13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018 |
Ballot 2018
NEW RELEASES
- Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
- Kurt Elling, The Questions (Okeh)
- Michael Musillami Trio + 2, Life Anthem (Playscape)
- Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sonic Creed (Motéma)
- Thumbscrew, Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)
- Made to Break, Trébuchet (Trost -17)
- Jon Irabagon Quartet, Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics (Irabbagast)
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest (Blue Note)
- Rudy Royston, Flatbed Buggy (Greenleaf Music)
REISSUES/HISTORICAL
- John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
- The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (ECM)
- Gary Burton, Take Another Look: A Career Retrospective (Mack Avenue)
VOCAL
- Kurt Elling, The Questions (Okeh)
DEBUT
- Miki Yamanaka, Miki (Cellar Live)
LATIN
- Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Back to the Sunset (Dafnison)
Note: Thumbscrew vote only specified Theirs.