| 11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2017 |
Ballot 2017
Russ Musto (New York City Jazz Record, DownBeat)
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Body and Shadow (Blue Note)
- Billy Childs, Rebirth (Mack Avenue)
- Anat Cohen Tentet, Happy Song (Anzic)
- Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi)
- Louis Hayes, Serenade for Horace (Blue Note)
- Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma)
- Harold Mabern, To Love and Be Loved (Smoke Sessions)
- Christian McBride Big Band, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue)
- Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Najwa (TUM)
REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Bill Evans, Another Time: The Hilversun Concert (Resonance)
- Oscar Pettiford Nonet/Big Band/Sextet, New York City 1955-1958 (Uptown Jazz)
- Cedar Walton, Charmed Circle (Savant)
VOCAL
- Dee Dee Bridgewater, Memphis . . . Yes, I'm Ready (OKeh)
DEBUT
- Kate Gentile, Mannequins (Skirl)
LATIN
- Charlie Sepúlveda & the Turnaround, Mr. EP: A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri (HighNote)