15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020
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2020 Totals: New Albums

  1. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare) 379 (54)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note) 217.5 (31)
  3. Eric Revis, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic) 186.5 (29)
  4. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12) 159 (28)
  5. Charles Lloyd, 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note) 150.5 (21)
  6. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Life Goes On (ECM) 143 (22)
  7. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk) 132 (26)
  8. Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note) 126.5 (20)
  9. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind) 120 (22)
  10. Jeff Parker, Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem) 111 (19)
  11. Immanuel Wilkins, Omega (Blue Note) 110 (18)
  12. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch) 105.5 (22)
  13. Jimmy Heath, Love Letter (Verve) 101.5 (13)
  14. Thumbscrew, The Anthony Braxton Project (Cuneiform) 99 (17)
  15. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom (Ropeadope) 98 (14)
  16. Keith Jarrett, Budapest Concert (ECM) 88 (14)
  17. Nate Wooley, Seven Storey Mountain VI (Pyroclastic) 82 (10)
  18. Artemis, Artemis (Blue Note) 78.5 (14)
  19. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem) 77 (15)
  20. JD Allen, Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant) 76.5 (14)
  21. Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope) 75.5 (16)
  22. The Nels Cline Singers, Share the Wealth (Blue Note) 73 (13)
  23. Shabaka and the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse) 71 (14)
  24. Irreversible Entanglements, Who Sent You? (International Anthem) 70 (9)
  25. Sun Ra Arkestra, Swirling (Strut) 69 (11)
  26. Pat Metheny, From This Place (Nonesuch) 69 (10)
  27. Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord) 65 (10)
  28. Jyoti, Mama, You Can Bet! (SomeOthaShip) 65 (9)
  29. Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic) 64.5 (13)
  30. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Molecular (Intakt) 61 (13)
  31. Liberty Ellman, Last Desert (Pi) 61 (12)
  32. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Round Again (Nonesuch) 60.5 (13)
  33. Gregg August, Dialogues on Race: Volume One (Iacuessa) 58.5 (8)
  34. Tyshawn Sorey, Unfiltered (self-released) 58 (7)
  35. Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio Featuring Johnathan Blake, Without Deception (Dare2) 53 (11)
  36. Lafayette Gilchrist, Now (Lafayette Gilchrist Music) 52.5 (8)
  37. Nduduzo Makhathini, Modes of Communication: Letters From the Underworlds (Blue Note) 51 (7)
  38. Matt Wilson Quartet, Hug! (Palmetto) 49.5 (9)
  39. Matthew Shipp, The Piano Equation (Tao Forms) 48 (9)
  40. Webber/Morris Big Band, Both Are True (Greenleaf Music) 48 (9)
  41. Chad Taylor Trio, The Daily Biological (Cuneiform) 47.5 (7)
  42. Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra, If You Listen Carefully the Music Is Yours (Odin) 47.5 (6)
  43. Junk Magic, Compass Confusion (Pyroclastic) 46.5 (6)
  44. Bill Frisell, Valentine (Blue Note) 46 (10)
  45. Ingrid Laubrock, Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (Intakt) 42 (8)
  46. John Beasley, MONK'estra Plays John Beasley (Mack Avenue) 41 (5)
  47. Charles Tolliver, Connect (Gearbox) 40.5 (7)
  48. John Scofield, Swallow Tales (ECM) 40 (8)
  49. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Live in Willisau (Intakt) 40 (6)
  50. Kurt Elling, Secrets Are the Best Stories (Edition) 38 (7)
  51. Gerald Clayton, Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) 34 (6)
  52. Anna Högberg Attack, Lena (Omlott) 34 (6)
  53. Fred Hersch, Songs From Home (Palmetto) 33.5 (10)
  54. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, The Music of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine) 33.5 (6)
  55. Jason Palmer, The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella (Giant Steps Arts) 33 (7)
  56. Jeremy Pelt, The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1 (HighNote) 32.5 (5)
  57. Sara Serpa, Recognition (Biophilia) 32 (7)
  58. Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey, Invisible Ritual (New Focus) 32 (4)
  59. Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger, Force Majeure (International Anthem) 31 (6)
  60. Edward "Kidd" Jordan-Joel Futterman-William Parker-Hamid Drake, A Tribute to Alvin Fielder: Live at Vision Festival XXIV (Mahakala Music) 31 (5)
  61. Rich Halley-Matthew Shipp-Michael Bisio-Newman Taylor Baker, The Shape of Things (Pine Eagle) 30.5 (6)
