15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Francis Davis (NPR, pollmaster)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)
  2. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  3. Matthew Shipp Trio, The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)
  4. The Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, Soundpath (Composed by Muhal Richard Abrams) (Clean Feed)
  5. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Round Again (Nonesuch)
  6. Thumbscrew, The Anthony Braxton Project (Cuneiform)
  7. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)
  8. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Molecular (Intakt)
  9. Liberty Ellman, Last Desert (Pi)
  10. Lucian Ban-John Surman-Mat Maneri, Transylvanian Folk Songs (Sunnyside)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)
  2. Paul Desmond, The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings (Mosaic)
  3. Borah Bergman-Wilber Morris-Sunny Murray, Monks (1996, SomeRealMusic)

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