13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Willard Jenkins (The Independent Ear, WPFW "Jazz & Justice Radio" [Washington DC], JazzTimes, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)
  2. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon (Blue Note)
  3. Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)
  4. Elio Villafranca, Cinque (ArtistShare)
  5. Joey Alexander, Eclipse (Motéma)
  6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window (Mack Avenue)
  7. Tia Fuller, Diamond Cut (Mack Avenue)
  8. Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sonic Creed (Motéma)
  9. Chucho Valdés, Jazz Batá 2 (Mack Avenue)
  10. Allan Harris, The Genius of Eddie Jefferson (Resilience Music)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  2. Randy Weston, Sound (African Rhythms)
  3. Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy)

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