15th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2020

Ballot 2020

Steve Feeney (Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, ArtsFuse)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind)
  2. Thumbscrew, The Anthony Braxton Project (Cuneiform)
  3. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Molecular (Intakt)
  4. Tani Tabbal Trio, Now Then (Tao Forms)
  5. Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Trio Featuring Johnathan Blake, Without Deception (Dare2)
  6. Tomas Fujiwara, 7 Poets Trio (RogueArt -19)
  7. Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords (ArtistShare)
  8. Fred Hersch, Songs From Home (Palmetto)
  9. Rich Halley-Matthew Shipp-Michael Bisio-Newman Taylor Baker, The Shape of Things (Pine Eagle)
  10. Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

  1. Lennie Tristano, The Duo Sessions (1967-76, Dot Time)
  2. Thelonious Monk, Palo Alto (1968, Impulse)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Just Coolin' (1959, Blue Note)

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