15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020 |
Ballot 2020
Russ Musto (New York City Jazz Record, TheJazzAdvocate.com)
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note)
- Gregg August, Dialogues on Race: Volume One (Iacuessa)
- Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio Featuring Johnathan Blake, Without Deception (Dare2)
- Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)
- Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema -19)
- Jimmy Heath, Love Letter (Verve)
- Christian McBride, The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons (Mack Avenue)
- Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho)
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola, Viento Y Tiempo: Live at the Blue Note Tokyo (Top Stop Music)
- Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Chapter 10: Breaking Cover (Picaro)
REISSUES/HISTORICAL (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Charles Mingus, @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside)
- Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
- Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Carmen Lundy, Modern Ancestors (Afrasia -19)
DEBUT
- Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note)
LATIN
- Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Chapter 10: Breaking Cover (Picaro)