10th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2015
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Geoffrey Himes (Washington Post, Smithsonian, DownBeat, JazzTimes, Paste)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance (Blue Note)
  2. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  3. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  4. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  5. Tim Berne, You've Been Watching Me (ECM)
  6. SFJazz Collective, Live SFJazz Center 2014 (SFJazz)
  7. Anat Cohen, Luminosa (Anzic)
  8. Todd Marcus, Blues for Tahrir Marcus (Hipnotic)
  9. Geof Bradfield, Our Roots (Origin)
  10. Cassandra Wilson, Coming Forth by Day (Legacy)

REISSUES

  1. various, The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Sun Ra, Space Is the Place (Harte)
  3. Billie Holiday, The Centennial Collection (Columbia/Legacy)

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Eugene Holley, Jr. (DownBeat, Hot House Jazz Guide, Publishers Weekly, Wax Poetics, Playbill)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Danilo Perez-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Children of the Night (Mack Avenue)
  2. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, Live in Cuba (Blue Engine)
  3. Tom Harrell, First Impressions (HighNote)
  4. Robert Glasper, Covered (Blue Note)
  5. Orrin Evans, The Evolution of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)
  6. Matthew Shipp, The Conduct of Jazz (Thirsty Ear)
  7. Ron Carter & WDR Big Band, My Personal Songbook (In + Out)
  8. Reggie Quinerly, Invictus (Redefinition)
  9. Ran Blake, Ghost Tones (A-Side)
  10. Marc Cary, Rhodes Ahead, Vol. 2 (Motema)

REISSUES

  1. Joe Castro, Lush Life: A Musical Journey (Sunnyside)
  2. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)

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Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  2. Federico Britos, Hot Club of the Americas (3 Knocks Entertainment)
  3. Romero Lubambo, Setembro (Sunnyside)
  4. Reggie Quinerly, Invictus (Redefinition)
  5. Doug Beavers, Titanes del Trombón (ArtistShare)
  6. John Fedchock, Like It Is (Mama)
  7. Hamilton de Holanda, World of Pixinguinha (Adventure Music)
  8. Sammy Figueroa, Imaginary World (Savant)
  9. Luis Muñoz, Voz (Pelin Music)
  10. Mika Samba Jazz Trio, Balanço Zona Sul (TeeGA Music)

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Tom Hull (tomhull.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Irene Schweizer & Han Bennink, Welcome Back (Intakt)
  2. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  3. Alexander von Schlippenbach, Features (Intakt)
  4. Mike Reed, A New Kind of Dance (482 Music)
  5. Joe Fiedler, I'm In (Multiphonics)
  6. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  7. Charles McPherson, The Journey (Capri)
  8. Rich Halley, Creating Structure (Pine Eagle)
  9. Rodrigo Amado, This Is Our Language (Not Two)
  10. Mort Weiss, Is a Jazz Reality Show (SMS Jazz)

REISSUES

  1. Anthony Braxton, Trio and Duet (Sackville/Delmark)
  2. Wild Bill Davison, The Jazz Giants (Sackville/Delmark)
  3. Willem Breuker, Angoulême 18 Mai 1980 (Fou)

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tim Berne, You've Been Watching Me (ECM)
  2. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  3. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  4. Brad Mehldau, 10 Years Solo Live (Nonesuch)
  5. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)
  6. Chris Dingman, The Subliminal and the Sublime (Inner Arts Initiative)
  7. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  8. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  9. Noah Preminger, Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar (Noah Preminger)
  10. Mike Reed, A New Kind of Dance (482 Music)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Weather Report, The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 (Legacy)
  3. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)

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Robert Iannapollo (Cadence, The New York City Jazz Record, ARSC Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)
  2. Samuel Blaser, Spring Rain (Whirlwind)
  3. Tony Malaby, Scorpion Eater (Clean Feed -14)
  4. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  5. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  6. Dave Burrell & Steve Swell, Turning Point (NoBusiness)
  7. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  8. Gebhard Ullmann, Hat and Shoes (Between the Lines)
  9. Michael Mussilami, Zephyr (Playscape)
  10. Liberty Ellman, Radiate (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. John Carter, Echoes from Rudolph's (NoBusiness)
  2. Mike Osborne, Dawn (Cuneiform)
  3. Ted Daniel, Innerconnection (NoBusiness)

