15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020
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Tad Hendrickson (Star-Tribune, tadhendrickson.wordpress.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jyoti, Mama, You Can Bet! (SomeOthaShip)
  2. The Nels Cline Singers, Share the Wealth (Blue Note)
  3. Sun Ra Arkestra, Swirling (Strut)
  4. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
  5. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
  6. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  7. Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord)
  8. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)
  9. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Molecular (Intakt)
  10. Charles Tolliver, Connect (Gearbox)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

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

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Andrey Henkin (New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

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Geoffrey Himes (JazzTimes, DownBeat, Washington Post, Paste, American Songwriter)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)
  2. Joel Ross, Who Are You (Blue Note)
  3. Gregory Porter, All Rise (Blue Note)
  4. Lafayette Gilchrist, Now (Lafayette Gilchrist Music)
  5. Bill Frisell, Valentine (Blue Note)
  6. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  7. Dayna Stephens, Right Now! Live at the Village Vanguard (Contagious Music)
  8. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  9. Sun Ra Arkestra, Swirling (Strut)
  10. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Sam Rivers, Ricochet [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 3] (1978, NoBusiness)
  3. Vincent Chancey-Wilber Morris-Warren Smith, The Spell: The Vincent Chancey Trio Live 1987 (NoBusiness)

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Rob Hoff (WQLN NPR [Eric, PA], JazzErie)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  2. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom (Ropeadope)
  3. Bill Frisell-Juian Lage-Gyan Riley, John Zorn: Virtue (Tzadik)
  4. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
  5. Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord)
  6. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  7. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM)
  8. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
  9. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  10. Ingrid Laubrock, Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (Intakt)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Bill Evans, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1968, Resonance)
  2. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
  3. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)

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Eugene Holley, Jr. (Hot House, DownBeat, Publishers Weekly)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jimmy Heath, Love Letter (Verve)
  2. Kurt Elling, Secrets Are the Best Stories (Edition)
  3. Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note)
  4. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM)
  5. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  6. Christian McBride Big Band, For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (Mack Avenue)
  7. Aaron Diehl, The Vagabond (Mack Avenue)
  8. Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Chapter 10: Breaking Cover (Picaro)
  9. Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Mabern (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, The Music of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
  2. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)
  3. Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, Rejoice (2010, World Circuit)

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Larry Hollis (Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Eddie Henderson, Shuffle and Deal (Smoke Sessions)
  2. Gary Smulyan, Our Contrafacts (SteepleChase)
  3. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)
  4. Keith Oxman, Two Cigarettes in the Dark (Capri)
  5. Charles Tolliver, Connect (Gearbox)
  6. Fumi Tomita Featuring David Detweiler, Celebrating Bird/A Tribute to Charlie Parker (Next Level)
  7. Jeff Hamilton Trio, Catch Me If You Can (Capri)
  8. Jerry Bergonzi, Nearly Blue (Savant)
  9. John Fedchock NY Sextet, Into the Shadows (Summit)
  10. Alan Broadbent Trio, Trio in Motion (Savant)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Dexter Gordon Quartet, Live in Chateauvallon 1978 (Elemental Music)
  2. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  3. René Thomas, Remembering Rene Thomas: Rare and Unreleased (1955-62, Fresh Sound)

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Mark Holston (Jazziz, All About Jazz, Latino Magazine)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of Horace Silver (Savant)
  2. Fahir Atakoglu, For Love (Far & Here)
  3. Ted Moore Trio, The Natural Order of Things (Origin)
  4. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  5. Eric Alexander, Eric Alexander With Strings (HighNote -19)
  6. Noah Bless, New York Strong: Latin Jazz! (Zoho)
  7. Black Art Jazz Collective, Ascension (HighNote)
  8. Fumi Tomita Featuring David Detweiler, Celebrating Bird/A Tribute to Charlie Parker (Next Level)
  9. Greg Burk Expanding Trio, Message in the Clouds (Tonos)
  10. Dena DeRose, Ode to the Road (HighNote)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Ray Barretto, Barretto Power (1970, Fania)
  3. Chet Baker, The Legendary Riverside Albums (1958-59, Craft -19)

