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

Nina Simone ...... 122 ...... 88 ...... 71 Charles Lloyd ...... 69 ...... 64 Tomasz Stanko...... 58 ...... 57 Jack DeJohnette ...... 56 ...... 54 Jimmy Heath ...... 50 John McLaughlin ...... 47 ...... 46 ...... 41 ...... 38 ...... 37 ...... 36 ...... 34 ...... 32 Carmen McRae ...... 32 ...... 31 ...... 30

Miguel Zenón, winner of the Alto category

Kenny Barron ...... 30 Trio, Sullivan Fortner, Scott LaFaro ...... 67% JD Allen ...... 28 Live In Europe (Palmetto) ...... 44 Moments Preserved (Impulse!) .. 22 Joe Williams ...... 67% ...... 28 Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + , (Note: Artists must receive at least ...... 26 , Vanished The Journey (Aparté) ...... 22 66% of the Veterans Committee ...... 25 Gardens (Blue Note) ...... 41 , votes to gain entry. Other artists ...... 25 & , Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An receiving more than 50% of ...... 25 The Transitory Poems (ECM) ... 36 Oratorio Of Seven Songs (Tum) ...22 the votes:) ...... 25 The Art Ensemble Of , , 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% , Emanon (Blue Note) ...... 85 , (ECM) .. 28 Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy La Cécile McLorin Salvant, , Seymour Reads Tradición (Miel Music) ...... 21 The Window (Mack Avenue) .... 71 The Constitution! (Nonesuch) .. 26 Black Art Jazz Collective, Cécile McLorin Salvant ...... 82 , & Snowy Egret, The Armor Of Pride (HighNote) ...... 20 ...... 79 Origami Harvest (Blue Note) .... 65 Other Side Of Air (Firehouse 12) .. 26 & The Captain Wayne Shorter ...... 68 , Heaven /Carmen Staaf, Black , Fred Hersch...... 67 And Earth (Young Turks)...... 60 Science Fair (Sunnyside)...... 26 Presence ( Sessions) .... 20 Wadada Leo Smith ...... 62 , 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 Quartet, The 4, Currents Sonic Creed (Motéma) ...... 19 ...... 49 The Secret Between The Shadow Constellations (Blue Note)...... 24 /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 , 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 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 category

Allison Miller’s Boom Tic & Brad Mehldau, Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet ... 59 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 , 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), Trio ...... 42 Orchestra ...... 27 (ArtistShare) ...... 17 Live In London (ACT)...... 25 Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas’ Anthony Brown’s Asian Grant Green, In France: ...... 41 American Orchestra ...... 27 From To Antibes Jane Bunnett & Maqueque ...... 40 Chicago Jazz Orchestra...... 25 (1969–1970) (Resonance) ...... 24 ...... 37 , Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Bäbi Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Both Directions At Once: , Orchestra...... 25 Ensemble ...... 34 The Lost Album (Impulse!) ..... 261 (Corbett vs. Dempsey) ...... 21 , La Fenice (ECM) .. 21 Brad Mehldau Trio ...... 33 , Musical Prophet: , Home Boy Sister Julian Lage Group ...... 32 The Expanded 1963 Out (WEWANTSOUNDS) ...... 20 JD Allen Trio ...... 30 Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 183 Studio Sessions (Resonance).....220 , Nightconcert aTunde Adjuah Wadada Leo Smith ...... 107 The , (Mack Avenue) ...... 20 Quintet ...... 30 ...... 89 The Art Ensemble of Chicago Don Rendell/ Quintet, The Ingrid Jensen ...... 78 And Associated Ensembles Complete Lansdowne Recordings Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah .. 78 (ECM) ...... 124 1965–1969 (Jazzman) ...... 19 ...... 66 , The Music Maria Schneider Orchestra... 162 , Sparks, ...... 60 Never Stops (Blue Engine) ...... 73 Darcy James Argue’s Nevada 1964! (Dot Time) ...... 18 Marquis Hill ...... 59 , The Atlantic Secret Society ...... 99 Imamu , It’s Nation Dave Douglas ...... 58 Years (Rhino)...... 71 John Beasley’s MONK’estra ....81 Time: African Visionary Music Tomasz Sta ko ...... 48 , Mønk Jazz at (/UMe) ...... 16 ...... 47 (Gearbox) ...... 51 Orchestra...... 72 Bob Dorough, But For Now ...... 47 , 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 with Charlie Haden’s Can Harry’s (Resonance) ...... 16 ...... 41 , Tokyo ’81 Liberation Music Orchestra ...... 67 Ben Sidran, Ben There, Done Ron Miles ...... 38 (Elemental) ...... 47 Arkestra ...... 67 That (Sunset Boulevard) ...... 16 ...... 36 , 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- Orchestra ...... 46 ...... 29 Quartet, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra ...... 43 Tokyo 1975 (Elemental) ...... 34 WDR Big Band ...... 41 , Lord Of Lords Fred Hersch Trio ...... 83 John Hollenbeck Large (Superior Viaduct) ...... 33 Charles Lloyd & The Marvels ... 68 Ensemble ...... 38 ...... 123 , Jazz in Detroit/ Roy Hargrove Quintet ...... 61 ...... 36 ...... 89 Strata Concert Gallery/ Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom .. 61 Roy Hargrove Big Band ...... 34 ...... 82 46 Selden (BBE) ...... 31 Wayne Shorter Quartet ...... 61 Christian McBride Big Band .... 33 ...... 76

