16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021
Ballot 2021
NEW RELEASES
- Anthony Braxton, 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12)
- Claire Chase, Density 2036 (2016-2017) (Corbett vs Dempsey)
- Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies (TUM)
- Masabumi Kikuchi, Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording (Red Hook)
- Mulo Francel, Mountain Melody (GLM)
- Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!)
- Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Moon on the Lake (Libra)
- Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh, Telepathy (Sunnyside)
- Yelena Eckemoff, Adventures of the Wildflower (L&H Production)
- Anna Webber, Idiom (Pi)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
- Bill Evans, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1968, Resonance -20)
- Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)
VOCAL
- Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti, The Weight of Hope (Modica Music)
DEBUT
- Chris Pattishall, Zodiac (self-released)
LATIN
- Roxana Amed, Ontology (Sony Music Latin)