16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021

Ballot 2021

Rich Scheinin (SFJAZZ)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music)
  2. Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
  3. Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem)
  4. William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity)
  5. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop)
  6. Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)
  7. JD Allen, Queen City (Savant)
  8. Todd Cochran TC3, Then and Again, Here and Now (Sunnyside)
  9. Jason Moran, The Sound Will Tell You (Yes)
  10. Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!)
  2. Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note)
  3. Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real)

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