.5 (2)
  157. John Escreet, Sound, Space and Structures (Sunnyside) 10 (3)
  158. Arve Henriksen, The Nature of Connections (Rune Grammofon) 10 (2)
  159. Mark Lomax, Isis and Osiris (Inarhyme) 10 (2)
  160. Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Live Snakes (Accurate) 10 (2)
  161. Bob Stewart, Mind the Gap (Sunnyside) 10 (2)
  162. Tarbaby-Oliver Lake-Marc Ducret, Fanon (RogueArt) 10 (2)
  163. Juhani Aaltonen, Reminiscence (TUM) 10 (1)
  164. Aurora Trio [Agusti Fernandez-Barry Guy-Ramon Lopez], A Moment's Liberty (Maya) 10 (1)
  165. Awakening Orchestra, Vol. 1: This Is Not the Answer (Innova) 10 (1)
  166. Marc Cary, For the Love of Abbey (Motéma -13) 10 (1)
  167. Evan Christopher, Django a la Creole-Live (Fremeaux) 10 (1)
  168. Fire! Orchestra, Enter (Rune Grammofon) 10 (1)
  169. Flying Lotus, You're Dead! (Warp) 10 (1)
  170. Aaron Goldberg, The Now (Sunnyside) 10 (1)
  171. Andrew Hadro, For Us, the Living (Tone Rogue) 10 (1)
  172. Yoni Kretzmer-Pascal Niggenkemper-Weasel Walter, Protest Music (OutNow) 10 (1)
  173. Cava Menzies & Nick Phillips, Moment to Moment (Nick Phillips Music) 10 (1)
  174. Nicole Mitchell, The Secret Escapades of Velvet Anderson (RogueArt) 10 (1)
  175. Moskus, Mestertyven (Hubro) 10 (1)
  176. Dianne Reeves, Beautiful Life (Concord) 10 (1)
  177. JC Sanford, View From the Inside (Whirlwind) 10 (1)
  178. Irène Schweizer & Jürg Wickihalder, Spring (Intakt) 10 (1)
  179. Ju Sei & Utah Kawasaki, U as in Utah (Ftarri) 10 (1)
  180. Sonny Simmons, Leaving Knowledge, Wisdom and Brilliance/Chasing the Bird? (Improvising Beings) 10 (1)
  181. 3 Cohens, Tightrope (Anzic -13) 10 (1)
  182. Adam Unsworth-Byron Olson-John Vancore, Balance (Acoustical Concept) 10 (1)
  183. Paul Bley, Play Blue: Oslo Concert (ECM) 9.5 (4)
  184. Aram Bajakian, There Were Flowers Also in Hell (Sanasar) 9.5 (2)
  185. Audio One, An International Report (Audiographic) 9 (2)
  186. Jeff Colella & Putter Smith, Lotus Blossom (Capri) 9 (2)
  187. Tomas Fujiwara, Variable Bets (Relative Pitch) 9 (2)
  188. Alexander Hawkins, Step Wide, Step Deep (Babel) 9 (2)
  189. Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Jazz Racine Haiti (Motéma) 9 (2)
  190. Kavita Shah, Visions (Inner Circle Music) 9 (2)
  191. Peter Van Huffel-Michael Bates-Jeff Davis, Boom Crane (Fresh Sound New Talent) 9 (2)
  192. Westerlies, Wish the Children Would Come on Home (Songlines) 9 (2)
  193. 10^32K, That Which Is Planted (Passin' Tru -13) 9 (1)
  194. Abraxas, Psychomagia (Tzadik) 9 (1)
  195. Afro-Semitic Experience, Jazz Souls on Fire (Reckless) 9 (1)
  196. Eddie Allen, Push (Edjalen) 9 (1)
  197. Majid Bekkas, Al Qantara (Igloo) 9 (1)
  198. Bushman's Revenge, Thou Shalt Boogie (Rune Grammofon) 9 (1)
  199. Chick Corea, Solo Piano: Portraits (Concord) 9 (1)
