13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Ken Waxman (Jazz Word)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Swell, Music for Six Musicians: Hommage À Olivier Messiaen (Silkheart -17)
  2. Dave Holland, Uncharted Territories (Dare2)
  3. Roots Magic, Last Kind Words (Clean Feed -17)
  4. François Houle-Alexander Hawkins-Harris Eisenstadt, You Have Options (Songlines)
  5. Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore, After Caroline (Northern Spy)
  6. Alexander Hawkins, Unit[e] (self-released -17)
  7. Jason Kao Hwang, Sing House (Euonymous -17)
  8. François Carrier-Michel Lambert-Rafal Mazur, Beyond Dimensions (FMR)
  9. Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi, Proton Pump (Family Vineyard)
  10. Devin Gray, Dirigo Rataplan II (Rataplan)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Karyobin Are the Imaginary Birds Said to Live in Paradise (Emanem -17)
  2. Milford Graves, Bäbi (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  3. Alan Braufman, Valley of Search (Valley of Search)

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