11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2017

Ballot 2017

John Szwed (The Wire, Columbia University)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note)
  2. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Incidentals (ECM)
  3. David Liebman & Joe Lovano, Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane (Resonance)
  4. Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind)
  5. John Vanore, Stolen Moments: Celebrating Oliver Nelson (Acoustical Concepts)
  6. Lisa Mezzacappa, Glorious Ravage (New World)
  7. Michael Musillami & Rich Syracuse, Bird Calls (Playscape)
  8. Jane Ira Bloom, Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson (Outline)
  9. Gard Nilssen's Complete Unity, Live in Europe (Clean Feed)
  10. Anouar Brahem-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette-Django Bates, Blue Maqams (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. various, Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 (Mosaic)
  2. Don Cherry-John Tchicai-Irene Schweizer-Leon Francioli-Pierre Favre, Musical Monsters (Intakt -16)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)

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