6th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2011

2011 Totals: Latin

  1. Miguel Zenón, Alma Adentro: A Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music) 28
  2. David Murray, Plays Nat King Cole: En Español (Motéma) 12
  3. Stefon Harris-Christian Scott-David Sanchez, Ninety Miles (Concord Picante) 7
  4. São Paulo Underground, Três Cabeças Loucuras (Cuneiform) 5
  5. Jerry Gonzalez, Jerry Gonzalez Y El Commando de la Clavé (Sunnyside) 4
  6. Arturo O'Farrill, 40 Acres and Burro (Zoho) 4
  7. Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra & Bobby Sanabria, Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!! (Jazzheads) 3
  8. Duduka Da Fonseca, Plays Toninho Horta (Zoho) 3
  9. Jane Bunnett & Hilario Duran, Cuban Rhapsody (Alma) 2
  10. Alexis Cuadrado, Noneto Ibérico (BJU) 2
  11. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Fé -- Faith (5Passion) 2
  12. Mambo Legends Orchestra, Watch Out! (Zoho) 2
  13. John Santos, Filosofía Caribeña, Vol. 1 (Machete) 2
  14. James Carter, Caribbean Rhapsody (Emarcy) 1
  15. Yamandu Costa & Hamilton de Holanda, Live! (Adventure Music) 1
  16. Eliane Elias, Light My Fire (Concord) 1
  17. Pedro Giraudo, Cordoba (Zoho) 1
  18. Kip Hanrahan, At Home in Anger (American Clavé/Yellow Bird) 1
  19. Bill O'Connell, Rhapsody in Blue (Challenge) 1
  20. John Santos, La Esperanza (Machete) 1
  21. Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & the Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-1972 (Soundway) 1
  22. [Bob Belden], Miles Español: New Sketches of Spain (E1) 1
  23. Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits, John Zorn: Caym: The Book of Angels Vol. 17 (Tzadik) 1
  24. Paquito D'Rivera, Tango Jazz (Sunnyside) 1
  25. Fania All Stars, Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) (Fania) 1
  26. Agustí Fernández & Joan Saura, Vents (psi) 1
  27. Francisco Mela, Tree of Life (Half Note) 1
  28. Oscar Perez, Afropean Affair (Chandra) 1
  29. Poncho Sanchez & Terence Blanchard, Chano y Dizzy (Concord) 1
  30. Diego Urcola, Appreciation (CAM Jazz) 1
  31. Stefan Zeniuk, Gato Loco (Winter & Winter) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.