  62. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt) 29 (7)
  63. Lucian Ban-John Surman-Mat Maneri, Transylvanian Folk Songs (Sunnyside) 29 (4)
  64. Eddie Henderson, Shuffle and Deal (Smoke Sessions) 28.5 (6)
  65. Lionel Loueke, HH (Edition) 28 (6)
  66. Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood, Live (International Anthem) 28 (4)
  67. Luke Stewart, Exposure Quintet (Astral Spirits) 28 (4)
  68. Aaron Diehl, The Vagabond (Mack Avenue) 27 (6)
  69. Dayna Stephens, Right Now! Live at the Village Vanguard (Contagious Music) 26 (6)
  70. Joe Farnsworth, Time to Swing (Smoke Sessions) 26 (4)
  71. Alan Braufman, The Fire Still Burns (Valley of Search) 26 (3)
  72. Wolfgang Muthspiel-Scott Colley-Brian Blade, Angular Blues (ECM) 26 (3)
  73. The Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, Soundpath (Composed by Muhal Richard Abrams) (Clean Feed) 25.5 (5)
  74. James Carney Sextet, Pure Heart (Sunnyside) 25 (5)
  75. Chicago Underground Quartet, Good Days (Astral Spirits) 25 (5)
  76. Charles McPherson, Jazz Dance Suites (Chazz Mack Music) 25 (5)
  77. Jason Kao Hwang, Human Rites Trio (True Sound) 23.5 (5)
  78. Roscoe Mitchell With Ostravská Banda, Performing Distant Radio Transmission Also Nonaah Trio, Cutouts for Woodwind Quintet and 8.8.88 (Wide Hive) 23 (4)
  79. Gregory Porter, All Rise (Blue Note) 23 (4)
  80. Tani Tabbal Trio, Now Then (Tao Forms) 23 (3)
  81. Connie Han, Iron Starlet (Mack Avenue) 22 (3)
  82. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, Free Hoops (Intakt) 21 (8)
  83. Josh Johnson, Freedom Exercise (Northern Spy) 21 (4)
  84. Aaron Parks, Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man (Ropeadope) 21 (4)
  85. Tigran Hamasyan, The Call Within (Nonesuch) 21 (3)
  86. John Hollenbeck, Songs You Like a Lot (Flexatonic) 21 (3)
  87. WHO Trio, Strell: The Music of Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington (Clean Feed) 20.5 (4)
  88. Asher Gamedze, Dialectic Soul (On the Corner) 20 (4)
  89. Christian McBride Big Band, For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (Mack Avenue) 20 (4)
  90. Heroes Are Gang Leaders, Artificial Happiness Button (Ropeadope) 20 (3)
  91. Camila Nebbia, Aura (Ears & Eyes) 20 (3)
  92. George Lewis-Oxana Omelchuk-Studio Dan, Breaking News (Ezz-thetics) 20 (2)
  93. Dan Weiss Starebaby, Natural Selection (Pi) 19 (5)
  94. Ingrid Laubrock + Kris Davis, Blood Moon (Intakt) 19 (4)
  95. Alexander von Schlippenbach, Slow Pieces for Aki (Intakt) 19 (3)
  96. Arturo O'Farrill/The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions (Zoho) 18.5 (5)
  97. Brad Mehldau, Suite: April 2020 (Nonesuch) 18 (4)
  98. Cory Smythe, Accelerate Every Voice (Pyroclastic) 18 (4)
  99. Jacob Garchik, Clear Line (Yestereve) 18 (3)
  100. Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio, Angels Around (Heartcore) 18 (3)
  101. Micah Thomas, Tide (self-released) 17 (4)
  102. Alan Broadbent Trio, Trio in Motion (Savant) 17 (3)
  103. Jeff Cosgrove-John Medeski-Jeff Lederer, History Gets Ahead of the Story (Grizzley Music) 17 (3)
  104. The End, Allt År Intet (RareNoise) 17 (2)
  105. Vinny Golia-John Hanrahan-Henry Kaiser-Wayne Peet-Mike Watt, A Love Supreme Electric: A Salvo Inspired by John Coltrane: A Love Supreme & Meditations (Cuneiform) 17 (2)
  106. David Liebman-Randy Brecker-Marc Copland-Drew Gress-Joey Baron, Quint5t (InnerVoice Jazz) 17 (2)
  107. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, The Deceptive 4 (Intakt) 16 (3)
  108. Joel Ross, Who Are You (Blue Note) 16 (3)
  109. Michael Formanek Quartet, Untamed . . . Pre-Apocalyptic (Out of Your Head) 16 (2)
  110. Giveton Gelin, True Design (self-released) 16 (2)
  111. Aly Keïta-Jan Galega Bronnimann-Lucas Niggli, Kalan Teban (Intakt) 16 (2)
  112. Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, Rejoice (2010, World Circuit) 15 (3)
  113. Peter Evans-Joel Ross-Nick Jozwiak-Savannah Harris, Being & Becoming (More Is More) 15 (3)
  114. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, The Intangible Between (Smoke Sessions) 15 (3)
  115. Kahil El'Zabar, Kahil El'Zabar's America the Beautiful (Spiritmuse) 15 (2)
  116. The Jerry Granelli Trio, Plays Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison (RareNoise) 15 (2)
  117. Chris Potter, There Is a Tide (Edition) 15 (2)
  118. Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Waiting Game (Motema -19) 14.5 (2)
  119. 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) 14.5 (2)
  120. Barre Phillips, Thirty Years in Between (Les Disques Victo) 14.5 (2)