AUGUST 2019 DOWNBEAT 57 Darius Jones ...... 37 ...... 33 ...... 37 David Krakauer ...... 28 Steve Wilson ...... 31 Matana Roberts ...... 28 ...... 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 ...... 26 ...... 26 ...... 26 Nicole Mitchell ...... 226 Caroline Davis ...... 25 Jamie Baum ...... 130 Jane Bunnett ...... 113 ...... 113 Joe Lovano...... 145 Charles Lloyd ...... 113 Charles Lloyd ...... 112 Elena Pinderhughes ...... 75 Branford Marsalis ...... 95 Henry Threadgill ...... 70 Chris Potter ...... 76 ...... 45 ...... 75 Tia Fuller ...... 43 JD Allen ...... 73 ...... 43 Wayne Shorter ...... 67 Dave Liebman ...... 42 Joshua Redman ...... 57 ...... 39 Kamasi Washington ...... 56 Robert Dick ...... 38 ...... 54 ...... 35 Donny McCaslin ...... 53 Holly Hofmann ...... 28 Pharoah Sanders ...... 45 Anne Drummond ...... 25 ...... 44 Ali Ryerson ...... 25 ...... 41 ...... 23 Jimmy Heath ...... 40 Ted Nash ...... 23 ...... 35 T.K. Blue ...... 22 ...... 35 ...... 22 Eric Alexander ...... 33 Jerry Bergonzi ...... 30 Peter Brötzmann ...... 27 Kenny Barron ...... 135 ...... 27 Fred Hersch...... 104 Chick Corea ...... 79 Vijay Iyer ...... 67 ...... 172 Brad Mehldau ...... 66 James Carter ...... 126 Matthew Shipp ...... 62 ...... 119 Myra Melford ...... 55 Claire Daly ...... 113 Craig Taborn ...... 48 Joe Lovano, winner of the Tenor Saxophone category ...... 106 Satoko Fujii ...... 45 ...... 94 ...... 42 Scott Robinson ...... 68 Jason Moran ...... 41 Michael Dease ...... 70 ...... 50 Colin Stetson ...... 67 ...... 38 ...... 64 Evan Parker ...... 49 Ken Vandermark ...... 50 Bill Charlap ...... 37 Delfeayo Marsalis ...... 63 Roscoe Mitchell ...... 48 ...... 49 Cecil Taylor ...... 36 Joe Fiedler ...... 61 Sonny Fortune ...... 45 Brian Landrus ...... 40 ...... 35 ...... 46 Joshua Redman ...... 41 ...... 37 ...... 35 Ku-umba ...... 43 Tia Fuller ...... 40 Howard Johnson ...... 37 Monty Alexander ...... 34 ...... 42 Ingrid Laubrock ...... 39 Dave Rempis ...... 37 ...... 34 Jeb Bishop ...... 40 Chris Potter ...... 36 Lisa Parrott ...... 25 ...... 31 Jacob Garchik ...... 40 Jan Garbarek...... 35 ...... 22 Chucho Valdés ...... 31 Marshall Gilkes ...... 39 James Carter ...... 33 Alex Harding ...... 21 ...... 39 Donny McCaslin ...... 33 Patience Higgins ...... 21 John Fedchock ...... 35 ...... 31 ...... 20 ...... 158 ...... 32 Joe Lovano ...... 31 Charlie Kohlhase ...... 18 Papo Vázquez ...... 31 Chick Corea ...... 119 George Lewis ...... 30 Herbie Hancock ...... 117 ...... 29 Craig Taborn ...... 115 Miguel Zenón ...... 123 Wayne Wallace ...... 29 Anat Cohen ...... 312 ...... 72 ...... 104 Gianluca Petrella ...... 28 Ken Peplowski ...... 101 ...... 65 Tia Fuller ...... 90 Paquito D’Rivera ...... 78 ...... 57 ...... 89 ...... 75 ...... 56 ...... 82 ...... 70 ...... 54 Jane Ira Bloom ...... 175 Kenny Garrett ...... 71 Eddie Daniels ...... 62 ...... 52 Wayne Shorter ...... 140 ...... 71 Evan Christopher ...... 58 Nik Bärtsch...... 48 Dave Liebman ...... 121 ...... 60 Victor Goines ...... 49 Henry Butler ...... 44 Branford Marsalis ...... 99 Henry Threadgill ...... 58 Marty Ehrlich ...... 42 Hiromi ...... 42 ...... 92 Tim Berne ...... 56 Louis Sclavis ...... 37 Jim Baker ...... 39 Jane Bunnett ...... 79 Jon Irabagon ...... 49 Ab Baars...... 33 ...... 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 category Beyond Artist or Group category Soprano Saxophone category

