16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

John Szwed (The Wire, Center for Jazz Studies [Columbia University])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  2. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  3. East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk)
  4. Tim Berne-Chris Speed-Reid Anderson-Dave King, Broken Shadows (Intakt)
  5. Michael Wollny-Emile Parisien-Tim Lefebvre-Christian Lillinger, XXXX (ACT Music)
  6. Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Live! (Concord Jazz)
  7. Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note)
  8. Eivind Aarset 4tet, Phantasmagoria, or a Different Kind of Journey (Jazzland)
  9. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)
  10. João Lencastre's Communion, Unlimited Dreams (Clean Feed)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore)
  3. Neil Ardley, Kaleidoscope of Rainbows Live '75 (Jazz in Britain)

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