  200. Armen Donelian, Sayat-Nova: Songs of My Ancestors (Sunnyside) 9 (1)
  201. Peter Evans, Destination: Void (More Is More) 9 (1)
  202. Hal Galper, O's Time (Origin) 9 (1)
  203. Mark Guiliana, The Los Angeles Improvisations (Beat Music) 9 (1)
  204. Lisa Hilton, Kaleidoscope (Ruby Slippers) 9 (1)
  205. Barb Jungr, Hard Rain (Kristalyn) 9 (1)
  206. Rob Mazurek & Black Cube SP, Return the Tides: Ascension Suite and Holy Ghost (Cuneiform Records) 9 (1)
  207. Ivo Perelman & Karl Berger, Reverie (Leo) 9 (1)
  208. Anthony Pirog, Palo Colorado Dream (Cuneiform) 9 (1)
  209. Rufus Reid, Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project (Motéma) 9 (1)
  210. Sylvain Rifflet & Jon Irabagon, Perpetual Motion(A Celebration of Moondog) (Jazz Village) 9 (1)
  211. Ricardo Silveira, Organ tRio (Adventure Music) 9 (1)
  212. Emilio Solla y la Inestable De Brooklyn, Second Half (self-released) 9 (1)
  213. C. Webster & M. Holub, Viscera (Babel) 9 (1)
  214. Spike Wilner, Live at Small's (SmallsLive) 9 (1)
  215. Bernie Worrell, Elevation: The Upper Air (M.O.D. Technologies) 9 (1)
  216. Sam Newsome, The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation (self-released) 8.5 (2)
  217. Greg Abate, Motif (Whaling City Sound) 8 (2)
  218. Jacques Coursil & Alan Silva, Free Jazz Art (RogueArt) 8 (2)
  219. The Puppeteers, The Puppeteers (Puppet's) 8 (2)
  220. Ellen Rowe, Courage Music (PKO) 8 (2)
  221. Rodrigo Amado & Peter Evans, The Freedom Principle (NoBusiness) 8 (1)
  222. Samuel Blaser, Mirror to Machaut (Songlines -13) 8 (1)
  223. John Brown, Quiet Time (Brown Boulevard) 8 (1)
  224. Jane Bunnett, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque (Justin Time) 8 (1)
  225. Michael Carvin, Flash Forward (Motéma) 8 (1)
  226. John Clayton, The Parlor Series, Vol. 1: Gerald Clayton LTD (ArtistShare -13) 8 (1)
  227. Connie Crothers, Concert in Paris (New Artists) 8 (1)
  228. Connie Crothers, Deep Friendship (New Artists) 8 (1)
  229. Kat Edmonson, The Big Picture (Sony Masterworks) 8 (1)
  230. Wayne Escoffery, Live at Firehouse 12 (Sunnyside) 8 (1)
  231. Darryl Harper, The Needs Got to Be So Deep (HipNotic) 8 (1)
  232. Owen Howard, Drum Lore Vol. 2: More Lore (BJU) 8 (1)
  233. James Farm, City Folk (Nonesuch) 8 (1)
  234. Paul Jost, Breaking Through (Dot Time) 8 (1)
  235. Margareth Kammerer, Why Is the Sea So Blue (Mikroton) 8 (1)
  236. Rafael Karlen, The Sweetness of Things Half-Remembered (Pinnacles) 8 (1)
  237. Aurora Nealand & Royal Roses, Lookback Transmission (self-released) 8 (1)
  238. Sean Noonan & Malcolm Mooney, Pavees Dance (Noonansmusic) 8 (1)
  239. Johnny O'Neal, Live at Smalls (SmallsLive) 8 (1)
  240. Evan Parker & Joe McPhee, What/If/They Both Could Fly (Rune Grammofon) 8 (1)
  241. RED Trio & Mattias Ståhl, North and the Red Stream (NoBusiness) 8 (1)
