11th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2016

Ballots 2016 [2]

Christian Broecking (Berliner Zeitung, Jazz Thing)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Angelika Niescier & Florian Weber, NYC Five (Intakt)
  2. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  3. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)
  4. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  5. George Lewis & Splitter Orchester, Creative Construction Set (Mikroton)
  6. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  7. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  8. Ingrid Laubrock, Serpentines (Intakt)

REISSUES

  1. Rolf Kühn, Spotlights (MPS)
  2. Don Cherry-John Tchicai-Irène Schweizer-Léon Francioli-Pierre Favre, Musical Monsters: Willisau Concert (Intakt)

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Stuart Broomer (Musicworks, New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure, The Whole Note)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

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Nate Chinen (New York Times, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  2. Jason Moran, The Armory Concert (Band Camp)
  3. Andrew Cyrille, The Declaration of Musical Independence (ECM)
  4. Jonathan Finlayson, Moving Still (Pi)
  5. Kris Davis, Duopoly (Pyroclastic)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  7. Jeff Parker, The New Breed (International Anthem)
  8. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  9. Logan Richardson, Lift (Blue Note)
  10. Stephan Crump, Rhombal (Papillon Sounds)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  2. Keith Jarrett, A Multitude of Angels (ECM)
  3. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)

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Sharonne Cohen (DownBeat, JazzTimes, VICE, AfroPop)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

REISSUES

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!)
  2. Wes Montgomery, One Night in Indy (Resonance)
  3. John Abercrombie, The First Quartet (ECM)

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Troy Collins (All About Jazz, Point of Departure)

NEW RELEASES

  1. BassDrumBone, The Long Road (Auricle)
  2. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)
  3. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  4. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  5. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  6. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  7. Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom, Otis Was a Polar Bear (Royal Potato Family)
  8. Cuong Vu & Pat Metheny, Meets (Nonesuch)
  9. Taylor Ho Bynum, Enter the PlusTet (Firehouse 12)
  10. Jason Roebke, Cinema Spiral (No Business)

REISSUES

  1. Arthur Blythe, Lennox Avenue Breakdown/In the Tradition/Bush Baby/Blythe Spirit (BGO)
  2. Albert Ayler, European Radio Studio Recordings 1964 (Hatology)
  3. George Lewis, The Solo Trombone Record (Delmark/Sackville -15)

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Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes, Stereophile, New York City Jazz Record, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wolfgang Muthspiel, Rising Grace (ECM)
  2. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  3. Avishai Cohen, Into the Silence (ECM)
  4. Charles Lloyd, I Long to See You (Blue Note)
  5. Sonny Rollins, Holding the Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4 (Doxy/OKeh)
  6. Brad Mehldau, Blues and Ballads (Nonesuch)
  7. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  8. Frank Kimbrough, Solstice (Pirouet)
  9. Branford Marsalis, Upward Spiral (OKeh)
  10. Francesco Diodati, Yellow Squeeds: Flow, Home (Auand)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  2. Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes, The Tour Volume One (HighNote)
  3. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)

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J.D. Considine (DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  2. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow, Andando el Tiempo (ECM)
  3. Guillermo Klein, Los Gauchos V (Sunnyside)
  4. Ryan Keberle, Azul Infinito (Greenleaf)
  5. Dave Holland-Chris Potter-Lionel Loueke-Eric Harland, Aziza (Dare2)
  6. David Virelles, Antenna (ECM)
  7. Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Infinitude (Whirlwind)
  8. Jack DeJohnette-Matt Garrison-Ravi Coltrane, In Movement (ECM)
  9. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  10. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Duet (Long Song)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)
  2. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  3. Peter Erskine, As It Was (ECM)

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Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)
  2. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)
  3. Jeff Lederer, Brooklyn Blowhards (Little (i) Music)
  4. Matt Parker, Present Time (BYNK)
  5. Cortex, Live in New York (Clean Feed)
  6. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  7. Noah Preminger, Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (self-released)
  8. Fred Hersch, Sunday Night at the Vanguard (Palmetto)
  9. Jon Lundbom, 2016: EPs: Make the Magic Happen/Play All the Notes/Bring Their 'A' Game/Make the Changes (Hot Cup)
  10. Franklin Kiermyer, Closer to the Sun (Mobility)

REISSUES

  1. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Sun Ra, The Intergalactic Thing (Roaratorio)
  3. Albert Ayler, European Radio Studio Recordings 1964 (Hatology)

