15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Mike Shanley (JazzTimes, Pittsburgh Current, Shanley on Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Chad Taylor Trio, The Daily Biological (Cuneiform)
  2. Michael Formanek Quartet, Untamed . . . Pre-Apocalyptic (Out of Your Head)
  3. Luke Norris, Northernsong (Ears & Eyes)
  4. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)
  5. Threadbare [Jason Stein-Ben Cruz-Emerson Hunton], Silver Dollar (NoBusiness)
  6. Matthew Shipp, The Piano Equation (Tao Forms)
  7. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt)
  8. Liberty Ellman, Last Desert (Pi)
  9. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Molecular (Intakt)
  10. Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  2. Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ow! Live at the Penthouse -19 (Reel to Real)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)

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