  242. Fabien Sevilla, Contrebass Solo + Expansion (UNIT) 8 (1)
  243. Tani Tabbal, Wizards (Tabbalia Sound) 8 (1)
  244. Elio Villafranca, Old Waters, New Rivers (Harbinger) 8 (1)
  245. Roseanna Vitro, Clarity: Music of Clare Fischer (Random Act) 8 (1)
  246. Mike Westbrook, Glad Day Live (Westbrook) 8 (1)
  247. Dhafer Youssef, Birds Requiem (Okeh) 8 (1)
  248. Lena Bloch, Feathery (13th Note) 7 (2)
  249. David Ullmann, Corduroy (Little Sky) 7 (2)
  250. Bobby Avey, Authority Melts From Me (Whirlwind) 7 (1)
  251. Jon Batiste-Chad Smith-Bill Laswell, The Process (M.O.D. Technologies) 7 (1)
  252. Kris Bowers, Heroes + Misfits (Concord) 7 (1)
  253. Taylor Ho Bynum, Navigation (Firehouse 12 -13) 7 (1)
  254. Brian Charette, The Question That Drives Us (SteepleChase) 7 (1)
  255. Cyrus Chestnut, Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions) 7 (1)
  256. John Ellis & Andy Bragen, MOBRO (Parade Light) 7 (1)
  257. Sax Gordon, In the Wee Small Hours (Delmark) 7 (1)
  258. Rich Halley, The Wisdom of the Rocks (Pine Eagle) 7 (1)
  259. Anne Mette Iversen, So Many Roads (BJU) 7 (1)
  260. Steve Khan, Context (Tone Center) 7 (1)
  261. Kirk Knuffke & Jesse Stacken, Five (SteepleChase) 7 (1)
  262. Lean Left, Live at the Area Sismica (Unsounds) 7 (1)
  263. Gordon Lee & Mel Brown Septet, Tuesday Night (OA2) 7 (1)
  264. Nils Petter Molvær, Switch (Okeh) 7 (1)
  265. The Ocular Concern, Sister Cities (PJCE) 7 (1)
  266. Christoph Irniger Pilgrim, Italian Circus Story (Intakt) 7 (1)
  267. Edward Ricart & Paul Dunmall, Chamaeleon (New Atlantis) 7 (1)
  268. Sakata/Lonberg-Holm/Gutvik/Nilssen-Love, The Cliff of Time (PNL) 7 (1)
  269. Louis Sclavis, Silk & Salt Melodies (ECM) 7 (1)
  270. Shotgun Jazz Band, Don't Give Up the Ship (self-released) 7 (1)
  271. Snarky Puppy, We Like It Here (Ropeadope) 7 (1)
  272. Brianna Thomas, You Must Believe in Love (Sound on Purpose) 7 (1)
  273. Peter Van Huffel, Bite My Blues (Clean Feed) 7 (1)
  274. Ken Vandermark, Nine Ways to Read a Bridge (Not Two) 7 (1)
  275. Velkro, Don't Wait for the Revolution (Clean Feed) 7 (1)
  276. Fay Victor, Absinthe and Vermouth (Greene Avenue -13) 7 (1)
  277. Cory Wright, Apples + Oranges (Singlespeed) 7 (1)
  278. Michal Wróblewski, Jazz I Orkiestra (Ellite) 7 (1)
  279. Diva, A Swingin' Life (MCG Jazz) 6.5 (2)
  280. Paal Nilssen-Love, Erta Ale (PNL) 6.5 (2)
  281. Fabian Almazan, Rhizome (Blue Note/ArtistShare) 6 (2)
  282. Mario Castro, Estrella de Mar (Interrobang) 6 (2)
  283. Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri) 6 (2)
  284. David Krakauer, The Big Picture (Table Pounding) 6 (2)
  285. Made to Break, Cherchez la Femme (Trost) 6 (2)
  286. Pete Robbins, Pyramid (Hate Laugh Music) 6 (2)
  287. Walter Smith III, Still Casual (self-released) 6 (2)
  288. Phillipe le Baraillec, Invisible Wound (Amji Series) 6 (1)
