We are proud to present the results of the 67th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll, which includes Album of the Year (page 40) and Historical Album of the Year (page 44).

Nina Simone ...... 122 Anthony Braxton ...... 88 Pharoah Sanders ...... 71 Charles Lloyd ...... 69 Kenny Barron ...... 64 Tomasz Stanko...... 58 ...... 57 Jack DeJohnette ...... 56 Jimmy Giuffre ...... 54 Jimmy Heath ...... 50 John McLaughlin ...... 47 Shirley Horn ...... 46 Jaki Byard ...... 41 Oliver Nelson ...... 38 Yusef Lateef ...... 37 Bobby Hutcherson ...... 36 Hank Mobley ...... 34 Grant Green...... 32 Carmen McRae ...... 32 Gunther Schuller ...... 31 Kenny Burrell ...... 30

Miguel Zenón, winner of the Alto Saxophone category

Kenny Barron ...... 30 Fred Hersch Trio, Sullivan Fortner, Scott LaFaro ...... 67% JD Allen ...... 28 Live In Europe (Palmetto) ...... 44 Moments Preserved (Impulse!) .. 22 Joe Williams ...... 67% Julian Lage ...... 28 Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lionel Loueke, (Note: Artists must receive at least Chick Corea ...... 26 Lucinda Williams, Vanished The Journey (Aparté) ...... 22 66% of the Veterans Committee Anat Cohen ...... 25 Gardens (Blue Note) ...... 41 Wadada Leo Smith, votes to gain entry. Other artists ...... 25 & Craig Taborn, Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An receiving more than 50% of ...... 25 The Transitory Poems (ECM) ... 36 Oratorio Of Seven Songs (Tum) ...22 the votes:) Henry Threadgill ...... 25 The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, , Mario Bauzá ...... 55% We Are On The Edge (Pi) ...... 35 Imaginary Friends (ECM) ...... 21 Machito ...... 55% , Nicole Mitchell, Jay McShann ...... 55% Pillars (Firehouse 12) ...... 31 Maroon Cloud (FPE) ...... 21 Les Paul...... 55% Wayne Shorter, Emanon (Blue Note) ...... 85 , Trio Tapestry (ECM) .. 28 Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy La Cécile McLorin Salvant, Brad Mehldau, Seymour Reads Tradición (Miel Music) ...... 21 The Window (Mack Avenue) .... 71 The Constitution! (Nonesuch) .. 26 Black Art Jazz Collective, Cécile McLorin Salvant ...... 82 , Myra Melford & Snowy Egret, The Armor Of Pride (HighNote) ...... 20 Mary Halvorson ...... 79 Origami Harvest (Blue Note) .... 65 Other Side Of Air (Firehouse 12) .. 26 Orrin Evans & The Captain Wayne Shorter ...... 68 Kamasi Washington, Heaven Allison Miller/Carmen Staaf, Black Big Band, Fred Hersch...... 67 And Earth (Young Turks)...... 60 Science Fair (Sunnyside)...... 26 Presence (Smoke Sessions) .... 20 Wadada Leo Smith ...... 62 Andrew Cyrille, Lebroba (ECM) .. 58 JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant) ...... 25 Harriet Tubman, The Terror Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 60 Makaya McCraven, Universal , End Of Beauty (Sunnyside) ...... 19 ...... 58 Beings (International Anthem) .. 57 Uncharted Territories (Dare2) ... 25 & Blackout, Charles Lloyd ...... 54 Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Nels Cline 4, Currents Sonic Creed (Motéma) ...... 19 ...... 49 The Secret Between The Shadow Constellations (Blue Note)...... 24 Ingrid Jensen/Steve Treseler, Christian McBride ...... 41 And The Soul (Okeh/Sony) ...... 54 Christian Sands, Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Vijay Iyer ...... 40 Kenny Barron Quintet, Facing Dragons (Mack Avenue) ..24 Wheeler (Whirlwind) ...... 19 Kamasi Washington ...... 38 Concentric Circles (Blue Note) .. 52 Joshua Redman, Catherine Russell, Allison Miller ...... 35 Christian McBride, Christian Still Dreaming (Nonesuch) ...... 23 Alone Together (Dot Time) ...... 19 Nicole Mitchell ...... 34 McBride’s New Jawn Angel Bat Dawid, The Oracle Miho Hazama m_unit, Dancer ...... 33 (Mack Avenue) ...... 50 (International Anthem) ...... 22 In Nowhere (Sunnyside) ...... 18

