13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

David Brent Johnson (Jazz Director and Night Lights host, WFIU [Bloomington, IN])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)
  2. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  3. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  4. Kamasi Washington, Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
  5. Renee Rosnes, Beloved of the Sky (Smoke Sessions)
  6. Todd Marcus, On These Streets (A Baltimore Story) (Stricker Street)
  7. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  8. Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)
  9. Charles Pillow Large Ensemble, Electric Miles (MAMA)
  10. Monika Herzig, Sheroes (Whaling City Sound)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. The Savory Collection 1935-1940 (Mosaic)
  2. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Complete Recordings 1922-1925 (Rivermont)

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