13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Bill Beuttler (Emerson College, Boston Globe)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  2. Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy La Tradición (Miel)
  3. David Virelles, Igbó Alákorin (The Singer's Grove), Vol. I & II (Pi)
  4. Esperanza Spalding, 12 Little Spells (Concord)
  5. Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sonic Creed (Motéma)
  6. Noah Preminger, Genuinity (Criss Cross)
  7. Julian Lage, Modern Lore (Mack Avenue)
  8. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  9. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  10. Allison Miller & Carmen Staaf, Science Fair (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Fred Hersch Trio, Heartsongs (Sunnyside)
  3. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Jack DeJohnette, After the Fall (ECM)

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