6th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2011
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Stuart Nicholson (Jazzwise)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Keith Jarrett, Rio (ECM)
  2. Zoe Rahman, Kindred Spirits (Manushi)
  3. Arun Ghosh, Primal Odyssey (Camoci Records)
  4. Mats Eilertsen, Sky Dive (Hubro)
  5. Joachim Kühn, Chalaba (ACT)
  6. Marcin Wasilewski, Faithful (ECM)
  7. Helge Lien, Natsukashii (Ozella)
  8. Radio String Quartet, Radiodream (ACT)
  9. Tore Brunborg & Kirsti Huke, Scent of Soil (Hubro)
  10. Courtney Pine, Europa (Destin-ee)

REISSUES

  1. Mike Westbrook, Marching Song (Righteous Psalm)
  2. First Impulse!: The Creed Taylor Collectionb 50th Anniversary (Verve)
  3. Gilbert Holmström, Utan Misstankar (Moserobie)

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Tim Niland (Music & More)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, The Coimbra Concert (Clean Feed)
  2. World Saxophone Quartet, Yes We Can (Jazzwerkstatt)
  3. Matthew Shipp, Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear)
  4. William Hooker & Thomas Chapin, Crossing Points (NoBusiness)
  5. Matt Lavelle, Goodbye New York, Hello World (Musicnow)
  6. BB & C, The Veil (Cryptogramophone)
  7. Sam Rivers, Trilogy (Mosaic Select)
  8. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi (ACT)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform)
  10. Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp, Cosmic Lieder (AUM Fidelity)

REISSUES

  1. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)
  2. John Coltrane, The Impulse! Albums: Volume Four (Impulse/Hip-O Select)
  3. Bill Dixon, Intents and Purposes (International Phonograph)

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Dan Ouellette (Downbeat, eMusic)

NEW RELEASES

  1. 3 Cohens, Family (Anzic)
  2. Joe Lovano, Bird Songs (Blue Note)
  3. Ben Allison, Action-Refraction (Palmetto)
  4. Ambrose Akinmusire, When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
  5. Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri, Athens Concert (ECM)
  6. Gretchen Parlato, The Lost and Found (ObliqSound)
  7. JD Allen, Victory! (Sunnyside)
  8. Erik Friedlander, Bonebridge (Skipstone)
  9. Joshua Redman-Aaron Parks-Matt Penman-Eric Harland, James Farm (Nonesuch)
  10. James Carter, Caribbean Rhapsody (Emarcy)

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Ted Panken (Downbeat, Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jerry Gonzalez, Jerry Gonzalez Y El Commando de la Clavé (Sunnyside)
  2. Dan Tepfer, Goldberg Variations/Variations (Sunnyside)
  3. Joe Lovano, Bird Songs (Blue Note)
  4. Brian Lynch, Unsung Heroes (Holistic MusicWorks)
  5. Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
  6. Adam Cruz, Milestone (Sunnyside)
  7. Ambrose Akinmusire, When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
  8. Gerald Clayton, Bond: The Paris Sessions (Emarcy)
  9. Delfeayo Marsalis, Sweet Thunder (Troubadour Jass)
  10. Bill Frisell, All We Are Saying (Savoy Jazz)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe: The Bootleg Series Volume 1 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Modern Jazz Quartet, The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings (Mosaic)

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Thierry Peremarti (Jazz News [France])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi (ACT)
  2. Adam Kolker, Reflections (Sunnyside)
  3. JD Allen, Victory! (Sunnyside)
  4. Fabian Almazan, Personalities (Biophilia)
  5. Tierney Sutton, American Road (BFM Jazz)
  6. Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
  7. Cuong Vu, Leaps of Faith (Origin)
  8. Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser, Synasty (Pi)
  9. Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway, Live at the Library of Congress (IPO)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith, Dark Lady of the Sonnets (TUM)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe: The Bootleg Series Volume 1 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Bill Dixon, Intents and Purposes (International Phonograph)
  3. Jimi Hendrix, Winterland (Experience Hendrix/Legacy)

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Bob Porter (WBGO, Jazz Etc.)

