| 11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2017 |
2017 Totals: New Albums
- Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over (ECM) 347.5 (53)
- Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse, Morphogenesis (Pi) 208.5 (28)
- Tyshawn Sorey, Verisimilitude (Pi) 183 (31)
- Craig Taborn, Daylight Ghosts (ECM) 158.5 (25)
- Nicole Mitchell, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE) 150 (24)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue) 135.5 (22)
- Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side (ECM) 133.5 (20)
- Matt Wilson, Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt (Palmetto) 127 (21)
- Charles Lloyd New Quartet, Passin' Thru (Blue Note) 113 (20)
- Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) 110 (23)
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die (International Anthem) 103 (19)
- William Parker Quartets, Meditation/Resurrection (AUM Fidelity) 99.5 (15)
- Jack DeJohnette-Larry Grenadier-John Medeski-John Scofield, Hudson (Motéma) 91.5 (15)
- Ron Miles, I Am a Man (Yellowbird) 86.5 (17)
- Miguel Zenón, Tipico (Miel) 86.5 (15)
- Matt Mitchell, A Pouting Grimace (Pi) 82 (15)
- Ahmad Jamal, Marseille (Jazz Village/PIAS) 80.5 (10)
- Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Small Town (ECM) 78 (13)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM) 77.5 (15)
- Wadada Leo Smith, Najwa (TUM) 77 (13)
- Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against Wind (Biophilia) 75.5 (15)
- Mike Reed, Flesh & Bone (482 Music) 64 (10)
- Fred Hersch, Open Book (Palmetto) 60.5 (12)
- Ornette Coleman & Various Artists, Celebrate Ornette (Song X -16) 60 (8) *
- Rez Abbasi, Unfiltered Universe (Whirlwind) 58 (11)
- Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Incidentals (ECM) 57 (8)
- Chris Potter, The Dreamer is the Dream (ECM) 54.5 (9)
- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, The Centennial Trilogy (Ropeadope) 54 (10)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, Piano Song (Thirsty Ear ) 48.5 (9)
- Tomas Fujiwara, Triple Double (Firehouse 12) 46 (12)
- Harriet Tubman, Araminta (Sunnyside) 46 (9)
- Fabian Almazan & Rhizome, Alcanza (Biophilia) 45 (6)
- Noah Preminger, Meditations on Freedom (Dry Bridge) 44 (8)
- Aruán Ortiz, Cub(an)ism (Intakt) 44 (7)
- JD Allen, Radio Flyer (Savant) 43.5 (9)
- Barry Altschul 3dom Factor, Live in Krakow (Not Two) 43 (8)
- Eric Revis, Sing Me Some Cry (Clean Feed) 42 (8)
- Kirk Knuffke, Cherryco (SteepleChase) 40 (7)
- Tom Rainey Obbligato, Float Upstream (Intakt) 40 (6)
- Christian McBride Big Band, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue) 36.5 (7)
- Jason Moran and the Bandwagon, Thanksgiving at the Vanguard (Yes) 36 (5)
- John Beasley, MONK'estra, Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue) 35 (7)
- Brian Landrus Orchestra, Generations (BlueLand) 35 (5)
- Billy Childs, Rebirth (Mack Avenue) 33 (6)
- Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige) 33 (5)
- Kate Gentile, Mannequins (Skirl) 32 (7)
- Kamasi Washington, Harmony of Difference (Young Turks) 31.5 (5)
- Dayna Stephens, Gratitude (Contagious) 31 (6)
- Borderlands Trio, Asteroideia (Intakt) 31 (5)
- Tony Allen, The Source (Blue Note) 31 (5)
- Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera) 31 (5)
- Chris Speed Trio, Platinum on Tap (Intakt) 31 (5)
- Matt Mitchell, Førage (Screwgun) 30 (6)
- Angles 9, Disappeared Behind the Sun (Clean Feed) 30 (4)
- Miles Okazaki, Trickster (Pi) 29 (5)
- Dominique Eade & Ran Blake, Town and Country (Sunnyside) 28.5 (4)
