Os melhores CDs de jazz de 2025

The 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll

1. Mary Halvorson - About Ghosts (Nonesuch)

 






Foto de Mary Halvorson por Clara Pereira

2. Patricia Brennan - Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic)

3. Ambrose Akinmusire - Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch)

4. Linda May Han Oh - Strange Heavens (Biophilia)

5. Amina Claudine Myers - Solace of the Mind (Red Hook)

6. Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner - The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi)

7. Fieldwork - Thereupon (Pi)

8. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith - Defiant Life (ECM)

9. James Brandon Lewis Quartet - Abstraction Is Deliverance (Intakt)

10. Nels Cline - Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note)

73rd DownBeat Critics Poll

73rd Annual DownBeat Critics Poll 2025

  Hall of fame:

Anthony Braxton








Jazz artist of the year:

James Brandon Lewis








Top Jazz Albums:


1. Patricia Brennan Septet - Breaking stretch (Pyroclastic)




2. Ambrose Akinmusire - Honey from a winter stone (Nonesuch)

3. Kris Davis Trio - Run the gauntlet (Pyroclastic)

4. Tyshawn Sorey - The susceptible now (Pi)

5. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson - Bone bells (Pyroclastic)

6. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers - Central Park’s mosaics of Reservoir Lake paths and gardens (Red Hook)

7. Immanuel Wilkins - Blues blood (Blue Note)

7. Tomeka Reid Quartet - 3+3 (Cuneiform)

9. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - The way out of easy (International Anthem)

10. David Murray Quartet - Francesca (Intakt)

Jazz Journalists Association Awards 2025

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz

George Coleman






Jazz Musician of the Year

Marshall Allen






Record of the Year

The sky will still be there tomorrow, by Charles Lloyd (Blue Note)







Charles Lloyd

Os melhores CDs de jazz de 2024

The 19th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll

1. Patricia Brennan Septet - Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic)

 






Patricia Brennan

2. Vijay Iyer - Compassion (ECM)

3. Charles Lloyd - The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)

4. Mary Halvorson - Cloudward (Nonesuch)

5. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers - Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook)

6. Kris Davis Trio - Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic)

7. Matthew Shipp Trio - New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk)

8. Darius Jones - Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity)

9. David Murray Quartet - Francesca (Intakt)

10. أحمد [Ahmed] - Giant Beauty (Fönstret)

72nd DownBeat Critics Poll

72nd Annual DownBeat Critics Poll 2024

  Charles Lloyd:

Hall of fame
Jazz artist of the year
Tenor saxophonist of the year
Jazz album of the year




Fotografia de Charles Lloyd por Nicole Fara Silver





Top Jazz Albums:


1. Charles Lloyd - The sky will still be there tomorrow (Blue Note)




2. Kris Davis Diatom Ribbons - Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)

3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet - For Mahalia, with love (Tao Forms)

4. Jaimie Branch - Fly or die Fly or die Fly or die ((world war)) (International Anthem)

4. Vijay Iyer Trio - Compassion (ECM)

6. Christian McBride’s New Jawn - Prime (Mack Avenue)

7. Darcy James Argue - Dynamic maximum tension (Nonesuch)

8. Mary Halvorson - Cloudward (Nonesuch)

8. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine (Nonesuch)

10. Tyshawn Sorey Trio - Continuing (Pi)

Jazz Journalists Association Awards 2024

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz

Jack DeJohnette



Fotografia de Jack DeJohnette por Fanny Delsol




Jazz Musician of the Year

Christian McBride



Fotografia de Christian McBride por Andrea Rotili




Record of the Year

Where are we, by Joshua Redman (Blue Note)






Photo of the Year

Susana Santos Silva by Luciano Rossetti

Os melhores Cds de jazz de 2023

The 18th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll

1. James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet - For Mahalia, With Love (Nonesuch)

 






James Brandon Lewis

2. Jason Moran - From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes)

3. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz - Ex Machina (Pi)

4. Tyshawn Sorey Trio - Continuing (Pi)

5. Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society - Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)

6. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation)

7. Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)

8. Henry Threadgill Ensemble - The Other One (Pi)

9. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die (World War)

10. Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet - Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt)

71st DownBeat Critics Poll

71st Annual DownBeat Critics Poll

Top Jazz Albums:


1. Mary Halvorson - Amaryllis & Belladonna (Nonesuch)




2. Samara Joy - Linger Awhile (Verve)

3. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine (Nonesuch)

4. Terri Lyne Carrington - New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)

5. Kenny Barron - The Source (Artwork)

6. Charles Lloyd - Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)

7. Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding - Alive At The Village Vanguard (Palmetto)

8. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 - The Off-Off Broadway Guide To Synergism (Pi)

9. Redman/Mehldau/McBride/ Blade - LongGone (Nonesuch)

10. Tyshawn Sorey Trio - Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)

Jazz Journalists Association Awards 2023

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz

Charles Lloyd




Jazz Musician of the Year

Terri Lyne Carrington



Fotografia de Terri Lyne Carrington por John Watson




Record of the Year

New Standards Vol. 1, by Terri Lyne Carrington (Candid)

