15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020
HomeTotalsCriticsBallots [1]Ballots [2]Ballots [3]Ballots [4]Ballots [5]Ballots [6]Ballots [7]Ballots [8]

Ballots 2020 [1]

Home · [Ackerman - Broecking] · [Broomer - Donohue-Greene] · [Dostert - Henderson] · [Hendrickson - Kiwanuka] · [Kolb - Morrison] · [Morton - Sharpe] · [Shatz - Weiss] · [Weiss - Young] · Next

Karl Ackerman (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nate Wooley, Seven Storey Mountain VI (Pyroclastic)
  2. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  3. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem)
  4. Bruno Parrinha/Carlos Santos/Abdul Moimeme, A Silent Play in the Shadow of Power (Creative Sources)
  5. AVA Trio, Digging the Sand (Marocco Music -19)
  6. Aruán Ortiz With Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera, Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt)
  7. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  8. Ayman Fanous & Frances-Marie Uitti, Negoum (Mode -19)
  9. Adam Berenson, Every Beginning Is a Sequel (Dream Play)
  10. The Ogún Meji Duo, #Blacklivesmatter (CFG Multimedia -14)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Ancestral Echoes: The Covina Sessions, 1976 (Dark Tree)
  2. Nina Simone, Fodder on My Wings (1982, Verve)
  3. Albert Ayler, 1965: Spirits Rejoice & Bells Revisited (Ezz-thetics)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Paul Acquaro (Free Jazz Collective)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Frank Paul Schubert-Alexander von Schlippenbach-Martin Blume, Forge (Relative Pitch)
  2. Wolfgang Muthspiel-Scott Colley-Brian Blade, Angular Blues (ECM)
  3. Sun of Goldfinger [David Torn-Ches Sith-Tim Berne], Congratulations to You (Screwgun)
  4. Potsa Lotsa XL, Silk Songs for Space Dogs (Leo)
  5. Whit Dickey Trio, Expanding Light (Tao Forms)
  6. Luís Vicente-John Dikeman-William Parker-Hamid Drake, Goes Without Saying, but It's Got to Be Said (JACC)
  7. The Nels Cline Singers, Share the Wealth (Blue Note)
  8. José Lencastre-Hernâni Faustino-Vasco Furtado, Vento (Phonogram Unit)
  9. Matthew Shipp, The Reward (RogueArt)
  10. Eris 136199 [Han-Earl Park-Catherine Sikora-Nick Didkovsky], Peculiar Velocities (BAF)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Terumasa Hino, Journey to Air (1970, Octave Lab)
  2. Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe/Four Men Only, Complete Recordings (1968-73, NoBusiness)
  3. Peter Brötzmann, 14 Love Poems [Plus 10 More] (1984, Cien Fuegos)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

