Jazz Critics Poll: 2010

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2010 Totals: Reissues

1. Henry Threadgill: The Complete Novus and Columbia Recordings (Mosaic) 99 (43)
2. Miles Davis: Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Columbia/Legacy) 63 (29)
3. Stan Getz & Kenny Barron: People Time: The Complete Recordings (Sunnyside) 50 (22)
4. Ahmad Jamal: The Complete Argo Trio Sessions 1956-62 (Mosaic) 41 (18)
5. John Carter & Bobby Bradford: The Complete Revelation Sessions (Mosaic Select) 35 (17)
6. Philly Joe Jones & Dameronia: Look, Stop and Listen (Uptown) 16 (7)
7. Duke Ellington: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings (Mosaic) 14 (6)
8. Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (ESP-Disk) 13 (8)
9. Nat King Cole: Riffin': The Decca, JATP, Keynote and Mercury Recordings (Hip-O Select) 13 (6)
10. Jemeel Moondoc: The Muntu Recordings (NoBusiness) 13 (6)
Various Artists: California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium (Masterworks Jazz) 11 (7)
12. Sun Ra: College Tour Vol. 1: The Complete Nothing Is (ESP-Disk) 10 (5)
13. Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron: Let's Call This . . . Esteem (SLAM-Silta) 8 (4)
14. Bing Crosby: The CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56 (Mosaic) 8 (3)
15. Fela Kuti: The Best of the Black President (Kalakuta/Knitting Factory) 7 (3)
16. Sounds of Liberation: Sounds of Liberation (Porter) 6 (4)
17. Archie Shepp: New York Contemporary Five (Delmark) 6 (4)
18. Various Artists: CTI Records: The Cool Revolution (Masterworks Jazz) 6 (4)
19. Commitment: The Complete Recordings 1981/1983 (NoBusiness) 6 (3)
20. Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (Sony Legacy) 6 (2)
Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay (Masterworks Jazz) 5 (4)
22. Dave Douglas: Constellations (Hatology) 5 (3)
23. Abbey Lincoln: Through the Years (Hip-O Select) 5 (3)
24. Henry Threadgill: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note (CAM Jazz) 5 (3)
25. Prince Lasha: Insight (Groove America) 5 (2)
26. Wes Montgomery: Boss Guitar (Concord) 5 (2)
27. Various Artists: Cabaret Echoes: New Orleans Jazzers at Work, 1918-1927 (Archeophone) 4 (3)
28. Marion Brown: Why Not? (ESP-Disk) 4 (2)
29. Sonny Rollins: Way Out West (Original Jazz Classics) 4 (2)
30. Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (Concord) 4 (2)
Dinah Washington: The Fabulous Miss D! The Keynote, Decca and Mercury Singles 1943-1953 (Hip-O Select) 4 (2)
31. Teddy Wilson: Solo, Trio, Quartet, Sextet & Big Band From 1939-1983 (Storyville) 4 (2)
33. Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz (Concord) 3 (3)
34. Dave Brubeck: Original Album Classics (Masterworks Jazz) 3 (2)
35. Joe Pass: Virtuoso (Pablo) 3 (2)
36. Dave Brubeck: Legacy of a Legend (Columbia/Legacy) 3 (1)
37. Catalyst: The Complete Recordings, Vol.1 (Porter) 3 (1)
38. Loren Connors & Jim O'Rourke: Are You Going to Stop . . . In Bern? (Hatology) 3 (1)
39. Bill Dixon: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note (Black Saint) 3 (1)
40. Abbey Lincoln: Golden Lady (Inner City) 3 (1)
Lloyd McNeill: Asha (Universal Sound) 3 (1)
41. Ken Nordine: Word Jazz, The Complete 1950s Recordings (100% Womon) 3 (1)
42. Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Sonny Rollins on Prestige, Riverside & Contemporary (Concord) 3 (1)
43. Frank Sinatra: New York (Rhino) 3 (1)
44. Tito Puente: The Complete 78s Vols 3 & 4 (Fania/Codigo) 3 (1)
45. Lester Young: Centennial Celebration (Original Jazz Classics) 3 (1)
46. Various Artists: Art-i-facts (New England Conservatory) 3 (1)
48. Anthony Braxton & Ran Blake: Memories of Vienna (Hatology) 2 (1)
49. Catalyst: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (Porter) 2 (1)
50. Miles Davis: Dig (Concord) 2 (1)
: The Olufsen Years 1988-1994 (SteepleChase) 2 (1)
51. Bob Dunn: Master of the Electric Steel Guitar (1935-1950) (Origin Jazz Library) 2 (1)
52. Et Cetera: Knirsch (MPS/Promising) 2 (1)
53. Fred "Sugar" Hall: Look Who's Here (Challenge) 2 (1)
54. Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune (Sony Legacy) 2 (1)
55. Antonio Carlos Jobim: Stone Flower (Masterworks Jazz) 2 (1)
56. Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz: Two Not One (Storyville) 2 (1)
57. Modern Jazz Quartet: Under the Jasmin Tree/Space (Capitol) 2 (1)
58. Makaya Ntshoko: Makaya & the Tsotsis (Enja) 2 (1)
59. Tito Puente: El Rey: A Man and His Music (Fania/Codigo) 2 (1)
Jimmy Smith: Respect/Livin' It Up (Hip-O Select) 2 (1)
60. Charles Tyler: Ensemble (ESP-Disk) 2 (1)
61. Univers Zero: Heresie (Cuneiform) 2 (1)
62. Eberhard Weber: Colours (ECM) 2 (1)
65. Arild Andersen: Green in Blue: Early Quartets (ECM) 1 (1)
66. Louis Armstrong: Hello Louis: The Hit Years (Hip-O Select) 1 (1)
67. Chet Baker: It Could Happen to You (Concord) 1 (1)
68. Steve Beresford-Nigel Coombes-John Russell-Dave Solomon-Garry Todd: Teatime (Emanem) 1 (1)
69. Ran Blake: That Certain Feeling (Hatology) 1 (1)
70. John Butcher: Invisible Ear (Weight of Wax) 1 (1)
Chick Corea: Solo Piano: Improvisations/Children's Songs (ECM) 1 (1)
71. Bill Evans: Brilliant (Timeless) 1 (1)
72. Bill Evans: Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings June 1980 (Nonesuch) 1 (1)
73. Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby (Concord) 1 (1)
74. Carl Fontana: The Fifties (Uptown) 1 (1)
75. Clifford Brown: The Emarcy Master Takes (Hip-O Select) 1 (1)
76. Michael Gregory Jackson: Clarity (ESP-Disk) 1 (1)
77. Stan Kenton: This Is an Orchestra (Tantara) 1 (1)
78. Eero Koivistoinen: 3rd Version (Porter) 1 (1)
79. Love Cry Want: Love Cry Want (Weird Forest) 1 (1)
Art Pepper: Meets the Rhythm Section (Concord) 1 (1)
80. Django Reinhardt: Musette to Maestro 1928-1937 (JSP) 1 (1)
81. Wadada Leo Smith: Spirit Catcher (Nessa) 1 (1)
82. Willie "The Lion" Smith: Jazz Legacy (Inner City) 1 (1)
83. Sun Ra: Cosmos (Inner City) 1 (1)
84. Gabor Szabo: Jazz Raga (Light in the Attic) 1 (1)
85. Lew Tabackin: Dual Nature (Inner City) 1 (1)
86. Stanley Turrentine: Sugar (Masterworks Jazz) 1 (1)
87. Various Artists: Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 1 (Geffen) 1 (1)

Critics were asked to list three reissues in descending order, with three points awarded for #1, 2 for #2, and 1 for #3. The first bold number indicates total points; the number in parentheses tallies ballots on which a CD appeared, which was used as a tiebreaker.