NEW RELEASES

  1. George Benson, Guitar Man (Concord)
  2. Houston Person, So Nice (HighNote)
  3. Cornell Dupree, I'm Alright (Dialtone)
  4. Gene Ludwig, Love Notes of Cole Porter (Big O)
  5. Tim Laughlin, If Dreams Come True (Gentilly)
  6. Harry Allen, Rhythm on the River (Challenge)
  7. Deep Blue Organ Trio, Wonderful! (Origin)
  8. Dr. Michael White, Adventures in New Orleans Jazz (Basin Street)
  9. Pat Martino, Undeniable (HighNote)
  10. Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher, Almost Native: Music From New Orleans and Beyond (Threadbead)

REISSUES

  1. Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings [The Centennial Collection] (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Wes Montgomery, Movin': The Complete Verve Recordings (Verve)
  3. Charlie Christian, Electric (Uptown)

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Doug Ramsey (Rifftides, Wall Street Journal)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jan Lundgren-Chuck Berghofer-Joe La Barbera, Together Again at the Jazz Bakery (Fresh Sound)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
  3. Miguel Zenón, Alma Adentro: A Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
  4. Jessica Williams, Freedom Trane (Origin)
  5. Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy)
  6. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi (ACT)
  7. Tierney Sutton, American Road (BFM Jazz)
  8. Kenny Wheeler, One of Many (CAM Jazz)
  9. Matthew Shipp, Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform)

REISSUES

  1. Stan Getz, Quintets: The Clef & Norgran Studio Albums (Hip-O-Select)
  2. Bill Dixon, Intents and Purposes (International Phonograph)
  3. Duke Ellington, The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings (Mosaic)

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Derk Richardson (AFAR, The Absolute Sound, KPFA 94.1 FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi (ACT)
  2. Satoko Fujii, Watershed (Libra)
  3. Dave Douglas, Three Views: Greenleaf Portable Series Volumes 1-3 (Greenleaf Music)
  4. Trio M, The Guest House (Enja)
  5. Jeff Gauthier, Open Source (Cryptogramophone)
  6. Matthew Shipp, Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear)
  7. Darren Johnston, The Big Lift (Porto Franco)
  8. Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform)
  9. Taylor Ho Bynum, Apparent Distance (Firehouse 12)
  10. Iro Haarla, Vespers (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Dixon, The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note (CAM Jazz)
  2. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)
  3. Miles Davis, Live in Europe: The Bootleg Series Volume 1 (Columbia/Legacy)

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Joel Roberts (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. JD Allen, Victory! (Sunnyside)
  2. Kurt Elling, The Gate (Concord)
  3. Miguel Zenón, Alma Adentro: A Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
  4. Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy)
  5. Roy Haynes, Roy-alty (Dreyfus)
  6. René Marie, Voice of My Beautiful Country (Motéma)
  7. Jimmy Owens, The Monk Project (IPO)
  8. World Saxophone Quartet, Yes We Can (Jazzwerkstatt)
  9. Jeremy Pelt, The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)
  10. Allen Lowe, Blues and the Empirical Truth (Music & Arts)

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Chris Robinson (Downbeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Colin Stetson, New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation)
  2. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, The Coimbra Concert (Clean Feed)
  3. Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
  4. Claudia Quintet + 1, What is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform)
  5. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi (ACT)
  6. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter One: Les Gens de Couleur Libres (Constellation)
  7. Miguel Zenón, Alma Adentro: A Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
  8. Muhal Richard Abrams, SoundDance (Pi)
  9. Steve Coleman, The Mancy of Sound (Pi)
  10. Allen Lowe, Blues and the Empirical Truth (Music & Arts)

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Britt Robson (eMusic, Minneapolis Star Tribune)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Orrin Evans, Captain Black Big Band (Posi-Tone)
  2. Trio 3 + Geri Allen, Celebrating Mary Lou Williams (Intakt)
  3. Tom Harrell, Time of the Sun (HighNote)
  4. James Carter, Caribbean Rhapsody (Emarcy)
  5. Gretchen Parlato, The Lost and Found (ObliqSound)
  6. Muhal Richard Abrams, SoundDance (Pi)
  7. Terell Stafford, This Side of Strayhorn (MaxJazz)
  8. William Parker, Crumbling in the Shadows Is Fraulein Miller's Stale Cake (Centering)
  9. Roy Haynes, Roy-alty (Dreyfus)
  10. Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy)

