15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Lloyd Sachs (DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  2. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem)
  3. JD Allen, Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant)
  4. Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio Featuring Johnathan Blake, Without Deception (Dare2)
  5. Sun Ra Arkestra, Swirling (Strut)
  6. Chad Taylor Trio, The Daily Biological (Cuneiform)
  7. James Carney Sextet, Pure Heart (Sunnyside)
  8. Dave Rempis-Jeff Parker-Ingebrigt Håker Flaten-Jeremy Cunningham, Stringers and Struts (Aerophonic)
  9. Dave Douglas, Marching Music (Greenleaf Music)
  10. Ahmed Abdullah Diaspora Meets Afro Horn, Jazz: A Music of the Spirit: Out of Sistas' Place (self-released -19)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

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

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