13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Peter Margasak (DownBeat, Chamber Music, Bandcamp Daily)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  2. Christian Lillingers Grund, Cor (Plaist Music)
  3. JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant)
  4. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  5. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
  6. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  7. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  8. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  9. Endangered Blood, Don't Freak Out (Skirl)
  10. Mary Halvorson & Bill Frisell, The Maid With the Flaxen Hair (Tzadik)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet, The Complete Lansdowne Recordings 1965-1969 (Jazzman)
  3. Milford Graves, Bäbi (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN