13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

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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