- Dave Douglas, Little Giant Still Life (Greenleaf) 28 (6)
- Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch) 28 (4)
- Jason Kao Hwang, Sing House (Euonymous) 28 (3)
- Anat Cohen Tentet, Happy Song (Anzic) 27 (6)
- Anouar Brahem-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette-Django Bates, Blue Maqams (ECM) 27 (6)
- Jason Moran, Bangs (Yes) 27 (4)
- John Vanore, Stolen Moments: Celebrating Oliver Nelson (Acoustical Concepts) 27 (4)
- Dial & Oatts-Rich DeRosa-WDR Big Band, Rediscovered Ellington (Zoho) 27 (3)
- David Virelles, Gnosis (ECM) 26.5 (6)
- Nate Smith, Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere (Ropeadope) 26.5 (4)
- Alan Broadbent With the London Metropolitan Orchestra, Developing Story (Eden River) 26 (5)
- Roswell Rudd-Fay Victor-Lafayette Harris-Ken Filiano, Embrace (RareNoise) 25.5 (5)
- David Liebman & Joe Lovano, Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane (Resonance) 25 (6) **
- Aki Takase & David Murray, Cherry Sakura (Intakt) 25 (6)
- Ralph Towner, My Foolish Heart (ECM) 25 (5)
- Satoko Fujii Orchestra, Peace (Libra) 23 (4)
- Sam Newsome & Jean-Michel Pilc, Magic Circle (Some New Music) 23 (4)
- Chick Corea, The Musician (Stretch/Concord) 23 (3)
- Gonçalo Almeida-Rodrigo Amado-Marco Franco, The Attic (NoBusiness) 22.5 (4)
- Satoko Fujii, Invisible Hand (Cortez Sound) 20 (4)
- Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet, December Avenue (ECM) 20 (4)
- Lisa Mezzacappa, AvantNOIR (Clean Feed) 20 (3)
- Yazz Ahmed, La Saboteuse (Naim) 20 (2)
- Louis Hayes, Serenade for Horace (Blue Note) 19 (6)
- Gary Peacock Trio, Tangents (ECM) 19 (5)
- Lena Bloch & Feathery, Heart Knows (Fresh Sound New Talent) 19 (3)
- Richie Cole, Latin Lover (RCP) 19 (2)
- The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Music of John Lewis (Blue Engine) 18 (5)
- Jen Shyu, Songs of Silver Geese (Pi) 18 (4)
- Charnett Moffett, Music From Our Soul (Motéma) 17.5 (3)
- Uwe Oberg-Rudi Mahall-Michael Greiner, Lacy Pool 2 (Leo) 17 (3)
- Kurt Rosenwinkel, Caipi (Razdz/Heartcore) 17 (3)
- various, Sky Music: A Tribute to Terje Rypdal, Vol. 1 (Rune Grammofon) 17 (3)
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Paint (Hot Cup) 17 (2)
- Cortex, Avant-Garde Party Music (Clean Feed) 17 (2)
- Tommy Smith, Embodying the Light (Spartacus) 17 (2)
- Sherman Irby & Momentum, Cerulean Canvas (Black Warrior) 16 (3)
- Lisa Mezzacappa, Glorious Ravage (New World) 16 (3)
- Tom Harrell, Moving Picture (HighNote) 16 (2)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Irreversible Entanglements (International Anthem) 15 (3)
- Harold Mabern, To Love and Be Loved (Smoke Sessions) 15 (3)
- David Weiss & Point of Departure, Wake Up Call (Ropeadope) 15 (3)
- Johnny O'Neal, In the Moment (Smoke Sessions) 15 (2)
- Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Body and Shadow (Blue Note) 14 (4)
- Quinsin Nachoff, Ethereal Trio w/Mark Helias & Dan Weiss (Whirlwind) 14 (2)
- Chet Doxas, Rich in Symbols (Ropeadope) 13.5 (2)
- Jeremy Saft-Steve Swallow-Bobby Previte, Loneliness Road (RareNoise) 13.5 (2)
- Jason Stein, Lucille! (Delmark) 13 (3)
- Cowboys and Frenchmen, Bluer Than You Think (OutsideIn Music) 13 (2)
- Laszlo Gardony, Serious Play (Sunnyside) 13 (2)
- Alexander Hawkins, Unit[e] (AH) 13 (2)
- Ernest McCarty, Jr & Jimmie Smith, Reunion Tribute to Erroll Garner (Blujazz) 13 (2)
- Dick Hyman, Solo at the Sacramento Jazz Festival 1983-1988 (Arbors) 13 (2) ***
- Roots Magic, Last Kind Words (Clean Feed) 12 (3)
- Hiromi & Edmar Castaneda, Live in Montreal (Telarc) 12 (2)
