13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

David R. Adler (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  2. Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy La Tradición (Miel)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  4. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
  5. Esperanza Spalding, 12 Little Spells (Concord)
  6. Caroline Davis, Heart Tonic (Sunnyside)
  7. The Bad Plus, Never Stop II (Legbreaker)
  8. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  9. Robbie Lee & Mary Halvorson, Seed Triangular (New Amsterdam)
  10. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)
  3. Erroll Garner, Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)

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