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Tom Hull (tomhull.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mark Lomax II & the Urban Art Ensemble, 400 Years Suite (CFG Multimedia)
  2. Rich Halley-Matthew Shipp-Michael Bisio-Newman Taylor Baker, The Shape of Things (Pine Eagle)
  3. Dave Rempis-Jeff Parker-Ingebrigt Håker Flaten-Jeremy Cunningham, Stringers and Struts (Aerophonic)
  4. Aly Keïta-Jan Galega Bronnimann-Lucas Niggli, Kalan Teban (Intakt)
  5. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)
  6. Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio Featuring Johnathan Blake, Without Deception (Dare2)
  7. Heroes Are Gang Leaders, Artificial Happiness Button (Ropeadope)
  8. Jason Kao Hwang, Human Rites Trio (True Sound)
  9. Dave Glasser, Hypocrisy Democracy (Here Tiz Music)
  10. Kevin Sun, (Un)seaworthy (Endectomorph Music)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Borah Bergman-Perry Robinson-Steve Swell-Ray Sage, Quartets Trios Duos (2007, Mahakala Music)
  2. Horace Tapscott With the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Ancestral Echoes: The Covina Sessions, 1976 (Dark Tree)
  3. Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe/Four Men Only, Complete Recordings (1968-73, NoBusiness)

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  2. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
  3. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  4. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
  5. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  6. Brad Mehldau, Suite: April 2020 (Nonesuch)
  7. Ben Wendel, High Heart (Edition)
  8. Aaron Parks, Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man (Ropeadope)
  9. Mário Laginha-Julian Arguëlles-Helge Andreas Norbakken, Atlântico (Edition)
  10. Jason Palmer, The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella (Giant Steps Arts)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)

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Robert Iannapollo (Cadence, New York City Jazz Record, ARSC Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Swell Quintet Soul Travelers With Leena Conquest, Astonishments (RogueArt)
  2. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
  3. Thumbscrew, The Anthony Braxton Project (Cuneiform)
  4. Jacob Garchik, Clear Line (Yestereve)
  5. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  6. Gordon Grdina Septet, Resist (Irabbagast)
  7. Kaze & Ikue Mori, Sand Storm (Libra)
  8. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  9. Matt Wilson Quartet, Hug! (Palmetto)
  10. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
  2. Sam Rivers, Ricochet [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 3] (1978, NoBusiness)
  3. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)

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Willard Jenkins (The Independent Ear, WPFW "Jazz & Justice Radio" [Washington DC], JazzTimes, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jimmy Heath, Love Letter (Verve)
  2. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema -19)
  3. Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)
  4. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
  5. Nduduzo Makhathini, Modes of Communication: Letters From the Underworlds (Blue Note)
  6. Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio Featuring Johnathan Blake, Without Deception (Dare2)
  7. Jon Jang, The Pledge of Black Asian Allegiance (Asian Improv)
  8. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  9. Ben Williams, I Am a Man (Rainbow Blonde)
  10. Ahmed Abdullah Diaspora Meets Afro Horn, Jazz: A Music of the Spirit: Out of Sistas' Place (self-released -19)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

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

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David Brent Johnson (Jazz Director, WFIU [Bloomington, IN])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Moses Boyd, Dark Matter (Exodus)
  2. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  3. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)
  4. Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note)
  5. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, The Music of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine)
  6. Christian McBride, The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons (Mack Avenue)
  7. Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)
  8. Charlie Ballantine, Vonnegut (Green Mind)
  9. Monika Herzig, Eternal Dance (Savant)
  10. Lafayette Gilchrist, Now (Lafayette Gilchrist Music)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Tubby Hayes, The Complete Fontana Albums (1961-1969) (Decca -19)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  3. Hank Mobley, The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70 (Mosaic -19)

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Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal, NPR, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Liberty Ellman, Last Desert (Pi)
  2. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
  3. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  4. Thumbscrew, The Anthony Braxton Project (Cuneiform)
  5. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem)
  6. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  7. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  8. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  9. Webber/Morris Big Band, Both Are True (Greenleaf Music)
  10. Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic)

