16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes, Stereophile, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (TAO Forms)
  2. David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
  3. Francesco Cafiso, Irene of Boston: Conversation Avec Corto Maltese (EFLAT -20)
  4. Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
  5. Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
  6. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  7. Will Vinson-Gilad Hekselman-Antonio Sanchez, Trio Grande (Whirlwind -20)
  8. Jakob Bro-Arve Henriksen-Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo (ECM)
  9. Marcin Wasilewski Trio, En Attendant (ECM)
  10. Renee Rosnes, Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  3. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)

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