8th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2013

2013 Totals: Vocals

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue) 29
  2. Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 14
  3. Andy Bey, The World According to Andy Bey (HighNote) 10
  4. René Marie, I Wanna Be Evil: With Love to Eartha Kitt (Motéma) 7
  5. Tierney Sutton, After Blue (BFM Jazz) 4
  6. Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd, Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project (Pi) 3
  7. Gretchen Parlato, Live in NYC (Obliqsound) 3
  8. Fay Victor, Absinthe and Vermouth (Greene Avenue) 3
  9. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile (Constellation) 2
  10. John Hollenbeck, Songs I Like a Lot (Sunnyside) 2
  11. Patricia Barber, Smash (Concord Jazz) 2
  12. New York Voices & WDR Big Band Cologne, Live (Palmetto) 2
  13. Jose James, No Beginning No End (Blue Note) 2
  14. Chicago Jazz Orchestra & Cyrille Aimee, Burstin' Out (Origin) 2
  15. Barbara Morrison, A Sunday Kind of Love (Savant) 2
  16. Mary Stallings, But Beautiful (HighNote) 2
  17. David Murray, Be My Monster Love (Motéma) 1
  18. Clotilde Rullaud, In Extremis (The Orchard -11) 1
  19. Dawn Upshaw & Maria Schneider, Winter Morning Walks (ArtistShare) 1
  20. Carline Ray, Vocal Sides (Carlcat) 1
  21. George Benson, Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole (Concord) 1
  22. Buika, La Noche Mas Larga (Warner Music Latina) 1
  23. Frank Carlberg, Big Enigmas (Red Piano) 1
  24. Eliane Elias, I Thought About You (Concord Jazz) 1
  25. Lorraine Feather, Attachments (Jazzed Media) 1
  26. Eugenie Jones, Black Lace Blue Tears (self-released) 1
  27. Meschiya Lake, Fooler's Gold (CD Baby) 1
  28. Youn Sun Nah, Lento (ACT) 1
  29. Nicky Schrire, Space and Time (self-released) 1
  30. Yeahwon, Shin Lua Ya (ECM) 1
  31. Carmen Souza, Kachupada (Galileo) 1
  32. Marlene Ver Planck, Ballads . . . Mostly (Audiophile) 1
  33. Twins of El Dorado, Portend the End (Prom Night) 1
  34. Susanne Abbuehl, The Gift (ECM) 1
  35. Mats Äleklint, Quartet (Moserobie) 1
  36. Jay Clayton, Harry Who? A Tribute to Harry Warren (Sunnyside) 1
  37. Creole George Guesnon, Plays, Sings & Reminisces (American Music) 1
  38. Mike McGinnis, Ängsudden Song Cycle (482 Music) 1
  39. Chris McNulty, The Song That Sings You Here (Challenge) 1
  40. Rebecca Martin, Twain (Sunnyside) 1
  41. Madeleine Peyroux, The Blue Room (Decca) 1
  42. Maja Ratkje & Ikue Mori, Scrumptious Sabotage (Bocian Records) 1
  43. Sofia Rei, De Tierra Y Oro (Lilihouse) 1
  44. Barbara Rosene, Nice and Naughty (Stomp Off) 1
  45. Mike Rud, Notes on Montreal (Independent) 1
  46. Kristin Slipp & Dov Manski, A Thousand Julys (Sunnyside) 1
  47. Rokia Traoré, Beautiful Africa (Nonesuch) 1

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