16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Alain Drouot (Downbeat, Citizenjazz.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Tim Berne-Chris Speed-Reid Anderson-Dave King, Broken Shadows (Intakt)
  2. Lina Allemano Four, Vegetables (Lumo)
  3. Benoît Delbecq, The Weight of Light (Pyroclastic)
  4. Okkyung Lee, Na-Reul (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  5. Susie Ibarra, Talking Gong (New Focus)
  6. Sana Nagano, Smashing Humans (577)
  7. Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
  8. Natsuki Tamura, Koki Solo (Libra)
  9. Aki Takase-Christian Weber-Michael Griener, Auge (Intakt)
  10. Cowboys & Frenchmen, Our Highway (Outside In Music)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)
  2. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
  3. Hideto Kanai & King's Roar, Ode to Birds (1975, Three Blind Mice/Craftman)

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