10th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2015

Ballot 2015

Francis Davis (Jazz Times, craftsmanship.org, Boyer School of Music and Dance [Temple Universityi])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  3. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  4. Michael Gibbs & NDR Big Band, Play a Bill Frisell Set List (Cuneiform)
  5. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)
  6. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  7. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  8. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  9. Nate Wooley, Dance to the Early Music (Clean Feed)
  10. Ghost Train Orchestra, Hot Town (Accurate)

REISSUES

  1. Joe Castro, Lush Life: A Musical Journey (Sunnyside)
  2. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)
  3. Abbey Lincoln, Sophisticated Abbey (HighNote)

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