15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

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)

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