Ballot 2018

NEW RELEASES

1. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
2. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
3. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
4. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
5. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
6. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
7. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
8. Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, Time Like This (Intakt)
9. Kris Davis & Craig Taborn, Octopus (Pyroclastic)
10. Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
2. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)
3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

VOCAL

• Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)

DEBUT

• No choice.

LATIN

• Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)

Note: Thumbscrew vote was for Theirs,