13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Chris Barton (Los Angeles Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  2. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  3. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  4. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  5. Allison Miller & Carmen Staaf, Science Fair (Sunnyside)
  6. Walter Smith III, Twio (Whirlwind)
  7. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  8. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  9. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  10. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
  3. Esbjorn Svensson Trio, E.S.T. Live in London (ACT)

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