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Sanford Josephson (Jersey Jazz Magazine)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Don Braden/Joris Teepe Quartet, In the Spirit of Herbie Hancock: Live at De Witte (O.A.P.)
  2. Joe Farnsworth, Time to Swing (Smoke Sessions)
  3. Lafayette Harris, Jr., You Can't Lose With the Blues (Savant)
  4. Eddie Henderson, Shuffle and Deal (Smoke Sessions)
  5. Diana Krall, This Dream of You (Verve)
  6. Alex Levin, A Sunday Kind of Love (Alex Levin Music -19)
  7. Charles McPherson, Jazz Dance Suites (Chazz Mack Music)
  8. Jeremy Pelt, The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1 (HighNote)
  9. Eric Reed, For a Time Such as This (Smoke Sessions)
  10. Isaiah J. Thompson, Plays the Music of Buddy Montgomery (WJ3)

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Ammar Kalia (The Guardian, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Alabaster DePlume, To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1 (International Anthem)
  2. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse)
  3. Ben Wendel, High Heart (Edition)
  4. Gil Scott-Heron, We're New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven (XL)
  5. Gary Bartz and Maisha, Night Dreamer Direct-to-Disc Sessions (Night Dreamer)
  6. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
  7. Tigran Hamasyan, The Call Within (Nonesuch)
  8. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Round Again (Nonesuch)
  9. Sam Gendel, Satin Doll (Nonesuch)
  10. SPAZA, Uprize! (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Giant Steps [60th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition] (1969, Rhino)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  3. Oneness of Juju, African Rhythms 1970-1982 (Strut)

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Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest, WESU-88.1 FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Chad Taylor Trio, The Daily Biological (Cuneiform)
  2. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  3. Gregg August, Dialogues on Race: Volume One (Iacuessa)
  4. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  5. Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, The New Immigrant Experience: Music Inspired by Conversations With Dreamers (Tapestry)
  6. Aubrey Johnson, Unraveled (Outside In)
  7. Doxas Brothers, The Circle (Justin Time)
  8. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  9. Max Bessesen, Trouble (Ropeadope)
  10. Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Bill Evans, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1968, Resonance)
  3. Edward Simon, 25 Years (1995-2018, Ridgeway)

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George Kanzler (Hot House, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. John Beasley, MONK'estra Plays John Beasley (Mack Avenue)
  2. Joe Farnsworth, Time to Swing (Smoke Sessions)
  3. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  4. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM)
  5. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, The Intangible Between (Smoke Sessions)
  6. Uptown Jazz Tentet, What's Next (Irrabbagast)
  7. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Round Again (Nonesuch)
  8. Gerald Clayton, Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  9. Christian McBride Big Band, For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (Mack Avenue)
  10. Eddie Henderson, Shuffle and Deal (Smoke Sessions)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time OutTakes (1959, Brubeck Editions)
  2. Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
  3. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)

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Fred Kaplan (Slate, Stereophile)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)
  2. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
  3. Jimmy Heath, Love Letter (Verve)
  4. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  5. Aaron Diehl, The Vagabond (Mack Avenue)
  6. Ran Blake & Christine Correa, When Soft Rains Fall (Red Piano)
  7. Ben Perowsky-John Medeski-Chris Speed, Upstream (El Destructo -19)
  8. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  9. Fred Hersch, Songs From Home (Palmetto)
  10. Raphaël Pannier Quartet, Faune (French Paradox)

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)

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Yoshi Kato (San Francisco Chronicle, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  2. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  3. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)
  4. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)
  5. Regina Carter Freedom Band, Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground (Tiger Turn)
  6. Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note)
  7. Walter Smith III-Matthew Stevens-Micah Thomas-Linda May Han Oh-Nate Smith, In Common 2 (Whirlwind)
  8. Noah Haidu, Doctone (Sunnyside)
  9. Jacob Garchik, Clear Line (Yestereve)
  10. The Westerlies, Wherein Lies the Good (Westerlies)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Gene Russell, New Direction (1971, Real Gone Music)
  2. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)

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Brian Kiwanuka (PostGenre)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, Unfiltered (self-released)
  2. Anna Högberg Attack, Lena (Omlott)
  3. Luke Stewart, Exposure Quintet (Astral Spirits)
  4. Moor Mother, Circuit City (Don Giovanni)
  5. Gerald Clayton, Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
  6. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)
  7. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem)
  8. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  9. Cat Toren's Human Kind, Scintillating Beauty (New Focus)
  10. Soojin Suh Coloris Trio, Colorist (Night Birds)

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