16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Andy Beta (Pitchfork, Washington Post, New York Times, Bandcamp)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  2. Sam Gendel & Josiah Steinbrick, Mouthfeel/Serene (Full Bloom)
  3. Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Mandatory Reality (Eremite)
  4. Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search)
  5. Ben LaMar Gay, Open Arms to Open Us (International Anthem)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith-Douglas R Ewart-Mike Reed, Sun Beans of Shimmering Light (Astral Spirits)
  7. Bremer McCoy, Natten (Luaka Bop)
  8. Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
  9. Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes, Music for Saxofone and Bass Guitar More Songs (Leaving)
  10. Bitchin Bajas, Switched On Ra (Drag City)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Horace Tapscott & Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Live at Century City Playhouse 9/9/79 (Nimbus West -20)
  3. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)

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