13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

Ballot 2018

Michael G. Nastos (Hot House,WCBN-FM [Ann Arbor, MI], Detroit Free Press, G1NBC.com, Michigan Music Hall of Fame)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Awase (ECM)
  2. Ron English, Dance/Cry/Dance (Detroit Music Factory)
  3. Rich Halley 3, The Literature (Pine Eagle)
  4. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings (International Anthem)
  5. Ken Thomson, Sextet (New Focus/Panoramic)
  6. Chris Pasin, Ornettiquette (Planet Arts)
  7. Amos Hoffman & Noam Lemish, Pardes (self-released)
  8. Gayelynn McKinney, McKinFolk: The New Beginning (Detroit Music Factory)
  9. The Carl Michel Group, Music in Motian (The Compositions of Paul Motian) (Play On)
  10. John Bailey, In Real Time (Summit)

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. Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, Sound (Delmark)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: The rules favor awarding the Debut vote to John Bailey, In Real Time (Summit), but voter insists on his original selection.