  121. Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola, Viento Y Tiempo: Live at the Blue Note Tokyo (Top Stop Music) 14.5 (2)
  122. Benny Rubin Jr. Quartet, Know Say or See (Benny Jr. Music) 14.5 (2)
  123. Geof Bradfield-Ben Goldberg-Dana Hall Trio, General Semantics (Delmark) 14 (3)
  124. Chick Corea, Plays (Concord) 14 (3)
  125. Luis Lopes Humanization 4tet, Believe, Believe (Clean Feed) 14 (2)
  126. Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Party (Troubadour Jass) 14 (2)
  127. The Necks, Three (Northern Spy) 14 (2)
  128. Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Amalgam (Mahakala Music) 14 (2)
  129. Rufus Reid & Sullivan Fortner, Always in the Moment (Newvelle) 14 (2)
  130. Christopher Hollyday & Telepathy, Dialogue (Jazzbeat Productions) 13.5 (2)
  131. David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg, Breath & Hammer (Table Pounding) 13.5 (2)
  132. Ivo Perelman & Arcado String Trio, Deep Resonance (Fundacja Sluchaj) 13.5 (2)
  133. Dave Douglas, Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity (Greenleaf Music) 13 (3)
  134. Joe Fiedler's Big Sackbut, Live in Graz (Multiphonics Music) 13 (3)
  135. Potsa Lotsa XL, Silk Songs for Space Dogs (Leo) 13 (3)
  136. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, Black Brown & Beige (Blue Engine) 13 (2)
  137. The JCA Orchestra, Live at the BPC (JCA) 13 (2)
  138. Ikue Mori-Satoko Fujii-Natsuki Tamura, Prickly Pear Cactus (Libra) 13 (2)
  139. Matana Roberts & Pat Thomas, The Truth (Otoroku) 13 (2)
  140. Jason Robinson, Harmonic Constituent (Playscape) 13 (2)
  141. Natsuki Tamura-Satoko Fujii-Ramon Lopez, Mantle (Not Two) 13 (2)
  142. Eri Yamamoto Trio & Choral Chameleon, Goshu Ondo Suite (AUM Fidelity -19) 13 (2)
  143. Lisa Mezzacappa Six, Cosmicomics (Queen Bee) 12.5 (4)
  144. Jerry Bergonzi, Nearly Blue (Savant) 12 (2)
  145. Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Mabern (Smoke Sessions) 12 (2)
  146. Trevor Watts, The Lockdown Solos (Hi4Head) 12 (2)
  147. Ben Wendel, High Heart (Edition) 12 (2)
  148. Denny Zeitlin, Live at Mezzrow (Sunnyside) 12 (2)
  149. Christian McBride, The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons (Mack Avenue) 11.5 (3)
  150. Alexander Hawkins & Tomeka Reid, Shards and Constellations (Intakt) 11 (4)
  151. Dave Douglas, Marching Music (Greenleaf Music) 11 (3)
  152. Dave Rempis-Jeff Parker-Ingebrigt Håker Flaten-Jeremy Cunningham, Stringers and Struts (Aerophonic) 11 (2)
  153. Jorge Roeder, El Suelo Mio (T-Town) 11 (2)
  154. Steve Swell, The Center Will Hold (Not Two) 11 (2)
  155. Charlie Ballantine, Vonnegut (Green Mind) 10 (3)
  156. Lynne Arriale Trio, Chimes of Freedom (Challenge) 10 (2)
  157. Ran Blake & Frank Carlberg, Gray Moon (Red Piano) 10 (2)
  158. SPAZA, Uprize! (Mushroom Hour Half Hour) 10 (2)
  159. Thundercat, It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder) 10 (2)
  160. Thana Alexa, ONA (self-released) 10 (1)
  161. Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus, Rats and Mice (Lumo) 10 (1)
  162. Alan Barnes + Eleven, 60th Birthday Celebration (Woodville -19) 10 (1)
  163. Django Bates' Beloved With Norrbotten Big Band, Tenacity (Lost Marble) 10 (1)
  164. Moses Boyd, Dark Matter (Exodus) 10 (1)
  165. Don Braden/Joris Teepe Quartet, In the Spirit of Herbie Hancock: Live at De Witte (O.A.P.) 10 (1)
  166. Alabaster DePlume, To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1 (International Anthem) 10 (1)
  167. Gilfema, Three (Sounderscore) 10 (1)
  168. Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of Horace Silver (Savant) 10 (1)
  169. Paul Jones, Let's Get Tropical (Outside In) 10 (1)
  170. Mark Lomax II & the Urban Art Ensemble, 400 Years Suite (CFG Multimedia) 10 (1)
  171. Vanessa Perica Orchestra, Love Is a Temporary Madness (self-released) 10 (1)
  172. Tim Ray, Excursions and Adventures (Whaling City Sound) 10 (1)
  173. Frank Paul Schubert-Alexander von Schlippenbach-Martin Blume, Forge (Relative Pitch) 10 (1)
  174. Sothiac & Paul Jolly, Superluna (33Jazz) 10 (1)
  175. Steve Swell Quintet Soul Travelers With Leena Conquest, Astonishments (RogueArt) 10 (1)
  176. Virtual Company, Virtual Company (Confront) 10 (1)
  177. Juhani Aaltonen-Jonas Kullhammar-Christian Meaas Svendsen-Ilmari Heikinhei, The Father, the Sons & the Junnu (Moserobie) 9.5 (2)
  178. Jeremy Cunningham, The Weather Up There (Northern Spy) 9 (3)
  179. Aruán Ortiz With Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera, Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt) 9 (3)
  180. 3D Jazz Trio, I Love to See You Smile (DIVA) 9 (2)
  181. Black Art Jazz Collective, Ascension (HighNote) 9 (2)