56 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2019 KRISTI SUTTON ELIAS

Nicole Mitchell, winner of the Flute category

Allison Miller’s Boom Tic & Brad Mehldau, Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet ... 59 Gil Evans Orchestra ...... 30 Boom, Glitter Wolf Long Ago And Far Away Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret .... 54 Steven Bernstein’s Millennial (Royal Potato Family) ...... 17 (Impulse) ...... 29 Branford Marsalis Quartet ...... 49 Territory Orchestra ...... 29 Aaron Parks, Little Big Various Artists, Voices Of The Cookers ...... 42 Bobby Sanabria Big Band ...... 29 (Ropeadope)...... 17 Mississippi (Dust-to-Digital) ..... 26 Vijay Iyer Trio ...... 42 DIVA Jazz Orchestra ...... 28 Elio Villafranca, Cinque e.s.t. (Esbjorn Svensson Trio), Matthew Shipp Trio ...... 42 Count Basie Orchestra ...... 27 (ArtistShare) ...... 17 Live In London (ACT)...... 25 Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas’ Anthony Brown’s Asian Grant Green, Funk In France: Sound Prints ...... 41 American Orchestra ...... 27 From Paris To Antibes Jane Bunnett & Maqueque ...... 40 Chicago Jazz Orchestra...... 25 (1969–1970) (Resonance) ...... 24 The Bad Plus ...... 37 John Coltrane, Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Bäbi Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Both Directions At Once: Milford Graves, Orchestra...... 25 Ensemble ...... 34 The Lost Album (Impulse!) ..... 261 (Corbett vs. Dempsey) ...... 21 , La Fenice (ECM) .. 21 Brad Mehldau Trio ...... 33 Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: Don Cherry, Home Boy Sister Julian Lage Group ...... 32 The Expanded 1963 New York Out (WEWANTSOUNDS) ...... 20 JD Allen Trio ...... 30 Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 183 Studio Sessions (Resonance).....220 Erroll Garner, Nightconcert Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Wadada Leo Smith ...... 107 The Art Ensemble of Chicago, (Mack Avenue) ...... 20 Quintet ...... 30 Roy Hargrove ...... 89 The Art Ensemble of Chicago Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet, The Ingrid Jensen ...... 78 And Associated Ensembles Complete Lansdowne Recordings Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah .. 78 (ECM) ...... 124 1965–1969 (Jazzman) ...... 19 Wynton Marsalis ...... 66 Betty Carter, The Music Maria Schneider Orchestra... 162 Louis Armstrong, Sparks, Jeremy Pelt ...... 60 Never Stops (Blue Engine) ...... 73 Darcy James Argue’s Nevada 1964! (Dot Time) ...... 18 Marquis Hill ...... 59 Ornette Coleman, The Atlantic Secret Society ...... 99 Imamu Amiri Baraka, It’s Nation Dave Douglas ...... 58 Years (Rhino)...... 71 John Beasley’s MONK’estra ....81 Time: African Visionary Music Tomasz Sta ko ...... 48 Thelonious Monk, Mønk Jazz at Lincoln Center (Motown/UMe) ...... 16 Tom Harrell ...... 47 (Gearbox) ...... 51 Orchestra...... 72 Bob Dorough, But For Now Sean Jones ...... 47 The Beatles, The White Album Orrin Evans’ Captain Black (Enja) ...... 16 Ralph Alessi ...... 43 (Anniversary Edition) (Apple Big Band ...... 68 Grant Green, Slick! Live At Oil Jonathan Finlayson ...... 42 Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe) ...... 49 Carla Bley with Charlie Haden’s Can Harry’s (Resonance) ...... 16 ...... 41 Woody Shaw, Tokyo ’81 Liberation Music Orchestra ...... 67 Ben Sidran, Ben There, Done Ron Miles ...... 38 (Elemental) ...... 47 Sun Ra Arkestra ...... 67 That (Sunset Boulevard) ...... 16 Brian Lynch ...... 36 Teddy Wilson, Classic Brunswick Satoko Fujii Orchestra ...... 53 , Silent Tongues Kirk Knuffke ...... 34 & Columbia Teddy Wilson Arturo O’Farrill & The (ORG Music) ...... 16 Amir ElSaffar ...... 31 Sessions 1934–1942 (Mosaic) .....41 Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra ...... 46 Nicholas Payton ...... 29 Dexter Gordon Quartet, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra ...... 43 Tokyo 1975 (Elemental) ...... 34 WDR Big Band ...... 41 Alice Coltrane, Lord Of Lords Fred Hersch Trio ...... 83 John Hollenbeck Large (Superior Viaduct) ...... 33 Charles Lloyd & The Marvels ... 68 Ensemble ...... 38 Steve Turre ...... 123 Charles Mingus, Jazz in Detroit/ Roy Hargrove Quintet ...... 61 Mingus Big Band ...... 36 Wycliffe Gordon ...... 89 Strata Concert Gallery/ Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom .. 61 Roy Hargrove Big Band ...... 34 Robin Eubanks ...... 82 46 Selden (BBE) ...... 31 Wayne Shorter Quartet ...... 61 Christian McBride Big Band .... 33 Trombone Shorty ...... 76

AUGUST 2019 DOWNBEAT 57 Darius Jones ...... 37 Gianluigi Trovesi ...... 33 Bobby Watson ...... 37 David Krakauer ...... 28 Steve Wilson ...... 31 Matana Roberts ...... 28 David Binney ...... 28 Todd Marcus ...... 26 Sherman Irby ...... 28 Ken Vandermark ...... 26