David R. Adler (JazzTimes, WBGO.org, Jazz Artistry Now)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Lionel Loueke, HH (Edition)
  2. Jacob Garchik, Clear Line (Yestereve)
  3. Junk Magic, Compass Confusion (Pyroclastic)
  4. Matt Moran Trio, Return Trip (Diskonife)
  5. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
  6. Sara Serpa, Recognition (Biophilia)
  7. Cory Smythe, Accelerate Every Voice (Pyroclastic)
  8. Chico Pinheiro, City of Dreams (Buriti)
  9. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
  10. The Ian Carey Quintet + 1, Fire in My Head: The Anxiety Suite (Slow & Steady)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Michael J. Agovino (The Village Voice, Pitchfork, Esquire, L.A. Review of Books)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Junk Magic, Compass Confusion (Pyroclastic)
  2. Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola, Viento Y Tiempo: Live at the Blue Note Tokyo (Top Stop Music)
  3. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  4. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  5. David Virelles, Transformación Del Arcoiris (Pi)
  6. Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Party (Troubadour Jass)
  7. Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic)
  8. Sara Serpa, Recognition (Biophilia)
  9. Alexander Hawkins & Tomeka Reid, Shards and Constellations (Intakt)
  10. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, The Intangible Between (Smoke Sessions)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Charlie Parker, The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection (1944-48, Craft)
  2. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
  3. Jackie McLean, It's Time (1965, Blue Note Tone Poet)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Scott Albin (Amazon.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vanessa Perica Orchestra, Love Is a Temporary Madness (self-released)
  2. Misha Mullov-Abbado, Dream Circus (Edition)
  3. Kathrine Windfeld Big Band, Orca (Stunt)
  4. Tineke Postma, Freya (Edition)
  5. Simon Spang-Hanssen Epistrophy Sextet, Plutonic Eclipse (Alisio)
  6. Alex Goodman, Impressions in Blue and Red (Outside In)
  7. Tivon Pennicott, Spirit Garden (New Phrase)
  8. Mário Laginha-Julian Arguëlles-Helge Andreas Norbakken, Atlântico (Edition)
  9. Bart-Jan Hogenhuis, Prime (2074693 DK2)
  10. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Ella Fitzgerald, The Complete Piano Duets (Verve)
  3. Norma Winstone & John Taylor, In Concert (1988, Sunnyside)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Shannon Ali (Shannon J. Effinger) (New York Times, The Washington Post, Pitchfork, NPR Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom (Ropeadope)
  2. Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood, Live (International Anthem)
  3. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  4. Jyoti, Mama, You Can Bet! (SomeOthaShip)
  5. Thundercat, It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder)
  6. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)
  7. Kassa Overall, I Think I'm Good (Brownswood)
  8. Bettye LaVette, Blackbirds (Verve)
  9. Joel Ross, Who Are You (Blue Note)
  10. Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nina Simone, Fodder on My Wings (1982, Verve)
  2. Pharoah Sanders, Live in Paris 1975: Lost ORTF Recordings (Transversales Disque)
  3. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962, Verve)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Larry Appelbaum (JazzTimes, WPFW-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)
  2. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM)
  3. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  4. Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)
  5. Sasha Mashin, Happy Synapse (Rainy Days)
  6. Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic)
  7. Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note)
  8. Fred Hersch, Songs From Home (Palmetto)
  9. John Hollenbeck, Songs You Like a Lot (Flexatonic)
  10. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Round Again (Nonesuch)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  3. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962, Verve)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Mirian Arbalejo (La Cesión de las Voluntades)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tigran Hamasyan, The Call Within (Nonesuch)
  2. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  3. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, The Intangible Between (Smoke Sessions)
  4. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  5. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
  6. Moisés P. Sánchez Project, There's Always Madness (Estudio Uno)
  7. The JCA Orchestra, Live at the BPC (JCA)
  8. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
  9. Bill Frisell, Valentine (Blue Note)
  10. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Neil Swainson Quintet, 49th Parallel (1988, Reel to Real)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Hrayr Attarian (Jazziz, Chicago Jazz Magazine, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Amalgam (Mahakala Music)
  2. Majamisty Trio, Organic (Mistyland)
  3. Carla Marciano Quartet, Psychosis: Homage to Bernard Herrmann (Challenge)
  4. Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note)
  5. Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)
  6. Roscoe Mitchell With Ostravská Banda, Performing Distant Radio Transmission Also Nonaah Trio, Cutouts for Woodwind Quintet and 8.8.88 (Wide Hive)
  7. Ryan Cohan, Originations (Origin)
  8. Jeremy Cunningham, The Weather Up There (Northern Spy)
  9. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  10. Cecilie Strange, Blue (April)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden (BBE -18)
  2. Dexter Gordon, Montmartre 1964 (Storyville)
  3. Bill Evans, Some Other Time: The Lost Session From the Black Forest (1968, Resonance -16)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Chris Barton (Los Angeles Times, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  2. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
  3. Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord)
  4. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)
  5. The Nels Cline Singers, Share the Wealth (Blue Note)
  6. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
  7. Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger, Force Majeure (International Anthem)
  8. Jyoti, Mama, You Can Bet! (SomeOthaShip)
  9. Chicago Underground Quartet, Good Days (Astral Spirits)
  10. Josh Johnson, Freedom Exercise (Northern Spy)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Pharoah Sanders, Live in Paris 1975: Lost ORTF Recordings (Transversales Disque)
  3. Nina Simone, Fodder on My Wings (1982, Verve)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Bill Beuttler (Emerson College, Boston Globe)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)
  2. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom (Ropeadope)
  3. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
  4. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  5. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
  6. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  7. Bill Frisell, Valentine (Blue Note)
  8. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  9. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  10. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Dan Bilawsky (All About Jazz, JAZZed Magazine, JazzTimes, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  2. Wolfgang Muthspiel-Scott Colley-Brian Blade, Angular Blues (ECM)
  3. Nduduzo Makhathini, Modes of Communication: Letters From the Underworlds (Blue Note)
  4. Mikkel Ploug, Balcony Lullabies (Stunt)
  5. Laila Biali, Out of Dust (ACT Music)
  6. Marshall Gilkes Trio, Waiting to Continue (Alternate Side)
  7. Denny Zeitlin, Live at Mezzrow (Sunnyside)
  8. Kathleen Grace & Larry Goldings, Tie Me to You (Monsoon)
  9. Fred Hersch, Songs From Home (Palmetto)
  10. Peter Campbell, Old Flames Never Die (Peter Campbell)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)
  3. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962, Verve)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Larry Birnbaum (Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kahil El'Zabar, Kahil El'Zabar's America the Beautiful (Spiritmuse)
  2. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  3. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  4. Jimmy Heath, Love Letter (Verve)
  5. Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, Rejoice (2010, World Circuit)
  6. Chris Potter, There Is a Tide (Edition)
  7. Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey, Invisible Ritual (New Focus)
  8. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
  9. Liberty Ellman, Last Desert (Pi)
  10. Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Larry Blumenfeld (Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Blu Notes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  2. Lucian Ban-John Surman-Mat Maneri, Transylvanian Folk Songs (Sunnyside)
  3. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  4. Nduduzo Makhathini, Modes of Communication: Letters From the Underworlds (Blue Note)
  5. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  6. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt)
  7. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  8. Aruán Ortiz With Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera, Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt)
  9. Edward "Kidd" Jordan-Joel Futterman-William Parker-Hamid Drake, A Tribute to Alvin Fielder: Live at Vision Festival XXIV (Mahakala Music)
  10. Robby Ameen, Diluvio (Origin)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Sam Rivers, Ricochet [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 3] (1978, NoBusiness)
  3. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix)

