13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

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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