  182. Whit Dickey Trio, Expanding Light (Tao Forms) 9 (2)
  183. Noah Haidu, Doctone (Sunnyside) 9 (2)
  184. Tineke Postma, Freya (Edition) 9 (2)
  185. Abbey Rader & John McMinn, Duo From the Heart (Abray) 9 (2)
  186. Roots Magic, Take Root Among the Stars (Clean Feed) 9 (2)
  187. Walter Smith III-Matthew Stevens-Micah Thomas-Linda May Han Oh-Nate Smith, In Common 2 (Whirlwind) 9 (2)
  188. Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band, José Martí En Nueva York (Greenleaf Music) 9 (2)
  189. Fahir Atakoglu, For Love (Far & Here) 9 (1)
  190. Sarah Elizabeth Charles & Jarrett Cherner, Tone (BaldHill) 9 (1)
  191. Kahil El'Zabar, Kahil El'Zabar's Spirit Groove (Spiritmuse) 9 (1)
  192. Josie Falbo, You Must Believe in Spring (Southport) 9 (1)
  193. George Garzone-Peter Erskine-Alan Pasqua-Darek Oles, 3 Nights in LA (Fuzzy Music -19) 9 (1)
  194. Ben Goldberg, Symphony No. 9 (BAG Production) 9 (1)
  195. Muriel Grossmann, Reverence (RR Gems -19) 9 (1)
  196. Jubileum Quartet [Joëlle Léandre-Evan Parker-Agustí Fernández-Zlatko Kaucic], A Uis? (Not Two) 9 (1)
  197. Vic Juris, Let's Cool One (SteepleChase) 9 (1)
  198. Majamisty Trio, Organic (Mistyland) 9 (1)
  199. Michael Moore Fragile Quartet, Cretan Dialogues (Ramboy -19) 9 (1)
  200. Misha Mullov-Abbado, Dream Circus (Edition) 9 (1)
  201. Junius Paul, Ism (International Anthem -19) 9 (1)
  202. Ivo Perelman-Gordon Grdina-Hamin Honari, The Purity of Desire (Not Two) 9 (1)
  203. Gary Smulyan, Our Contrafacts (SteepleChase) 9 (1)
  204. Vol Pour Sidney (Retour) (Nato) 9 (1)
  205. Dayna Stephens Trio, Liberty (Contagious Music) 8.5 (2)
  206. Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Chapter 10: Breaking Cover (Picaro) 8.5 (2)
  207. Steph Richards, Supersense (Northern Spy) 8 (3)
  208. Regina Carter Freedom Band, Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground (Tiger Turn) 8 (2)
  209. Diana Krall, This Dream of You (Verve) 8 (2)
  210. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings E&F Sides (International Anthem) 8 (2)
  211. Robin McKelle, Alterations (Doxie) 8 (2)
  212. Archie Shepp-Raw Poetic-Damu the Fudgemunk, Ocean Bridges (Redefinition) 8 (2)
  213. Jim Snidero, Project-K (Savant) 8 (2)
  214. Fumi Tomita Featuring David Detweiler, Celebrating Bird/A Tribute to Charlie Parker (Next Level) 8 (2)
  215. Cat Toren's Human Kind, Scintillating Beauty (New Focus) 8 (2)
  216. Nat Bartsch, Forever More (ABC Music) 8 (1)
  217. Urs Blöchlinger Revisited, Harry Doesn't Mind (Leo) 8 (1)
  218. Dave Bryant, Night Visitors (SE) 8 (1)
  219. John Butcher-Thomas Lehn-Matthew Shipp, The Clawed Stone (RogueArt) 8 (1)
  220. Adam Caine Quartet, Transmissions (NoBusiness) 8 (1)
  221. Decoy With Joe McPhee, AC/DC (Otoroku) 8 (1)
  222. Andy Emler, No Solo (La Buissonne) 8 (1)
  223. Bill Frisell-Juian Lage-Gyan Riley, John Zorn: Virtue (Tzadik) 8 (1)
  224. Happy Place, Tendrils (Exit Stencil) 8 (1)
  225. Lafayette Harris, Jr., You Can't Lose With the Blues (Savant) 8 (1)
  226. The Heliocentrics, Infinity of Now (Madlib Invazion) 8 (1)
  227. Anne Mette Iversen Quartet + 1, Racing a Butterfly (BJU) 8 (1)
  228. Kenny Kotwitz & the LA Jazz Quintet, When Lights Are Low (PMRecords) 8 (1)
  229. Carla Marciano Quartet, Psychosis: Homage to Bernard Herrmann (Challenge) 8 (1)
  230. Grégoire Maret-Romain Collin-Bill Frisell, Americana (ACT Music) 8 (1)
  231. Ted Moore Trio, The Natural Order of Things (Origin) 8 (1)
  232. Luke Norris, Northernsong (Ears & Eyes) 8 (1)
  233. Mirtha Pozzi, Tzimx (Nowlands) 8 (1)
  234. The John Santos Sextet, Art of the Descarga (Smithsonian Folkways) 8 (1)
  235. SFJazz Collective, Live: SFJazz Center 2019: 50th Anniversary: Miles Davis In a Silent Way and Sly & the Family Stone Stand! (SFJazz) 8 (1)
  236. Lawrence Sieberth Quartet, An Evening in Paris (Musik Bloc) 8 (1)
  237. Sun of Goldfinger [David Torn-Ches Sith-Tim Berne], Congratulations to You (Screwgun) 8 (1)
  238. Toh-Kichi [Satoko Fujii/Taysuya Yoshida], Baikamo (Libra -19) 8 (1)
  239. Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFunk, We've Had Enough! (ESP-Disk) 8 (1)
  240. Kathrine Windfeld Big Band, Orca (Stunt) 8 (1)
  241. Torbjörn Zetterberg & Den Stora Frågan, Are You Happy? (Moserobie) 8 (1)
  242. Marshall Allen-Roscoe Mitchell-Milford Graves-Scott Robinson, Flow States (ScienSonic) 7 (2)
  243. George Burton, Reciprocity (self-released) 7 (2)
  244. Sten Källman & Sanba Zao, Mapou (Country & Eastern) 7 (2)
  245. Stirrup + 6, The Avondale Edition (Cuneiform) 7 (2)
  246. The Westerlies, Wherein Lies the Good (Westerlies) 7 (2)
  247. Antonio Adolfo, BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento (AAM Music) 7 (1)