JIMMY & DENA KATZ Matana Roberts ...... 28 Jeff Lederer ...... 21 Greg Abate ...... 27 Oscar Noriega ...... 21 Paquito D’Rivera ...... 26 Ned Rothenberg ...... 20 Antonio Hart ...... 26 Oliver Lake ...... 26 David Sanborn ...... 26 Nicole Mitchell ...... 226 Caroline Davis ...... 25 Jamie Baum ...... 130 Jane Bunnett ...... 113 Hubert Laws ...... 113 Joe Lovano...... 145 Charles Lloyd ...... 113 Charles Lloyd ...... 112 Elena Pinderhughes ...... 75 Branford Marsalis ...... 95 Henry Threadgill ...... 70 Chris Potter ...... 76 ...... 45 Melissa Aldana ...... 75 ...... 43 JD Allen ...... 73 Lew Tabackin ...... 43 Wayne Shorter ...... 67 Dave Liebman ...... 42 Joshua Redman ...... 57 ...... 39 Kamasi Washington ...... 56 Robert Dick ...... 38 Ingrid Laubrock ...... 54 James Newton ...... 35 Donny McCaslin ...... 53 Holly Hofmann ...... 28 Pharoah Sanders ...... 45 Anne Drummond ...... 25 James Carter ...... 44 Ali Ryerson ...... 25 Evan Parker ...... 41 Douglas Ewart ...... 23 Jimmy Heath ...... 40 Ted Nash ...... 23 ...... 35 T.K. Blue ...... 22 Noah Preminger ...... 35 James Spaulding ...... 22 Eric Alexander ...... 33 Jerry Bergonzi ...... 30 Peter Brötzmann ...... 27 Kenny Barron ...... 135 Mark Turner ...... 27 Fred Hersch...... 104 Chick Corea ...... 79 Vijay Iyer ...... 67 Gary Smulyan ...... 172 Brad Mehldau ...... 66 James Carter ...... 126 Matthew Shipp ...... 62 Hamiet Bluiett...... 119 Myra Melford ...... 55 Claire Daly ...... 113 Craig Taborn ...... 48 Joe Lovano, winner of the Tenor Saxophone category Mats Gustafsson ...... 106 Satoko Fujii ...... 45 Ronnie Cuber ...... 94 ...... 42 Scott Robinson ...... 68 Jason Moran ...... 41 ...... 70 Sam Newsome ...... 50 Colin Stetson ...... 67 George Cables ...... 38 Steve Davis ...... 64 Evan Parker ...... 49 Ken Vandermark ...... 50 Bill Charlap ...... 37 Delfeayo Marsalis ...... 63 Roscoe Mitchell ...... 48 John Surman ...... 49 Cecil Taylor ...... 36 Joe Fiedler ...... 61 Sonny Fortune ...... 45 Brian Landrus ...... 40 Gerald Clayton ...... 35 Ray Anderson ...... 46 Joshua Redman ...... 41 ...... 37 Ahmad Jamal ...... 35 Ku-umba Frank Lacy ...... 43 Tia Fuller ...... 40 Howard Johnson ...... 37 Monty Alexander ...... 34 Ryan Keberle ...... 42 Ingrid Laubrock ...... 39 Dave Rempis ...... 37 Randy Weston ...... 34 Jeb Bishop ...... 40 Chris Potter ...... 36 Lisa Parrott ...... 25 Cyrus Chestnut ...... 31 Jacob Garchik ...... 40 Jan Garbarek...... 35 Vinny Golia ...... 22 Chucho Valdés ...... 31 Marshall Gilkes ...... 39 James Carter ...... 33 Alex Harding ...... 21 Conrad Herwig ...... 39 Donny McCaslin ...... 33 Patience Higgins ...... 21 John Fedchock ...... 35 Kenny Garrett ...... 31 Chris Cheek...... 20 Robert Glasper ...... 158 Curtis Fuller ...... 32 Joe Lovano ...... 31 Charlie Kohlhase ...... 18 Papo Vázquez ...... 31 Chick Corea ...... 119 George Lewis ...... 30 Herbie Hancock ...... 117 Curtis Fowlkes ...... 29 Craig Taborn ...... 115 Miguel Zenón ...... 123 Wayne Wallace ...... 29 Anat Cohen ...... 312 ...... 72 ...... 104 Gianluca Petrella ...... 28 Ken Peplowski ...... 101 Jamie Saft ...... 65 Tia Fuller ...... 90 Paquito D’Rivera ...... 78 Larry Goldings ...... 57 ...... 89 ...... 75 Uri Caine ...... 56 Gary Bartz ...... 82 Ben Goldberg ...... 70 Marc Cary ...... 54 Jane Ira Bloom ...... 175 Kenny Garrett ...... 71 Eddie Daniels ...... 62 Jason Lindner ...... 52 Wayne Shorter ...... 140 Steve Lehman ...... 71 Evan Christopher ...... 58 Nik Bärtsch...... 48 Dave Liebman ...... 121 Lee Konitz ...... 60 Victor Goines ...... 49 Henry Butler ...... 44 Branford Marsalis ...... 99 Henry Threadgill ...... 58 Marty Ehrlich ...... 42 Hiromi ...... 42 Ravi Coltrane ...... 92 Tim Berne ...... 56 Louis Sclavis ...... 37 Jim Baker ...... 39 Jane Bunnett ...... 79 Jon Irabagon ...... 49 Ab Baars...... 33 Eddie Palmieri ...... 34 Anat Cohen ...... 74 Anthony Braxton ...... 43 ...... 33 Matthew Shipp ...... 31

58 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2019 AUGUST 2019 DOWNBEAT 59 TERRI FENSEL JOHNNY MORENO JIMMY & DENA KATZ

Rhiannon Giddens, winner of the Jane Ira Bloom, winner of the Mary Halvorson, winner of the Guitar category Beyond Artist or Group category Soprano Saxophone category