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Kevin Coultas (WXOX / artxfm.com, Mingle)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Camila Meza, Traces (Sunnyside)
  2. Wolfert Brederode, Black Ice (ECM)
  3. Greg Ward & 10 Tongues, Touch My Beloved's Thought (Greenleaf)
  4. Daniel Foose, Of Water and Ghosts (BJU)
  5. Erik Friedlander, Rings (Skipstone)
  6. Daniel Freedman, Imagine That (Anzic)
  7. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra (Auand)
  8. Jonathan Finlayson, Moving Still (Pi)
  9. Per Oddvar Johansen, Let's Dance (Edition)
  10. Emil de Waal, Old News (DME)

REISSUES

  1. Larry Young, In Paris: The ORTF Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Keith Jarrett, A Multitude of Angels (ECM)
  3. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)

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Michael Coyle (The Slim & Him Show, WRCU)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Ruggiero, As Heard on TV (Rondette)
  2. Frank Catalano, Bye, Bye Blackbird (Ropeadope)
  3. I.C.P., Restless in Pieces (ICP)
  4. Dave Stryker, Eight Track II (Strikezone)
  5. Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, I Want That Sound! (Innova)
  6. John Scofield, Country for Old Men (Impulse!)
  7. Ed Palermo, One Child Left Behind (Cuneiform)
  8. Craig Hartley, Books on Tape Vol. 2 (Skidoo)
  9. Rolf Sturm, Young (Water Street Music)
  10. Yoni Kretzmer, Yoni Kretzmer Five (OutNow)

REISSUES

  1. Sal Mosca, Too Marvelous for Words (Cadence)
  2. Count Basie & Lester Young, Classic 1936-1947 Studio Sessions (Mosaic)

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Raul da Gama (Jazz da Gama, Latin Jazz Net, WholeNote)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  2. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  3. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  4. Barry Guy, The Blue Shroud (Intakt)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  6. Fire! Orchestra, Ritual (Rune Grammofon)
  7. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi)
  8. Raphael Malfliet, Noumenon (Ruweh)
  9. Burning Ghosts, Burning Ghosts (Orenda)
  10. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Don Cherry-John Tchicai-Irène Schweizer-Léon Francioli-Pierre Favre, Musical Monsters: Willisau Concert (Intakt)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey, Koan+ (482)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith, Reflectativity (Tzadik)

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Francis Davis (Esther Boyer School of Music and Dance, Temple University)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill Double Up Ensemble, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Pi)
  2. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  3. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (ECM)
  4. Sonny Rollins, Holding the Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4 (Doxy/OKeh)
  5. Aruán Ortiz, Hidden Voices (Intakt)
  6. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  7. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  8. Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke, Row for William O (Relative Pitch)
  9. JD Allen, Americana (HighNote)
  10. Julian Lage, Arclight (Mack Avenue)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  2. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  3. Mahalia Jackson, Moving Up a Little Higher (Shanachee)

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Anthony Dean-Harris (Nextbop, KRTU San Antonio, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Stephan Crump, Rhombal (Papillon Sounds)
  2. Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, Work Songs (Motéma)
  3. Gregoire Maret, Wanted (Sunnyside)
  4. Phronesis, Parallax (Edition)
  5. Jeff Parker, The New Breed (International Anthem)
  6. Logan Richardson, Lift (Blue Note)
  7. Corey King, Lashes (Ropeadope)
  8. Ben Wendel, What We Bring (Motéma)
  9. Mast, Love and War (Alpha Pup)
  10. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Real Enemies (New Amsterdam)

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Laurence Donohue-Greene (The New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  2. Aruán Ortiz, Hidden Voices (Intakt)
  3. Fanfare Ciocarlia, Onwards to Mars! (Aphalt Tango)
  4. ERGO, As Subtle as Tomorrow (Cunneiform)
  5. Christy Doran, Belle Epoque (Between the Lines)
  6. I Am Three, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Leo)
  7. Bushman's Revenge, Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen (Rune Grammophon)
  8. Steve Swell, Soul Travelers (Rogue Art)
  9. Fire!, She Sleeps, She Sleeps (Rune Grammofon)
  10. Jorma Tapio & Kaski, Ghatika (Karkia Mistika)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  2. various, The Savory Collection, Volume 1: Body and Soul: Coleman Hawkins & Friends (Apple Music)
  3. Cadentia Nova Danica, August 1966 Jazzhus Montmartre (Storyville)

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Troy Dostert (Free Jazz Collective, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Claudia Quintet, Super Petite (Cuneiform)
  2. I Am Three, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Leo)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Away With You (Firehouse 12)
  4. I.P.A., I Just Did Say Something (Cuneiform)
  5. Tyshawn Sorey, The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi)
  6. John Zorn [Craig Taborn-Christian McBride-Tyshawn Sorey], Flaga: The Book of Angels, Volume 27 (Tzadik)
  7. Eve Risser White Desert Orchestra, Les Deux Versants Se Regardent (Clean Feed)
  8. Angelika Niescier & Florian Weber, NYC Five (Intakt)
  9. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  10. Susana Santos Silva, Life and Other Transient Storms (Clean Feed)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  2. Peter Brötzmann-Fred Hopkins-Rashied Ali, Songlines (Trost)
  3. Peter Erskine, As It Was (ECM)

