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