Wayne Horvitz ...... 30 Rez Abbasi ...... 31 Meshell Ndegeocello ...... 41 Joey Baron ...... 32 Gary Versace ...... 30 Howard Alden ...... 30 Ingebrigt Håker Flaten ...... 39 Marcus Gilmore ...... 32 Geoffrey Keezer ...... 29 Romero Lubambo ...... 30 Tarus Mateen...... 39 Billy Cobham ...... 30 Kris Bowers ...... 27 Dave Stryker ...... 27 James Genus ...... 38 Liberty Ellman ...... 26 Derrick Hodge ...... 35 Ben Monder ...... 25 Hamid Drake ...... 145 Joey DeFrancesco ...... 289 Zakir Hussain ...... 112 Dr. Lonnie Smith ...... 178 Regina Carter ...... 306 Pedrito Martinez ...... 106 Larry Goldings ...... 90 Christian McBride ...... 158 Jenny Scheinman ...... 191 Cyro Baptista ...... 88 Carla Bley ...... 68 Dave Holland ...... 118 Mark Feldman ...... 110 Kahil El’Zabar ...... 66 Jamie Saft ...... 64 Ron Carter ...... 116 Sara Caswell ...... 69 Sheila E ...... 56 John Medeski ...... 62 ...... 91 Jean-Luc Ponty ...... 68 Poncho Sanchez ...... 55 Gary Versace ...... 60 Esperanza Spalding ...... 79 Christian Howes ...... 53 Mino Cinelu ...... 53 Brian Charette ...... 59 Michael Formanek ...... 65 Mat Maneri ...... 53 Jerry González ...... 53 Craig Taborn ...... 51 Stephan Crump ...... 58 Zach Brock ...... 49 Han Bennink ...... 49 Booker T. Jones ...... 47 Larry Grenadier ...... 53 Eyvind Kang ...... 41 Marilyn Mazur...... 48 Mike LeDonne ...... 47 William Parker ...... 47 Mark O’Connor ...... 38 Bobby Sanabria ...... 45 Amina Claudine Myers ...... 43 Scott Colley ...... 43 Jason Kao Hwang ...... 37 Airto Moreira...... 42 Barbara Dennerlein ...... 41 Thomas Morgan ...... 42 Michal Urbaniak ...... 28 Giovanni Hidalgo ...... 36 Brian Auger ...... 40 Avishai Cohen ...... 40 John Blake ...... 27 Famoudou Don Moye ...... 35 Pat Bianchi ...... 38 John Patitucci ...... 35 Carla Kihlstedt ...... 23 Adam Rudolph ...... 32 Matthew Shipp ...... 26 Reggie Workman...... 34 Diane Monroe ...... 23 Susie Ibarra ...... 31 Rhoda Scott ...... 24 Victor Wooten ...... 32 Nils Økland ...... 20 Ches Smith ...... 31 Jared Gold...... 22 Stanley Clarke ...... 29 Mads Tolling ...... 18 Sammy Figueroa ...... 29 Chris Foreman ...... 21 Ben Williams...... 29 Sam Yahel ...... 21 Ben Allison ...... 28 Omer Avital ...... 27 Brian Blade ...... 146 Stefon Harris ...... 260 Eric Revis ...... 27 Jack DeJohnette ...... 123 Warren Wolf ...... 140 Mary Halvorson ...... 183 Tyshawn Sorey ...... 94 Joe Locke ...... 135 Bill Frisell ...... 146 Terri Lyne Carrington ...... 86 Steve Nelson ...... 109 Nels Cline ...... 93 Steve Swallow ...... 154 Andrew Cyrille ...... 65 Jason Adasiewicz ...... 84 Julian Lage ...... 90 Stanley Clarke ...... 124 Matt Wilson ...... 60 Mulatu Astatke ...... 65 John Scofield ...... 70 Marcus Miller ...... 85 Roy Haynes ...... 58 Chris Dingman ...... 50 ...... 62 Esperanza Spalding ...... 83 Hamid Drake ...... 55 Jason Marsalis ...... 50 Lionel Loueke ...... 59 John Patitucci ...... 77 Billy Hart ...... 54 ...... 50 Peter Bernstein ...... 43 Linda May Han Oh ...... 69 Herlin Riley ...... 47 Karl Berger ...... 42 Russell Malone ...... 43 Thundercat ...... 68 Eric Harland...... 46 Joe Chambers ...... 40 Jakob Bro ...... 42 Melvin Gibbs ...... 58 Johnathan Blake ...... 43 Terry Gibbs ...... 33 Kurt Rosenwinkel ...... 42 Matthew Garrison ...... 53 Rudy Royston ...... 40 Khan Jamal ...... 29 Jeff Parker ...... 41 Richard Bona ...... 52 Willie Jones III ...... 38 Behn Gillece ...... 28 Gilad Hekselman ...... 40 Tim Lefebvre ...... 48 Antonio Sanchez ...... 38 Gunter Hampel ...... 28 John McLaughlin ...... 37 Jamaaladeen Tacuma ...... 48 Cindy Blackman Santana ...... 37 Matt Moran ...... 28 ...... 35 Christian McBride ...... 42 Gerald Cleaver ...... 34 Orphy Robinson ...... 24

60 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2019 Mike Mainieri ...... 21 Luciana Souza...... 50 Sachal Vasandani ...... 22 John Clayton ...... 47 Celia Smith ...... 20 Cassandra Wilson ...... 48 Jaap Blonk ...... 21 Billy Childs...... 45 Roberta Gambarini ...... 46 Michael Bublé ...... 19 Guillermo Klein ...... 44 Lizz Wright ...... 46 Johnny O’Neal ...... 19 Satoko Fujii ...... 38 Catherine Russell ...... 43 Jim McNeely ...... 36 Tomeka Reid (cello) ...... 99 Kate McGarry ...... 41 John Hollenbeck ...... 32 Béla Fleck (banjo) ...... 97 Stacey Kent ...... 38 Amir ElSaffar ...... 31 Maria Schneider ...... 90 Anouar Brahem (oud) ...... 82 Diana Krall ...... 38 Vince Mendoza ...... 30 Edmar Castaneda Fay Victor ...... 37 Carla Bley ...... 85 Django Bates...... 29 (Colombian harp)...... 71 Norma Winstone ...... 35 Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 77 Arturo O’Farrill ...... 29 Jon Batiste (melodica/ Tierney Sutton ...... 29 Wayne Shorter ...... 74 Robert Glasper ...... 28 harmonaboard) ...... 58 Dominique Eade ...... 28 Terence Blanchard ...... 70 Dave Holland ...... 28 Akua Dixon (cello) ...... 56 René Marie ...... 28 Darcy James Argue ...... 66 Christian McBride ...... 27 Scott Robinson Claudia Acuña ...... 26 Vijay Iyer ...... 59 Wynton Marsalis ...... 26 (bass saxophone) ...... 54 ...... 24 Wadada Leo Smith ...... 55 Esperanza Spalding ...... 26 Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud) ...... 51 Jen Shyu ...... 24 Tyshawn Sorey ...... 49 Miguel Zenón ...... 26 Wycliffe Gordon (tuba) ...... 44 Myra Melford ...... 42 Ryan Truesdell ...... 25 James Carter (bass saxophone) ..43 Chick Corea ...... 40 Grégoire Maret (harmonica) ..... 42 Wynton Marsalis ...... 38 Erik Friedlander (cello)...... 41 Kurt Elling ...... 267 Bill Frisell ...... 37 Richard Galliano (accordion) .... 41 Gregory Porter ...... 186 Jason Moran ...... 37 ECM ...... 163 Omer Avital (oud) ...... 39 Theo Bleckmann ...... 137 Satoko Fujii ...... 34 Blue Note ...... 141 Toumani Diabaté (kora) ...... 37 Tony Bennett ...... 92 Benny Golson ...... 33 ...... 125 Gary Versace (accordion) ...... 36 Bobby McFerrin ...... 75 Mary Halvorson ...... 33 Mack Avenue ...... 98 Chris Thile (mandolin) ...... 32 Andy Bey ...... 68 Anthony Braxton ...... 32 Resonance ...... 69 Bob Dorough ...... 63 Roscoe Mitchell ...... 31 Sunnyside ...... 57 José James ...... 57 Motéma ...... 51 Giacomo Gates ...... 54 Nonesuch ...... 39 Cécile McLorin Salvant ...... 291 Freddy Cole ...... 41 HighNote ...... 38 Dianne Reeves ...... 69 Dwight Trible ...... 37 Maria Schneider ...... 131 Intakt ...... 36 Dee Dee Bridgewater ...... 67 James Blood Ulmer ...... 37 Carla Bley ...... 113 International Anthem Esperanza Spalding ...... 64 Kenny Washington ...... 32 Darcy James Argue ...... 88 Recording Co...... 36 Cyrille Aimée ...... 62 Allan Harris ...... 26 Terri Lyne Carrington ...... 57 Firehouse 12 ...... 35 Jazzmeia Horn ...... 61 Phil Minton ...... 22 Steven Bernstein ...... 55 Clean Feed ...... 33 Sheila Jordan ...... 60 Jamison Ross ...... 22 John Beasley ...... 53 Concord ...... 32

