16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Britt Robson (JazzTimes, Bandcamp, Minneapolis Star Tribune)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ben LaMar Gay, Open Arms to Open Us (International Anthem)
  2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  3. Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
  4. Omar Sosa, An East African Journey (Ota)
  5. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball)
  6. Art Hirahara, Open Sky (Posi-Tone)
  7. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
  8. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  9. Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy)
  10. Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  2. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
  3. Hailu Mergia & the Walias Band, Tezeta (1975, Awesome Tapes From Africa)

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