  289. Alan Chan, Shrimp Tale (Crown Heights Audio Network) 6 (1)
  290. Jorrit Dijkstra, Live Bimhuis Amsterdam (Driff) 6 (1)
  291. Mike DiRubbo, Threshold (Ksanti) 6 (1)
  292. Bob Dorough, Eulalia (Merry Lane) 6 (1)
  293. Garrison Fewell, Evolving Strategies (Not Two) 6 (1)
  294. Eddie Gomez & Carsten Dahl, Live at Montmartre (Storyville) 6 (1)
  295. Marquis Hill, The Poet (Skiptone) 6 (1)
  296. Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola, The Cars/Hank Williams/Cole Porter/Duke Ellington (Charlie Hunter Music) 6 (1)
  297. Tony Kadleck, Around the Horn (self-released) 6 (1)
  298. Lee Konitz-Dan Tepfer-Michael Janisch-Jeff Williams, First Meeting: Live in London, Vol. 1 (Whirlwind) 6 (1)
  299. Joachim Kühn, Voodoo Sense (ACT) 6 (1)
  300. Adam Lane, Live in Ljubljana (Clean Feed) 6 (1)
  301. Carmen Lundy, Soul to Soul (Afrasia) 6 (1)
  302. Tony Malaby, Scorpion Eater (Clean Feed) 6 (1)
  303. Delfeayo Marsalis, The Last Southern Gentlemen (Troubadour Jass) 6 (1)
  304. Mike Reed, Second Cities, Vol. 1 (482 Music -13) 6 (1)
  305. Ted Rosenthal, Rhapsody in Gershwin (Playscape) 6 (1)
  306. Catherine Russell, Bring It Back (Jazz Village) 6 (1)
  307. Paul Smoker, Landings (Alvas -13) 6 (1)
  308. Mike Stern & Eric Johnson, Eclectic (Heads Up) 6 (1)
  309. Doc Stewart, Code Blue! (self-released) 6 (1)
  310. Ohad Talmor-Steve Swallow-Adam Nussbaum, Singular Curves (Auand) 6 (1)
  311. VAX, Count to VAX (self-released) 6 (1)
  312. Eric Vloeimans, Oliver's Cinema (Challenge) 6 (1)
  313. Clare Fischer, Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest (Clavo) 5.5 (1)
  314. IPA, Bubble (Moserobie) 5.5 (1)
  315. Ali Jackson, Amalgamations (Sunnyside) 5.5 (1)
  316. Jean Louis, Uranus (Coax -13) 5.5 (1)
  317. Frank Lacy, Live at Smalls (SmallsLive) 5.5 (1)
  318. Penguin Café, The Red Book (self-released) 5.5 (1)
  319. Ada Rovatti, Disguise (Piloo) 5.5 (1)
  320. Matthias Schubert, 9 Compositions for the Multiple Joy(ce) Ensemble (Red Toucan) 5.5 (1)
  321. Daniel Smith, Smokin Hot Bassoon Blues (Summit) 5.5 (1)
  322. Tom Varner, Nine Surprises (Tom Varner Music) 5.5 (1)
  323. Hiromi, Alive (Telarc) 5 (2)
  324. Karen Mantler, Business Is Bad (Xtra Watt) 5 (2)
  325. Michael Musillami, Pride (Playscape) 5 (2)
  326. Rotem Sivan, For Emotional Use Only (Fresh Sound New Talent) 5 (2)
  327. Marianne Trudel, La Vie Commence Ici (Justin Time) 5 (2)
  328. Samuel Blaser-Benoit Delbecq-Gerry Hemingway, Fourth Landscape (Nuscope) 5 (1)
  329. Peter Brötzmann, Mental Shake (OTOroku) 5 (1)
  330. François Carrier-Michel Lambert-Alexey Lapin, The Russia Concerts Volume 1/The Russia Concerts Volume 2 (FMR) 5 (1)
  331. Reginald Cyntje, Elements of Life (self-released) 5 (1)
  332. Carsten Dahl, A Good Time (Storyville) 5 (1)
  333. Jon-Erik Kellso, The EarRegulars (Gen-Erek) 5 (1)