AUGUST 2019 DOWNBEAT 61 MICHAEL WOODALL JIMMY & DENA KATZ

Joey DeFrancesco, winner of the Organ category and co-winner of the Beyond Album category Stefon Harris, winner of the Vibraphone category

Impulse! ...... 32 Eric Bibb ...... 22 Mary Lane, Travelin’ Woman (Bad Boy/Atlantic) ...... 62 Mosaic ...... 32 Eric Clapton ...... 22 (Women Of The Blues) ...... 19 Tedeschi Trucks Band, Verve...... 32 Steve Cropper ...... 21 Various Artists, Chicago Plays Signs (Fantasy) ...... 54 ACT ...... 31 Marcia Ball ...... 20 The Stones (Raisin’ Music) ...... 18 Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son Smoke Sessions Records ...... 30 Cedric Burnside ...... 20 Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz & (Fantasy) ...... 53 Brownswood ...... 29 Fantastic Negrito ...... 20 Giles Robson, Journeys To The Gary Clark Jr., This Land Columbia Legacy ...... 26 Walter “Wolfman” Washington .. 20 Heart Of The Blues (Alligator)... 16 (Warner Bros.) ...... 43 RareNoise Records ...... 25 Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters .. 19 Barry Goldberg, , Look Now Gearbox Records ...... 21 Keb’ Mo’ ...... 19 In The Groove (Sunset Blvd.) ... 14 (Concord)...... 42 AUM Fidelity ...... 19 Beth Hart, Live At The Royal Fatoumata Diawara, Fenfo– Biophilia ...... 18 Albert Hall (Provogue/Mascot) .. 14 Something To Say (Shanachie) ....41 MoonJune ...... 18 Medeski Martin & Wood, Buddy Guy, The Blues Is Alive Omnisphere (Indirecto) ...... 39 And Well (RCA) ...... 120 Paul Simon, Please Don’t Fantastic Negrito, Rhiannon Giddens ...... 64 In The Blue Light (Legacy) ...... 39 Manfred Eicher ...... 201 Be Dead (Cooking Vinyl) ...... 64 Aretha Franklin ...... 60 Paul McCartney, Zev Feldman ...... 123 B.B. King Blues Band, Angelique Kidjo ...... 42 Egypt Station (Capitol) ...... 36 Michael Cuscuna ...... 114 The Soul Of The King (Ruf) ...... 61 David Byrne ...... 40 Neneh Cherry, Broken Politics Don Was ...... 107 Boz Scaggs, Jeff Beck ...... 37 (Smalltown Supersound) ...... 33 Terri Lyne Carrington ...... 78 Tedeschi Trucks Band ...... 36 Out Of The Blues (Concord) .... 56 John Prine, The Tree Of Dave Douglas ...... 70 Anderson .Paak ...... 35 Maria Muldaur, Don’t You Feel Forgiveness (Oh Boy) ...... 33 Robert Glasper ...... 61 Erykah Badu ...... 35 My Leg (Last Music Co.) ...... 52 Punch Brothers, ...... 54 Kendrick Lamar ...... 35 Cedric Burnside, Benton All Ashore (Nonesuch) ...... 32 Bill Laswell ...... 46 Laurie Anderson ...... 34 County Relic (Single Lock) ...... 45 Mavis Staples, Christian McBride ...... 46 Bob Dylan...... 33 Joe Bonamassa, Live In London (Anti-) ...... 31 Flying Lotus ...... 43 Janelle Monáe ...... 29 Redemption (J&R Adventures) .. 41 Noname, Room 25 Larry Klein ...... 41 Flying Lotus ...... 28 John Mayall, Nobody Told Me (Self Release) ...... 27 Marc Free ...... 34 Mavis Staples ...... 28 (Forty Below) ...... 40 Solange, When I Get Branford Marsalis ...... 32 Gary Clark Jr...... 27 Billy F. Gibbons, Home (Columbia) ...... 25 Al Pryor ...... 31 Björk ...... 26 The Big Bad Blues (Concord) .. 33 Alicia Olatuja, Intutition: Songs Childish Gambino ...... 25 Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio, Some- From The Minds Of Women Robert Glasper Experiment ..... 25 thing Smells Funny (Alligator)...... 30 (Resilience) ...... 24 Rubén Blades ...... 24 Buddy Guy...... 101 Eric Bibb, Global Griot Courtney Barnett, Tell Me How You Lalah Hathaway ...... 24 Gary Clark Jr...... 90 (Stony Plain) ...... 29 Really Feel (Milk!/Mom + Pop) .. 23 Daymé Arocena ...... 23 Shemekia Copeland...... 60 Rory Block, Willie Nelson, My Way (Legacy) ...23 Richard Thompson ...... 23 Bettye LaVette ...... 60 A Woman’s Soul (Stony Plain) ...... 27 Madeleine Peyroux, Taj Mahal ...... 56 Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Anthem (Universal/Decca/ James Blood Ulmer ...... 47 My Future Is My Past (Anti-) .....27 Verve) ...... 22 Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ ...... 42 Sugaray Rayford, Somebody Van Morrison & Joey The Carters, Everything Is Love Otis Taylor ...... 42 Save Me (Forty Below) ...... 24 DeFrancesco, You’re Driving (Roc Nation) ...... 21 John Mayall ...... 35 Aki Kumar, Hindi Man Blues Me Crazy (Sony Legacy) ...... 72 Georgia-Anne Muldrow, Sonny Landreth ...... 34 (Little Village Foundation) ...... 20 José James, Overload (Brainfeeder) ...... 20 Joe Bonamassa ...... 26 Lurrie Bell & The Bell Dynasty, Lean On Me (Blue Note) ...... 69 Kandace Springs, Indigo Robert Cray ...... 26 Tribute To Carey Bell (Delmark) .. 19 Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer (Blue Note)...... 20