NEW RELEASES

  1. John Scofield, Swallow Tales (ECM)
  2. Gerald Clayton, Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  3. Lawrence Sieberth Quartet, An Evening in Paris (Musik Bloc)
  4. John Beasley, MONK'estra Plays John Beasley (Mack Avenue)
  5. Chick Corea, Plays (Concord)
  6. Dave Douglas, Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity (Greenleaf Music)
  7. Bill Frisell, Valentine (Blue Note)
  8. Dayna Stephens, Right Now! Live at the Village Vanguard (Contagious Music)
  9. Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio Featuring Johnathan Blake, Without Deception (Dare2)
  10. The Peter Leitch New Life Orchestra, New Life (Jazz House)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Dexter Gordon Quartet, Live in Chateauvallon 1978 (Elemental Music)
  3. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962, Verve)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Mike Borella (Avant Music News)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Webber/Morris Big Band, Both Are True (Greenleaf Music)
  2. Nate Wooley, Seven Storey Mountain VI (Pyroclastic)
  3. Happy Place, Tendrils (Exit Stencil)
  4. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt)
  5. Spike Orchestra, Splintered Stories (Tzadik)
  6. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  7. Edward "Kidd" Jordan-Joel Futterman-William Parker-Hamid Drake, A Tribute to Alvin Fielder: Live at Vision Festival XXIV (Mahakala Music)
  8. Merzbow-Mats Gustafsson-Balasz Pandi, Cuts Open (RareNoise)
  9. Thumbscrew, The Anthony Braxton Project (Cuneiform)
  10. Titan to Tachyons, Cactides (Nefarious Industries)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Hardcell, The Cosmos (2007, Screwgun)
  2. Prezens, XForm (2007, Screwgun)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Shaun Brady (Philadelphia Inquirer, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  3. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM)
  4. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem)
  5. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  6. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
  7. Dan Weiss Starebaby, Natural Selection (Pi)
  8. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  9. Jeremy Cunningham, The Weather Up There (Northern Spy)
  10. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  3. Cecil Taylor, At Angelica 2000 Bologna (I Dischi Di Angelica)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Marcela Breton (JJA)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  2. Muriel Grossmann, Reverence (RR Gems -19)
  3. The John Santos Sextet, Art of the Descarga (Smithsonian Folkways)
  4. Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)
  5. Sasha Berliner, Azalea (self-released -19)
  6. Carolina Calvache, Vida Profunda (Sunnyside)
  7. Ingrid Laubrock + Kris Davis, Blood Moon (Intakt)
  8. Allegra Levy, Lose My Number (SteepleChase)
  9. Eva Cortés, Todas Las Voces (Truth Revolution)
  10. Jason Yeager, New Songs of Resistance (Outside In)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Bill Evans, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1968, Resonance)
  2. Nina Simone, Fodder on My Wings (1982, Verve)
  3. Ibrahim Ferrer, Buenos Hermanos (2003, World Circuit)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Richard Brody (The New Yorker)

NEW RELEASES

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Hank Mobley, The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70 (Mosaic -19)
  3. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Christian Broecking (Berliner Zeitung, Taz, Jazz Thing)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  2. Alexander von Schlippenbach, Slow Pieces for Aki (Intakt)
  3. Nduduzo Makhathini, Modes of Communication: Letters From the Underworlds (Blue Note)
  4. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  5. George Lewis, Rainbow Family (1984, Carrier)
  6. Ingrid Laubrock + Kris Davis, Blood Moon (Intakt)
  7. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Molecular (Intakt)
  8. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)
  9. Potsa Lotsa XL, Silk Songs for Space Dogs (Leo)
  10. Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

 

Home · [Ackerman - Broecking] · [Broomer - Donohue-Greene] · [Dostert - Henderson] · [Hendrickson - Kiwanuka] · [Kolb - Morrison] · [Morton - Sharpe] · [Shatz - Weiss] · [Weiss - Young] · Next