16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Ken Micallef (Stereophile, JazzTimes, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Marc Cary, Life Lessons (Sessionheads United)
  2. Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber, Angels Over Oakanda (Avant Groidd)
  3. William Parker & Patricia Nicholson, No Joke! (ESP-Disk)
  4. Alexis Parsons, Alexis (New Artists)
  5. Kevin Sun, <3 Bird (Endectomorph)
  6. Tobias Meinhart, The Painter (Sunnyside)
  7. James Francies, Purest Form (Blue Note)
  8. Matthew Stevens, Pittsburgh (Whirlwind)
  9. Stephanie Nilles, I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag - The White Flag (Sunnyside)
  10. Dan Wilson, Vessels of Wood and Earth (Brother Mister/Mack Avenue)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance)
  2. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  3. Nina Simone, The Montreux Years (1968-90, BMG)

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