62 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2019 MARAH GÓNGORA

Orlando “Maraca” Valle, winner of the Rising Star–Flute category

Lewis Nash Quintet...... 25 The Thing...... 25

Sullivan Fortner...... 97 Anat Cohen Tentet...... 226 Shabaka Hutchings...... 82 Ralph Peterson’s Gen-Next Big Band...... 80 Gerald Clayton...... 56 Ghost Train Orchestra...... 74 Gilad Hekselman...... 55 Joel Harrison Large Ensemble...... 64 David Virelles...... 51 Chicago Jazz Philharmonic...... 62 Nubya Garcia...... 48 Ed Palermo Big Band...... 56 JD Allen...... 46 Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra...... 42 Aaron Parks...... 46 The Dorf...... 35 Emmet Cohen...... 45 Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks...... 34 Eric Harland...... 44 Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica...... 31 Joel Ross...... 44 Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band...... 29 Amir ElSaffar...... 39 Ed Partyka Big Band...... 29 Miho Hazama...... 38 Lucas Pino’s No Net Nonet...... 28 Sean Jones...... 37 Tommy Igoe’s Birdland Big Band...... 26 Angel Bat Dawid...... 34 Heritage Orchestra...... 24 Aaron Diehl...... 34 Michael Leonhart Orchestra...... 23 James Francies...... 34 Beats & Pieces Big Band...... 22 Jon Irabagon...... 34 New Standard Jazz Orchestra...... 22 Darcy James Argue...... 33 People’s Liberation Big Band...... 22 Peter Evans...... 33 JC Sanford Orchestra...... 22 Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra...... 20 Monika Roscher Big Band...... 18 Sons of Kemet...... 127 Thumbscrew...... 83 Gerald Clayton Trio...... 80 Adam O’Farrill...... 129 The Comet Is Coming...... 77 Etienne Charles...... 111 Aaron Diehl Trio...... 64 Nate Wooley...... 90 Mostly Other People Peter Evans...... 81 Do The Killing...... 47 Bria Skonberg...... 75 Ryan Keberle’s Catharsis...... 46 Keyon Harrold...... 73 Sean Jones Quintet...... 45 Mathias Eick...... 71 Willie Jones III Sextet...... 44 Josh Evans...... 63 Black Art Jazz Collective...... 43 Freddie Hendrix...... 51 Amirtha Kidambi & Elder Ones...... 41 Steph Richards...... 44 Oracle...... 41 Laura Jurd...... 42 Orrin Evans Trio...... 36 John Raymond...... 41 Steve Lehman Trio...... 35 Corey Wilkes...... 37 Kneebody...... 34 Takuya Kuroda...... 36 Cuong Vu 4-tet...... 34 Josh Lawrence...... 35 Helen Sung Trio...... 32 Joshua Berman...... 32 Shabaka & The Ancestors...... 29 Maurice Brown...... 32 Pedrito Martinez Group...... 26 Victor Garcia...... 31 Omer Avital Quintet...... 25 Michael Rodriguez...... 29

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Aaron Weinstein, winner of Jacob Collier, winner of the the Rising Star–Violin category Rising Star–Male Vocalist category

