11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2016

Ballot 2016

Larry Blumenfeld (Wall Street Journal, Jazziz, Artinfo: Blu Notes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jason Moran, The Armory Concert (Band Camp)
  2. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  3. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  4. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  5. Pedrito Martinez, Habana Dreams (Motéma)
  6. Andrew Cyrille, The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM)
  7. René Marie, Sound of Red (Motéma)
  8. Herlin Riley, New Directions (Mack Avenue)
  9. Evan Christopher, Bayou Chant (STR Digital)
  10. Adam O'Farrill, Stranger Days (Sunnyside)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)
  2. David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp, Live in Sant'Anna Arresi 2004 (AUM Fidelity)
  3. Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Tokyo Adagio (Impulse! -15)

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