13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018
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Tim Niland (Music & More)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Assif Tsahar-William Parker-Hamid Drake, In Between the Tumbling a Stillness (Hopscotch)
  2. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  3. Full Blast, Rio (Trost)
  4. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
  5. Jon Irabagon Quartet, Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics (Irabbagast)
  6. Mia Dyberg Trio, Ticket! (Clean Feed)
  7. Rodrigo Amado, A History of Nothing (Trost)
  8. Angles 3, Parede (Clean Feed)
  9. The Thing, Again (Trost/The Thing)
  10. Chris Pitsiokos CP Unit, Silver Bullet in the Autumn of Your Years (Clean Feed)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Milford Graves, Bäbi (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  2. David S. Ware Trio, The Balance (Vision Festival XV+) (AUM Fidelity)
  3. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)

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Note: David S. Ware, The Balance recorded 2009-10, so should be considered new music.

Ysi Ortega (Stalker 21)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  2. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  3. William Parker, Voices Fall From the Sky (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  5. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
  6. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  7. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  8. Bobby Previte, Rhapsody (RareNoise)
  9. Aruán Ortiz Trio, Live in Zürich (Intakt)
  10. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
  3. David S. Ware Trio, The Balance (Vision Festival XV+) (AUM Fidelity)

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Note: David S. Ware, The Balance recorded 2009-10, so should be considered new music.

Dan Ouellette (DownBeat, Billboard, QWEST.TV, The Absolute Sound, ZEALnyc)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  2. Lionel Loueke, The Journey (Aparte)
  3. Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson, Temporary Kings (ECM)
  4. The Nels Cline 4, Currents Constellations (Blue Note)
  5. Aaron Parks, Little Big (Ropeadope)
  6. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  7. Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sonic Creed (Motéma)
  8. Don Byron & Aruán Ortiz, Random Dances and (A)tonalities (Intakt)
  9. Fred Hersch Trio, Live in Europe (Palmetto)
  10. José James, Lean on Me (Blue Note)

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Note: Vocal on ballot -- Luciana Souza, The Book of Longing (Sunnyside) -- changed due to ballot priority.

Sergio Piccirilli (El Instruso)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  2. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  3. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
  4. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  6. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  7. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  8. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  9. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  10. Bobby Previte, Rhapsody (RareNoise)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
  2. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)
  3. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

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John Pietaro (New York City Jazz Record, Dissident Arts Festival)

NEW RELEASES

  1. John Zorn, The Urmuz Epigrams (Tzadik)
  2. Marty Ehrlich, Trio Exaltation (Clean Feed)
  3. Ra Kalam Bob Moses & Bukky Leo, Spaceships Over Africa (Ra-Kalam -17)
  4. Ran Blake & Christine Correa, Streaming (Red Piano)
  5. Yusef Komunyakaa-David Cieri-Mike Brown, White Dust (Ropeadope -17)
  6. Elliott Levin-Gabriel Lauber Duo, Yu (Dimensional -17)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis, Divine Gemini (SteepleChase -17)

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Bob Porter (Soul Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)

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Peter Quinn (Jazzwise, The Arts Desk)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  2. JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant)
  3. Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn (Mack Avenue)
  4. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  5. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  6. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  7. Fred Hersch Trio, Live in Europe (Palmetto)
  8. Kenny Werner, The Space (Pirouet)
  9. Tim Garland, Weather Walker (Edition)
  10. Henry Conerway III, With Pride for Dignity (self-released)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, My Favorite Things: The Mono & Stereo Versions (Green Corner -17)
  2. Miles Davis, Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud (State of Art)
  3. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook [Poll-Winners Edition] (Poll Winners -17)

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Simon Rentner (WBGO's The Checkout)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  3. Aaron Parks, Little Big (Ropeadope)
  4. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  5. Dan Tepfer, Natural Machines (self-released)
  6. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  7. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  8. Medeski Martin & Wood and Alarm Will Sound, Omnisphere (Indirecto)
  9. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  10. Thiefs, Graft (Le Greffe) (Jazz & People)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Erroll Garner, Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)
  3. Sun Ra, Astro Black (Modern Harmonic)

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Derk Richardson (The Absolute Sound, KPFA [Berkeley], Peghead Nation, Acoustic Guitar)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  2. Sonar With David Torn, Vortex (RareNoise)
  3. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  4. Satoko Fujii, Solo (Libra)
  5. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
  6. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  7. Bill Frisell, Music IS (Okeh)
  8. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  9. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  10. Kenny Werner, The Space (Pirouet)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Derek Bailey & Greg Goodman, Extracting Fish-Bones From the Back of the Despoiler (The Beak Doctor -17)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
  3. Robbie Basho, Live in Forli, Italy 1982 (Obsolete/ESP-Disk)

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Britt Robson (JazzTimes, City Pages, Minneapolis Star Tribune)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Martin Wind, Light Blue (Laika)
  2. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  3. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  4. Dayramir Gonzalez, The Grand Concourse (Hippos in Tanks)
  5. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  6. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  7. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  8. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Presence (Smoke Sessions)
  9. Benjamin Boone & Philip Levine, The Poetry of Jazz (Origin)
  10. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)

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Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Ours.

