9th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2014 |
2014 Totals: Vocals
- Andy Bey, Pages From an Imaginary Life (HighNote) 13
- Dianne Reeves, Beautiful Life (Concord) 5
- Catherine Russell, Bring It Back (Jazz Village) 5
- Darius Jones, The Oversoul Manual (AUM Fidelity) 4
- Kat Edmonson, The Big Picture (Sony Masterworks) 4
- Freddy Cole, Singing the Blues (HighNote ) 4
- René Marie, I Wanna Be Evil (Motéma) 4
- Billy Childs, Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks) 3
- Norma Winstone, Dance Without Answer (ECM) 3
- Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz, Genevieve and Ferdinand (Sunnyside) 3
- Sara Serpa & André Matos, Primavera (Inner Circle) 3
- Kendra Shank & John Stowell, New York Conversations (TCB) 3
- Marianne Solivan, Spark (Hipnotic) 3
- Melissa Stylianou, No Regrets (Anzic) 3
- Tierney Sutton, Paris Sessions (BFM Jazz) 3
- Paul Jost, Breaking Through (Dot Time) 2
- Kavita Shah, Visions (Inner Circle Music) 2
- Fay Victor, Absinthe and Vermouth (Greene Avenue -13) 2
- Roseanna Vitro, Clarity: Music of Clare Fischer (Random Act) 2
- Elizabeth Shepherd, Rewind (Linus Entertainment) 2
- Dee Alexander, Songs My Mother Loves (Blujazz) 1
- Franck Amsallem, Sings(Vol. II) (Fram) 1
- Sammy Figueroa & Glacia Nasser, Talisman (Savant) 1
- Barb Jungr, Hard Rain (Kristalyn) 1
- Stacey Kent, The Changing Lights (Warner Bros. -13) 1
- Carmen Lundy, Soul to Soul (Afrasia) 1
- Magos & Limón, Dawn (Okeh) 1
- Karen Mantler, Business Is Bad (Xtra Watt) 1
- Carolyn Mitchell, Inner Smile (self-released) 1
- Barbara Morrison, I Love You, Yes I Do (Savant) 1
- Alicia Olatuja, Timeless (World Tune) 1
- Johnny O'Neal, Live at Smalls (SmallsLive) 1
- Kris Adams, Longing (Jazzbird) 1
- Aram Bajakian & Julia Úlehla, Dálava (self-released) 1
- Roberto Bonati & Diana Torto, Heureux comme avec une femme (ParmaFrontiere) 1
- Amy Cervini, Jazz Country (Anzic) 1
- Neneh Cherry, Blank Project (Smalltown Supersound) 1
- Kellylee Evans, I Remember When (Motéma) 1
- Carol Fredette, No Sad Songs for Me (Soundbrush) 1
- The Hot Sardines, The Hot Sardines (Decca/Universal Music Classics) 1
- Annie Lennox, Nostalgia (Blue Note) 1
- Allegra Levy, Lonely City (SteepleChase LookOut) 1
- Leyla McCalla, Vari-Colored Songs: Tribute to Langston Hughes (Music Maker) 1
- Roy Nathanson, Complicated Day (Enja/Yellowbird) 1
- Michael O'Neill & Kenny Washington, New Beginnings (Jazzmo) 1
- OU, Pisces Crisis (Spoot Music) 1
- Boris Savoldelli & Garrison Fewell, Electric Bat Conspiracy (Creative Nation) 1
- Hildegard Lernt Fliegen, The Fundamental Rhythm of Unpolished Brains (Enja/Yellowbird) 1
- Somi, The Lagos Music Salon (Okeh) 1
- Emilie Weibel, oMoo (Inner Circle) 1
Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.