11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2016

Ballot 2016

David Brent Johnson (WFIU [Bloomington, IN])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Brad Mehldau, 10 Years Solo Live (Nonesuch -15)
  2. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  3. Warren Wolf, Convergence (Mack Avenue)
  4. Jeremy Pelt, jiveculture (HighNote)
  5. Takuya Kuroda, Zigzagger (Concord)
  6. Renee Rosnes, Written in the Rocks (Smoke Sessions)
  7. Cookers, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (Smoke Sessions)
  8. Tom Harrell, Something Gold, Something Blue (HighNote)
  9. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  10. Marquis Hill, The Way We Play (Concord Jazz)

REISSUES

  1. Count Basie & Lester Young, Classic 1936-1947 Studio Sessions (Mosaic)
  2. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  3. Arthur Blythe, Lennox Avenue Breakdown/In the Tradition/Bush Baby/Blythe Spirit (BGO)

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