Tineke Postma ...... 53 Linda Fredriksson ...... 47 Geni Skendo ...... 28 Will Vinson ...... 49 Frank Basile ...... 45 Jean Derome ...... 25 Natalie Cressman ...... 117 Braxton Cook ...... 45 Jason Marshall ...... 38 Finn Peters ...... 24 Samuel Blaser ...... 116 Godwin Louis ...... 44 Ted Hogarth...... 35 Joe Fiedler ...... 93 Tim Green ...... 41 Céline Bonacina ...... 33 Alan Ferber ...... 77 Angelika Niescier ...... 38 Adam Schroeder ...... 25 Sullivan Fortner ...... 106 Sarah Morrow ...... 69 Mike DiRubbo ...... 37 Timo Lassy ...... 24 Aaron Diehl ...... 73 Nick Finzer ...... 58 Jessica Lurie ...... 31 Jon Raskin ...... 24 Christian Sands ...... 65 Chris Crenshaw ...... 51 Nick Mazzarella ...... 31 Ben Ellman ...... 23 Emmet Cohen ...... 60 Nils Wogram ...... 50 Casey Benjamin ...... 29 Andrew Hadro ...... 23 ...... 55 Ryan Porter ...... 49 Silke Eberhard ...... 29 Jonah Parzen-Johnson ...... 21 Corey King ...... 39 Nik Bärtsch...... 54 Andrew D’Angelo ...... 28 Mats Äleklint ...... 34 Aaron Parks ...... 52 Hailey Niswanger ...... 28 Andre Hayward ...... 34 Stefano Bollani ...... 47 Nicole Johänntgen ...... 25 JC Sanford ...... 34 Shabaka Hutchings ...... 124 Matt Mitchell ...... 46 Jeff Albert ...... 31 François Houle ...... 87 Ehud Asherie ...... 41 David Gibson ...... 31 Todd Marcus ...... 67 Benoit Delbecq ...... 38 Ron Westray ...... 31 ...... 131 Gabriele Mirabassi ...... 62 James Francies ...... 34 Scott Whitfield ...... 28 Nubya Garcia ...... 109 Rudi Mahall ...... 57 Helen Sung ...... 31 Jason Jackson ...... 26 James Brandon Lewis ...... 97 Chris Byars ...... 52 Kris Bowers ...... 29 Ed Partyka ...... 26 Mats Gustafsson ...... 90 Jesper Thilo ...... 46 George Colligan ...... 29 Michael Dessen ...... 22 Camille Thurman ...... 69 James Falzone ...... 40 Yelena Eckemoff ...... 29 Aubrey Logan ...... 22 Ben Wendel ...... 67 Sam Sadigursky ...... 40 Aaron Goldberg ...... 29 Abraham Burton ...... 48 Ted Hogarth...... 38 Taylor Eigsti ...... 26 Marius Neset ...... 48 Aurora Nealand ...... 38 Michael Wollny ...... 26 Elio Villafranca ...... 24 Tineke Postma ...... 124 Bill McHenry ...... 46 Jeremiah Cymerman ...... 34 Roxy Coss ...... 110 John Ellis ...... 39 Mike McGinnis ...... 34 Michael Blake ...... 108 Josephine Davies ...... 34 Harvey Wainapel ...... 34 Yuval Cohen ...... 91 Howard Wiley ...... 30 Joachim Badenhorst ...... 31 Kit Downes ...... 101 Hailey Niswanger ...... 84 Rahsaan Barber ...... 29 Tim Laughlin ...... 24 Lawrence Fields ...... 92 Aurora Nealand ...... 54 Geof Bradfield ...... 28 Avram Fefer ...... 23 Zaccai Curtis ...... 86 Jasmine Lovell-Smith ...... 42 Grant Stewart ...... 26 Jason Scott ...... 23 Marco Benevento ...... 84 Russ Nolan ...... 42 John Wojciechowski ...... 25 Nico Gori ...... 20 Russ Lossing ...... 71 Jason Robinson ...... 42 Russ Nolan ...... 24 Gregory Agid ...... 17 Jim Beard ...... 57 Audrey Welber ...... 34 Troy Roberts ...... 23 Henry Hey ...... 44 John Wojciechowski ...... 26 Jerome Sabbagh...... 23 Scott Kinsey ...... 39 Brian Settles ...... 23 Nathaniel Facey ...... 23 Orlando “Maraca” Valle ....117 Matthew Bourne ...... 37 Steven Lugerner ...... 23 Sylvain Leroux ...... 72 Jacob Anderskov ...... 33 Julio Botti ...... 22 Bart Platteau ...... 65 Sean Wayland ...... 30 Javier Girotto ...... 22 Lauren Sevian ...... 99 Itai Kriss ...... 61 Adam Benjamin ...... 29 Josh Sinton ...... 76 Magic Malik ...... 60 Thomas Lehn ...... 29 Elliot Galvin ...... 26 Charles Evans ...... 69 Mayu Saeki ...... 55 Oscar Perez ...... 24 Darius Jones ...... 103 Mikko Innanen ...... 65 Michel Gentile ...... 49 Mamiko Watanabe ...... 21 Logan Richardson ...... 68 Fredrik Ljungkvist ...... 61 Steve Adams ...... 37 Sharel Cassity ...... 60 Herwig Gradischnig ...... 60 Gareth Lockrane ...... 33 Lakecia Benjamin ...... 59 Roger Rosenberg ...... 56 Tom Reese ...... 31 Greg Ward ...... 58 Karen Sharp ...... 56 Ben Kono ...... 30 Kit Downes ...... 128 Dave Rempis ...... 55 Glenn Wilson ...... 49 Evan Francis ...... 28 Greg Lewis ...... 107

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Miles Okazaki, winner of the Rising Star–Guitar category