  334. Ayman Fanous & Jason Kao Hwang, Zilzal (Innova) 5 (1)
  335. Hans Feigenwinter, Whim of Fate (Unit) 5 (1)
  336. Burton Greene, Burton's Time (CIMP) 5 (1)
  337. Jimmy Heath, Togetherness (Jazz Legacy) 5 (1)
  338. Ahmad Jamal, Saturday Morning (Jazz Village -13) 5 (1)
  339. Manu Katché, Live in Concert (ACT) 5 (1)
  340. Ernie Krivda, Live at the Tri-C Jazz Festival (Cadence Jazz) 5 (1)
  341. Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey, And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch) 5 (1)
  342. Peter Madsen, Elvis Never Left the Building (Playscape) 5 (1)
  343. Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra & Bobby Sanabria, Qué Viva Harlem! (Jazzheads) 5 (1)
  344. Dick Oatts & Harold Danko, Sweet Nowhere (SteepleChase) 5 (1)
  345. Alicia Olatuja, Timeless (World Tune) 5 (1)
  346. Evan Parker & Sylvie Courvoisier, Either Or And (Relative Pitch) 5 (1)
  347. Dave Rempis-Darren Johnston-Larry Ochs, Spectral (Aerophonic) 5 (1)
  348. Joris Roelofs, Alens Deliberating (Pirouet) 5 (1)
  349. Kyle Shepherd, Dream State (Sheer Sound) 5 (1)
  350. Jae Sinnett, Subject to Change (self-released) 5 (1)
  351. Vinnie Sperrazza, Apocryphal (Loyal Label) 5 (1)
  352. Misha Tsiganov, Artistry of the Standard (Criss Cross) 5 (1)
  353. Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love, Lightning Over Water (Laurence Family) 5 (1)
  354. Chris Walden, Full-On! (Origin) 5 (1)
  355. Marcin Wasilewski With Joakim Milder, Spark of Life (ECM) 5 (1)
  356. Frank Wess, Magic 201 (IPO) 5 (1)
  357. Various, 13 Miniatures for Albert Ayler (RogueArt) 5 (1)
  358. Antonio Adolfo, Rio, Choro, Jazz (AAM) 4 (2)
  359. Eric Alexander, Chicago Fire (HighNote) 4 (2)
  360. JD Allen, Bloom (Savant) 4 (2)
  361. Holly Hofmann, Low Life: The Alto Flute Project (Capri) 4 (2)
  362. Mimi Jones, Balance (Hot Tone) 4 (2)
  363. Pete McGuinness, Strength in Numbers (Summit) 4 (2)
  364. Mack Avenue Super Band, Live at Detroit Jazz Festival (Mack Avenue) 4 (2)
  365. Afro Bop Alliance, Angel Eyes (Zoho) 4 (1)
  366. Rodrigo Amado & Jeb Bishop, The Flame Alphabet (NotTwo) 4 (1)
  367. Charlie Apicella, Big Boss (Zoho) 4 (1)
  368. BADBADNOTGOOD, III (Innovative Leisure) 4 (1)
  369. Billy Bang & William Parker, Medicine Buddha (NoBusiness) 4 (1)
  370. Jerry Bergonzi, Intersecting Lines (Savant) 4 (1)
  371. Tyler Blanton, Gotham (Ottimo) 4 (1)
  372. Joshua Breakstone, With the Wind and the Rain (Capri) 4 (1)
  373. Jean-Luc Danna, No Stress (Notes d'Azur) 4 (1)
  374. Pierre Dørge, Tjak Tjaka Tchicai (SteepleChase) 4 (1)
  375. Bela Fleck, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Rounder) 4 (1)
  376. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Worker (Royal Potato Family) 4 (1)
  377. Gato Libre, Dudu (Libra) 4 (1)
  378. David Haney, Solo (CIMP) 4 (1)
