10th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2015

Ballot 2015

Nate Chinen (The New York Times, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  2. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  3. Vijay Iyer, Break Stuff (ECM)
  4. Ben Wendel, The Seasons (self-released)
  5. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls (ACT)
  6. Chris Lightcap, Epicenter (Clean Feed)
  7. Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid-Mike Reed, Artifacts (482 Music)
  8. Liberty Ellman, Radiate (Pi)
  9. Arturo O'Farrill, Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
  10. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Bobby Bradford & John Carter, No U-Turn: Live in Pasadena, 1975 (Dark Tree)
  3. David S. Ware, Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity)

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