11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2017

Ballot 2017

Chris Heim (KMUW-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vincent Herring, Hard Times (Smoke Sessions)
  2. Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)
  3. Peter Erskine New Trio, In Praise of Shadows (Fuzzy Music)
  4. Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
  5. Ralph Towner, My Foolish Heart (ECM)
  6. Ben Sidran, Picture Him Happy (Nardis Music)
  7. Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge, On the Wind (MAMA)
  8. Audrey Ochoa Trio, Afterthought (Chronograph)
  9. Jowee Omicil, Let's Bash (Jazz Village)
  10. Roswell Rudd-Fay Victor-Lafayette Harris-Ken Filiano, Embrace (RareNoise)

REISSUES

  1. Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Soul (Resonance)
  2. Sun Ra, Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection (Strut)
  3. Arthur Blythe, In the Tradition/Lennox Avenue Breakdown/Illusions/Blythe Spirit (BGO)

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