10th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2015

2015 Totals: Vocals

  1. Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love (Mack Avenue) 21
  2. José James, Yesterday I Had the Blues (Blue Note) 18
  3. Jen Shyu, Sounds and Cries of the World (Pi) 10
  4. Cassandra Wilson, Coming Forth by Day (Legacy) 8
  5. Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (Columbia) 7
  6. Joanna Wallfisch, The Origin of Adjustable Things (Sunnyside) 4
  7. Katie Bull, All Hot Bodies Radiate (Ashokan) 4
  8. Charenee Wade, Offering: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (Motéma) 4
  9. Luciana Souza, Speaking in Tongues (Sunnyside) 3
  10. John Hollenbeck, Songs We Like a Lot (Sunnyside) 2
  11. London, Meader, Pramuk & Ross, The Royal Bopsters Project (Motema) 2
  12. Karrin Allyson, Many a New Day (Motema) 2
  13. Ernestine Anderson, Swings the Penthouse (HighNote) 2
  14. Leny Andrade and Roni Ben-Hur, Alegria de Vivire (Motema) 2
  15. Frank Carlberg, Word Circus (Red Piano) 2
  16. Kurt Elling, Passion World (Concord) 2
  17. Polly Gibbons, Many Faces of Love (Resonance) 2
  18. Diana Krall, Wallflower (Verve) 2
  19. Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions) 1
  20. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin - Chapter Three: River Run Thee (Constellation) 1
  21. Ben Goldberg, Orphic Machine (BAG) 1
  22. William Parker, Great Spirit (AUM Fidelity) 1
  23. Ku-umba Frank Lacy & the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Sings (Sunnyside) 1
  24. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dee Dee's Feathers (Okeh) 1
  25. Darius Jones, Le Bebe de Brigitte (AUM Fidelity) 1
  26. Mose Allison, American Legend - Live in California (IBis) 1
  27. Ran Blake & Christine Correa, The Road Keeps Winding () 1
  28. Mon David, This Is All I Ask (Human Connection) 1
  29. Bob Dylan, Shadows in the Night (Columbia) 1
  30. Lorraine Feather, Flirting With Disaster (Jazzed Media) 1
  31. Julia Hulsmann w Theo Bleckmann, A Clear Midnight - Kurt Weill and America (ECM) 1
  32. Chris McNulty, Eternal (Palmetto) 1
  33. Billie Holiday, Banned From New York City (Uptown) 1
  34. Abbey Lincoln, Sophisticated Abbey (HighNote) 1
  35. Ray Gelato, Original Flavours (Double Scoop) 1
  36. Laurie Antonioli & Richie Beirach, Varuna (Origin) 1
  37. Ab Baars & NY Guests, Invisible Blow (Wig) 1
  38. Liane Carroll, Seaside (Linn) 1
  39. Dheepa Chari, Patchwork (DCCD) 1
  40. Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Inner Dialogue (Truth Revolution) 1
  41. Duchess, Duchess (Anzic) 1
  42. Sinne Eeg and Thomas Fonnesbæk, Sinne Eeg and Thomas Fonnesbæk (Stunt) 1
  43. Allan Harris, Black Bar Jukebox (Love Productions) 1
  44. Gillian Margot, Black Butterfly (Hipnotic) 1
  45. Kim Nazarian, Some Morning (Kimj) 1
  46. Joanna Pascale, Wildflower (Stiletto) 1
  47. Gloria Reuben, Perchance to Dream (MCG) 1
  48. Emily Saunders, Outsiders Insiders (Mix Sounds) 1

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