14th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2019
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2019 Totals: Reissues/Historical

  1. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance -3CD -18) 148 (70) *
  2. John Coltrane, Blue World (1964, Impulse!) 106 (47)
  3. Nat "King" Cole, Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance -7CD) 83 (34)
  4. Stan Getz, Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at the Village Gate Nov 26 1961 (Verve) 35 (16)
  5. Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound You Never Heard (1966-67, A-Side -2CD) 32 (17)
  6. Paul Bley-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, When Will the Blues Leave (1999, ECM) 29 (13) **
  7. Betty Carter, The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine) 26 (15)
  8. The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (1979-2017, ECM -21CD -18) 17 (7)
  9. Bill Evans, Evans in England (1969, Resonance) 15 (8)
  10. Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ow! Live at the Penthouse (1962, Reel to Reel) 14 (10)
  11. Sam Rivers Trio, Emanation (1971, NoBusiness) 14 (8)
  12. Bill Dixon & Cecil Taylor, Duets 1992 (Triple Point) 11 (6)
  13. Miles Davis, The Complete Birth of the Cool (1948-50, Capitol) 10 (6)
  14. Sam Rivers Quintet, Zenith (1977, NoBusiness) 10 (4)
  15. Wes Montgomery, Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings (Resonance) 8 (6)
  16. Derek Bailey-Han Bennink-Evan Parker, Topographie Parisienne: Dunois, April 3d, 1981 (Fou -3CD) 8 (4)
  17. Art Pepper, Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (1979, Omnivore -5CD) 7 (5)
  18. Charles Lloyd Quartet, Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 [Swiss Radio Days Volume 46] (TCB -2CD) 7 (4)
  19. Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Live at I.U.C.C. (Soul Jazz) 7 (3)
  20. Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and the Great Voice of UGMAA, Why Don't You Listen? Live at LACMA 1998 (Dark Tree) 7 (3)
  21. Jimmy Giuffre 3, Graz Live 1961 (Ezz-thetics) 6 (3)
  22. Errol Garner, Octave Remastered Series (Mack Avenue) 6 (3)
  23. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE -18) 6 (2)
  24. The Fred Hersch Trio, 10 Years/6 Discs (Palmetto) 5 (3)
  25. Marion Brown, Capricorn Moon to Juba Lee Revisited (Ezz-thetics) 5 (2)
  26. Alice Coltrane Sextet, Live at the Berkeley Community Theater 1972 (BCT) 5 (2)
  27. Louis Moholo Octet, Spirits Rejoice! (1978, Otoroku) 5 (2)
  28. Sun Ra, Monorails & Satellites: Works for Solo Piano Vols. 1, 2, 3 (Cosmic Myth) 4 (3)
  29. John Coltrane, Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings (Craft -5CD) 4 (3)
  30. Mal Waldron, Free at Last [Extended Edition] (1969, ECM) 4 (3)
  31. Louis Armstrong, Live in Europe (1948-52, Dot Time) 4 (3)
  32. Cannonball Adderley, Swingin' in Seattle, Live at the Penthouse 1966-67 (Reel to Real) 4 (2)
  33. Dudu Pukwana-Han Bennink-Misha Mengelberg, Yi Yole (1978, Corbett vs. Dempsey) 4 (2)
  34. Don Cherry, Brown Rice (1975, A&M) 4 (2)
  35. David S. Ware New Quartet, Théâtre Garonne, 2008 (AUM Fidelity) 3 (3)
  36. Michel Petrucciani Trio, One Night in Karlsruhe (SWR Jazzhaus) 3 (2)
  37. Allen Lowe, Jews & Roots/Radical Jewish Acculturation: An Avant Garde of Our Own: Disconnected Works 1980-2018 (Constant Sorrow/ESP-Disk) 3 (2)
  38. Etta Jones, A Soulful Sunday: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Reel) 3 (2)
  39. Gerald Cleaver & Violet Hour, Live at Firehouse 12 (2006, Sunnyside) 3 (2)
  40. Masayuki Takayanagi New Directions Unit, April Is the Cruellest Month (Black Forms Editions) 3 (2)
  41. Gil Evans Orchestra, Hidden Treasures: Monday Nights Vol. 1 (Deko Music) 3 (2)
  42. Griot Galaxy, Kins (1981, Third Man) 3 (2)
  43. Hank Mobley, The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70 (Mosaic) 3 (2)
  44. Frank Zappa, Zappa in New York [40th Anniversary] (Zappa/WEA -5CD) 3 (1)
  45. Muggsy Spanier, Rare and Unissued Recordings 1941-1952 (Jazzology) 3 (1)
  46. Bobby Naughton-Leo Smith-Perry Robinson, The Haunt (1976, NoBusiness -18) 3 (1)
  47. Sun Ra Arkestra, Live in Kalisz 1986 (Languidity) 3 (1)
  48. Le Quatuor De Jazz Libre Du Québec, Musique-Politique Anthologie 1971-1974 (Tour De Bras -4CD) 3 (1)
  49. Yusef A. Lateef, Hikima: Creativity (The Key System) 3 (1)
  50. Errol Garner, Closeup in Swing (Mack Avenue) 3 (1)
  51. Edward Vesala, Lumi (1986, ECM) 3 (1)
  52. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica (1969, Third Man/Bizarre) 3 (1)
  53. Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Smithsonian Folkways -5CD) 3 (1)
  54. Phil Ranelin, Collected 2003-2019 (Wide Hive -2CD) 3 (1)
  55. Brainfeeder X (Brainfeeder -18) 3 (1)
  56. Barney Wilen, Live in Tokyo '91 (Elemental Music -2CD) 2 (2)
  57. Joseph Daley, The Seven Deadly Virtues/The Seven Deadly Sins (2011-13, JoDaMusic) 2 (2)
