14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019

Ballot 2019

Willard Jenkins (The Independent Ear, WPFW "Jazz & Justice Radio" [Washington DC], JazzTimes, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh)
  2. Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy 2 (Concord -2CD)
  3. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema)
  4. Johnathan Blake, Trion (Giant Step Arts)
  5. George Cables, I'm All Smiles (HighNote)
  6. Monty Alexander, Wareika Hill: Rastamonk Variations (MACD)
  7. Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia)
  8. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Ancestral Recall (Ropeadope)
  9. T.K. Blue, The Rhythms Continue (JaJa)
  10. Vanessa Rubin, The Dream Is You: Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron (Nibur)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!)
  2. Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)
  3. Gil Evans Orchestra, Hidden Treasures: Monday Nights Vol. 1 (Deko Music)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Gil Evans Orchestra should have been considered as New.