- Ken Schaphorst Big Band, How to Say Goodbye (JCA -16) 12 (2)
- Rova Saxophone Quartet/Kyle Bruckmann/Henry Kaiser, Steve Lacy's Saxophone Special Revisited (Clean Feed) 11.5 (3)
- Howard Johnson & Gravity, Testimony (Tuscarora) 11.5 (2)
- Yoko Miwa Trio, Pathways (Ocean Blue Tear Music) 11 (3)
- Ed Palermo Big Band, The Great Un-American Songbook Volumes I & II (Cuneiform) 11 (3)
- Gregory Lewis Organ Monk, The Breathe Suite (self-released) 11 (3)
- Thundercat, Drunk (Brainfeeder) 11 (2)
- Cameron Graves, Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue) 11 (2)
- Tony Malaby-Mat Maneri-Daniel Levin, New Artifacts (Clean Feed) 11 (2)
- The Microscopic Septet, Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down to Me (Cuneiform) 11 (2)
- Roscoe Mitchell, Discussions (Wide Hive) 11 (2)
- Aaron Parks, Find the Way (ECM) 11 (2)
- Jimmy Greene, Flowers, Beautiful Life, Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue) 10.5 (2)
- Avishai Cohen, Cross My Palm With Silver (ECM) 10 (3)
- Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble, Monk Dreams, Hallucinations, and Nightmares (Red Piano) 10 (2)
- Gerald Clayton, Tributary Tales (Motéma) 10 (2)
- Terry Gibbs, 92 Years Young: Jammin' at the Gibbs House (Whaling City Sound) 10 (2)
- Mary Halvorson Quartet, Paimon: Book of Angels 32 (Tzadik) 10 (2)
- Joe McPhee-Damon Smith-Alvin Fielder, Six Situations (Not Two) 10 (2)
- Carol Morgan, Post Cool, Vol. 1: The Night Shift (self-released) 10 (2)
- Preservation Hall, So It Is (Sony Legacy) 10 (2)
- Vanessa Racci, Italiana Fresca (self-released) 10 (2)
- David S. Ware Trio, Live in New York, 2010 (AUM Fidelity) 10 (2) ****
- Sophie Agnel/Daunik Lazro, Marguerite D'Or Pâle (Fou -16) 10 (1)
- Erlend Apneseth Trio, Ara (Hubro) 10 (1)
- Club D'Elf, Live at Club Helsinki (Face Pelt) 10 (1)
- George Colligan, More Powerful (Whirlwind) 10 (1)
- Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble, Transient Takes (self-released) 10 (1)
- Tom Dempsey & Tim Ferguson, Waltz New (OA2) 10 (1)
- Laura Dubin Trio, Live at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (self-produced) 10 (1)
- Dwiki Dharmawan, Pasar Klewer (MoonJune -16) 10 (1)
- Champian Fulton & Scott Hamilton, The Things We Did Last Summer (Blau) 10 (1)
- Vincent Herring, Hard Times (Smoke Sessions) 10 (1)
- Luis Muñoz, The Dead Man (Pelin Music) 10 (1)
- Adam Rudolph, Morphic Resonances (Meta) 10 (1)
- Jimmy Scott, I Go Back Home (Eden River) 10 (1)
- Ken Vandermark, Momentum 1: Stone (Audiographic -16) 10 (1)
- Lizz Wright, Grace (Concord) 10 (1)
- Trio Heinz Herbert, The Willisau Concert (Intakt) 9 (3)
- Gerald Cannon, Combinations (Woodneck) 9 (2)
- Bill Charlap, Uptown Downtown (Impulse) 9 (2)
- Mark Dresser Seven, Sedimental You (Clean Feed) 9 (2)
- Alan Ferber Big Band, Jigsaw (Sunnyside) 9 (2)
- Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Infinitude (Whirlwind -16) 9 (2)
- Jihye Lee Orchestra, April (self-released) 9 (2)
- Denys Baptiste, The Late Trane (Edition) 9 (1)
- John Butcher-Damon Smith-Weasel Walter, The Catastrophe of Minimalism (Balance Point Acoustics) 9 (1)
- Mark de Clive-Lowe, Live at the Blue Whale (Ropeadope/Mashibeats) 9 (1)
- various, Viva Mauricio Einhorn (Sonora) 9 (1)
- The Jazz Passengers, Still Life With Trouble (Thirsty Ear) 9 (1)
- Willie Jones III, My Point Is . . . (WJ3) 9 (1)
- John McNeil & Mike Fahie, Plainsong (Destiny) 9 (1)
- Jason Moran, MASS {Howl, eon} () 9 (1)
- The Necks, Unfold (Ideologic Organ) 9 (1)
- Sam Newsome, Sopranoville (Some New Music) 9 (1)
- Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdes, Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico (Motéma) 9 (1)
- Parisien-Peirani-Schaerer-Wollny, Out of Land (ACT) 9 (1)
- Ranky Tanky, Ranky Tanky (Resilience Music Alliance) 9 (1)
- Sex Mob, Cultural Capital (Rex -16) 9 (1)
- Shotgun Jazz Band, Steppin' on the Gas (Self) 9 (1)
- Jacques Thollot, Thollot in Extenso (Nato) 9 (1)
- Joshua White, 13 Short Stories (Fresh Sound New Talent) 9 (1)
- John Butcher-John Edwards-Mark Sanders, Last Dream of the Morning (Relative Pitch) 8.5 (2)
- Gebhard Ullman-Oliver Potratz-Eric Schaefer, Das Kondensat (Why Play Jazz) 8 (3)
- Anat Cohen & Marcello Goncalves, Outra Coisa (Anzic) 8 (2)
- Kaja Draksler Octet, Gledalec (Clean Feed) 8 (2)
- Harris Eisenstadt, Recent Developments (Songlines) 8 (2)
- Rich Halley & Carson Halley, The Wild (Pine Eagle) 8 (2)
- Heads of State, Four in One (Smoke Sessions) 8 (2)
- Hear in Now, Not Living in Fear (International Anthem) 8 (2)
- Simona Premazzi, Outspoken (PRE) 8 (2)
- Gunter Baby Sommer, Le Piccole Cose (Intuition) 8 (2)
- Tiger Trio (Myra Melford-Joelle Leandre-Nicole Mitchell), Unleashed (RogueArt -16) 8 (2)
- Ken Vandermark-Klaus Kugel-Mark Tokar, Escalator (Not Two) 8 (2)
- Stefano Battaglia, Pelagos (ECM) 8 (1)
- Brooklyn Raga Massive, Coltrane Raga Tribute (self-produced) 8 (1)
- CP Unit, Before the Heat Death (Clean Feed) 8 (1)
- Byron Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra, Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II (Accurate) 8 (1)
- Scott DuBois, Autumn Wind (ACT) 8 (1)
- Peter Erskine New Trio, In Praise of Shadows (Fuzzy Music) 8 (1)
- Ben Goldberg School, Vol. I: The Humanities (BAG) 8 (1)
- The Heliocentrics, A World of Masks (Soundway) 8 (1)
- Billy Mintz, Ugly Beauty (Thirteenth Note) 8 (1)
- Stanton Moore, With You in Mind (Cool Green) 8 (1)
- Miles Mosley, Uprising (Verve) 8 (1)
- Ikue Mori, Obelisk (Tzadik) 8 (1)
- Organissimo, B3tles (Big O) 8 (1)
- Lucky Peterson, Tribute to Jimmy Smith (Jazz Village) 8 (1)
- Brandon Seabrook, Die Trommel Fatale (New Atlantis) 8 (1)
- Rotem Sivan, Antidote (Aima) 8 (1)
- The Vampires, The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke (Earshift Music) 8 (1)
- Randy Weston, The African Nubian Suite (African Rhythms) 8 (1)
- Mars Williams, An Ayler Xmas (Soul What) 8 (1)
- Mark Wingfield-Markus Reuter-Aaron Stavi-Asaf Sirkis, The Stonehouse (MoonJune -16) 8 (1)
- Marta Sánchez 5tet, Danza Imposible (Fresh Sound New Talent) 7.5 (2)
- Matthew Stevens, Preverbal (Ropeadope) 7.5 (2)
- Buffalo Jazz Octet, Pausa Live (Cadence) 7 (2)
- Dayme Arocena, Cubofonia (Brownswood) 7 (1)
- Black Flower, Artifacts (SDBAN -16) 7 (1)
- Jakob Bro, Streams (ECM -16) 7 (1)
- Curtis Brothers Quartet, Syzygy (Truth Revolution -16) 7 (1)
- Heloísa Fernandes, Faces (self-released) 7 (1)
- Hal Galper & the Youngbloods, Live at the COTA Jazz Festival (Origin) 7 (1)
- Camilla George Quartet, Isang (Ubuntu Music) 7 (1)
- Philipp Gropper's Philm, Sun Ship (WhyPlayJazz) 7 (1)
- Tardo Hammer, Swinging on a Star (Cellar Live) 7 (1)
- Oliver Lake & FLUX Quartet, Right Up On (Passin' Thru) 7 (1)
- Made to Break, Trébuchet (Trost) 7 (1)
- Mark Masters, Blue Skylight (Capri) 7 (1)
- Sarah Partridge, Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian (Origin) 7 (1)
- Gregory Porter, Live in Berlin (Eagle Vision -16) 7 (1)
- Jeff Rupert & Richard Drexler, Imagination (Rupe Media) 7 (1)
- Pat Thomas, Elephant Clock of Al Jazari (Otoroku) 7 (1)
- Nestor Torres, Jazz Flute Traditions (Alfi) 7 (1)
