16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Ammar Kalia (The Guardian)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
  2. Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note)
  3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  4. Jaubi, Nafs at Peace (Astigmatic)
  5. Balimaya Project, Wolo So (Jazz Re:Freshed)
  6. Arooj Aftab, Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam)
  7. Theon Cross, Intra-I (New Soil)
  8. Arushi Jain, Under the Lilac Sky (Leaving)
  9. Myele Manzanza, Crisis & Opportunity (Vol 1) (London) (DeepMatter)
  10. Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 (Warp)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Journeys in Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972) (Decca)
  2. Alice Coltrane, Kirtan: Turiya Sings (1982, Impulse!)
  3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)

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