  58. Esbjörn Svensson Trio, EST Live in Gothenburg (2001, ACT -2CD) 2 (2)
  59. Roger Kellaway, The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway (IPO) 2 (1)
  60. Mary Lou Williams, Mary Lou Williams (1964, Smithsonian Folkways) 2 (1)
  61. Mark Turner & Gary Foster, Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster (2003, Capri -2CD) 2 (1)
  62. Fred Hersch, Fred Hersch Trio '97 @ The Village Vanguard (Palmetto -18) 2 (1)
  63. Woody Herman, The Complete Woody Herman Decca, Mars, MGM Sessions (1943-1954) (Mosaic -7CD) 2 (1)
  64. J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1983: Volume 2 (BBE) 2 (1)
  65. William Hooker With DJ Olive & Glenn Spearman, Mindfulness (ORG Music) 2 (1)
  66. Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music: Volumes 1 & 2 (Concord) 2 (1)
  67. Buddy Rich, Just in Time: The Final Recording (Gearbox) 2 (1)
  68. Patrice Rushen, Remind Me: The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978-1984 (Strut) 2 (1)
  69. Sounds of Liberation, Unreleased (Columbia University 1973) (Dogtown -18) 2 (1)
  70. Errol Garner, Dreamstreet (Mack Avenue) 2 (1)
  71. Dusko Goykovich, Slavic Mood (1975, RCA) 2 (1)
  72. Detail, Day Two (1982, NoBusiness) 2 (1)
  73. Jon Batiste, Anatomy of Angels: Live at the Village Vanguard (Verve) 2 (1)
  74. John Surman, The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon (1981, ECM) 2 (1)
  75. Thelonious Monk, Monk's Music (Jazz Images) 2 (1)
  76. Bertil Strandbergs Kvintett, Cirrus (1973, Frederiksberg) 2 (1)
  77. Johnny Burch Octet, Jazz Beat (Rhythm & Blues) 2 (1)
  78. Eugene Chadbourne With Duck Baker and Randy Hutton, The Guitar Trio in Calgary 1977 (Emanem) 2 (1)
  79. The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Craft -5CD -18) 2 (1)
  80. Charles Tolliver, All Stars (1969, Light in the Attic) 1 (1)
  81. Jimmy Hendrix, Songs for Groovy Childlren: The Fillmore East Concerts (1969-70, Legacy -5CD) 1 (1)
  82. Ben Sidran, Been There, Done That: Live Around the World 1975-2015 (Sunset Blvd -3CD -18) 1 (1)
  83. Kenny Barron & Mulgrew Miller, The Art of Piano Duo: Live (Sunnyside) 1 (1)
  84. Albert Ayler, Quartets 1964: Spirits to Ghosts Revisited (Ezz-thetics) 1 (1)
  85. ICP Tentet, Tetterettet (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 1 (1)
  86. Keith Tippett, The Unlonely Raindancer (1981, Discus Music) 1 (1)
  87. Dadisi Komolafe, Hassan's Walk (1983, Nimbus West) 1 (1)
  88. Sounds of Liberation, Sounds of Liberation (1973, Corbett vs. Dempsey) 1 (1)
  89. Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber, Twentieth Anniversary Mixtapes: Groiddest Schnizzits: Volume One (Trugroid/Avantgroidd) 1 (1)
  90. John Surman & John Warren, The Brass Project (1992, ECM) 1 (1)
  91. June Tyson, Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra (Modern Harmonic/Sundazed) 1 (1)
  92. Errol Garner, One World Concert (Mack Avenue) 1 (1)
  93. Helen Merrill, Four Classic Albums (Avid Jazz) 1 (1)
  94. François Tusques, Alors Nosferatu Combina Un Plan Ingenieux (Cacophonic) 1 (1)
  95. Rupa, Disco Jazz (1982, The Numero Group) 1 (1)
  96. Johnny Costa, Plays Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Jazz (Omnivore) 1 (1)
  97. Kirk Nurock, Nurock (1976, Ride Symbol) 1 (1)
  98. Miles Davis, Rubberband (Rhino) 1 (1)
  99. Ben Webster, Ben Webster's First Concert in Denmark (Storyville) 1 (1)
  100. Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM) 1 (1)
  101. Miles Davis, The Lost Quintet (1969, Sleepy Night) 1 (1)
  102. Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith, World of Children (1976, Strata East/Svart) 1 (1)
  103. Louis Armstrong, Sparks Nevada 1964! (Dot Time -18) 1 (1)

Notes

* Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions was awarded 33 (16) points/ballots as carry over from 2018. It was released as a download in 2018, then reissued on CD in 2019. We only counted the 2019 ballot of critics who voted for the record both years.

** Paul Bley-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, When Will the Blues Leave was awarded 3 (1) points/ballot based on a new album vote. (This kind of adjustment was decided early and not applied consistently, so should probably be removed.)

Critics were asked to list three reissues in descending order, with three points awarded for #1, 2 for #2, and 1 for #3. (On ballots where choices were listed alphabetically, each received 2 points.) The first bold number indicates total points; the number in parentheses tallies ballots on which a CD appeared, which was used as a tiebreaker.

Reissues/Historical albums that erroneously received votes as New:

New albums that erroneously received votes as Reissues/Historical:

Albums receiving votes this year that had received votes in last year's poll:

The rule is that we add the old votes into this year's totals only if the album received more votes this year than last.