- Trio 3 (Andrew Cyrille-Oliver Lake-Reggie Workman), Visiting Texture (Intakt) 7 (1)
- Ellery Eskelin/Christian Weber/Michael Griener, Sensations of Tone (Intakt) 6 (2)
- Gato Libre, Neko (Libra) 6 (2)
- Phronesis-Julian Argüelles-Frankfurt Radio Big Band, The Behemoth Edition () 6 (2)
- Jason Rigby, One (Fresh Sound New Talent) 6 (2)
- Cuong Vu 4-Tet, Ballet (RareNoise) 6 (2)
- Bobby Zankel & the Wonderful Sound 6, Celebrating William Parker @ 65 (Not Two) 6 (2)
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Loafer's Hollow (Hot Cup) 6 (2)
- Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Simultonality (Eremite) 6 (1)
- The Black Butterflies Featuring Gato Barbieri, Luisa (self-released) 6 (1)
- Lucia Cadotsch, Speak Low (Yellowbird -16) 6 (1)
- Collectif Spatule, Le vanneau huppé (Aloya) 6 (1)
- The Co-Op, The Co-Op (Brown Brothers -16) 6 (1)
- Henrique Eisenmann, The Free Poetics of Henrique Eisenmann (Red Piano) 6 (1)
- Satoko Fujii Quartet, Live at Jazz Room Cortez (Cortez Sound) 6 (1)
- Eric Hofbauer Quintet, Reminiscing in Tempo (Creative Nation Music) 6 (1)
- Sidney Jacobs, First Man (Baby Chubs -16) 6 (1)
- Jass, Mix of Sun and Clouds (Yolk Music -16) 6 (1)
- Paul Jones, Clean (Outside Music) 6 (1)
- Lee Ann Ledgerwood, Renewal (SteepleChase) 6 (1)
- Gregory Lewis Organ Monk, Blue (self-released) 6 (1)
- Liberation Music Collective, Rebel Portraiture (Ad Astrum) 6 (1)
- Helge Lien Trio, Guzuguzu (Ozella) 6 (1)
- Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne, Homecoming (Jazzline) 6 (1)
- Nicole Mitchell & Haki R. Madhubuti, Liberation Narratives (Third World Press) 6 (1)
- Judy Niemack & Dan Tepfer, Listening to You (Sunnyside) 6 (1)
- Tomoko Omura, Post Bop Gypsies (Inner Circle) 6 (1)
- Ivo Perelman-Nate Wooley-Bradon Lopez-Gerald Cleaver, Octagon (Leo) 6 (1)
- Joe Rosenberg Ensemble, Tomorrow Never Knows (Quark) 6 (1)
- Charlie Sepúlveda & the Turnaround, Mr. EP: A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri (HighNote) 6 (1)
- Tiziano Tononi & Daniele Cavallanti Nexus, Experience Nexus! (Rudi) 6 (1)
- Paul Van Gysegem-Chris Joris-Patrick De Groote, Boundless (El Negocito) 6 (1)
- Diego Barber, One Minute Later (Sunnyside) 5.5 (1)
- The Date Brothers With Bob Barnard and Jonathan Zwartz, Just My Luck (self-released) 5.5 (1)
- Sam Braysher & Michael Kanan, Golden Earrings (Fresh Sound New Talent) 5.5 (1)
- Anthony Braxton, Creative Music Orchestra (NYC) 2011 (New Braxton House -12) 5.5 (1)
- Yves Charuest-Agusti Fernandez-Nicolas Caloia-Peter Valsamis, Stir (Tour de Bras) 5.5 (1)
- Echoes of Swing, Bix: A Tribute to Bix Beiderbecke (ACT -16) 5.5 (1)
- Charlie Halloran, Ce Biguine! (self-released) 5.5 (1)
- Holland-Coots Jazz Quintet, This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal (Shane's Mohawk) 5.5 (1)
- Theo Jörgensmann and Albrecht Maurer, Hymnen an Die Nacht (Nemu) 5.5 (1)
- Joëlle Léandre & Phil Minton, Léandre/Minton (Fou) 5.5 (1)
- Mat Maneri-Evan Parker-Lucian Ban, Sounding Tears (Clean Feed) 5.5 (1)
- Neuköllner Modelle & Alexander von Schlippenbach, Sektion 3-7 (Umlaut) 5.5 (1)
- Musica Elettronica Viva, Symphony No. 106 (Victo -16) 5.5 (1)
- Jan Nijdam Kwartet, Bij de Dieren Thuis (Sollasiututut) 5.5 (1)
- Courtney Pine, Black Notes From the Deep (Freestyle) 5.5 (1)
- Brooks Prumo Orchestra, Pass the Bounce (self-released) 5.5 (1)
- Rova: Orchestrova, No Favorites (For Lawrence "Butch" Morris) (New World) 5.5 (1)
- Hal Smith's Swing Central, Windy City Swing (Tuxedo Cat) 5.5 (1)
- Sam Taylor Quartet & Larry McKenna, Along the Way (Cellar Live) 5.5 (1)
