16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2021
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Ackermann - Broomer Brownlee - Drouot Dryden - Grunenberg Gutterman - Kamins Kanzler - Miriello Mitchell - Sachs Saunders - Taylor Tesser - Young

Ballot 2021

Prev[Ackermann - Broomer] · [Brownlee - Drouot] · [Dryden - Grunenberg] · [Gutterman - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Miriello] · [Mitchell - Sachs] · [Saunders - Taylor] · [Tesser - Young] 

Seth Colter Walls (New York Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music)
  2. Terrace Martin, Drones (BMG)
  3. Charlotte Greve, Sediments We Move (New Amsterdam)
  4. Tyshawn Sorey & Alarm Will Sound, For George Lewis/Autoschediasms (Cantaloupe)
  5. Caroline Davis, Portals, Volume 1: Mourning (Sunnyside)
  6. John Zorn, Nostradamus: The Death of Satan (Tzadik)
  7. Jason Moran, The Sound Will Tell You (Yes)
  8. Anthony Braxton, 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12)
  9. Ethan Iverson & Umbria Jazz Orchestra, Bud Powell in the 21st Century (Sunnyside)
  10. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Daring Mind (Motéma Music)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

 

Prev[Ackermann - Broomer] · [Brownlee - Drouot] · [Dryden - Grunenberg] · [Gutterman - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Miriello] · [Mitchell - Sachs] · [Saunders - Taylor] · [Tesser - Young]