  379. Tom Harrell, The Auditorium Session (Parco Della Musica) 4 (1)
  380. Makiko Hirabayashi, Surely (Enja) 4 (1)
  381. Eric Hofbauer, The Rite of Spring (Creative Nation) 4 (1)
  382. Abdullah Ibrahim, Mukashi: Once Upon a Time (Intuition/Sunnyside) 4 (1)
  383. Indigo Mist, That the Days Go By and Never Come Again (Rare Noise) 4 (1)
  384. José James, While You Were Sleeping (Blue Note) 4 (1)
  385. Andrea Keller, Wave Rider (Jazzhead) 4 (1)
  386. Daunik Lazro & Joëlle Léandre, Hasparren (NoBusiness) 4 (1)
  387. Joëlle Léandre & Vincent Courtois, Live at Kesselhaus Berlin 08.06.2013 (Jazzdor Series) 4 (1)
  388. Myra Melford & Alister Spence, Everything Here Is Possible (Alister Spence Music) 4 (1)
  389. Roscoe Mitchell & Mike Reed, In Pursuit of Magic (482 Music) 4 (1)
  390. Joyce Moreno, Raiz (Omagatoki) 4 (1)
  391. Tisziji Muñoz, Sky Worlds (Anand) 4 (1)
  392. Gregory Porter/Donald Smith/Mansur Scott, Great Voices of Harlem (PAO) 4 (1)
  393. Rent Romus, Cimmerian Crossroads (Edgetone) 4 (1)
  394. SFJazz Collective, 10th Anniversary: Best of SFJazz (SFJazz) 4 (1)
  395. Felipe Salles, Ugandan Suite (Tapestry) 4 (1)
  396. Angelica Sanchez & Wadada Leo Smith, Twine Forest (Clean Feed -13) 4 (1)
  397. Adam Schroeder, Let's! (Capri) 4 (1)
  398. Slowly Rolling Camera, Slowly Rolling Camera (Edition) 4 (1)
  399. Sound & Fury, Pulsacion (Ektro) 4 (1)
  400. Gregory Tardy, Hope (SteepleChase) 4 (1)
  401. Marlene VerPlanck, I Give Up, I'm In Love (Audiophile) 4 (1)
  402. Doug Wieselman, From Water (88 Records) 4 (1)
  403. Tarek Yamani, Lisan Al Tarab (Edict) 4 (1)
  404. Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project, Inch by Inch (GM) 4 (1)
  405. Jason Yeager, Affirmation (Inner Circle) 4 (1)
  406. Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood, Juice (Indirecto) 3 (2)
  407. Jamie Saft-Steve Swallow-Bobby Previte, The New Standard (Rare Noise) 3 (2)
  408. Ben Allison, The Stars Look Very Different Today (Sonic Camera -13) 3 (1)
  409. Sam Boshnack, Exploding Syndrome (self-released) 3 (1)
  410. Alan Broadbent & NDR Big Band, America the Beautiful (Jan Matthies) 3 (1)
  411. Zach Brock & Eric Doney, As If By Magic (MD) 3 (1)
  412. Orphéon Célesta, Cuisine au Jazz (Fremeaux & Associes) 3 (1)
  413. Carlo Costa, Natura Morta (Decay) 3 (1)
  414. Theo Croker, Afro Physicist (Okeh) 3 (1)
  415. Doctor 3, Doctor 3 (Jando) 3 (1)
  416. Sammy Figueroa & Glacia Nasser, Talisman (Savant) 3 (1)
  417. Kenny Garrett, Pushing the World Away (Mack Avenue -13) 3 (1)
  418. Stephen Gauci-Kirk Knuffke-Ken Filiano, Chasing Tales (Relative Pitch) 3 (1)
  419. JazzWerkstatt Wien New Ensemble, Sympathikus Parasympathikus (JazzWerkstatt Wien) 3 (1)
  420. Romero Lubambo, Brazilian Essence (Sunnyside) 3 (1)
  421. Phil Markowitz & Zach Brock, Perpetuity (Dot Time) 3 (1)
