10th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2015

Ballot 2015

Michael J. West (Washington City Paper, JazzTimes, Washington Post)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Antonio Sanchez, The Meridian Suite (CAM Jazz)
  2. Kamasi Washington, The Epic (Brainfeeder)
  3. Makaya McCraven, In the Moment (International Anthem)
  4. Todd Marcus, Blues for Tahrir Marcus (Hipnotic)
  5. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin - Chapter Three: River Run Thee (Constellation)
  6. Ernest Dawkins, Memory in the Center: Homage to Nelson Mandela (Dawk)
  7. Steve Coleman, Synovial Joints (Pi)
  8. Henry Threadgill, In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
  9. Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
  10. Stanley Cowell, Juneteenth (Vision Fugitive)

REISSUES

  1. Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Andrew Hill, Point of Departure (Blue Note)
  3. Thelonious Monk, The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside)

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