The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll:
2022
Ballots 2022 [2]
John Chacona (Erie [PA] Times-News, All About Jazz, Postgenre Media, Let's Call This)
NEW RELEASES
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Mary Halvorson, Belladonna (Nonesuch)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Michael Formanek Quartet, Other Zones (Circular File)
- Trevor Dunn Trio-Convulsant Avec Folie à Quatre, Séances (Pyroclastic)
- Luke Stewart's Silt Trio, The Bottom (Cuneiform)
- Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
- John Escreet, Seismic Shift (Whirlwind)
- Steven Bernstein's MTO Featuring Catherine Russell, Good Time Music [Community Music Vol 2] (Royal Potato Family)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Nate Chinen (WRTI, NPR Music)
NEW RELEASES
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Mary Halvorson, Belladonna (Nonesuch)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Julian Lage, View With a Room (Blue Note)
- Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Mal Waldron, Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Brad Cohan (JazzTimes, Bandcamp Daily)
NEW RELEASES
- Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
- Mike Baggetta-Jim Keltner-Mike Watt, Everywhen We Go (Big Ego)
- Anna Butterss, Activities (Colorfield)
- Bright Dog Red, Under the Porch (Ropeadope)
- Anthony Coleman & Brian Chase, Arcades (Chaikin)
- Sana Nagano, Anime Mundi (577)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Joanna Mattrey & Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Oracle (Relative Pitch)
- Thollem, Obstacle Illusion (Astral Spirits)
- Oort Smog, Every Motherfucker Is Your Brother (AKP)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- Charles K. Noyes, Devil Trap (1978, Zoar)
- Mishagas, 1996-1997 (Astral Spirits)
VOCAL
- Eri Yamamoto Trio, A Woman With a Purple Wig (Mahakala Music)
DEBUT
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
Troy Collins (Point of Departure)
NEW RELEASES
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Jeff Parker-Eric Revis-Nasheet Waits, Eastside Romp (RogueArt)
- The Bad Plus, The Bad Plus (Edition)
- Avram Fefer Quartet, Juba Lee (Clean Feed)
- Chad Taylor Trio, The Reel (Astral Spirits)
- John Yao's Triceratops, Off-Kilter (See Tao)
- David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
- Mike Allemana, Vonology (Ears & Eyes)
- WeFreeStrings, Love in the Form of Sacred Outrage (ESP-Disk')
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- James Newton, Flute Music (1977, Morning Trip)
- Horace Tapscott Quintet, The Quintet (1969, Mr. Bongo)
- Ornette Coleman, Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums (1958-59, Craft)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
LATIN
Note: New Releases ballot cited both Mary Halvorson albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna.
Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes, Stereophile, New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Keith Jarrett, Bordeaux Concert (ECM)
- Gerald Clayton, Bells on Sand (Blue Note)
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
- Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM)
- Marquis Hill, New Gospel Revisited (Edition)
- Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note)
- John Scofield, John Scofield (ECM)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Brian Landrus, Red List (Palmetto)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Bill Evans, Inner Spirit: The 1979 Concert at the Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires (Resonance)
- Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1961, Candid)
VOCAL
- Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos-Rebecca Martin-Larry Grenadier, After Midnight (CARA)
DEBUT
- Ethan Philion, Meditations on Mingus (Sunnyside)
LATIN
- Anat Cohen, Quartetinho (Anzic)
J.D. Considine (DownBeat, JazzTimes)
NEW RELEASES
- Mary Halvorson, Belladonna (Nonesuch)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live (Intakt)
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM)
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
- Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double, March (Firehouse 12)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Miles Davis, That's What Happened [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: 1982-1985] (Columbia/Legacy)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- Rick Rosato, Homage (self-released)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)
