13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

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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