REISSUES

  1. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)
  2. Miles Davis, Live in Europe: The Bootleg Series Volume 1 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Charles Mingus, Black Saint and the Sinner Lady/Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse)

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Michael Rosenstein (Signal to Noise)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Roscoe Mitchell, Before There Was Sound (Nessa)
  2. Leroy Jenkins & the New Chamber Jazz Quintet, Beneath Detroit -- Volume 2 (Geodesic)
  3. Juma Sultan, Father of Origin (Eremite)
  4. Peter Evans, Ghosts (More Is More)
  5. Joe Morris & Agustí Fernández, Ambrosia (Riti)
  6. Simon H. Fell, Composition No. 75: Positions & Descriptions (Clean Feed)
  7. Tyshawn Sorey, Oblique-1 (Pi)
  8. Nate Wooley & Taylor Ho Bynum, The Throes (CIMP)
  9. Julius Hemphill & Peter Kowald, Live at Kassiopeia (NoBusiness)
  10. Pandelis Karayorgis, System of 5 (Hatology)

REISSUES

  1. FMP In Rückblick In Retrospect 1969-2010 (FMP)
  2. Marion Brown, Geechee Recollections/Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse)
  3. Bill Dixon, Intents and Purposes (International Phonograph)

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Lloyd Sachs (JazzTimes, WDCB Public Radio DeKalb)

NEW RELEASES

  1. David Murray, Plays Nat King Cole: En Español (Motéma)
  2. Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy)
  3. Tony Malaby, Tony Malaby's Novela (Clean Feed)
  4. Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
  5. JD Allen, Victory! (Sunnyside)
  6. Giovanni Guidi, We Don't Live Here Anymore (CAM Jazz)
  7. Kris Davis, Aeriol Piano (Clean Feed)
  8. Jeff Lederer, Sunwatcher (Jazzheads)
  9. Harrison Bankhead, Morning Sun Harvest Moon (Engine)
  10. Peter Evans, Ghosts (More Is More)

REISSUES

  1. Ray Charles, Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles (Concord)
  2. Miles Davis, Live in Europe: The Bootleg Series Volume 1 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Ray Charles, Live in Concert (Concord)

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Bret Saunders (Denver Post, KBCO-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. FAB Trio, History of Jazz in Reverse (TUM)
  2. Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy)
  3. Matthew Shipp, Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform)
  5. Muhal Richard Abrams, SoundDance (Pi)
  6. David Murray, Plays Nat King Cole: En Español (Motéma)
  7. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi (ACT)
  8. The Cookers, Cast the First Stone (Plus Loin Music)
  9. David S. Ware-Cooper-Moore-William Parker-Muhammad Ali, Planetary Unknown (AUM Fidelity)
  10. Andrew Cyrille, Route de Freres (TUM)

REISSUES

  1. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)
  2. Miles Davis, Live in Europe: The Bootleg Series Volume 1 (Columbia/Legacy)
  3. Bill Dixon, Intents and Purposes (International Phonograph)

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Gene Seymour

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy)
  2. Ambrose Akinmusire, When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
  3. Noah Preminger, Before the Rain (Palmetto)
  4. Allen Lowe, Blues and the Empirical Truth (Music & Arts)
  5. Muhal Richard Abrams, SoundDance (Pi)
  6. Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
  7. Youn Sun Nah, Same Girl (ACT)
  8. Bill Frisell, Sign of Life: Music for 858 Quartet (Savoy Jazz)
  9. Miguel Zenón, Alma Adentro: A Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
  10. Evan Christopher, Remembering Song (Arbors)

REISSUES

  1. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)
  2. Bill Dixon, Intents and Purposes (International Phonograph)

