13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballots 2018 [2]

Stuart Broomer (Musicworks, New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  2. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
  3. Veryan Weston, The Make Project (Barnyard)
  4. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  5. Rodrigo Amado, A History of Nothing (Trost)
  6. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
  7. Cory Smythe, Circulate Susanna (Pyroclastic)
  8. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  9. Jacob Sacks, Fishes (Clean Feed)
  10. Susana Santos Silva, All the Rivers: Live at Panteão Nacional (Clean Feed)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Karyobin Are the Imaginary Birds Said to Live in Paradise (Emanem -17)
  3. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)

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Dan Buskirk (WPRB [Princeton], Fun 2 Know Podcast)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  2. Nicole Mitchell, Maroon Cloud (FPE)
  3. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  4. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  5. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  6. William Parker, Flower in a Stained-Glass Window & The Blinking of the Ear (Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  7. Cuong Vu 4Tet, Change in the Air (RareNoise)
  8. Mary Halvorson & Bill Frisell, The Maid With the Flaxen Hair (Tzadik)
  9. Kirk Knuffke & Steven Herring, Witness (SteepleChase)
  10. Hailu Mergia, Lala Belu (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
  2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. Sun Ra, God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (Cosmic Myth)

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Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Ours.

John Chacona (Erie [PA] Times-News)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
  2. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  3. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  4. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Radiant Imprints (OFF)
  5. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  6. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Awase (ECM)
  7. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  8. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  9. Thiefs, Graft (Le Greffe) (Jazz & People)
  10. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)
  2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. Woody Shaw, Live in Bremen 1983 (Elemental Music)

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Nate Chinen (WBGO, NPR Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  2. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  3. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  4. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  5. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  6. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  7. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  8. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  9. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  10. Aaron Parks, Little Big (Ropeadope)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Erroll Garner, Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)
  3. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)

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Brad Cohan (Bandcamp Daily, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Harriet Tubman, The Terror End of Beauty (Sunnyside)
  2. William Hooker Trio, Remembering (Astral Spirits)
  3. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  5. Vinny Golia-Henry Kaiser-Bob Moses-Damon Smith-Weasel Walter, Astral Plane Crash (Balance Point Acoustics)
  6. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  7. Hearts & Minds, Electroradiance (Astral Spriits)
  8. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  9. Josh Sinton's Predicate Trio, Making Bones, Taking Draughts, Bearing Unstable Millstones Pridefully, Idiotically, Prosaically (Iluso)
  10. Anteloper, Kudu (International Anthem)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Alan Braufman, Valley of Search (Valley of Search)
  2. Michael Cosmic & Phill Musra Group, Cosmic Paradise/Peace in the World/Cosmic Records (Now-Again -17)
  3. Thing, Thing (Cultures of Soul)

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Troy Collins (All About Jazz, Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  2. The Nels Cline 4, Currents Constellations (Blue Note)
  3. Greg Saunier-Mary Halvorson-Ron Miles, New American Songbooks Volume 1 (Sound American -17)
  4. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  5. Jason Robinson, Resonant Geographies (pfMENTUM)
  6. Geof Bradfield, Yes and . . . Music for Nine Improvisers (Delmark)
  7. The Vinny Golia Sextet, Trajectory (Nine Winds/Orenda)
  8. Samuel Blaser, Early in the Mornin' (Out Note)
  9. Matthew Shipp Quartet, Sonic Fiction (ESP-Disk)
  10. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio (Hatology)
  2. Sun Ra, Astro Black (Modern Harmonic)
  3. Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, Sound (Delmark)

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Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes, Stereophile, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Francesco Cafiso, We Play for Tips (EFLAT)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  3. Wolfgang Muthspiel, Where the River Goes (ECM)
  4. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  5. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  6. Bobo Stenson Trio, Contra La Indecisión (ECM)
  7. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints, Scandal (Greenleaf Music)
  8. Noah Preminger & Frank Carlberg, Whispers and Cries (Red Piano)
  9. Tord Gustavsen Trio, The Other Side (ECM)
  10. Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Wes Montgomery, In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording (Resonance)