Lloyd Sachs (Chicago Tribune)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  2. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
  3. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  4. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  5. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
  6. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  7. Edward Simon, Sorrows & Triumphs (Sunnyside)
  8. Jacob Sacks, Fishes (Clean Feed)
  9. Donny McCaslin, Blow (Motéma)
  10. Aaron Goldberg, At the Edge of the World (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)
  3. Gary Burton, Take Another Look: A Career Retrospective (Mack Avenue)

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Bret Saunders (Denver Post, KBCO-FM [Denver])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  2. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  3. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  4. Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  6. Harriet Tubman, The Terror End of Beauty (Sunnyside)
  7. Daniel Carter-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
  8. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  9. Simon Barker-Henry Kaiser-Bill Laswell-Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mudang Rock (Fractal Music)
  10. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Slim Gaillard, Groove Juice: The Norman Granz Recordings + More (Verve)
  2. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
  3. Grant Green, Funk in France: From Paris to Antibes (1969-1970) (Resonance)

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Rich Scheinin (SFJAZZ)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Presence (Smoke Sessions)
  2. Noah Preminger, Genuinity (Criss Cross)
  3. Jason Moran and the Bandwagon, Looks of a Lot (Yes)
  4. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams, Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
  5. McClenty Hunter Jr., The Groove Hunter (Strikezone)
  6. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  7. Harold Mabern, The Iron Man: Live at Smoke (Smoke Sessions)
  8. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  9. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  10. Joey Alexander, Eclipse (Motéma)

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. Woody Shaw, Tokyo '81 (Elemental)

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Note: Ballot submitted on time but misplaced, so was not counted when results were first posted.

Gene Seymour (CNN, Bookforum, The Nation)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  2. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  4. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams, Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
  5. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
  6. Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)
  7. Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn (Mack Avenue)
  8. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  9. Eddie Henderson, Be Cool (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Noah Baerman Resonance Ensemble, The Rock & the Redemption (RMI)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Frank Sinatra, Sings for Only the Lonely [60th Anniversary Edition] (Capitol)
  2. Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau, Long Ago and Far Away (Impulse!)
  3. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Mike Shanley (JazzTimes, Pittsburgh Current, Shanley on Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Hearts & Minds, Electroradiance (Astral Spriits)
  2. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  3. Jon Irabagon Quartet, Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics (Irabbagast)
  4. Jonathan Finlayson, 3 Times Round (Pi)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  6. Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, El Maquech (Biophilia)
  7. Cuong Vu 4Tet, Change in the Air (RareNoise)
  8. Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore, After Caroline (Northern Spy)
  9. VWCR [Ken Vandermark-Nate Wooley-Sylvie Courvoisier-Tom Rainey], Noise of Our Time (Intakt)
  10. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)

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Adam Shatz (London Review of Books)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Don Byron & Aruán Ortiz, Random Dances and (A)tonalities (Intakt)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  3. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  4. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
  5. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  6. Chad Taylor, Myths and Morals (Ears & Eyes)
  7. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Radiant Imprints (OFF)
  8. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
  9. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  10. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Don Cherry Trio, Studio 105, Paris 1967 (Hi Hat)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
  3. Dexter Gordon Quartet, Espace Cardin 1977 (Elemental Music)

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Hank Shteamer (Rolling Stone)

NEW RELEASES

  1. The Bad Plus, Never Stop II (Legbreaker)
  2. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  3. Dan Weiss, Starebaby (Pi)
  4. Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh, Sparrow Nights (Trost)
  5. Ray Angry, One (JMI)
  6. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams, Vanished Gardens (Blue Note)
  7. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Radiant Imprints (OFF)
  8. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  9. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  10. Houston Person & Ron Carter, Remember Love (HighNote)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE)
  2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. Beaver Harris-Don Pullen 360° Experience, A Well Kept Secret (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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Jackson Sinnenberg (Capitalbop, NPR)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
  3. Thandi Ntuli, Exiled (Inpartmaint)
  4. Ben Wendel, The Seasons (Motéma)
  5. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  6. Ryan Porter, The Optimist (World Galaxy/Alpha Pup)
  7. Brandon Coleman, Resistance (Brainfeeder)
  8. Alfredo Rodriguez, The Little Dream (Mack Avenue)
  9. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  10. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Sun Ra, Standards (ORG Music)
  3. Wes Montgomery, In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording (Resonance)

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Slim (WRCU (Slim's Spins, The Slim & Him Show))

NEW RELEASES

  1. Martial Solal, My One and Only Love: Live at Theater Gutersloh (Intuition)
  2. Jon Irabagon Quartet, Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics (Irabbagast)
  3. Fred Hersch Trio, Live in Europe (Palmetto)
  4. Julian Lage, Modern Lore (Mack Avenue)
  5. Cyrille Aimée, Live (Mack Avenue)
  6. Lynne Arriale Trio, Give Us These Days (Challenge)
  7. Mike Jones & Penn Jillette, The Show Before the Show: Live at the Penn & Teller Theater (Capri)
  8. The Diva Jazz Orchestra, 25th Anniversary Project (ArtistShare -17)
  9. McClenty Hunter Jr., The Groove Hunter (Strikezone)
  10. Bettye LaVette, Things Have Changed (Verve)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Count Basie & Lester Young, Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions (Mosaic -16)
  2. Erroll Garner, Nightconcert (Mack Avenue)
  3. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)

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Stewart Smith (The Wire)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  2. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D'Agala (Intakt)
  3. William Parker, Voices Fall From the Sky (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  6. Nicole Mitchell, Maroon Cloud (FPE)
  7. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  8. Don Byron & Aruán Ortiz, Random Dances and (A)tonalities (Intakt)
  9. Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp, Oneness (Leo)
  10. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Choi Sun Bae Quartet, Arirang Fantasy (NoBusiness)
  2. Bobby Naughton-Leo Smith-Perry Robinson, The Haunt (NoBusiness)
  3. Milford Graves, Bäbi (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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