  248. Jon Batiste, Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard (Verve -19) 7 (1)
  249. Ran Blake & Andrew Rathbun, Northern Noir (SteepleChase) 7 (1)
  250. Anthony Braxton & Eugene Chadbourne, Duo (Improv) 2017 (New Braxton House) 7 (1)
  251. Clover [Alban Darche-Jean-Louis Pommier-Sébastien Boisseau], Vert Émeraude (Yolk Music) 7 (1)
  252. Falkner Evans, Marbles (Consolidated Artists Productions) 7 (1)
  253. Amanda Gardier, Flyover Country (Green Mind) 7 (1)
  254. Will Glaser & James Allsopp, New River Ramble (self-released) 7 (1)
  255. I.P.A., Bashing Mushrooms (Cuneiform) 7 (1)
  256. Amjad Ali Khan & Sharon Isbin, Strings for Peace (Zoho) 7 (1)
  257. Adam Kolker, Lost (Sunnyside) 7 (1)
  258. Susie Meissner, I Wish I Knew (Lydian Jazz) 7 (1)
  259. Hedvig Mollestad, Ekhidna (Rune Grammofon) 7 (1)
  260. Moor Mother, Circuit City (Don Giovanni) 7 (1)
  261. Matt Moran Trio, Return Trip (Diskonife) 7 (1)
  262. Larry Ochs-Aram Shelton Quartet, Continental Drift (Clean Feed) 7 (1)
  263. Keith Oxman, Two Cigarettes in the Dark (Capri) 7 (1)
  264. Bruno Parrinha/Carlos Santos/Abdul Moimeme, A Silent Play in the Shadow of Power (Creative Sources) 7 (1)
  265. Mikkel Ploug, Balcony Lullabies (Stunt) 7 (1)
  266. Enrico Rava-Matthew Herbert-Giovanni Guidi, For Mario (Live) (Accidental) 7 (1)
  267. Jeff Rupert & George Garzone, The Ripple (Rupe Media) 7 (1)
  268. Rymden, Space Sailors (Jazzland) 7 (1)
  269. Christian Sands, Be Water (Mack Avenue) 7 (1)
  270. Gil Scott-Heron, We're New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven (XL) 7 (1)
  271. Øyvind Skarbø/Fredrik Ljungkvist/Kris Davis/Ole Morten Vågan, Inland Empire (Clean Feed) 7 (1)
  272. Laura Toxværd, Tidens Strøm (ILK -19) 7 (1)
  273. Anna Webber, Untamed . . . Rectangles (Out of Your Head) 7 (1)
  274. Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jazz Is Dead 001 (Jazz Is Dead) 7 (1)
  275. Ryan Cohan, Originations (Origin) 6 (3)
  276. Dave Glasser, Hypocrisy Democracy (Here Tiz Music) 6 (2)
  277. Kaze & Ikue Mori, Sand Storm (Libra) 6 (2)
  278. Oded Tzur, Here Be Dragons (ECM) 6 (2)
  279. Eric Alexander, Eric Alexander With Strings (HighNote -19) 6 (1)
  280. AVA Trio, Digging the Sand (Marocco Music -19) 6 (1)
  281. Gary Bartz and Maisha, Night Dreamer Direct-to-Disc Sessions (Night Dreamer) 6 (1)
  282. Majid Bekkas, Magic Spirit Quartet (ACT Music) 6 (1)
  283. Sasha Berliner, Azalea (self-released -19) 6 (1)
  284. Laila Biali, Out of Dust (ACT Music) 6 (1)
  285. Peter Brötzmann-Maâlem Moukhtar Gania-Hamid Drake, The Catch of a Ghost (I Dischi di Angelica) 6 (1)
  286. Sharel Cassity, Fearless (Reisha Works) 6 (1)
  287. Brian Charrette, Like the Sun (Dim Mak) 6 (1)
  288. Reginald Cyntje & Allyn Johnson, Healing (self-released) 6 (1)
  289. Eddie Daniels, Night Kisses: A Tribute to Ivan Lins (Resonance) 6 (1)
  290. Kaja Draksler Octet, Out for Stars (Clean Feed) 6 (1)
  291. Binker Golding & Elliot Galvin, Ex Nihilo (Byrd Out -19) 6 (1)
  292. Ricardo Grilli, 1962 (Tone Rogue) 6 (1)
  293. Ahmad Jamal, Ballades (Jazz Village -19) 6 (1)
  294. Kimchi Moccasin Tango, Yankee Zulu (Clean Feed -19) 6 (1)
  295. Kirk Knuffke, Tight Like This (SteepleChase) 6 (1)
  296. Takuya Kuroda, Fly Moon Die Soon (First Word) 6 (1)
  297. George Lewis, Rainbow Family (1984, Carrier) 6 (1)
  298. Liquid Quintet, Bouquet (Sirulita -19) 6 (1)
  299. Denise Mangiardi, Brown Book (Alice's Loft Music) 6 (1)
  300. Sasha Mashin, Happy Synapse (Rainy Days) 6 (1)
  301. Nicole Mitchell & Moor Mother, Offering: Live at Le Guess Who (Don Giovanni) 6 (1)
  302. New Orleans High Society, New Orleans High Society (1718 Records/Slammin' Media) 6 (1)
  303. Mike Nock-Hamish Stuart-Julien Wilson-Jonathan Zwartz, This World (Lionshare -19) 6 (1)
  304. Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, The New Immigrant Experience: Music Inspired by Conversations With Dreamers (Tapestry) 6 (1)
  305. Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper (Salon Africana) 6 (1)
  306. Simon Spang-Hanssen Epistrophy Sextet, Plutonic Eclipse (Alisio) 6 (1)
  307. Spike Orchestra, Splintered Stories (Tzadik) 6 (1)
  308. Barry Stephenson, The Iconoclast (self-released) 6 (1)
  309. Threadbare [Jason Stein-Ben Cruz-Emerson Hunton], Silver Dollar (NoBusiness) 6 (1)
  310. Ken Vandermark, Unexpected Alchemy (Not Two -19) 6 (1)
  311. Will Vinson, Four Forty One (Whirlwind) 6 (1)
  312. David Virelles, Transformación Del Arcoiris (Pi) 6 (1)
  313. David Boswell, The Story Behind the Story (My Quiet Moon) 5.5 (1)
  314. Anthony Braxton & Jacqueline Kerrod, Duo (Bologna) 2018 (I Dischi Di Angelica) 5.5 (1)
