15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Bill Shoemaker (Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Trevor Watts, The Lockdown Solos (Hi4Head)
  2. Heroes Are Gang Leaders, Artificial Happiness Button (Ropeadope)
  3. Decoy With Joe McPhee, AC/DC (Otoroku)
  4. Roots Magic, Take Root Among the Stars (Clean Feed)
  5. Peter Brötzmann-Maâlem Moukhtar Gania-Hamid Drake, The Catch of a Ghost (I Dischi di Angelica)
  6. JD Allen, Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant)
  7. Alexander von Schlippenbach, Slow Pieces for Aki (Intakt)
  8. Jeff Cosgrove-John Medeski-Jeff Lederer, History Gets Ahead of the Story (Grizzley Music)
  9. Gianni Mimmo & Alison Blunt, Busy Butterflies (Amirani)
  10. Jorma Tapio & Kaski, Aliseen (577 Records)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Sam Rivers, Ricochet [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 3] (1978, NoBusiness)
  3. Phil Wachsmann, Writing in Water (1985, Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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