14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
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2019 Totals: Latin

  1. Miguel Zenón, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (Miel Music) 23
  2. Guillermo Klein, Los Guachos Cristal (Sunnyside) 12
  3. Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra, Ambar (Sony Masterworks) 7
  4. Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme (Linus Entertainment) 7
  5. Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba, Hallowed (Advance Dance Disques) 7
  6. Poncho Sanchez, Trane's Delight (Concord Picante) 6
  7. Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez, Duologue (Mack Avenue) 5
  8. Chick Corea & the Spanish Heart Band, Antidote (Concord) 4
  9. David Sanchez, Carib (Ropeadope) 4
  10. Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet, The Rhythm of Invention (Patois) 3
  11. Duduka Da Fonseca & Helio Alves, Samba Jazz & Tom Jobim (Sunnyside) 2
  12. Roberto Fonseca, Yesun (Mack Avenue/Wagram Music) 2
  13. ¿Que Vola? [Fidel Fourneyron], ¿Que Vola? (No Format) 2
  14. Señor Groove, Little Havana (Zoho) 1
  15. Gretje Angell, In Any Key (Grevlinto) 1
  16. Cochemea, All My Relations (Daptone) 1
  17. Carmen Souza, The Silver Messengers (Galileo Music Communication) 1
  18. Santana, Africa Speaks (Concord) 1
  19. Marcos Silva, Brasil: From Head to Toe (Green Egg) 1
  20. Ken Peplowski & Diego Figueiredo, Amizade (Arbors) 1
  21. Ivo Perelman-Matthew Shipp-William Parker-Bobby Kapp, Ineffable Joy (ESP-Disk) 1
  22. Dayme Arocena, Sonocardiogram (Brownswood) 1
  23. Bill O'Connell and the Afro Caribbean Ensemble, Wind Off the Hudson (Savant) 1
  24. Oscar Hernandez & Alma Libre, Love the Moment (Origin) 1
  25. Steve Khan, Patchwork (Tone Center) 1
  26. Javier Colina & Pepe Rivero, El Pañuelo De Pepa (Cezanne Producciones) 1
  27. Pablo Lanouguere Quintet, Eclectico (self-released) 1
  28. Etienne Charles, Carnival: The Sound of a People Vol. 1 (Culture Shock Music) 1
  29. Michel Camilo, Essence (Resilience Music Alliance) 1
  30. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, A Tuba to Cuba (Sub Pop) 1
  31. David Virelles, Igbo Alakorin (The Singer's Groove) Vol I & II (Pi -18) 1
  32. Yelfris Valdes, For the Ones (Musica Macondo) 1
  33. Rafael Zaldivar, Consecration (Effendi) 1
  34. Eliane Elias, Music From Man of La Mancha (1995, Concord -18) 1
  35. The Ed Palermo Big Band, A Lousy Day in Harlem (Sky Cat) 1
  36. Gregor Huebner, El Violin Latino, Vol. 3: Los Sonadores (Zoho) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.

The following albums received votes this year but were released in 2018 and received votes in that year's poll: