15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Nate Chinen (WBGO, NPR Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  2. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  3. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM)
  4. Jyoti, Mama, You Can Bet! (SomeOthaShip)
  5. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
  6. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
  7. Dan Weiss Starebaby, Natural Selection (Pi)
  8. Micah Thomas, Tide (self-released)
  9. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  10. The Nels Cline Singers, Share the Wealth (Blue Note)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Milford Graves & Don Pullen, The Complete Yale Concert, 1966 (Corbett vs Dempsey)
  3. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)

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