- Twerk Thomson, Plays Unpopular Songs (Twerk-O-Phonic) 5.5 (1)
- Toxic (Mat Walerian-Matthew Shipp-William Parker), This Is Beautiful Because We Are Beautiful People (ESP-Disk) 5.5 (1)
- Petra van Nuis & Andy Brown, Lessons Lyrical (String Damper) 5.5 (1)
- Martin Wheatley & Tom Langham, The Land of Might-Have-Been (Bigfoot) 5.5 (1)
- Vitor Rua and the Metaphysical Angels, Do Androids Dream of Electric Guitars? (Clean Feed) 5.5 (1)
- Amok Amor, We Know Not What We Do (Intakt) 5 (2)
- Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, Jersey (Motéma) 5 (2)
- SFJazz Collective, Music of Miles Davis & Original Compositions (SFJazz) 5 (2)
- Dave Holland-Chris Potter-Lionel Loueke-Eric Harland, Aziza (Dare2 -16) 5 (1)
- Peter Brötzmann-Steve Swell-Paal Nilssen-Love, Live in Tel Aviv (Not Two) 5 (1)
- Taylor Ho Bynum, Enter the Plustet (Firehouse 12 -16) 5 (1)
- Tal Cohen, Gentle Giants (Inner Circle) 5 (1)
- The Cookers, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (Smoke Sessions) 5 (1)
- Nick Finzer, Hear & Now (OutsideIn Music) 5 (1)
- Benedikt Jahnel, The Invariant (ECM) 5 (1)
- Dusan Jevtovic, No Answer (MoonJune) 5 (1)
- Rocco John, Peace and Love (Unseen Rain) 5 (1)
- Lee Konitz, Frescalalto (Impulse!) 5 (1)
- Brian McCarthy, The Better Angels of Our Nature (Truth Revolution) 5 (1)
- André Matos, Múquina (Robalo Music -16) 5 (1)
- Vadim Neselovskyi Trio, Get Up and Go (Jazz Family/Neuklang) 5 (1)
- The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Cochonnerie (Aerophonic) 5 (1)
- Marco Santilli's CheRoba & il Fiato delle Alpi, La Stüa (Unit) 5 (1)
- Morten Schantz, Godspeed (Edition) 5 (1)
- Arashi, Semikujira (Trost -16) 5 (1)
- Ben Sidran, Picture Him Happy (Nardis Music) 5 (1)
- Layth Sidiq, Son of Tigris (Layth Sidiq -16) 5 (1)
- Dave Douglas & Frank Woeste, Dada People (Greenleaf Music -16) 5 (1)
- Francois Carrier-Rafal Mazur-Michel Lambert, Oneness (FMR) 4 (2)
- João Paulo Esteves da Silva-Mário Franco-Samuel Rohrer, Brightbird (Arjunamusic) 4 (2)
- Gary Meek, Originals (self-produced) 4 (2)
- Bobby Watson, Made in America (Smoke Sessions) 4 (2)
- Joey Alexander, Joey Monk Live! (Motéma) 4 (1)
- Rahsaan Barber, The Music in The Night (Jazz Music City) 4 (1)
- Peter Bernstein, Signs Live! (Smoke Sessions) 4 (1)
- Blue Note All-Stars, Our Point of View (Blue Note) 4 (1)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater, Memphis . . . Yes, I'm Ready (OKeh) 4 (1)
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Crop Circles (Relative Pitch) 4 (1)
- Lars Danielson, Libretto III (ACT) 4 (1)
- Silke Eberhard Trio, The Being Inn (Intakt) 4 (1)
- Tomas Franck Quartet, Association: Live at Jazzhus Montmartre (Storyville) 4 (1)
- Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York, Fukushima (Libra) 4 (1)
- Alex Goodman, Second Act (Lyte) 4 (1)
- Burton Greene, Compendium (Improvising Beings) 4 (1)
- Hush Point, III (Sunnyside) 4 (1)
- Dave Liebman, Expansions Live (Whaling City Sound) 4 (1)
- Russell Malone, Time for the Dancers (HighNote) 4 (1)
- China Moses, Nightentales (MPS) 4 (1)
- Michael Musillami & Rich Syracuse, Bird Calls (Playscape) 4 (1)
- Psychic Temple, IV (Joyful Noise) 4 (1)
- Anne Quillier 6tet, Dusty Shelters (Label Pince-Oreilles) 4 (1)
- Stephen Riley & Peter Zak, Deuce (SteepleChase) 4 (1)
- Bria Skonberg, With a Twist (OKeh) 4 (1)
- Steve Slagle, Dedication (Panorama) 4 (1)
- Joris Teepe & Don Braden, Conversations (Creative Perspective) 4 (1)
- Camille Thurman, Inside the Moment (Chesky) 4 (1)
- Trespass Trio, Spirit of Pitesti (Clean Feed) 4 (1)
