15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

J.D. Considine (DownBeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  2. JD Allen, Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant)
  3. Bill Frisell, Valentine (Blue Note)
  4. Michael Formanek Quartet, Untamed . . . Pre-Apocalyptic (Out of Your Head)
  5. John Scofield, Swallow Tales (ECM)
  6. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
  7. Junk Magic, Compass Confusion (Pyroclastic)
  8. Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio, Angels Around (Heartcore)
  9. Tim Berne's Snakeoil, The Deceptive 4 (Intakt)
  10. Dan Weiss Starebaby, Natural Selection (Pi)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Paul Desmond, The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings (Mosaic)
  2. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  3. Neil Swainson Quintet, 49th Parallel (1988, Reel to Real)

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