Susie Hansen ...... 54 Abraham Gomez-Delgado ...... 20 Jason Anick ...... 51 Ravish Momin ...... 20 Macie Stewart ...... 46 Diane Monroe ...... 39 Rob Thomas ...... 38 Joel Ross ...... 165 Jesse Zubot ...... 37 Mike Dillon ...... 71 Elektra Kurtis ...... 36 Allison Miller, winner of the Jim Hart ...... 41 Szilárd Mezei ...... 34 Rising Star–Drums category Lewis Wright...... 40 Majid Khaliq ...... 32 Christopher Dell ...... 38 Ola Kvernberg ...... 30 Akiko Tsuruga ...... 102 Matt Penman ...... 60 Corey Mwamba ...... 38 Chris Garrick ...... 24 Gerard Gibbs...... 65 Ben Street ...... 57 Tyler Blanton ...... 37 Erik Deutsch ...... 62 Joshua Abrams ...... 56 Ben Powell ...... 24 Nora Germain ...... 22 Yuhan Su ...... 37 Alexander Hawkins ...... 56 Lisa Mezzacappa ...... 54 Smith Dobson ...... 35 Ben Paterson ...... 45 Hans Glawischnig ...... 49 Christian Tamburr ...... 33 Joe Bagg ...... 38 Matt Brewer...... 47 Jon Metzger ...... 31 Wayne Peet ...... 38 Carlos Henriquez ...... 44 Allison Miller ...... 102 Kjell Nordeson ...... 30 Bobby Sparks ...... 36 Matt Ulery ...... 41 Makaya McCraven ...... 94 John Cocuzzi ...... 24 Atsuko Hashimoto ...... 33 Moppa Elliott ...... 40 Tomas Fujiwara ...... 77 Mike Pinto ...... 24 Kyle Koehler ...... 32 Ingebrigt Håker Flaten ...... 40 Obed Calvaire ...... 74 Rolando Morales-Matos ...... 23 Brian Coogan ...... 29 Mimi Jones ...... 40 Justin Faulkner ...... 63 Tom Beckham ...... 22 Bill Heid ...... 28 Rodney Whitaker ...... 39 Justin Brown ...... 52 Peter Schlamb ...... 18 Radam Schwartz...... 26 Kris Funn ...... 36 Jaimeo Brown ...... 47 Charlie Wood...... 26 David Wong ...... 34 Ulysses Owens Jr...... 45 Pete Benson ...... 25 Katie Thiroux ...... 31 Dafnis Prieto ...... 45 Dan Fogel ...... 21 Kyle Eastwood ...... 30 Ches Smith ...... 43 Theon Cross (tuba) ...... 95 Chris Hazelton ...... 20 François Moutin ...... 29 Ari Hoenig...... 40 Peggy Lee (cello) ...... 76 Todd Sickafoose ...... 29 Chris Dave ...... 37 Casey Benjamin (vocoder) ...... 67 Dan Weiss ...... 36 Brian Landrus (bass clarinet) ... 59 Otis Brown III ...... 33 Brandee Younger (harp) ...... 59 Miles Okazaki ...... 111 Jonathan Barber ...... 32 Vincent Chancey (French horn) ....53 Felix Pastorius ...... 124 Lage Lund ...... 99 Adam Cruz ...... 32 Rudi Mahall (bass clarinet) ...... 47 Paul Bollenback ...... 68 Tal Wilkenfeld ...... 111 Kate Gentile...... 29 Min Xiao-Fen (pipa) ...... 47 Jonathan Kreisberg ...... 61 John Lee ...... 57 Paal Nilssen-Love ...... 29 Todd Marcus (bass clarinet) .....40 Adam Rogers ...... 53 Kai Eckhardt ...... 49 Terreon Gully ...... 28 Vincent Peirani (accordion) ...... 40 Sheryl Bailey ...... 52 Nate McBride ...... 49 McClenty Hunter Jr...... 28 Jason Stein (bass clarinet) ...... 38 Camila Meza ...... 45 James Cammack ...... 44 Marcus Rojas (tuba) ...... 37 Brandon Seabrook ...... 45 Lisa Dowling ...... 41 Anja Lechner (cello) ...... 33 Matthew Stevens ...... 44 Matt Lux ...... 38 Brandon Seabrook (banjo) ...... 32 Warren Smith ...... 95 Mike Moreno ...... 43 Jeff Denson ...... 36 Tom Varner (French horn) ...... 31 Harris Eisenstadt ...... 77 Wendy Eisenberg ...... 38 Casey Abrams ...... 34 Ben Wendel (bassoon) ...... 31 Richie Flores...... 71 Hristo Vitchev ...... 38 Reed Mathis ...... 33 Okkyung Lee (cello) ...... 29 Peter Apfelbaum ...... 69 Ava Mendoza ...... 37 Dominique Di Piazza ...... 28 Steve Kroon ...... 62 Will Bernard ...... 33 Kaveh Rastegar ...... 28 Daniel Sadownick ...... 51 Eric Hofbauer ...... 30 Anders Christensen ...... 27 Guilherme Franco ...... 48 Sara Serpa...... 52 Scott DuBois ...... 27 Matt Perrine...... 25 Jon Wikan ...... 44 Amirtha Kidamb ...... 50 Raoul Björkenheim ...... 25 Carlitos Del Puerto ...... 23 Okay Temiz ...... 41 Angel Bat Dawid...... 48 Graham Dechter ...... 25 Mike Pope ...... 21 Lukas Ligeti ...... 38 Champian Fulton ...... 48 Pete McCann ...... 24 Al McDowell ...... 20 Rogério Boccato ...... 32 Sinne Eeg ...... 45 Amanda Monaco ...... 24 Michele Rabbia ...... 30 Camila Meza ...... 43 Chico Pinheiro ...... 23 Mingo Lewis ...... 29 Thana Alexa ...... 42 Yotam Silberstein ...... 21 Aaron Weinstein ...... 72 Tupac Mantilla ...... 26 Amy Cervini...... 41 Tomoko Omura ...... 61 Joe Gonzalez ...... 25 Fay Victor ...... 41 Karen Briggs ...... 60 Kevin Diehl ...... 21 Alicia Hall Moran ...... 36 Dezron Douglas ...... 84 Sarah Bernstein ...... 56 Eli Fountain...... 21 Nellie McKay ...... 34 Reuben Rogers ...... 78 Marcus Moore ...... 56 Gumbi Ortiz ...... 21 Elina Duni ...... 32

66 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2019 Daymé Arocena...... 30 Ulysses Owens Jr...... 35 Ben Allison...... 54 Kat Edmonson...... 30 Helen Sung...... 34 Derrick Hodge...... 54 Sarah Elizabeth Charles...... 27 Willie Jones III...... 51 Charenée Wade...... 27 Myra Melford...... 50 Nicki Parrott...... 25 Ambrose Akinmusire...... 140 Spike Wilner...... 49 Veronica Swift...... 25 Seth Rosner & Yulun Wang...... 81 Pedro Costa...... 48 Sara Gazarek...... 24 Makaya McCraven...... 71 JD Allen...... 46 Tyshawn Sorey...... 71 Liberty Ellman...... 45

Jacob Collier...... 120 Leslie Odom Jr...... 95 João Bosco...... 58 Saalik Ahmad Ziyad...... 55 Jeff Denson...... 45 Casey Abrams...... 44 Jeremy Davenport...... 43 Vincent Gardner...... 42 Milton Suggs...... 41 Pete McGuinness...... 38 Peter Cincotti...... 37 Dean Bowman...... 33 Alan Hampton...... 32 John Proulx...... 26 Frank Senior...... 19 Jamie Davis...... 17 Grzegorz Karnas...... 16

Kamasi Washington...... 111 Makaya McCraven...... 81 Tia Fuller...... 77 Miho Hazama...... 73 Allison Miller...... 70 JD Allen...... 60 Marquis Hill...... 60 Marcus Strickland...... 58 Nik Bärtsch...... 55 Ingrid Laubrock...... 51 Jaimie Branch...... 48 Aaron Parks...... 46 Jonathan Finlayson...... 44 Elio Villafranca...... 43 David Virelles...... 41 Moppa Elliott...... 39 Ethan Iverson...... 33 Walter Smith III...... 32 Edward Simon...... 31 Amirtha Kidambi...... 29 Angel Bat Dawid...... 28 María Grand...... 25

Kamasi Washington...... 105 Stefon Harris...... 101 Allison Miller...... 83 Makaya McCraven...... 82 Miho Hazama...... 75 Jacob Collier...... 72 Miguel Zenón...... 64 Dafnis Prieto...... 63 ...... 55 Antonio Sanchez...... 52 Jonathan Finlayson...... 50 Christian Sands...... 41 Sullivan Fortner...... 40 Adam O’Farrill...... 39 Carlos Henriquez...... 38 Miles Okazaki...... 38 Noah Preminger...... 37

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