- James Blood Ulmer With The Thing, Baby Talk (The Thing) 4 (1)
- Reflections in Cosmo, Eponymous (RareNoise) 3 (2)
- David Binney, The Time Verses (Criss Cross) 3 (1)
- Bohemian Trio, Okónkolo (Innova) 3 (1)
- Ran Blake & Kristen Osgood, The Dorothy Wallace Suite (ILK Music) 3 (1)
- Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh, Sex Tape (Trost) 3 (1)
- Burning Ghosts, Reclamation (Tzadik) 3 (1)
- Regina Carter, Ella: Accentuate the Positive (OKeh) 3 (1)
- Chamber 4, City of Light (Clean Feed) 3 (1)
- Larry Coryell's 11th House, Seven Secrets (Savoy) 3 (1)
- Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic -16) 3 (1)
- Bob Dylan, Triplicate (Columbia) 3 (1)
- Eliane Elias, Dance of Time (Concord) 3 (1)
- Bob Ferrell, Jazztopian Dream (BFM: Bob Ferrell Music) 3 (1)
- Joe Fiedler, Like, Strange (Multiphonics) 3 (1)
- Joana Gama-Luis Fernandes/Ricardo Jacinto, Harmonies (Clean Feed) 3 (1)
- Hillary Gardner & Ehud Asherie, The Late Set (Anzic) 3 (1)
- Gaudi, Magnetic (RareNoise) 3 (1)
- Philipp Gerschlauer-David Fiuczynski-Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Giorgi Mikadze, Mikrojazz!: Neue Expressionistische Musik (RareNoise) 3 (1)
- Joachim Kühn New Trio, Beauty & Truth (ACT) 3 (1)
- Led Bib, Umbrella Weather (RareNoise) 3 (1)
- John McLaughlin & the Fourth Dimension, Live @ Ronnie Scott's (Abstract Logix) 3 (1)
- Musicianer, Slow Learner (Iluso) 3 (1)
- The New Triumph, Keep on Push'n (self-released) 3 (1)
- Audrey Ochoa Trio, Afterthought (Chronograph) 3 (1)
- Sergio Pamies, What Brought You Here? (Bebyne) 3 (1)
- Houston Person, Rain or Shine (HighNote) 3 (1)
- Ivo Perelman, The Art of Perelman-Shipp, Volume 4: Hyperion (Leo) 3 (1)
- Red Planet & Bill Carrothers, Red Planet With Bill Carrothers (Shifting Paradigm) 3 (1)
- Troy Roberts, Tales & Tones (Inner Circle) 3 (1)
- Antonio Sánchez, Bad Hombre (CAM Jazz) 3 (1)
- Jeff "Siege" Siegel Quartet, King of Xhosa (Arc/ Artists Recording Collective) 3 (1)
- Staub Quartet, House Full of Colors (JACC) 3 (1)
- Kasper Tom & Rudi Mahall, One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure (Barefoot) 3 (1)
- Kenny Warren Quartet, Thank You For Coming to Life (Whirlwind) 3 (1)
- Stephane Wrembel, The Django Experiment I (Water Is Life) 3 (1)
- 3 Divas, 3 Divas (Diva) 3 (1)
- various, Jazz Loves Disney 1 (Decca France) 2 (2)
- Akmee, Neptun (Nakama) 2 (1)
- Jason Anick & Jason Yeager, United (Inner Circle Music) 2 (1)
- Beholder, Claim No Native Land (self-produced) 2 (1)
- Han Bennink Trio, Adelante (ICP) 2 (1)
- Black Gardenia, Lucky Star (Vintage Jazz) 2 (1)
- Ernesto Cervini, Turboprop Rev (Anzic) 2 (1)
- Agustí Fernández & Rafal Mazur, Ziran (Not Two) 2 (1)
- Anne Mette Iverson, Round Trip (CD Baby) 2 (1)
- Terrace Martin Presents the Pollyseeds, Sounds of Crenshaw, Vol. 1 (Sounds of Crenshaw/Ropeadope) 2 (1)
- Steve Nelson, Brothers Under the Sun (HighNote) 2 (1)
- Gard Nilssen's Complete Unity, Live in Europe (Clean Feed) 2 (1)
- Jowee Omicil, Let's Bash (Jazz Village) 2 (1)
- Eivind Opsvik, Overseas V (Loyal Label) 2 (1)
- Ivo Perelman-Matthew Shipp-Nate Wooley, Philosopher's Stone (Leo) 2 (1)
- Berta Rojas, Felicidade (ON Music) 2 (1)
- Chris Rogers, Voyage Home (Art of Life) 2 (1)
- Rulemares Atractor, Extraño (FMR) 2 (1)
- Angelica Sanchez Trio, Float the Edge (Clean Feed) 2 (1)
- Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita, Transparent Water (OTA) 2 (1)
- Henri Texier, 30 Ans Concert Anniversaire (Label Bleu) 2 (1)
- Daniel Weltlinger, Samoreau: Tribute to the Fans of Django Reinhardt (DMG) 2 (1)