  315. Lynn Cassiers, Yun (Clean Feed) 5.5 (1)
  316. The Claire Daly Band, Rah! Rah! (2008, Ride Symbol) 5.5 (1)
  317. Ellery Eskelin-Christian Weber-Michael Griener, The Pearls (Intakt -19) 5.5 (1)
  318. Peter Evans, Into the Silence (More Is More/Old Heaven) 5.5 (1)
  319. Fire! Orchestra, Actions (Rune Grammofon) 5.5 (1)
  320. Oscar Jan Hoogland & Han Bennink, Goede Reis! (ICP) 5.5 (1)
  321. Chris Hopkins, Chris Hopkins Meets the Jazz Kangaroos, Vol. 1 (Echoes of Swing) 5.5 (1)
  322. François Houle 4, RECODER (Songlines) 5.5 (1)
  323. Miklós Lukács Cimbiosis Trio, Music From the Solitude of Timeless Minutes (BMC) 5.5 (1)
  324. Luca T. Mai, Heavenly Guide (Trost) 5.5 (1)
  325. Gregory Tardy, If Time Could Stand Still (WJ3) 5.5 (1)
  326. Bobby Watson-Vincent Herring-Gary Bartz, Bird at 100 (Smoke Sessions -19) 5.5 (1)
  327. Pedro Melo Alves, In Igma (Clean Feed) 5 (2)
  328. Funk Shui NYC, Shark NATO on a Plane (Zoho) 5 (2)
  329. Jasper Høiby, Planet B (Edition) 5 (2)
  330. Quin Kirchner, The Shadows and the Light (Astral Spirits) 5 (2)
  331. Mário Laginha-Julian Arguëlles-Helge Andreas Norbakken, Atlântico (Edition) 5 (2)
  332. Allegra Levy, Lose My Number (SteepleChase) 5 (2)
  333. Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang, Snow Catches on Her Eyelashes (Jazzland) 5 (1)
  334. Rez Abbasi, Django-shift (Whirlwind) 5 (1)
  335. Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead, Legacy Holder (Vision Ahead Music) 5 (1)
  336. Daniel Bingert, Berit in Space (Moserobie) 5 (1)
  337. Ran Blake & Christine Correa, When Soft Rains Fall (Red Piano) 5 (1)
  338. Noah Bless, New York Strong: Latin Jazz! (Zoho) 5 (1)
  339. Carolina Calvache, Vida Profunda (Sunnyside) 5 (1)
  340. Enzo Carniel & House of Echo, Walls Down (Jazz & People) 5 (1)
  341. Jay Clayton-Fritz Pauer-Ed Neumeister, 3 for the Road (2001-02, Meistero Music) 5 (1)
  342. Ensemble C, Small World (Claire Cope Music) 5 (1)
  343. Expansions: The Dave Liebman Group, Earth (Whaling City Sound) 5 (1)
  344. Avram Fefer Quartet, Testament (Clean Feed -19) 5 (1)
  345. Jean-Marc Foussat-Daunik Lazro-Evan Parker, Café Oto (Fou) 5 (1)
  346. Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York, Entity (Libra) 5 (1)
  347. Tomas Fujiwara, 7 Poets Trio (RogueArt -19) 5 (1)
  348. Marshall Gilkes Trio, Waiting to Continue (Alternate Side) 5 (1)
  349. Alex Goodman, Impressions in Blue and Red (Outside In) 5 (1)
  350. Gordon Grdina Septet, Resist (Irabbagast) 5 (1)
  351. Theo Hill, Reality Check (Posi-Tone) 5 (1)
  352. Aubrey Johnson, Unraveled (Outside In) 5 (1)
  353. Jimmy Johnson, Every Day of Your Life (Delmark -19) 5 (1)
  354. Alex Levin, A Sunday Kind of Love (Alex Levin Music -19) 5 (1)
  355. John McLaughlin-Shankar Mahadevan-Zakir Hussain, Is That So? (Abstract Logix) 5 (1)
  356. Nicole Mitchell & Lisa E. Harris, EarthSeed (FPE) 5 (1)
  357. Bernard Purdie-Christian Fabian-Ron Oswanski, Move On! (CAP) 5 (1)
  358. Greg Reitan, West 60th (Sunnyside -19) 5 (1)
  359. Troy Roberts, Stuff I Heard (Toy Robot Music) 5 (1)
  360. ROPE [Frank Paul Schubert-Uwe Oberg-Paul Rogers-Mark Sanders], Open Ends (Trouble in the East) 5 (1)
  361. Moisés P. Sánchez Project, There's Always Madness (Estudio Uno) 5 (1)
  362. Tell No Lies, Anasyrma (Aut) 5 (1)
  363. Uptown Jazz Tentet, What's Next (Irrabbagast) 5 (1)
  364. Luís Vicente-John Dikeman-William Parker-Hamid Drake, Goes Without Saying, but It's Got to Be Said (JACC) 5 (1)
  365. Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joe Lovano, Arctic Riff (ECM) 5 (1)
  366. Bobby Watson, Keepin' It Real (Smoke Sessions) 5 (1)
  367. Chip Wickham, Blue to Red (Lovemonk) 5 (1)
  368. Eric Reed, For a Time Such as This (Smoke Sessions) 4 (2)
  369. Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, Shaman! (Strut) 4 (1)
  370. Massimo Biolcati, Incontre (Sounderscore) 4 (1)
  371. John Butcher-John Edwards-Mark Sanders, Crucial Anatomy (Trost) 4 (1)
  372. Avishai Cohen, Big Vicious (ECM) 4 (1)
  373. Dinosaur, To the Earth (Edition) 4 (1)
  374. Dopolarians, Garden Party (Mahakala) 4 (1)
  375. Lara Downes & Friends, Some of These Days (Flipside Music) 4 (1)
  376. Doxas Brothers, The Circle (Justin Time) 4 (1)
  377. Full Blast, Farewell Tonic (2007, Trost) 4 (1)
  378. GoGo Penguin, GoGo Penguin (Blue Note) 4 (1)
  379. Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, Dawn Chorus (Innova) 4 (1)
  380. Devin Gray & Gerald Cleaver, 27 Licks (Rataplan) 4 (1)
  381. Charlotte Greve-Vinnie Sperrazza-Chris Tordini, The Choir Invisible (Intakt) 4 (1)
  382. Jeff Hamilton Trio, Catch Me If You Can (Capri) 4 (1)