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J.D. Considine (DownBeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  2. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  4. Quinsin Nachoff's Flux, Path of Totality (Whirlwind)
  5. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside)
  6. Nicole Mitchell, Maroon Cloud (FPE)
  7. David Virelles, Igbó Alákorin (The Singer's Grove), Vol. I & II (Pi)
  8. Tom Rainey Obbligato, Float Upstream (Intakt -17)
  9. Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson, Temporary Kings (ECM)
  10. Steve Tibbetts, Life Of (ECM)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Ornette Coleman, The Atlantic Years (Atlantic/Rhino)
  3. Gary Burton, Take Another Look: A Career Retrospective (Mack Avenue)

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Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside)
  2. Jamie Saft Quartet, Blue Dream (RareNoise)
  3. Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp, Oneness (Leo)
  4. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  5. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  6. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
  7. Shakers n' Bakers, Heart Love (Little i Music)
  8. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
  9. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  10. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Bobby Naughton-Leo Smith-Perry Robinson, The Haunt (NoBusiness)
  2. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)
  3. Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, Sound (Delmark)

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Note: Ballot listed a second Latin album: Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Back to the Sunset.

Kevin Coultas (inonthecorner.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  2. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  4. Poline Renou-Matthieu Donarier-Sylvain Lemètre, Adieu Mes Très Belle (Yolk)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  6. Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, Time Like This (Intakt)
  7. Sungjae Son, Near East Quartet (ECM)
  8. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  9. Nick Millevoi's Desertion Trio With Jamie Saft, Midtown Tilt (Shhpuma)
  10. Snowpoet, Thought You Knew (Edition)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, 1963: New Directions (Impulse!)
  2. Alice Coltrane, Carnegie Hall '71 (Hi Hat)
  3. Keith Jarrett, La Fenice (ECM)

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Michael Coyle (WRCU)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
  2. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  3. Jon Irabagon Quartet, Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics (Irabbagast)
  4. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Mizu (Long Song)
  5. Lynne Arriale Trio, Give Us These Days (Challenge)
  6. Fred Hersch Trio, Live in Europe (Palmetto)
  7. Julian Lage, Modern Lore (Mack Avenue)
  8. Martial Solal, My One and Only Love: Live at Theater Gutersloh (Intuition)
  9. Mary Halvorson & Bill Frisell, The Maid With the Flaxen Hair (Tzadik)
  10. David Virelles, Igbó Alákorin (The Singer's Grove), Vol. I & II (Pi)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Sun Ra and His Astro-Infinity Arkestra, My Brother the Wind (Cosmic Myth -17)
  3. Don Friedman Trio, Love Music (Progressive)

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Raul da Gama (JazzDaGama (Global Music Media))

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  3. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  4. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
  5. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  6. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  7. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  8. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  9. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  10. Bobby Previte, Rhapsody (RareNoise)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)
  2. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
  3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

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Francis Davis (Temple University)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  2. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
  3. Bobby Sanabria, West Side Story Reimagined (Jazzheads)
  4. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside)
  5. Owen Broder, Heritage: The American Roots Project (ArtistShare)
  6. Don Byron & Aruán Ortiz, Random Dances and (A)tonalities (Intakt)
  7. David Virelles, Igbó Alákorin (The Singer's Grove), Vol. I & II (Pi)
  8. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  9. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  10. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
  2. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
  3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

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Anthony Dean-Harris (Nextbop, KRTU San Antonio, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  2. Now Vs Now, The Buffering Cocoon (Jazzland)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  4. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
  5. Julian Lage, Modern Lore (Mack Avenue)
  6. Javier Santiago, Phoenix (Ropeadope)
  7. Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)
  8. Jonathan Finlayson, 3 Times Round (Pi)
  9. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  10. Ben Wendel, The Seasons (Motéma)

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Laurence Donohue-Greene (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. John Zorn, In a Convex Mirror (Tzadik)
  2. Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn (Mack Avenue)
  3. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  4. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  5. Michael Leonhart, The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside)
  6. Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, An Angel Fell (Strut)
  7. Brian Marsella Trio, Outspoken: The Music of the Legendary Hasaan (Tzadik)
  8. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  9. Lee Konitz & Dan Tepfer, Decade (Impulse!)
  10. Johan Lindström Septett, Music for Empty Halls (Moserobie)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet, The Complete Lansdowne Recordings 1965-1969 (Jazzman)
  2. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
  3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

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Note: Thumbscrew vote for Theirs.

Troy Dostert (All About Jazz, Free Jazz Collective)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  2. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  3. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  4. Angelika Niescier Trio, The Berlin Concert (Intakt)
  5. Susana Santos Silva, All the Rivers: Live at Panteão Nacional (Clean Feed)
  6. Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi, Proton Pump (Family Vineyard)
  7. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
  8. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  9. Marty Ehrlich, Trio Exaltation (Clean Feed)
  10. Here's to Us, Animals, Wild and Tame (Hoob)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)
  2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)

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Alain Drouot (Downbeat, Citizenjazz.com, WNUR-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Subtle Degrees, A Dance That Empties (New Amsterdam)
  2. Angelika Niescier Trio, The Berlin Concert (Intakt)
  3. Steve Swell, Music for Six Musicians: Hommage À Olivier Messiaen (Silkheart -17)
  4. Kris Davis & Craig Taborn, Octopus (Pyroclastic)
  5. Bobby Previte, Rhapsody (RareNoise)
  6. Jon Irabagon Quartet, Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics (Irabbagast)
  7. Roscoe Mitchell & Matthew Shipp, Accelerated Projection: Live at Sant'Anna Arresi (RogueArt)
  8. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  9. Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin, Ninety-Nine Years (Libra)
  10. Ryan Keberle & Frank Woeste, Reverso: Suite Pavel (Phonoart)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Beaver Harris-Don Pullen 360° Experience, A Well Kept Secret (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  2. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio (Hatology)
  3. Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, Sound (Delmark)

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Note: Roscoe Mitchell & Matthew Shipp, Accelerated Projection was recorded in 2005, so should be Historical.

Ken Dryden (New York City Jazz Record, Hot House, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Liebman & John Stowell, Petite Fleur: The Music of Sidney Bechet (Origin)
  2. Denny Zeitlin, Wishing on the Moon (Sunnyside)
  3. Jim McNeely & The Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Barefoot Dances and Other Visions (Planet Arts)
  4. Michael Dease, Reaching Out (Posi-Tone)
  5. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  6. The Ken Peplowski Big Band, Sunrise (Arbors)
  7. Phillip Johnston & the Coolerators, Diggin' Bones (Asynchronous)
  8. Howard Alden-Marty Krystall-Buell Neidlinger, The Happenings: Music of Herbie Nichols (K2B2 -17)
  9. Peter Zak Quartet Featuring Marcos Varela, One Mind (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  10. Vinnie Raniolo, Air Guitar: Songs of Flight (Raniolo Music)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
  2. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Dave McKenna, In Madison (Arbors)

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Shannon J. Effinger (Jazzwise, Pitchfork, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  2. JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant)
  3. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  4. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  5. Eddie Henderson, Be Cool (Smoke Sessions)
  6. The Bad Plus, Never Stop II (Legbreaker)
  7. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
  8. Joey Alexander, Eclipse (Motéma)
  9. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  10. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

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. Alice Coltrane, Lord of Lords (Superior Viaduct)

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Donald Elfman (New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Myriad 3, Vera (ALMA)
  2. Frank Kimbrough, Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside)
  3. Leslie Pintchik, You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! (Pintch Hard)
  4. Don Byron & Aruán Ortiz, Random Dances and (A)tonalities (Intakt)
  5. John Bailey, In Real Time (Summit)
  6. Dead Composers Club [Noah Preminger & Rob Garcia], Chopin Project (Connection Works)
  7. Juan Andres Ospina Big Band, Tramontana (self-released)
  8. Felipe Salles and Interconnections Ensemble, The Lullalby Project and Other Works for Large Ensemble (Tapestry)
  9. Stephane Spira, New Playground (Jazzmax)
  10. Danny Fox Trio, The Great Nostalgist (Hot Cup)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
  2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Note: Original debut pick -- Dan Pugach Nonet, Plus One (Unit) -- changed due to ballot priority.