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

2021 Totals: Latin

  1. Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music) 23
  2. Arturo O'Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note) 21
  3. Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid) 8
  4. Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn) 7
  5. Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic) 7
  6. Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Salswing! (Rubén Blades Productions) 4
  7. Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho) 4
  8. Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet, Social Distancing (Saponegro) 2
  9. Roxana Amed, Ontology (Sony Music Latin) 2
  10. Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves, Reconvexo (Anzic) 2
  11. Gustavo Cortiñas, Desafío Candente (Woolgathering) 2
  12. It's a Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records: The Singles (1965-75, Craft) 2
  13. Orquesta Akokán, 16 Rayos (Daptone) 2
  14. Charlie Sepúlveda & the Turnaround, This Is Latin Jazz (HighNote) 2
  15. UNDP Collective, Esto Sí Se Llama Querer (UnderPool) 2
  16. Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Chapter 10: Breaking Cover (Picaro) 2
  17. Antonio Adolfo, Jobim Forever (AAM Music) 1
  18. Albare, Albare Plays Jobim Vol. 2 (Alfi) 1
  19. Joe Chambers, Samba De Marcatu (Blue Note) 1
  20. Henry Cole & Villa Locura, Buscando La Vida (La Música Artesanal) 1
  21. Conclave, Conclave (Love Injection) 1
  22. Alex Conde, Descarga for Bud (Sedajazz) 1
  23. Amaro Freitas, Sankofa (Far Out) 1
  24. Dayramir González, Tributo a Juan Formell & Los Van Van (Producciones Abdala) 1
  25. Lauren Henderson, Musa (Brontosaurus) 1
  26. Ernesto Jodos, Confluence (Ears & Eyes) 1
  27. Francisco Mela, M.P.T. Trio: Volume 1 (577) 1
  28. Hendrik Meurkens, Manhattan Samba (Height Advantage) 1
  29. Berta Moreno Afro-Jazz Soul Project, Tumaini (Tiger Turn) 1
  30. Adam O'Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia) 1
  31. Orquestra Afro-Brasileira, 80 Anos (Day Dreamer) 1
  32. Diego Rivera, Indigenous (Posi-Tone) 1
  33. Jean-Jacques Rojer, Soko (Sunnyside) 1
  34. Emiliano Sampaio, Meretrio: Choros (self-released) 1
  35. Paula Shocron-William Parker-Pablo Díaz, El Templo (Astral Spirits) 1
  36. Omar Sosa, An East African Journey (Ota) 1
  37. Spanish Harlem Orchestra, The Latin Jazz Project (ArtistShare) 1
  38. Diego Urcola, El Duelo (Sunnyside -20) 1
  39. Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jazz Is Dead 7: João Donato (Jazz Is Dead) 1
  40. Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.

The following albums received votes this year but were released in 2020 and received votes in that year's poll (2020 vote + 2021 vote). Rule is that we add the old votes to this year's only if the album received more votes this year than last. None did.