NEW RELEASES
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- Avram Fefer Quartet, Juba Lee (Clean Feed)
- David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
- John Escreet, Seismic Shift (Whirlwind)
- Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
- Ivo Perelman-Tim Berne-Tony Malaby-James Carter, (D)IVO (Mahakala Music)
- Jeff Parker-Eric Revis-Nasheet Waits, Eastside Romp (RogueArt)
- Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Pepper Adams With the Tommy Banks Trio, Live at Room at the Top (1972, Reel to Real)
- Albert Ayler, La Cave Live Cleveland 1966 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics)
VOCAL
- Lina Nyberg Band, Anniverse (Hoob)
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Michael Coyle (WRCU [Colgate University])
NEW RELEASES
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Steven Bernstein's MTO Featuring Catherine Russell, Good Time Music [Community Music Vol 2] (Royal Potato Family)
- Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
- Ben Sidran, Swing State (Nardis)
- Kirk Knuffke Trio, Gravity Without Airs (Tao Forms)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
- Steve Kaldestad, Live at Frankie's Jazz Club (Cellar)
- Julian Lage, View With a Room (Blue Note)
- Jake Leckie, The Guide (Ropeadope)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
DEBUT
LATIN
NEW RELEASES
- Wadada Leo Smith, String Quartets Nos. 1-12 (TUM)
- Gina Schwarz & Multiphonics 8, Way to Blue (Cracked Anegg)
- Anders Koppel, Mulberry Street Symphony (Cowbell Music)
- Jussi Reijonen, Three Seconds/Kolme Toista (Challenge)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Echo (Bendigedig)
- Catherine Marie Charlton, Simple Gifts: Solo Piano for the Holidays (self-released)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- Yelena Eckemoff, I Am a Stranger in This World (L&H Production)
- Plínio Fernandes, Saudade (Decca Gold)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Joyce With Mauricio Maestro, Natureza (1977, Far Out)
- Cecil Taylor, Respiration: Live in Warsaw '68 (Fundacja Sluchaj)
VOCAL
- Claudia Acuña, Duo (Ropeadope)
DEBUT
- Julius Rodriguez, Let Sound Tell All (Verve)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
NEW RELEASES
- Ran Blake, Looking Glass (A-Side/Noir '21)
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Per Møllehøj-Kirk Knuffke-Thommy Andersson, 'S Wonderful (Stunt)
- Thumbscrew, Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform)
- Daniel Carter-Matthew Shipp-William Parker-Gerald Cleaver, Welcome Adventure! Vol. 2 (577)
- Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
- David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
- Catherine Russell, Send for Me (Dot Time)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Lennie Tristano, Personal Recordings, 1946-1970 (Mosaic)
- Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (1962-65, Omnivore '21)
VOCAL
- Catherine Russell, Send for Me (Dot Time)
DEBUT
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
Anthony Dean-Harris (KRTU San Antonio, DownBeat, Jazzfuel)
NEW RELEASES
- Aaron Parks-Matt Brewer-Eric Harland, Volume One (self-released)
- Jeff Parker, Forfolks (International Anthem '21)
- Billy Mohler, Anatomy (Contagious Music)
- Makaya McCraven, In These Times (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
- Jeremy Pelt, Soundtrack (HighNote)
- Julian Lage, View With a Room (Blue Note)
- The Bad Plus, The Bad Plus (Edition)
- Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double, March (Firehouse 12)
- Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
- Michael Blake, Combobulate (Newvelle)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ornette Coleman, Round Trip: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note (1965-69, Blue Note)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
- King Klavé, King Klavé (Klavé's Paradise)
LATIN
- David Virelles, Nuna (Pi)
NEW RELEASES
- Kirk Knuffke Trio, Gravity Without Airs (Tao Forms)
- Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
- David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
- Barre Phillips & György Kurtág, Jr., Face à Face (ECM)
- Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
