13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Phil Freeman (Stereogum, The Wire, Burning Ambulance)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  2. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  3. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  4. We Out Here (Brownswood)
  5. Camilla George, The People Could Fly (Ubuntu)
  6. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  7. Ingrid Laubrock, Contemporary Chaos Practices (Intakt)
  8. Nicole Mitchell, Maroon Cloud (FPE)
  9. Maisha, There Is a Place (Brownswood)
  10. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, Dirt . . . and More Dirt (Pi)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. J-Jazz (Deep Modern Jazz From Japan, 1969-1984)
  2. Wes Montgomery, In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording (Resonance)
  3. Milford Graves, Bäbi (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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