16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Brad Cohan (JazzTimes, Bandcamp Daily)

NEW RELEASES

  1. William Hooker, Big Moon (Org Music)
  2. Jeremiah Cymerman, Citadels & Sanctuaries (5049)
  3. Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
  4. Mike Pride, I Hate Work (RareNoise)
  5. Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
  6. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
  7. The Flying Luttenbachers, Negative Infinity (UgExplode)
  8. East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
  9. Amirtha Kidambi & Matteo Liberatore, Neutral Love (Astral Editions)
  10. Roscoe Mitchell-Sandy Ewen-Damon Smith-Weasel Walter, A Railroad Spike Forms the Voice (Balance Point Acoustics)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. New Life, Visions of the Third Eye (1979, Early Future)
  2. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
  3. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)

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