16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Laurence Donohue-Greene (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  2. Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)
  3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  4. Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Garden of Expression (ECM)
  5. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
  6. Fire!, Defeat (Rune Grammofon)
  7. Steph Richards With Joshua White, Zephyr (Relative Pitch)
  8. Punkt. Vrt. Plastik [Kaja Draksler/Petter Eldh/Christian Lillinger], Somit (Intakt)
  9. Bugpowder, Cage Tennis (Trytone)
  10. Mankwe Ndosi and Body MemOri, Felt/not said (Auspice NOW)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  2. Nathan Davis With Georges Arvanitas Trio, Live in Paris: The ORTF Recordings 1966/67 (Sam)
  3. Mujician, 10 10 10 (2010, Cuneiform)

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