Os melhores CDs de jazz de 2022

The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll

1. Mary Halvorson - Amaryllis (Nonesuch)

 





Fotografia de Mary Halvorson por Peter Gannushkin

2. Immanuel Wilkins - The 7th Hand (Blue Note)

3. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

4. Tyshawn Sorey Trio - Mesmerism (Yeros7)

5. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby - The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)

6. JD Allen - Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)

7. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet - For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)

8. Terri Lyne Carrington - New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)

9. Ches Smith - Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)

10. Wadada Leo Smith - The Emerald Duets (TUM)

Jazztimes 2022 Year in Review

1. Immanuel Wilkins: The 7th Hand (Blue Note)

2. Tyshawn Sorey Trio: Mesmerism (Yeros7)

3. Billy Drummond & Freedom of Ideas: Valse sinistre (Cellar)

4. Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

5. Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis (Nonesuch)

6. Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade: LongGone (Nonesuch)

7. Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano: Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM)

8. Charles Lloyd: Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)

9. Wadada Leo Smith, Jack DeJohnette & Vijay Iyer: A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM)

10. Julian Lage: View with a Room (Blue Note)

Os melhores CDs de jazz de 2020

NPR Music's 8th Annual Jazz Critics Poll

1. Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords (ArtistShare)

 





Fotografia de Maria Schneider por Briene Lermitte

2. Ambrose Akinmusire - On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)

3. Eric Revis - Slipknots Through a Looking Glass (Pyroclastic)

4. Mary Halvorson's Code Girl - Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)

5. Charles Lloyd - 8: Kindred Spirits (Live From the Lobero) (Blue Note)

6. Carla Bley-Andy Sheppard-Steve Swallow - Life Goes On (ECM)

7. Matthew Shipp Trio - The Unidentifiable (ESP-Disk)

8. Ron Miles - Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)

9. Rudresh Mahanthappa - Hero Trio (Whirlwind)

10. Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem)

Jazztimes 2020 Year in Review

1. Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords (ArtistShare)

2. John Scofield: Swallow Tales (ECM)

3. Ambrose Akinmusire: On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note)

4. Rudresh Mahanthappa: Hero Trio (Whirlwind)

5. Bill Frisell: Valentine (Blue Note)

6. Immanuel Wilkins: Omega (Blue Note)

7. Gerald Clayton: Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)

8. Nubya Garcia: Source (Concord Jazz)

9. Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling (Strut)

10. Shabaka and the Ancestors: We Are Sent Here by History (Impulse!)

68th DownBeat Critics Poll

Terri Lyne Carrington:

Jazz artist of the year
Jazz album of the year
Jazz group of the year - Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science




Fotografia de Terri Lyne Carrington @ NYTimes.com





Top Jazz Albums:


1. Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science - Waiting Game (Motéma)



2. Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic)

3. Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow - Life Goes On (ECM)

4. Chick Corea - Trilogy 2 (Concord)

5. Jazzmeia Horn - Love And Liberation (Concord)

6. Pat Metheny - From This Place (Nonesuch)

7. Anat Cohen Tentet - Triple Helix (Anzic)

8. Christian McBride - The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons (Mack Avenue)

9. Ahmad Jamal - Ballades (Jazz Village/[PIAS])

10. Tomeka Reid Quartet - Old New (Cuneiform)

Jazz Journalists Association Awards 2020

Lifetime Achievement in Jazz

Roscoe Mitchell
Charles Lloyd
Carla Bley
Eddie Palmieri
Chick Corea
Jimmy Cobb




Jazz Musician of the Year

Kris Davis
Charles Lloyd
Christian McBride
Roscoe Mitchell
Terri Lyne Carrington




Record of the Year

Sonero - The Music of Ismael Rivera, by Miguel Zenón (Miel Music)
Diatom Ribbons, by Kris Davis (Pyroclastic Records)
Glitter Wolf, by Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom (Royal Potato Family)
The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, by Branford Marsalis (Okeh)
We Are On the Edge - 50th Anniversary Celebration, by the Art Ensemble of Chicago (Pi Recordings)






Photo of the Year
Jazzmeia Horn, Belgrade Jazz Festival by Nedici Dragoslav

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Os melhores CDs de Jazz de 2019

Jazz Journalists Association


Record of the year - 2019



West Side Story Reimagined
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band






Top Ten JazzTimes - 2019




1. Branford Marsalis Quartet - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul


2. Dave Holland/Zakir Hussain/Chris Potter - Good Hope

3. Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade - Trilogy 2

4. Camila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra - Ámbar

5. Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons

6. Tom Harrell - Infinity

7. Joel Ross - KingMaker

8. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall

9. Johnathan Blake - Trion

10. Linda May Han Oh - Aventurine






67th DownBeat Critics Poll - 2019




1. Wayne Shorter - Emanon


2. Cécile McLorin Salvant - The Window

3. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest

4. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

5. Andrew Cyrille - Lebroba

6. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings

7. Branford Marsalis Quartet - The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul

8. Kenny Barron Quintet - Concentric Circles

9. Christian McBride - Christian McBride’s New Jawn

10. Fred Hersch Trio - Live In Europe






NPR Music's 7th Annual Jazz Critics Poll - 2019




1. Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons


2. Art Ensemble of Chicago - We Are On The Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

3. Tomeka Reid Quartet - Old New

4. Branford Marsalis Quartet - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul

5. Steve Lehman Trio & Craig Taborn - The People I Love

6. Anna Webber - Clockwise

7. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise

8. Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette - The Ambiguity Manifesto

9. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis

10. Chick Corea Trio - Trilogy 2

Com algum atraso...