Wayne Horvitz ...... 30 ...... 31 ...... 41 ...... 32 Gary Versace ...... 30 ...... 30 Ingebrigt Håker Flaten ...... 39 ...... 32 ...... 29 ...... 30 Tarus Mateen...... 39 ...... 30 ...... 27 ...... 27 ...... 38 ...... 26 ...... 35 ...... 25 Hamid ...... 145 Joey DeFrancesco ...... 289 ...... 112 Dr. Lonnie Smith ...... 178 ...... 306 ...... 106 Larry Goldings ...... 90 Christian McBride ...... 158 Jenny Scheinman ...... 191 ...... 88 Carla Bley ...... 68 Dave Holland ...... 118 ...... 110 Kahil El’Zabar ...... 66 Jamie Saft ...... 64 ...... 116 ...... 69 Sheila E ...... 56 John Medeski ...... 62 ...... 91 Jean-Luc Ponty ...... 68 ...... 55 Gary Versace ...... 60 ...... 79 Christian Howes ...... 53 ...... 53 Brian Charette ...... 59 ...... 65 ...... 53 Jerry González ...... 53 Craig Taborn ...... 51 Stephan Crump ...... 58 Zach Brock ...... 49 ...... 49 Booker T. Jones ...... 47 ...... 53 ...... 41 ...... 48 Mike LeDonne ...... 47 William Parker ...... 47 Mark O’Connor ...... 38 Bobby Sanabria ...... 45 ...... 43 ...... 43 Jason Kao Hwang ...... 37 ...... 42 Barbara Dennerlein ...... 41 ...... 42 Michal Urbaniak ...... 28 ...... 36 Brian Auger ...... 40 Avishai Cohen ...... 40 John Blake ...... 27 Famoudou ...... 35 Pat Bianchi ...... 38 ...... 35 Carla Kihlstedt ...... 23 ...... 32 Matthew Shipp ...... 26 ...... 34 Diane Monroe ...... 23 ...... 31 Rhoda Scott ...... 24 Victor Wooten ...... 32 Nils Økland ...... 20 ...... 31 Jared Gold...... 22 ...... 29 Mads Tolling ...... 18 Sammy Figueroa ...... 29 Chris Foreman ...... 21 ...... 29 ...... 21 ...... 28 ...... 27 ...... 146 Stefon Harris ...... 260 ...... 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 ...... 154 Andrew Cyrille ...... 65 Jason Adasiewicz ...... 84 Julian Lage ...... 90 Stanley Clarke ...... 124 Matt Wilson ...... 60 Mulatu Astatke ...... 65 John Scofield ...... 70 ...... 85 ...... 58 Chris Dingman ...... 50 ...... 62 Esperanza Spalding ...... 83 ...... 55 ...... 50 Lionel Loueke ...... 59 John Patitucci ...... 77 ...... 54 ...... 50 Peter Bernstein ...... 43 Linda May Han Oh ...... 69 Herlin Riley ...... 47 ...... 42 ...... 43 Thundercat ...... 68 ...... 46 ...... 40 ...... 42 Melvin Gibbs ...... 58 Johnathan Blake ...... 43 ...... 33 ...... 42 Matthew Garrison ...... 53 Rudy Royston ...... 40 Khan Jamal ...... 29 Jeff Parker ...... 41 ...... 52 Willie Jones III ...... 38 Behn Gillece ...... 28 ...... 40 Tim Lefebvre ...... 48 Antonio Sanchez ...... 38 Gunter Hampel ...... 28 John McLaughlin ...... 37 ...... 48 ...... 37 Matt Moran ...... 28 ...... 35 Christian McBride ...... 42 Gerald Cleaver ...... 34 ...... 24

