Ballot 2017

NEW RELEASES

1. Thundercat, Drunk (Brainfeeder)
2. Mark de Clive-Lowe, Live at the Blue Whale (Ropeadope/Mashibeats)
3. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope)
4. Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch)
5. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)
6. Layth Sidiq, Son of Tigris (Layth Sidiq -16)
7. Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, Jersey (Motéma)
8. Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
9. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem)
10. Samora Pinderhughes, The Transformation Suite (Gray Area)

REISSUES

1. Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Sam/Saga)
2. Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
3. Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Sessions (Tompkins Square)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• Layth Sidiq, Son of Tigris (Layth Sidiq -16)

LATIN

• David Virelles, Gnosis (ECM)

Note: Original vocal vote: Ala.ni, You & I (Missing Piece), and original debut vote: Nate Smith, Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere (Ropeadope); changed tdue to ballot priority.