15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

John Szwed (The Wire, Center for Jazz Studies [Columbia U])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM)
  2. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)
  3. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  4. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  5. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
  6. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM)
  7. Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)
  8. Sun Ra Arkestra, Swirling (Strut)
  9. The Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, Soundpath (Composed by Muhal Richard Abrams) (Clean Feed)
  10. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

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

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