Ballot 2020

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
• David Boswell, The Story Behind the Story (My Quiet Moon)
• The Claire Daly Band, Rah! Rah! (2008, Ride Symbol)
• Chris Hopkins, Chris Hopkins Meets the Jazz Kangaroos, Vol. 1 (Echoes of Swing)
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, The Music of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine)
• Okuden Quartet [Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Hamid Drake], Every Dog Has His Day but It Doesn't Matter Because Fat Cat Is Getting Fatter (ESP-Disk)
• Benny Rubin Jr. Quartet, Know Say or See (Benny Jr. Music)
• Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
• Gregory Tardy, If Time Could Stand Still (WJ3)
• Charles Tolliver, Connect (Gearbox)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

• Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
• Lennie Tristano, The Duo Sessions (1967-76, Dot Time)
• Norma Winstone & John Taylor, In Concert (1988, Sunnyside)

VOCAL

• Kurt Elling, Secrets Are the Best Stories (Edition)

DEBUT

• New Orleans High Society, New Orleans High Society (1718 Records/Slammin' Media)

LATIN

• Carla Campopiano, Chicago/Buenos Aires Connections Vol. II (self-released)