... Os melhores CD's de jazz de 2018.

Jazz Journalists Association


Record of the year - 2018



Honey and Salt: Music Inspired by the Poetry of Carl Sandburg (Palmetto)
Matt Wilson





Top Ten JazzTimes - 2018




1. Wayne Shorter - Emanon (Blue Note)


2. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest (Blue Note)

3. Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret - The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

4. Kenny Barron Quintet - Concentric Circles (Blue Note)

5. Cécile McLorin Salvant - The Window (Mack Avenue)

6. Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley, Brian Blade - Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)

7. Bill Frisell - Music IS (Okeh/Sony Masterworks)

8. Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)

9. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)

10. Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet - Yo Soy la Tradición (Miel)





66th DownBeat Critics Poll - 2018




1. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)


2. Anat Cohen Tentet - Happy Song (Anzic)

3. Charles Lloyd New Quartet - Passin’ Thru (Blue Note)

4. DeJohnette/Grenadier/ Medeski/Scofield - Hudson (Motéma)

5. Ambrose Akinmusire - Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)

6. Matt Wilson - Honey and Salt (Palmetto)

7. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die (International Anthem)

8. Fred Hersch - Open Book (Palmetto)

9. Bill Charlap Trio - Uptown, Downtown (Impulse!)

10. Chick Corea - The Musician (Concord)





NPR Critics Poll - 2018




1. Wayne Shorter - Emanon (Blue Note)


2. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra - Agg Dirt . . . And More Dirt (Pi)

3. Andrew Cyrille - Lebroba (ECM)

4. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (International Anthem)

5. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest (Blue Note)

6. Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)

7. Mary Halvorson - Code Girl (Firehouse 12)

8. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret - The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

9. Cecile McLorin Salvant - The Window (Mack Avenue)

10. Thumbscrew - Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)

Os melhores CD's de jazz de 2017

The 2017 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll (December, 2017)


1. Vijay Iyer Sextet - Far From Over







(Foto de Vijay Iyer Sextet por Lynne Harty)




2. Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse - Morphogenesis

3. Tyshawn Sorey - Verisimilitude

4. Craig Taborn - Daylight Ghosts

5. Nicole Mitchell - Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds

6. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams And Daggers

7. Roscoe Mitchell - Bells For The South Side

8. Matt Wilson's Honey And Salt - Music Inspired By The Poetry Of Carl Sandberg

9. Charles Lloyd Quartet - Passin' Thru

10. Ambrose Akinmusire - A Rift In Decorum: Live At The Village Vanguard

As escolhas individuais de cada um dos votantes encontram-se aqui.

65th DownBeat Critics Poll

Hall of Fame

Don Cherry



Fotografia de Don Cherry @ pinterest.pt





Veterans Committee Hall of Fame

Herbie Nichols



Fotografia de Herbie Nichols @ ktru.org







Wadada Leo Smith:

Jazz artist of the year
Album of the year
Trumpeter of the year




Wadada Leo Smith fotografado por Michael Jackson





Top Jazz Albums:


1. Wadada Leo Smith - America's National Parks




2. Henry Threadgill - Old Locks And Irregular Verbs

3. Fred Hersch Trio - Sunday Night At The Vanguard

4. DeJohnette/Coltrane/Garrison - In Movement

5. Nels Cline - Lovers

6. Sonny Rollins - Holding The Stage: Road Shows, Vol. 4

7. Gregory Porter - Take Me To The Alley

8. Matt Wilson’s Big Happy Family - Beginning Of A Memory

9. Andrew Cyrille Quartet - Declaration Of Musical Independence

10. Branford Marsalis Quartet featuring Kurt Elling - Upward Spiral







Historical Album:

Bill Evans - Some Other Time: The Lost Session From The Black Forest



Blues Album:

David Bromberg Band - The Blues, The Whole Blues And Nothing But The Blues



Beyond Album:

Allen Toussaint - American Tunes

JJA Jazz Awards 2017

2017 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards


Jazz Photo of the Year



Cécile McLorin Salvant fotografada por Manolo Nebot Rochera





Outras categorias:


Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
McCoy Tyner


Musician of the Year
Wadada Leo Smith


Record of the Year
Brian Lynch - Madera Latino, A Latin Jazz Perspective on the Music of Woody Shaw (Hollistic MusicWorks)

Todos os resultados dos JJA Jazz Awards 2017 aqui.