- Joanna Mattrey & Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Oracle (Relative Pitch)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- Peter Brötzmann-Milford Graves-William Parker, Historic Music Past Tense Future (2002, Black Editions)
- Mal Waldron, Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
DEBUT
LATIN
Laurence Donohue-Greene (The New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)
- Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
- Kaja Draksler & Susana Santos Silva, Grow (Intakt)
- Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
- Angles, A Muted Reality (Clean Feed)
- Avishai Cohen, Naked Truth (ECM)
- Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Thread of Light (Fundacja Sluchaj)
- Dreamstruck [Marilyn Crispell-Joe Fonda-Harvey Sorgen], With Grace in Mind (Fundacja Sluchaj)
- Natsuki Tamura, Summer Tree (Libra)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- The Pyramids, AOMAWA: The 1970s Recordings (Strut)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Horace Tapscott Quintet, The Quintet (1969, Mr. Bongo)
VOCAL
- Fred Moten-Brandon Lopez-Gerald Cleaver, Moten/Lopez/Cleaver (Reading Group)
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
LATIN
- Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
Troy Dostert (All About Jazz, Free Jazz Collective)
NEW RELEASES
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
- Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double, March (Firehouse 12)
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live (Intakt)
- Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra, Eurythmia (Clean Feed)
- Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone, Xaybu: The Unseen (Pi)
- Pat Thomas & XT (Seymour Wright-Paul Abbott-Will Holder), Akisakila/Attitudes of Preparation (Mountains, Oceans, Trees) (Edition Gamut)
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
- The Attic [Rodrigo Amado-Gonçalo Almeida-Onno Govaert], Love Ghosts (NoBusiness)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Peter Brötzmann-Fred van Hove-Han Bennink, Jazz in Der Kammer Nr. 71: Deutsches Theater/Berlin/GDR/04/11/1974 (Trost)
- Pepper Adams With the Tommy Banks Trio, Live at Room at the Top (1972, Reel to Real)
VOCAL
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
DEBUT
- Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.
NEW RELEASES
- Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
- Battle Trance, Green of Winter (New Amsterdam)
- A Pride of Lions [Joe McPhee-Daunik Lazro-Joshua Abrams-Guillaume Séguron-Chad Taylor], No Questions No Answers (RogueArt)
- Travis Laplante, Wild Tapestry (Out of Your Head)
- Dave Douglas Quintet, Songs of Ascent: Book 1 -- Degrees (Greenleaf Music)
- John Escreet, Seismic Shift (Whirlwind)
- Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio, Boiling Point (Astral Spirits)
- Natsuki Tamura, Summer Tree (Libra)
- Dan Weiss Trio, Dedication (Cygnus)
- Dave Gisler Trio With Jaimie Branch and David Murray, See You Out There (Intakt)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
- Horace Tapscott Quintet, Legacies for Our Grandchildren (1995, Dark Tree)
- Jean-Charles Capon-Philippe Maté-Lawrence "Butch" Morris-Serge Rahoerson (1977, Souffle Continu '21)
VOCAL
- Charming Hostess, The Ginzburg Geography (Tzadik)
DEBUT
- Tom Skinner, Voices of Bishara (Brownswood/International Anthem/Nonesuch)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Ken Dryden (New York City Jazz Record, Hot House, Timeless Jazz [WUTC-FM])
NEW RELEASES
- Dave Liebman, Trust and Honesty (Newvelle)
- Harold Danko, Rite Notes (SteepleChase)
- Steve Slagle, Ballads: Into the Heart of It (Panorama)
- Steve Davis, Bluesthetic (Smoke Sessions)
- Houston Person, Reminiscing at Rudy's (HighNote)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
- Gary Smulyan, Tadd's All, Folks (SteepleChase)
- Russ Lossing, Folks (Sunnyside)
- Billy Drummond and Freedom of Ideas, Valse Sinistre (Cellar)
- Dado Moroni-Jesper Lundgaard-Lee Pearson, There Is No Greater Love (Storyville)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- Clark Terry Big Bad Band, Live in Holland 1979 (Storyville)
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
DEBUT
- Ethan Philion, Meditations on Mingus (Sunnyside)
LATIN
- Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal, Yes!!! (Sunnyside)
John Ephland (DownBeat, All About Jazz)
NEW RELEASES
- JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
- Mata Atlantica, Retiro E Ritmo (7D Media)
