13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

John Chacona (Erie [PA] Times-News)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miles Okazaki, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk, Vols. 1-6 (self-released)
  2. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  3. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)
  4. James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, Radiant Imprints (OFF)
  5. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  6. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Awase (ECM)
  7. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)
  8. Tyshawn Sorey, Pillars (Firehouse 12)
  9. Thiefs, Graft (Le Greffe) (Jazz & People)
  10. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Anthony Braxton, Sextet (Parker) 1993 (New Braxton House)
  2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. Woody Shaw, Live in Bremen 1983 (Elemental Music)

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