- Omri Ziegele, Where's Africa Going South (Intakt) 2 (1)
- various, The Passion of Charlie Parker (Impulse) 2 (1)
- Greg Abate, Road to Forever (Whaling City Sound) 1 (1)
- Eric Alexander, Song of No Regrets (HighNote) 1 (1)
- Tim Armacost, Time Being (Whirlwind) 1 (1)
- Terence Blanchard, The Comedian (Blue Note) 1 (1)
- François Bourassa Quartet, Number 9 (Effendi) 1 (1)
- Chicago Edge Ensemble, Decaying Orbit (self-released) 1 (1)
- Chicago London Underground, A Night Spent Walking Through Mirrors (Cuneiform) 1 (1)
- Alex Cline, Oceans of Vows (Cryptogramophone) 1 (1)
- Emmett Cohen, Masters Legacy Series Vol. 1 (Cellar Live) 1 (1)
- Ghost Train Orchestra, Book of Rhapsodies Vol II (Accurate) 1 (1)
- Art Hirahara, Central Line (Posi-Tone) 1 (1)
- Hvalfugl, By (self-produced) 1 (1)
- Ingrid Laubrock, Serpentines (Intakt -16) 1 (1)
- Nguyên Lê & Ngô Hong Quang, Há Nôi Duo () 1 (1)
- Pat Martino, Formidable (HighNote) 1 (1)
- Simon Millerd, Lessons and Fairytales (Songlines) 1 (1)
- Zaid Nasser, The Stroller (SteepleChase) 1 (1)
- John Patitucci, Irmão de Fe (Newvelle) 1 (1)
- Mario Pavone, Vertical (Clean Feed)) 1 (1)
- Samora Pinderhughes, The Transformation Suite (Gray Area) 1 (1)
- Aki Rissanen, Another North (Edition) 1 (1)
- Greg Saunier-Mary Halvorson-Ron Miles, New American Songbook Vol I (Sound American) 1 (1)
- Paula Shocron-Germán Lamonega-Pablo Diaz, Tensegridad (Hatology) 1 (1)
- Bobby Selvaggio Transcendental Orchestra, Quantum Man (Dot Time) 1 (1)
- Mike Stern, Trip (Heads Up) 1 (1)
- Clark Sommers, Lens by a Thread (Eyes & Ears) 1 (1)
- University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band I, The Romeo and Juliet Project (Artist Alliance) 1 (1)
- Victor Wooten-Dennis Chambers-Bob Franceschini, Trypnotyk (VIX) 1 (1)
- Oded Tzur, Translator's Note (Enja/Yellowbird) 1 (1)
Notes
*: Ornette Coleman & Various Artists, Celebrate Ornette
(Song X) includes 6 (2) transfered from Reissues/Historical.
**: Dave Liebman & Joe Lovano, Compassion: The Music of John
Coltrane (Resonance) includes 9 (4) transferred from
Reissues/Historical.
***: Dick Hyman, Solo at the Sacramento Jazz Festival
1983-1988 (Arbors) belongs in Reissues/Historical, assigned 2 (2)
for these votes.
****: David S. Ware Trio, Live in New York, 2010 includes 3
(1) transferred from Reissues/Historical.
Records are eligible here if they contain any music recorded within
the past 10 years (from 2007 on). Hyman does not; the others flagged do.
Critics were asked to list 10 albums in descending order, with
10 points awarded for their #1, 9 for #2, etc. (On ballots where
choices were listed alphabetically, each received 5.5 points.) The
first bold number indicates total points; the number in parentheses is
the tally of ballots on which a CD appeared, which was used as a
tiebreaker.
Several albums that received votes this year had received votes in
last year's poll:
- Dave Holland-Chris Potter-Lionel Loueke-Eric Harland, Aziza (Dare2) 78.5(13) + 5
- Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic) 61.5 (14) + 3
- Mark Dresser Seven, Sedimental You (Clean Feed) 51(9) + 9(2)
- Taylor Ho Bynum, Enter the Plustet (Firehouse 12) 37(8) + 5
- Randy Weston, The African Nubian Suite (African Rhythms) 24 (3) + 8
- Jakob Bro, Streams (ECM) 16 (5) + 7 (1)
- Ingrid Laubrock, Serpentines (Intakt) 12.5 (3) + 1
- Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Infinitude (Whirlwind) 6(2) + 9(2)
The rule is that we add the old votes into this year's totals only
if the album received more votes this year than last.