13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2018

2018 Totals: Debuts

  1. Justin Brown, Nyeusi (Biophilia) 8
  2. Adam Hopkins, Crickets (Out of Your Head) 7
  3. Quin Kirchner, The Other Side of Time (Astral Spirits) 6
  4. James Francies, Flight (Blue Note) 5
  5. Ben LaMar Gay, Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun (International Anthem) 5
  6. McClenty Hunter Jr., The Groove Hunter (Strikezone) 4
  7. Kevin Sun, Trio (Ectomorph Music) 4
  8. John Bailey, In Real Time (Summit) 3
  9. Stephanie Richards, Fullmoon (Relative Pitch) 3
  10. Arianna Neikrug, Changes (Concord) 3
  11. Owen Broder, Heritage: The American Roots Project (ArtistShare) 3
  12. Adi Meyerson, Where We Stand (A:M) 2
  13. Maisha, There Is a Place (Brownswood) 2
  14. Miki Yamanaka, Miki (Cellar Live) 2
  15. Henry Conerway III, With Pride for Dignity (self-released) 2
  16. Maria Grand, Magdalena (Biophilia) 2
  17. Corcoran Holt, The Mecca (Holthouse Music) 2
  18. Big Heart Machine, Big Heart Machine (self-released) 2
  19. Lumina, Lumina (Tuk Music) 1
  20. Connie Han, Crime Zone (Mack Avenue) 1
  21. This Is It!, 1538 (Libra) 1
  22. Benjamin Boone & Philip Levine, The Poetry of Jazz (Origin) 1
  23. Giuseppe Doronzo, Goya (Tora) 1
  24. Mariel Austin Rock-Jazz Orchestra, Runner in the Rain (Mariel Austin) 1
  25. Juan Andres Ospina Big Band, Tramontana (self-released) 1
  26. On the Levee Jazz Band, Swinging New Orleans Jazz: For Dancing - Or Just Listening! (Big Al) 1
  27. Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Brothers (self-released) 1
  28. Orquesta Akokán, Orquesta Akokán (Daptone) 1
  29. Chris Beck, The Journey (A.W.M.C.) 1
  30. Lewis Wright, Duets (Signum) 1
  31. Kamaal Williams, The Return (Black Focus) 1
  32. Kate Reid, The Heart Already Knows (self-released) 1
  33. Signe Emmeluth's Amoeba, Polyp (Øra Fonogram) 1
  34. Park Jiha, Communion (Tak:til) 1
  35. Wendy Eisenberg, The Machinic Unconscious (Tzadik) 1
  36. Jesse Peterson Quartet, Man of the Earth (Industrial Road) 1
  37. Cataclysmic Commentary, Audience Participation (Eschatology) 1
  38. Ray Angry, One (JMI) 1
  39. Mattias Risberg, Stamps (Clean Feed) 1
  40. Tim Haldeman, Open Water as a Child (Woolgathering) 1
  41. WildSonicBlooms, Where We Overlap (Rattle) 1
  42. Erlend Olderskog Albertsen, Rodssal Neen Glassdor (Dugnad Rec) 1
  43. Anteloper, Kudu (International Anthem) 1
  44. Joe Armon-Jones, Starting Today (Brownswood) 1
  45. The Maguire Twins, Seeking Higher Ground (Three Tree) 1
  46. Nutria, Call to the Air (Breakfast for Dinner) 1
  47. Jordan Pettay, First Fruit (Outside In Music) 1
  48. Mark Kavuma, Kavuma (Ubuntu Music) 1
  49. Liran Donin's 1000 Boats, 8 Songs (Cavalo) 1
  50. Ryan Porter, The Optimist (World Galaxy/Alpha Pup) 1
  51. Yokada, Stillness & Sirens (Disorder/Plugged) 1
  52. Ethan Ardelli, The Island of Form (self-released) 1
  53. Amanda Gardier, Empathy (Green Mind) 1
  54. Don Kapot, Don Kapot (Mr. Nakayasi) 1
  55. Ralph Peterson's Gennext Big Band, I Remember Bu (Onyx Productions) 1
  56. Tony Tixier, Life of Sensitive Creatures (Whirlwind -17) 1
  57. Irreversible Entanglements, Irreversible Entanglements (International Anthem/Don Giovanni -17) 1
  58. R+R=Now, Collagically Speaking (Blue Note) 1
  59. Jazzmeia Horn, A Social Call (Prestige -17) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.