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Patrick Jarenwattananon (NPR Music: A Blog Supreme)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  2. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  3. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  4. Antonio Sanchez, Three Times Three (CAM Jazz)
  5. Jacob Garchik, Ye Olde (Yestereve)
  6. Ochion Jewell, Volk (Mythology)
  7. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  8. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music)
  9. Geof Bradfield, Our Roots (Origin)
  10. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Stretch Music (Ropeadope)

REISSUES

  1. Joe Castro, Lush Life: A Musical Journey (Sunnyside)
  2. Ernestine Anderson, Swings the Penthouse (HighNote)
  3. David S. Ware, Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity)

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Willard Jenkins (The Independent Ear, WPFW, DownBeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd, Wild Man Dance (Blue Note)
  2. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  3. SFJazz Collective, Live SFJazz Center 2014 (SFJazz)
  4. Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love (Mack Avenue)
  5. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  6. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  7. Albert "Tootie" Heath, Philadelphia Beat (Sunnyside)
  8. Jane Bunnett, Maqueque (Justin Time)
  9. Joe Locke, Love Is a Pendulum (Motema)
  10. Heads of State, Search for Peace (Smoke Sessions)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. various, Spiritual Jazz 6: Vocals (Jazzman)
  3. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)

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David Brent Johnson (WFIU [Bloomington, IN]: Night Lights and Afterglow)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions)
  3. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note)
  4. Mary Stallings, Feelin' Good (HighNote)
  5. Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love (Mack Avenue)
  6. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  7. Josh Berman, A Dance and a Hop (Delmark)
  8. Joshua Redman & Bad Plus, Joshua Redman & Bad Plus (Nonesuch)
  9. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, Live in Cuba (Blue Engine)
  10. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)

REISSUES

  1. Wes Montgomery, In the Beginning (Resonance)
  2. various, The Complete Bee Hive Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Red Garland, Swingin' on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner (Elemental Music)

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Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  2. Mike Reed, A New Kind of Dance (482 Music)
  3. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  4. Myra Melford, Snowy Egret (Enja/Yellowbird)
  5. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  6. Kris Davis, Save Your Breath (Clean Feed)
  7. Rez Abbasi, Intents and Purposes (Enja)
  8. Tom Harrell, First Impressions (HighNote)
  9. Albert "Tootie" Heath, Philadelphia Beat (Sunnyside)
  10. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)
  2. Art Pepper, Live at Fat Tuesday's (Elemental)
  3. Duke Ellington, The Conny Plank Session (Groenland)

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Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  2. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  3. Ben Wolfe, The Whisperer (Posi-Tone)
  4. Chris Dingman, The Subliminal and the Sublime (Inner Arts Initiative)
  5. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)
  6. Sam Sadigursky, Follow the Stick (BJU)
  7. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)
  8. Mike Holober, Balancing Act (Palmetto)
  9. Charenee Wade, Offering: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (Motéma)

REISSUES

  1. Red Garland, Swingin' on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner (Elemental Music)
  2. Jimmy Heath, Pictures of Heath (Elemental)
  3. Tony Bennett & Bill Evans, The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings (Fantasy)

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George Kanzler (Hot House, The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Douglas, Brazen Heart (Greenleaf)
  2. Rational Discourse, Live at the Mothlight (Rational Discourse)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  4. Amina Figarova, Blue Whisper (In + Out)
  5. Billy Mintz, The 2 Bass Band . . . Live (13th Note)
  6. Fred Hersch, Solo (Palmetto)
  7. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  8. Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio, Live in Studio (Whaling City Sound)
  9. Erik Friedlander, Oscalypso (Skipstone)
  10. Jon Irabagon, Behind the Sky (Irrabagast)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. James P. Johnson, Classic Sessions (1921-1943) (Mosaic)
  3. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Fred Kaplan (Slate, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  3. Fred Hersch, Solo (Palmetto)
  4. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  5. Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Tokyo Adagio (Impulse!)
  6. Dave Douglas, Brazen Heart (Greenleaf)
  7. Ran Blake & Christine Correa, The Road Keeps Winding ()
  8. Erik Friedlander, Oscalypso (Skipstone)
  9. Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, Lines of Color (Blue Note/ArtistShare)
  10. Antonio Sanchez, The Meridian Suite (CAM Jazz)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Gerry Mulligan, The Emarcy Sextet Recordings (Mosaic)
  3. Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles, Heavy Love (Xanadu/Elemental)

