16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Geoffrey Himes (JazzTimes, Paste, Washington Post)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  2. Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music)
  3. Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (TAO Forms)
  4. Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM)
  5. Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
  6. David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
  7. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)
  8. Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho)
  9. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
  10. Frank Kimbrough, Ancestors (Sunnyside)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sam Rivers Quartet, Braids [Sam Rivers Archive Project, Volume 4] (1979, NoBusiness -20)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  3. Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)

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