  383. David Helbock, Playing John Williams: Piano Works XIV (ACT Music) 4 (1)
  384. Jon Jang, The Pledge of Black Asian Allegiance (Asian Improv) 4 (1)
  385. The NDR Bigband With Michael Moore, Sanctuary (Ramboy -19) 4 (1)
  386. Kassa Overall, I Think I'm Good (Brownswood) 4 (1)
  387. Adam Palma, Meets Chopin (MTJ -19) 4 (1)
  388. Tivon Pennicott, Spirit Garden (New Phrase) 4 (1)
  389. Ben Perowsky-John Medeski-Chris Speed, Upstream (El Destructo -19) 4 (1)
  390. Terje Rypdal, Conspiracy (ECM) 4 (1)
  391. Wood River, More Than I Can See (Yellowbird) 4 (1)
  392. Ndabo Zulu & Umgidi Ensemble, Queen Nandi: The African Suite (Mageba Music) 4 (1)
  393. Omer Avital Qantar, New York Paradox (Jazz & People) 3 (2)
  394. Sam Gendel, Satin Doll (Nonesuch) 3 (2)
  395. Norah Jones, Pick Me Up Off the Floor (Blue Note) 3 (2)
  396. Allison Neale, Quietly There (Ubuntu Music) 3 (2)
  397. Rachel Therrien, Vena (Bonsai Music) 3 (2)
  398. Steve Arnold & Sea Change, Sea Change (self-released) 3 (1)
  399. Paul Bryan, Cri$el Gems (self-released) 3 (1)
  400. Gerald Cleaver, Signs (577 Records) 3 (1)
  401. Michael Dease, Never More Here (Posi-Tone -19) 3 (1)
  402. Brandi Disterheft Trio, Surfboard (Justin Time) 3 (1)
  403. Erodoto Project, Mythos: Metamorphosis (Culture Bridge Indie) 3 (1)
  404. Wayne Escoffery, The Humble Warrior (Smoke Sessions) 3 (1)
  405. Ayman Fanous & Frances-Marie Uitti, Negoum (Mode -19) 3 (1)
  406. Kathleen Grace & Larry Goldings, Tie Me to You (Monsoon) 3 (1)
  407. Sigurd Hole, Lys/Morke (Eivesang) 3 (1)
  408. Jon-Erik Kellso, Sweet Fruits Salty Roots (Jazzology) 3 (1)
  409. Laraaji, Through Luminous Eyes (All Saints) 3 (1)
  410. Bettye LaVette, Blackbirds (Verve) 3 (1)
  411. José Lencastre-Hernâni Faustino-Vasco Furtado, Vento (Phonogram Unit) 3 (1)
  412. LP and the Vinyl, Heard and Seen (OA2) 3 (1)
  413. Ray Mantilla, Rebirth (Savant) 3 (1)
  414. Merzbow-Mats Gustafsson-Balasz Pandi, Cuts Open (RareNoise) 3 (1)
  415. Chico Pinheiro, City of Dreams (Buriti) 3 (1)
  416. Dafnis Prieto Sextet, Transparency (Dafnison Music) 3 (1)
  417. Ray Russell, Fluid Architecture (Cuneiform) 3 (1)
  418. Carl Saunders, Jazz Trumpet (Summit) 3 (1)
  419. Gina Schwarz, Panonica (Cracked an Egg) 3 (1)
  420. Susana Santos Silva Impermanence, The Ocean Inside a Stone (Porta-Jazz) 3 (1)
  421. Skurkar, Skjulte Motiver (Øra Fonogram) 3 (1)
  422. Mark Soskin, Everything Old Is New Again (SteepleChase) 3 (1)
  423. Becca Stevens, Wonderbloom (GroundUP Music) 3 (1)
  424. Michael Thomas, Event Horizon (Giant Step Arts) 3 (1)
  425. Sabu Toyozumi-Simon Tan-Rick Countryman-Yong Yandsen, Voices of the Spirit (ChapChap) 3 (1)
  426. Raf Vertessen Quartet, LOI (El Negocito) 3 (1)
  427. Weird Turn Pro, Maul and Mezcal (Weird Turn Pro) 3 (1)
  428. Jeff Williams, Live at London Jazz Festival: Road Tales (Whirlwind) 3 (1)
  429. Warren Wolf, Reincarnation (Mack Avenue) 3 (1)
  430. Michael Wollny, Mondenkind (ACT Music) 3 (1)
  431. Stephane Wrembel, The Django Experiment V (Arte Boreal) 3 (1)
  432. Ahmed Abdullah Diaspora Meets Afro Horn, Jazz: A Music of the Spirit: Out of Sistas' Place (self-released -19) 2 (2)
  433. Collocutor, Continuation (On the Corner) 2 (2)
  434. Jason Miles & Kind of New, Black Magic (Ropeadope) 2 (2)
  435. Soojin Suh Coloris Trio, Colorist (Night Birds) 2 (2)
  436. Joey Alexander, Warna (Verve) 2 (1)
  437. Wayne Alpern, Standard Deviation (Henri Elkan Music) 2 (1)
  438. Teodross Avery, Harlem Stories: The Music of Thelonious Monk (Wj3) 2 (1)
  439. Adam Berenson, Every Beginning Is a Sequel (Dream Play) 2 (1)
  440. Tim Berne, Sacred Vowels (Screwgun) 2 (1)
  441. Max Bessesen, Trouble (Ropeadope) 2 (1)
  442. Bright Dog Red, Somethin' Comes Along (Ropeadope) 2 (1)
  443. Greg Burk Expanding Trio, Message in the Clouds (Tonos) 2 (1)
  444. Francesco Cataldo, Giulia (Alfa Music) 2 (1)
  445. Eva Cortés, Todas Las Voces (Truth Revolution) 2 (1)
  446. John Fedchock NY Sextet, Into the Shadows (Summit) 2 (1)
  447. Paul Flaherty-Randall Colbourne-James Chumley Hunt-Mike Roberson, Borrowed From Children (577) 2 (1)
  448. Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura, Pentas: Tribute to Eric and Chris Stern (Not Two) 2 (1)
  449. Gato Libre, Koneko (Libra) 2 (1)
  450. Pasquale Grasso, Solo Bud Powell (Okeh/Sony Masterworks) 2 (1)
  451. Joel Harrison + 18, America at War (Sunnyside) 2 (1)
  452. Monika Herzig, Eternal Dance (Savant) 2 (1)
  453. Bart-Jan Hogenhuis, Prime (2074693 DK2) 2 (1)
  454. Jon Irabagon, I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues: Volume 3: Anatomical Snuffbox (Irabbagast) 2 (1)
  455. Andrea Keller, Journey Home (self-released) 2 (1)