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Yoshi Kato (San Francisco Chronicle, DownBeat, Apple Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Luis Muñoz, Voz (Pelin Music)
  2. Robert Pickett, Emanation (Solo: Volume 2) (Thirteenth Note)
  3. Joshua Redman & Bad Plus, Joshua Redman & Bad Plus (Nonesuch)
  4. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note)
  5. Ariel Pocock, Touchstone (Justin Time)
  6. Dan Brubeck, Live From the Cellar (Blue Forest)
  7. Chris Potter, Imaginary Cities (ECM)
  8. Romain Collin, Press Enter (ACT)
  9. Christian McBride, Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)
  10. Noah Preminger, Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar (Noah Preminger)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. various, The Complete Bee Hive Sessions (Mosaic)
  3. Keith Jarrett-Charlie Haden-Paul Motian, Hamburg '72 (ECM)

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Elzy Kolb (Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  2. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  3. JD Allen, Graffiti (Savant)
  4. Charenee Wade, Offering: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (Motéma)
  5. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  6. Lisa Parrott, Round Tripper (Serious Niceness)
  7. Rez Abbasi, Intents and Purposes (Enja)
  8. Chico Freeman & Heiri Kanzig, The Arrival (Intakt)
  9. Heads of State, Search for Peace (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Erik Friedlander, Oscalypso (Skipstone)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)

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David Kunian (DownBeat, Offbeat, WWOZ)

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Singleton, Shiner (Independent)
  2. Noah Preminger, Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar (Noah Preminger)
  3. Chicago Reed Quartet, Western Automatic (Aerophonic)
  4. Long Sidewalks, Staffa (Breakfast4Dinner)
  5. Aurora Nealand & Tom McDermott, City of Timbres (OPM)
  6. Sun Ra Arkestra, Babylon Live (In+Out)
  7. Plunge, In for the Out (Immersion)
  8. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)
  9. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  10. John Scofield, Past Present (Impulse!)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis f. John Coltrane, All of You: The Last Tour, 1960 (Acrobat)
  2. Sun Ra, To Those of Earth . . . and Other Worlds (Strut)
  3. Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra, Hannibal (MPS)

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Art Lange (Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

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Josh Langhoff (The Cresset, The Singles Jukebox)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  2. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  3. Rich Halley, Creating Structure (Pine Eagle)
  4. Mikko Innanen, Song For a New Decade (TUM)
  5. Gebhard Ullmann, Hat and Shoes (Between the Lines)
  6. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  7. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  8. Satoko Fujii, Ichigo Ichie (Libra)
  9. Katie Bull, All Hot Bodies Radiate (Ashokan)
  10. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Mike Osborne, Dawn (Cuneiform)

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Devin Leonard (Bloomberg Businessweek)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  2. Donny McCaslin, Fast Future (Greenleaf)
  3. Chris Potter, Imaginary Cities (ECM)
  4. Brad Mehldau, 10 Years Solo Live (Nonesuch)
  5. Fred Hersch, Solo (Palmetto)
  6. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  7. Jen Shyu, Sounds and Cries of the World (Pi)
  8. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)
  9. John Hollenbeck, Songs We Like a Lot (Sunnyside)
  10. Ingrid Laubrock, Ubatuba (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES

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Aidan Levy (JazzTimes, Village Voice)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  2. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  3. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  4. Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love (Mack Avenue)
  5. John Zorn, Simulacrum (Tzadik)
  6. Tomas Fujiwara, After All Is Said (482 Music)
  7. Liberty Ellman, Radiate (Pi)
  8. JD Allen, Graffiti (Savant)
  9. Amir ElSaffar, Crisis (Pi)
  10. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Frank Lowe, Out Loud (Triple Point)
  3. Joe Albany, An Evening With Joe Albany (SteepleChase)

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John Litweiler (Encyclopedia Britannica, Point of Departure, WHPK-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Roscoe Mitchell, Celebrating Fred Anderson (Nessa)
  2. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  3. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  4. James Falzone & the Renga Ensemble, The Room Is (Allos Documents)
  5. Steve Swell, Kanreki: Reflection and Renewal (Not Two)
  6. Nick Mazzarella, Ultraviolet (International Anthem)
  7. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  8. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music)
  9. Josh Berman, A Dance and a Hop (Delmark)
  10. Ernest Dawkins, Memory in the Center: Homage to Nelson Mandela (Dawk)

REISSUES

  1. Anthony Braxton & Derek Bailey, First Duo Concert (Emanem)
  2. Evan Parker, Monoceros (Psi)

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