  422. Carolyn Mitchell, Inner Smile (self-released) 3 (1)
  423. Stanton Moore, Conversations (The Royal Potato Family) 3 (1)
  424. Jason Palmer, Places (SteepleChase) 3 (1)
  425. Jochen Rueckert, We Make the Rules (Whirlwind) 3 (1)
  426. Tom Tallitsch, Ride (Posi-Tone) 3 (1)
  427. Mars Williams-Ingebrigt Håker Flaten-Tim Daisy, Moments Form (Idyllic Noise) 3 (1)
  428. Erik Friedlander, Nighthawks (Skipstone) 2 (2)
  429. Matt Ulery, In the Ivory (Greenleaf) 2 (2)
  430. Franck Amsallem, Sings(Vol. II) (Fram) 2 (1)
  431. Ab Baars-Meinard Kneer-Bill Elgart, Give No Quarter (Evil Rabbit) 2 (1)
  432. Matt Brewer, Mythology (Criss Cross) 2 (1)
  433. Dewa Budjana, Jorged Kahyangan (MoonJune) 2 (1)
  434. Jeremiah Cymerman-Evan Parker-Nate Wooley, World of Objects (5049) 2 (1)
  435. Charles Davis, For the Love of Lori (Reade Street) 2 (1)
  436. Gigi Di Gregorio, Live at JCT (Jazz City) 2 (1)
  437. Peter Epstein, Polarities (Songlines) 2 (1)
  438. Dave "Knife" Fabris, Lettuce Prey (Great Winds) 2 (1)
  439. For Living Lovers, Revealing Essence (Sunnyside) 2 (1)
  440. Tigran Hamasyan, Shadow Theater (Sunnyside) 2 (1)
  441. Eric Harland, Vipassana (GSI) 2 (1)
  442. Tim Hegarty, Tribute (Miles High) 2 (1)
  443. Vincent Herring, The Uptown Shuffle (Smoke Sessions) 2 (1)
  444. John Hollenbeck-Alban Darche-Sébastien Boisseau-Samuel Blaser, J.A.S.S. (Yolk) 2 (1)
  445. Kidd Jordan-Peter Kowald-Alvin Fielder, Trio & Duo in New Orleans (No Business)) 2 (1)
  446. Kesivan & the Lights, Brotherhood (Babu/Sony/ATV) 2 (1)
  447. Jonas Kulhammar-Torbjórn Zetterberg-Espen Aalberg, Basement Sessions Vol. 2 (Clean Feed) 2 (1)
  448. Takuya Kuroda, Rising Son (Blue Note) 2 (1)
  449. Mike Longo, Celebrates Oscar Peterson Live (Consolidated Artists) 2 (1)
  450. Us Free [Bill McHenry-Henry Grimes-Andrew Cyrille], Fish Stories (Fresh Sound New Talent) 2 (1)
  451. Magos & Limón, Dawn (Okeh) 2 (1)
  452. Majamisty Trio, Love (Cosmic Sounds) 2 (1)
  453. Michael Mantler, Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update (ECM) 2 (1)
  454. Masaa, Afkar (Traumton) 2 (1)
  455. Barbara Morrison, I Love You, Yes I Do (Savant) 2 (1)
  456. Jack Mouse & Scott Robinson, Snakeheads & Ladybugs (Tall Grass) 2 (1)
  457. Phantom Orchard Ensemble, Through the Looking Glass (Tzadik) 2 (1)
  458. Potsa Lotsa Plus, Plays Love Suite by Eric Dolphy (Jazzwerkstatt) 2 (1)
  459. Dave Rempis & Tim Daisy, Second Spring (Aerophonic) 2 (1)
  460. Kenny Shanker, Action City (Posi-Tone) 2 (1)
  461. Sebastian Sternal, Sternal Symphonic Society (Traumton) 2 (1)
  462. The Thing, Boot! (Trost) 2 (1)
  463. Luis Vicente-Rodrigo Pinheiro-Hernani Faustino-Marco Franco, Clocks and Clouds (FMR) 2 (1)
  464. Volger Quartett & Marcelo Nisinman, Señor Tango (Jazzwerkstatt) 2 (1)
  465. Eric Wyatt, Borough of Kings (Posi-Tone) 2 (1)