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Mike Shanley (JazzTimes, shanleyonmusic)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Starlicker, Double Demon (Delmark)
  2. Jim Black-Trevor Dunn-Oscar Noriega-Chris Speed, Endangered Blood (Skirl)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Tirtha (ACT)
  4. Gary Burton, Common Ground (Mack Avenue)
  5. Tim Berne, Insomnia (Clean Feed)
  6. Dave Douglas, Orange Afternoons [Greenleaf Portable Series Volume 2] (Greenleaf Music)
  7. Lee Konitz-Brad Mehldau-Charlie Haden-Paul Motian, Live at Birdland (ECM)
  8. Jason Stein, The Story This Time (Delmark)
  9. Stephan Crump & Steve Lehman, Kaleidescope and Collage (Intakt)
  10. Erik Friedlander, Bonebridge (Skipstone)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Dixon, Intents and Purposes (International Phonograph)
  2. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)

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John Sharpe (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Peter Evans, Ghosts (More Is More)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform)
  3. Matthew Shipp, Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear)
  4. Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
  5. Farmers by Nature, Out of This World's Distortions (AUM Fidelity)
  6. Agusti Fernández-Barry Guy-Ramon Lopez, Morning Glory (Maya)
  7. Joe McPhee & Michael Zerang, Creole Gardens: A New Orleans Suite (NoBusiness)
  8. Darius Jones, Big Gurl (AUM Fidelity)
  9. Thirteenth Assembly Station, Direct (Important)
  10. Rob Brown, Unknown Skies (Rogue Art)

REISSUES

  1. Howard Riley, The Complete Short Stories 1998-2010 (NoBusiness)
  2. Billy Bang, Black Man's Blues/New York Collage (NoBusiness)

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Hank Shteamer (Time Out New York)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo, Songs of Mirth and Melancholy (Marsalis Music)
  2. Gerald Cleaver, Be It as I See It (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  3. New Zion Trio, Fight Against Babylon (Veal)
  4. Ben Allison, Action-Refraction (Palmetto)
  5. Honey Ear Trio, Steampunk Serenade (Foxhaven)
  6. Jeremy Udden, If the Past Seems So Bright (Sunnyside)
  7. Bill McHenry, Ghosts of the Sun (Sunnyside)
  8. Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform)
  10. Tin/Bag, Bridges (MabnotesMusic)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Live in Europe: The Bootleg Series Volume 1 (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)

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Slim (Cadence, WRCU)

NEW RELEASES

  1. FAB Trio, History of Jazz in Reverse (TUM)
  2. Stan Tracey, Sound Check (ReSTEAMed)
  3. Mostly Other People Do the Killing, The Coimbra Concert (Clean Feed)
  4. Roger Manins-Bern McGann-Carl Dewhurst-Olivier Holland-Ron Samsom, Latitude (Rufus)
  5. Benjamin Herman, Hypochristmastreefuzz: More Mengelberg (Dox)

REISSUES

  1. FMP In Rückblick In Retrospect 1969-2010 (FMP)
  2. Boswell Sisters, Collection (Storyville)

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Chip Stern (Radio Free Chip, Playbill)

NEW RELEASES

  1. JD Allen, Victory! (Sunnyside)
  2. Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy)
  3. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi (ACT)
  4. Bela Fleck, Rocket Science (E1)
  5. Bill Frisell, All We Are Saying (Savoy Jazz)
  6. Bill Frisell, Sign of Life: Music for 858 Quartet (Savoy Jazz)
  7. Donald Harrison-Ron Carter-Billy Cobham, This Is Jazz (Half Note)
  8. Keith Jarrett, Rio (ECM)
  9. Erik Friedlander, Bonebridge (Skipstone)
  10. Brandon Terzic, The Xalam Project (Xalam)

REISSUES

  1. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)

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Jeff Stockton (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. David Murray, Plays Nat King Cole: En Español (Motéma)
  2. James Carter, At the Crossroads (Emarcy)
  3. Darius Jones, Big Gurl (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform)
  5. Louie Belogenis, Tiresias (Porter)
  6. Joseph Daley, The Seven Deadly Sins (Jaro)
  7. Colin Stetson, New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation)
  8. Roswell Rudd, Incredible Honk (Sunnyside)
  9. Omer Avital, Free Forever (Smalls)
  10. Adam Kolker, Reflections (Sunnyside)

REISSUES

  1. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (International Phonograph)
  2. Art Pepper, Blues for the Fisherman (Unreleased Art, Volume VI) (Widow's Taste)
  3. Billy Bang, Black Man's Blues/New York Collage (NoBusiness)

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