11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2016

Ballot 2016

Phil Freeman (Burning Ambulance, The Wire)

NEW RELEASES

  1. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  2. Black Bombaim and Peter Brotzmann (Shhpuma)
  3. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  4. Donny McCaslin, Beyond Now (Motéma)
  5. John Raymond, Real Feels (Shifting Paradigm)
  6. Freddie Hendrix, Jersey Cat (Sunnyside)
  7. Jeremy Pelt, jiveculture (HighNote)
  8. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  9. Battle Trance, Blade of Love (New Amsterdam)
  10. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. various, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 (Mosaic)
  2. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  3. Sonny Rollins/Horace Silver, Zurich 1959 (TCB)

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