13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Jon Garelick (Boston Globe, DownBeat, Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams, Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
  2. Luciana Souza, The Book of Longing (Sunnyside)
  3. Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson, Temporary Kings (ECM)
  4. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  5. Noah Preminger, Genuinity (Criss Cross)
  6. Kevin Sun, Trio (Ectomorph Music)
  7. Bill Frisell, Music IS (Okeh)
  8. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
  9. Lee Konitz & Dan Tepfer, Decade (Impulse!)
  10. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Discipline 27-11 (Corbett vs. Dempsey -17)
  2. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
  3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Original vocal pick -- Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue) -- changed due to ballot priority.