Saturday, March 17, 2018

Expanded Critics’ Poll Results by JazzTimes

Expanded Critics’ Poll Results
by JazzTimes
Best New Artist Jazzmeia Horn (photo by Jacob Blickenstaff)

For this annual companion poll to last issue’s Top 50 Critics’ Picks, our regular contributors and critics participated in this survey based on our yearly Readers’ Poll. Voters were asked to focus on artists’ achievements during 2017 rather than assessing entire careers.
Winners are bolded; runners-up are listed below in order of number of votes. An asterisk* denotes a tie.  EVAN HAGA, EDITOR

Best of all

New Artist
Jazzmeia HornJaimie Branch
Roxy Coss
Thomas Morgan
Artist of the Year
Vijay IyerJohn McLaughlin
Tyshawn Sorey
Jason Moran*
Cécile McLorin Salvant*

Best groups

Acoustic Small Group/Artist
Charles Lloyd New QuartetVijay Iyer Sextet
Steve Coleman’s Natal Eclipse
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Electric/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Group/Artist
Hudson (DeJohnette/Grenadier/Medeski/Scofield)Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition
Snarky Puppy
Big Band/Large Ensemble
Maria Schneider OrchestraArturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
John Beasley’s MONK’estra
Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound

Best of the industry

Record Label
ECMBlue Note
Resonance
Motéma
Syndicated Radio Program
Jazz Night in AmericaRadio Deluxe With John Pizzarelli
Jazz After Hours With Jeff Hanley
Jazz Inspired With Judy Carmichael
Podcast
The CheckoutJazzTimes Spins & RiffsA Noise From the DeepStraight No Chaser
Festival
Winter Jazzfest (NYC)Newport Jazz Festival
Monterey Jazz Festival
Montreal International Jazz Festival*
Detroit Jazz Festival*
Documentary
I Called Him MorganChasing TraneBill Evans: Time RememberedJimmy Scott: I Go Back Home
Book
Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz by Fred HerschMessage to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of Chicago by Paul Steinbeck
Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium by John Corbett
Nightclub
Village VanguardJazz Standard
The Stone/The Stone at the New School
Birdland

Best musicians

Trumpeter
Ambrose AkinmusireChristian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Wadada Leo Smith
Dave Douglas
Trombonist
Roswell RuddRyan Keberle
Wycliffe Gordon
Robin Eubanks
Clarinetist
Anat CohenKen Peplowski
Evan Christopher
Paquito D’Rivera
Tenor Saxophonist
Joe LovanoChris Potter
Charles Lloyd
JD Allen
Alto Saxophonist
Rudresh MahanthappaSteve Coleman
Kenny Garrett
Tim Berne*
Miguel Zenón*
Soprano Saxophonist
Wayne ShorterChris Potter
Dave Liebman
Jane Ira Bloom
Baritone Saxophonist
Gary SmulyanBrian Landrus
James Carter
Claire Daly
Flutist
Nicole MitchellCharles Lloyd
Jamie Baum
Henry Threadgill
Violinist
Jenny ScheinmanRegina Carter
Sara Caswell
Mark Feldman
Pianist
Vijay IyerCraig Taborn
Jason Moran
Chick Corea
Keyboardist
Herbie HancockCraig Taborn
Robert Glasper
John Medeski
Organist
Dr. Lonnie SmithJoey DeFrancesco
Larry Goldings
John Medeski
Guitarist
Bill FrisellJulian Lage
Mary Halvorson
John Scofield
Double Bassist
Christian McBrideLinda May Han Oh
Thomas Morgan
Ron Carter
Electric Bassist
ThundercatSteve Swallow
Matthew Garrison
Richard Bona
Vibraphonist
Warren WolfStefon Harris
Joe Locke
Jason Adasiewicz
Drummer
Jack DeJohnetteBrian Blade
Terri Lyne Carrington
Billy Hart
Percussion
Pedrito MartinezCyro Baptista
Kahil El’Zabar
Zakir Hussain
Vocalist (Male)
Gregory PorterTheo Bleckmann
Kurt Elling
Tony Bennett
Vocalist (Female)
Cécile McLorin SalvantJazzmeia Horn
Lizz Wright
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Composer
Tyshawn SoreyVijay Iyer
Maria Schneider
Steve Coleman
Best Arranger
Maria SchneiderJohn Beasley
Arturo O’Farrill
Darcy James Argue
Misc. Instrumentalist
Tomeka Reid (cello)
Grégoire Maret (harmonica)
Béla Fleck (banjo)
Scott Robinson (contrabass saxophone)

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