16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Howard Mandel (Downbeat, ArtsJournal/JazzBeyondJazz, The Wire, Jazz Journalists Association, NPR)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Michael Wollny-Emile Parisien-Tim Lefebvre-Christian Lillinger, XXXX (ACT Music)
  2. Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote)
  3. Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
  4. Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be. (BAG Productions)
  5. Kimbrough (Newvelle)
  6. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi)
  7. Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)
  8. Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
  9. Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber, Angels Over Oakanda (Avant Groidd)
  10. Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor, Corona (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  2. Don Cherry, The Summer House Sessions (1968, Blank Forms Editions)
  3. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)

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