  466. Libby York, Memoir (Libby York Music) 2 (1)
  467. Torbjörn Zetterberg, Och Den Stora Frågan (Moserobie) 2 (1)
  468. Samo Salamon, Free Strings: Orchestrology (self-released) 2 (1)
  469. Dee Alexander, Songs My Mother Loves (Blujazz) 1 (1)
  470. Kronomorfic [David Borgo & Paul Pellegrin], Entangled (OA2) 1 (1)
  471. Patrick Breiner, Mileage (Sulde) 1 (1)
  472. Peter Brendler, Outside the Line (Positone) 1 (1)
  473. Steve Cardenas, Melody in a Dream (Sunnyside) 1 (1)
  474. Catalano-Chamberlin-Jones-Benjamin-Poland, Love Supreme Collective (Ropeadope) 1 (1)
  475. Michael Dease, Relentless (Posi-Tone) 1 (1)
  476. Dillon, Vidacovich, Singleton, Bones (self-released -13) 1 (1)
  477. Yelena Eckemoff, A Touch of Radiance (L&H Productions) 1 (1)
  478. Donald Edwards, Evolution of an Influenced Mind (Criss Cross) 1 (1)
  479. Fat Babies, 18th & Racine (Delmark) 1 (1)
  480. Spok Frevo, Ninho de Vespa (Motéma) 1 (1)
  481. Noah Garabedian, Big Butter and the Eggmen (BJU) 1 (1)
  482. Chris Greene, Music Appreciation (Single Malt) 1 (1)
  483. Louis Hayes, Return of the Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions) 1 (1)
  484. Ibrahim Electric, Rumours From Outer Space (ILK) 1 (1)
  485. Stacey Kent, The Changing Lights (Warner Bros. -13) 1 (1)
  486. Søren Kjærgaard-Ben Street-Andrew Cyrille, Syvmileskridt (ILK Music) 1 (1)
  487. Daunik Lazro-Benjamin Duboc-Didier Laserre, Sens Radiants (Dark Tree) 1 (1)
  488. John McLaughlin, The Boston Record (Abstract Logix) 1 (1)
  489. Roberto Negro, Loving Suite Pour Birdy So (La Curieuse) 1 (1)
  490. Shahin Novrasli, Bayati (Bee Jazz) 1 (1)
  491. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, That's It (Legacy -13) 1 (1)
  492. Yeahwon Shin, Lua Ya (ECM) 1 (1)
  493. Sly5thAve, Akuma (self-released) 1 (1)
  494. Suzanna Smith, Between Heaven & Love (Ink Pen) 1 (1)
  495. Torben Snekkestad & Barry Guy, Slip, Slide and Collide (Maya) 1 (1)
  496. Gunter "Baby" Sommer-Michel Godard-Patrick Bebelaar, Three Seasons (HGBS) 1 (1)
  497. Spin Quartet, In Circles (Origin) 1 (1)
  498. Spunk, Adventura Botanica (Rune Grammofon) 1 (1)
  499. Prism Quartet, People's Emergency Center (Innova) 1 (1)

Notes

The asterisks denote albums which received some votes in 2013 and more votes in 2014:

* Includes 21 (3) from 2013 [Jane Ira Bloom, Sixteen Sunsets]

** Includes 23 (4) from 2013 [Christine Jensen, Habitat]

*** Includes 12 (3) from 2013 [Marty Ehrlich, A Trumpet in the Morning]

Critics were asked to list 10 albums in descending order, with 10 points awarded for their #1, 9 for #2, etc. (On ballots where choices were listed alphabetically, each received 5.5 points.) The first bold number indicates total points; the number in parentheses is the tally of ballots on which a CD appeared, which was used as a tiebreaker.