13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Yoshi Kato (DownBeat, San Francisco Chronicle)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  2. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  4. Mary Halvorson, Code Girl (Firehouse 12)
  5. Kenny Barron Quintet, Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  6. Shamie Royston, Beautiful Liar (Sunnyside)
  7. Walter Smith III, Twio (Whirlwind)
  8. Edward Simon, Sorrows & Triumphs (Sunnyside)
  9. Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM)
  10. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)
  3. Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau, Long Ago and Far Away (Impulse!)

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