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Alain Drouot (Downbeat, WNUR-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jane Ira Bloom, Early Americans (Outline)
  2. Damana [Dag Magnus Narvesen], Cornua Copiae (Clean Feed)
  3. Aruán Ortiz, Hidden Voices (Intakt)
  4. Quinsin Nachoff, Flux (Mythology)
  5. Dave Douglas & Frank Woeste, Dada People (Greenleaf)
  6. Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman-Ikue Mori-Evan Parker, Miller's Tale (Intakt)
  7. Sons of Kemet, Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do (Naim -15)
  8. Jonathan Finlayson, Moving Still (Pi)
  9. Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Ana (PNL)
  10. David Murray-Geri Allen-Teri Lyn Carrington, Perfection (Motéma)

REISSUES

  1. Barney Wilen, Auto Jazz (Tragic Destiny of Lorenzo Bandini) (MPS)
  2. Chris McGregor, Jazz/The African Sound (Jazzman Holy Grail)
  3. Martial Solal, Trio (Vogue Legacy)

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Ken Dryden (New York City Jazz Record, Hot House)

NEW RELEASES

  1. various, Oscar, With Love (Two Lions)
  2. Dave Liebman, Expansions Live (Whaling City Sound)
  3. Denny Zeitlin, Early Wayne (Sunnyside)
  4. Michael Dease, Father Figure (Posi-Tone)
  5. Don Friedman, Remembering Attila Zoller (Edition Longplay)
  6. Don Friedman, Strength and Sanity (Newvelle)
  7. Rale Micic-John Abercrombie-Peter Bernstein-Lage Lund, Inspired (ArtistShare)
  8. Jim Rotondi, Dark Blue (Smoke Sessions)
  9. Ken Peplowski, Enrapture (Capri)
  10. Steve Kuhn, At This Time. . . (Sunnyside)

REISSUES

  1. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
  2. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  3. Svend Asmussen, The Incomparable Fiddler: 100 Years (Storyville)

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John Ephland (DownBeat, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Lina Nyberg, Aerials (Hoob Jazz)
  2. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)
  3. Dwiki Dharmawan, Pasar Klewer (MoonJune)
  4. Miroslav Vitous, Music of Weather Report (ECM)
  5. Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)
  6. Damana [Dag Magnus Narvesen], Cornua Copiae (Clean Feed)
  7. Jakob Bro, Streams (ECM)
  8. Pat Metheny, Unity Sessions (Nonesuch)
  9. Chat Noir, None Thoughts for One Word (RareNoise)
  10. Vasil Hadzimanov, Alive (MoonJune)

REISSUES

  1. Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 (Columbia Legacy)
  2. John Coltrane, The Atlantic Years in Mono (Rhino)
  3. Peter Erskine, As It Was (ECM)

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Steve Feeney (Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Broadway World)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life: Song for the Whales and Other Beings (Impulse!)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith, America's National Parks (Cuneiform)
  3. Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, Nearness (Nonesuch)
  4. Eric Revis, Crowded Solitudes (Clean Feed)
  5. Charles Lloyd, I Long to See You (Blue Note)
  6. Jonathan Finlayson, Moving Still (Pi)
  7. Anna Webber's Simple Trio, Binary (Skirl)
  8. Tom Harrell, Something Gold, Something Blue (HighNote)
  9. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Duet (Long Song)
  10. Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance (ECM)

REISSUES

  1. Fred Hersch, Sarabande (Sunnyside)
  2. Joe Lovano, Classic! Live at Newport (Blue Note)
  3. Keith Jarrett, A Multitude of Angels (ECM)

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Ken Franckling (JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Holland-Chris Potter-Lionel Loueke-Eric Harland, Aziza (Dare2)
  2. Scott Hamilton & Harry Allen, Live! (GAC)
  3. Tierney Sutton, The Sting Variations (BFM Jazz)
  4. Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley (Blue Note)
  5. Sonny Rollins, Holding the Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4 (Doxy/OKeh)
  6. Roberta Piket, One for Marian: Celebrating Marian McPartland (Thirteenth Note)
  7. Greg Abate & Phil Woods, Kindred Spirits: Live at Chan's (Whaling City Sound)
  8. Noah Preminger, Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (self-released)
  9. Horace Bray, Dreamstate (self-released)
  10. Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto)

REISSUES

  1. Bill Evans, Some Other Time (Resonance)
  2. Lyle Mays, The Ludwigsburg Concert (SWR Jazzhaus)
  3. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, All My Yesterdays (Resonance)

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