15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Bill Brownlee (Plastic Sax, The Kansas City Star, KCUR)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jyoti, Mama, You Can Bet! (SomeOthaShip)
  2. Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey, Invisible Ritual (New Focus)
  3. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  4. Bill Frisell, Valentine (Blue Note)
  5. Kaja Draksler Octet, Out for Stars (Clean Feed)
  6. Jeremy Pelt, The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1 (HighNote)
  7. Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic)
  8. Sara Serpa, Recognition (Biophilia)
  9. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)
  10. Brad Mehldau, Suite: April 2020 (Nonesuch)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Ambiance, Into a New Journey (1982, BBE)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)

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