11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2017

Ballot 2017

Andrew Gilbert (San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area News Group, Berkeleyside)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tom Harrell, Moving Picture (HighNote)
  2. Eddie Palmieri, Sabiduria (Ropeadope)
  3. Ben Goldberg School, Vol. I: The Humanities (BAG)
  4. Billy Childs, Rebirth (Mack Avenue)
  5. Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto)
  6. Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel)
  7. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  8. Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia)
  9. Bobby Watson, Made in America (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Art Hirahara, Central Line (Posi-Tone)

REISSUES

  1. Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (Resonance)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
  3. Kenny Dorham, K.D. Is Here: New York City 1962 & 1966 (Uptown Jazz)

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