11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2016

Ballot 2016

Adam Shatz (London Review of Books)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  2. Jason Moran, The Armory Concert (Band Camp)
  3. Frank Kimbrough, Solstice (Pirouet)
  4. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  5. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)
  6. Andrew Cyrille, The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM)
  7. Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, Nearness (Nonesuch)
  8. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  9. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)

REISSUES

  1. Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, '76 (Resonance)
  2. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  3. Don Cherry-John Tchicai-Irène Schweizer-Léon Francioli-Pierre Favre, Musical Monsters: Willisau Concert (Intakt)

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