  456. Sofija Knezevic, Sofijazz (Archival) 2 (1)
  457. Tony Kofi, Another Kind of Soul (Last Music Company) 2 (1)
  458. Brian Landrus-Fred Hersch-Drew Gress-Billy Hart, For Now (BlueLand) 2 (1)
  459. Anja Lechner & Francois Couturier, Lontano (ECM) 2 (1)
  460. David Lord, Forest Standards Vol. 2 (BIG EGO) 2 (1)
  461. Gianni Mimmo & Alison Blunt, Busy Butterflies (Amirani) 2 (1)
  462. Simon Nabatov, Time Labyrinth (Leo) 2 (1)
  463. Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes, Heritage of the Invisible II (International Anthem) 2 (1)
  464. Shahin Novrasli, From Baku to New York City (Jazz Village -19) 2 (1)
  465. Michael Olatuja, Lagos Pepper Soup (Whirlwind) 2 (1)
  466. Pavogüchi, III (Aklovap) 2 (1)
  467. PRAED Orchestra, Live in Sharjah (Morphine) 2 (1)
  468. Dan Rosenboom, Absurd in the Anthropocene (Gearbox) 2 (1)
  469. Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, The Rise Up (Dunya) 2 (1)
  470. Alvin Schwaar-Bänz Oester-Noé Franklé, Travellin' Light (Leo) 2 (1)
  471. Matthew Shipp, The Reward (RogueArt) 2 (1)
  472. Ben Williams, I Am a Man (Rainbow Blonde) 2 (1)
  473. Robby Ameen, Diluvio (Origin) 1 (1)
  474. Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Epic) 1 (1)
  475. Raoul Björkenheim, Solar Winds (Long Song) 1 (1)
  476. Peter Campbell, Old Flames Never Die (Peter Campbell) 1 (1)
  477. The Ian Carey Quintet + 1, Fire in My Head: The Anxiety Suite (Slow & Steady) 1 (1)
  478. Daniel Carter-Matthew Shipp-William Parker-Gerald Cleaver, Welcome Adventure! Vol. 1 (577 Records) 1 (1)
  479. Bertrand Denzler & Antonin Gerbal, Sbatax (Umlaut) 1 (1)
  480. Dena DeRose, Ode to the Road (HighNote) 1 (1)
  481. Whit Dickey, Morph (ESP-Disk) 1 (1)
  482. Lara Driscoll, Woven Dreams (Firm Roots Music) 1 (1)
  483. Eris 136199 [Han-Earl Park-Catherine Sikora-Nick Didkovsky], Peculiar Velocities (BAF) 1 (1)
  484. The Extended Trio vs Brad Walker, The SideBar Sessions Vol. 1 (SideBar NOLA) 1 (1)
  485. The Flake, Plays Clinkers (Amalgam) 1 (1)
  486. Elliot Galvin, Live in Paris at Fondation Louis Vuitton (Edition) 1 (1)
  487. Robbe Gloaguen Quartet, Gardez Votre Sang Froid (Mazeto Square) 1 (1)
  488. Binker Golding, Abstractions of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers (Gearbox -19) 1 (1)
  489. Gordon Grdina-Matt Mitchel-Jim Black, Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio (Skirl) 1 (1)
  490. The Peter Leitch New Life Orchestra, New Life (Jazz House) 1 (1)
  491. Philippe Lemm Trio, City Birds (Outside In) 1 (1)
  492. Emi Makabe, Anniversary (Greenleaf Music) 1 (1)
  493. The Ogún Meji Duo, #Blacklivesmatter (CFG Multimedia -14) 1 (1)
  494. The Michael O'Neill Quartet, And Then It Rained (Jazzmo) 1 (1)
  495. Raphaël Pannier Quartet, Faune (French Paradox) 1 (1)
  496. Evan Parker & Paul Lytton, Collective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee) (Intakt) 1 (1)
  497. Reverso [Frank Woeste-Vincent Courtois-Ryan Keberle], The Melodic Line (Out Note) 1 (1)
  498. Wallace Roney, Blue Dawn-Blue Nights (HighNote -19) 1 (1)
  499. Charles Rumback, June Holiday (Astral Spirits) 1 (1)
  500. Brandon Seabrook With Cooper-Moore & Gerald Cleaver, Exultations (Astral Spirits) 1 (1)
  501. Matthew Shipp & Nate Wooley, What If? (RogueArt) 1 (1)
  502. Cecilie Strange, Blue (April) 1 (1)
  503. Kevin Sun, (Un)seaworthy (Endectomorph Music) 1 (1)
  504. Jorma Tapio & Kaski, Aliseen (577 Records) 1 (1)
  505. Isaiah J. Thompson, Plays the Music of Buddy Montgomery (WJ3) 1 (1)
  506. Titan to Tachyons, Cactides (Nefarious Industries) 1 (1)
  507. TOC & Dave Rempis, Closed for Safety Reasons (Circum Disc) 1 (1)
  508. Ugly Beauty, Ugly Beauty (self-released) 1 (1)
  509. Witch 'n' Monk, Witch 'n' Monk (Tzadik) 1 (1)
  510. Jason Yeager, New Songs of Resistance (Outside In) 1 (1)

Notes

Records are eligible here if not reissued and all the music on them was recorded within the past 10 years (from 2011 on).

Critics were asked to list 10 albums in descending order, with 10 points awarded for their #1, 9 for #2, etc. (On ballots where choices were listed alphabetically, each received 5.5 points.) The first bold number indicates total points; the number in parentheses is the tally of ballots on which a CD appeared, which was used as a tiebreaker.

New albums that erroneously received votes as Reissues/Historical:

Reissues/Historical albums that erroneously received votes as New:

Albums receiving votes this year that had received votes in last year's poll (2019 vote + 2020 vote). Rule is that we add the old votes to this year's only if the album received votes on more ballots this year. None did.