- Andrew Rathbun's Nodes, Incubated Dilemma Machine (Koshkil)
- Taru Alexander, Echoes of the Masters (Sunnyside)
- Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph, Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef (Strut)
- Tom Harrell, Oak Tree (HighNote)
- Rufus Reid Trio and the Sirius Quartet, Celebration (Sunnyside)
- Jeremy Rose & the Earshift Orchestra, Disruption! The Voice of the Drums (Earshift Music)
- Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone, Xaybu: The Unseen (Pi)
- Theo Croker Quartet, Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII: Sketches of Miles (ACT)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Abbey Lincoln, Straight Ahead (1961, Candid)
- Miles Davis, That's What Happened [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: 1982-1985] (Columbia/Legacy)
- Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965, Craft)
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Mata Atlantica, Retiro E Ritmo (7D Media)
LATIN
- Mata Atlantica, Retiro E Ritmo (7D Media)
Lee Rice Epstein (Free Jazz Blog)
NEW RELEASES
- Fred Moten-Brandon Lopez-Gerald Cleaver, Moten/Lopez/Cleaver (Reading Group)
- Pat Thomas & XT (Seymour Wright-Paul Abbott-Will Holder), Akisakila/Attitudes of Preparation (Mountains, Oceans, Trees) (Edition Gamut)
- Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)
- Maggie Nicols, Are You Ready? (Otoroku)
- John Zorn, Spinoza (Tzadik)
- Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra, Eurythmia (Clean Feed)
- Ra Kalam Bob Moses & Damon Smith, Purecircle (Balance Point Acoustics)
- Ivo Perelman, Reed Rapture in Brooklyn (Mahakala Music)
- Columbia Icefield [Nate Wooley], Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic)
- Kaja Draksler & Susana Santos Silva, Grow (Intakt)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Peter Brötzmann-Milford Graves-William Parker, Historic Music Past Tense Future (2002, Black Editions)
- William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
VOCAL
- Maggie Nicols, Are You Ready? (Otoroku)
DEBUT
- Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
LATIN
- Xiomara Torres, La Voz Del Mar (Patois)
Steve Feeney (Arts Fuse, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram)
NEW RELEASES
- Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
- Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra)
- Tony Malaby's Sabino, The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic)
- Fred Hersch, Breath by Breath (Palmetto)
- Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double, March (Firehouse 12)
- Charles Lloyd, Trios: Ocean (Blue Note)
- Thumbscrew, Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform)
- Avram Fefer Quartet, Juba Lee (Clean Feed)
- Kirk Knuffke Trio, Gravity Without Airs (Tao Forms)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
- Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
- Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
VOCAL
- Sheila Jordan, Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Live)
DEBUT
- Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head)
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
Ken Franckling (JazzTimes, Hot House, OffBeat, Jazz Notes)
NEW RELEASES
- The Dave Wilson Quartet, Stretching Supreme (self-released '21)
- Lynne Arriale Trio, The Lights Are Always On (Challenge)
- Wayne Shorter-Terri Lyne Carrington-Leo Genovese-Esperanza Spalding, Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid)
- Jo Harrop, The Heart Wants (Lateralize '21)
- Javon Jackson, The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Solid Jackson)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
- Steven Feifke and Dijon Watson Present: Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra (Cellar)
- Sam Kirmayer, In This Moment (Cellar)
- Ricky Ford, The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul's Scene (Whaling City Sound)
- Chris Cortez, Live at Blue Bamboo (Blue Bamboo)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Bill Evans, Morning Glory: The 1973 Concert at the Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires (Resonance)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
- Dave Brubeck Trio, Live From Vienna 1967 (Brubeck Editions)
VOCAL
- Jo Harrop, The Heart Wants (Lateralize '21)
DEBUT
- Timothy Norton, Visions of Phaedrus (Truth Revolution)
LATIN
- Oscar Hernández & Alma Libre, Vision (Ovation)
Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.