15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Allen Morrison (DownBeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  2. John Beasley, MONK'estra Plays John Beasley (Mack Avenue)
  3. Kurt Elling, Secrets Are the Best Stories (Edition)
  4. Antonio Adolfo, BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento (AAM Music)
  5. Alan Broadbent Trio, Trio in Motion (Savant)
  6. Christian McBride Big Band, For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (Mack Avenue)
  7. Jimmy Heath, Love Letter (Verve)
  8. Becca Stevens, Wonderbloom (GroundUP Music)
  9. Allegra Levy, Lose My Number (SteepleChase)
  10. Aaron Diehl, The Vagabond (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Nat King Cole, Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Best of Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) (Resonance)
  2. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)
  3. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)

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