10th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2015

Ballot 2015

Adam Shatz (London Review of Books, New York Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Tokyo Adagio (Impulse!)
  2. Mary Halvorson, Meltframe (Firehouse 12)
  3. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  4. Joshua Redman & Bad Plus, Joshua Redman & Bad Plus (Nonesuch)
  5. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  6. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
  7. Tomeka Reid, Quartet (Thirsty Ear)
  8. Matthew Shipp, The Conduct of Jazz (Thirsty Ear)
  9. Jack DeJohnette, Made in Chicago (ECM)
  10. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)

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