60 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2019 Mike Mainieri ...... 21 ...... 50 Sachal Vasandani ...... 22 ...... 47 Celia Smith ...... 20 ...... 48 Jaap Blonk ...... 21 ...... 45 ...... 46 Michael Bublé ...... 19 ...... 44 ...... 46 Johnny O’Neal ...... 19 Satoko Fujii ...... 38 Catherine Russell ...... 43 Jim McNeely ...... 36 (cello) ...... 99 Kate McGarry ...... 41 John Hollenbeck ...... 32 Béla Fleck () ...... 97 Stacey ...... 38 Amir ElSaffar ...... 31 Maria Schneider ...... 90 (oud) ...... 82 ...... 38 ...... 30 Edmar Castaneda Fay Victor ...... 37 Carla Bley ...... 85 ...... 29 (Colombian harp)...... 71 ...... 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 () ...... 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 () ...... 44 Myra Melford ...... 42 Ryan Truesdell ...... 25 James Carter (bass saxophone) ..43 Chick Corea ...... 40 Grégoire Maret (harmonica) ..... 42 Wynton Marsalis ...... 38 (cello)...... 41 ...... 267 Bill Frisell ...... 37 Richard Galliano (accordion) .... 41 ...... 186 Jason Moran ...... 37 ECM ...... 163 Omer Avital (oud) ...... 39 ...... 137 Satoko Fujii ...... 34 Blue Note ...... 141 Toumani Diabaté (kora) ...... 37 ...... 92 ...... 33 ...... 125 Gary Versace (accordion) ...... 36 Bobby McFerrin ...... 75 Mary Halvorson ...... 33 Mack Avenue ...... 98 () ...... 32 Andy Bey ...... 68 Anthony Braxton ...... 32 Resonance ...... 69 Bob Dorough ...... 63 Roscoe Mitchell ...... 31 Sunnyside ...... 57 José James ...... 57 Motéma ...... 51 ...... 54 Nonesuch ...... 39 Cécile McLorin Salvant ...... 291 Freddy Cole ...... 41 HighNote ...... 38 ...... 69 Dwight Trible ...... 37 Maria Schneider ...... 131 Intakt ...... 36 ...... 67 ...... 37 Carla Bley ...... 113 International Anthem Esperanza Spalding ...... 64 Kenny Washington ...... 32 Darcy James Argue ...... 88 Recording Co...... 36 Cyrille Aimée ...... 62 ...... 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 category

Impulse! ...... 32 Eric Bibb ...... 22 Mary Lane, Travelin’ Woman (Bad Boy/Atlantic) ...... 62 Mosaic ...... 32 ...... 22 (Women Of The ) ...... 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 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 , Please Don’t Fantastic Negrito, Rhiannon Giddens ...... 64 In The Blue Light (Legacy) ...... 39 ...... 201 Be Dead (Cooking Vinyl) ...... 64 ...... 60 Paul McCartney, Zev Feldman ...... 123 B.B. King Blues Band, ...... 42 Egypt Station (Capitol) ...... 36 ...... 114 The Soul Of The King (Ruf) ...... 61 ...... 40 , Don Was ...... 107 Boz Scaggs, Jeff ...... 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 , Don’t You Feel Forgiveness (Oh Boy) ...... 33 Robert Glasper ...... 61 Erykah Badu ...... 35 My Leg (Last Music Co.) ...... 52 Punch Brothers, ...... 54 ...... 35 Cedric Burnside, Benton All Ashore (Nonesuch) ...... 32 ...... 46 ...... 34 County Relic (Single Lock) ...... 45 , Christian McBride ...... 46 ...... 33 Joe Bonamassa, Live In London (Anti-) ...... 31 Flying ...... 43 Janelle Monáe ...... 29 Redemption (J&R Adventures) .. 41 Noname, Room 25 ...... 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 , , My Way (Legacy) ...23 Richard Thompson ...... 23 Bettye LaVette ...... 60 A Woman’s Soul (Stony Plain) ...... 27 Madeleine Peyroux, ...... 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 & 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 , 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 ...... 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 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 ...... 34 Takuya Kuroda...... 36 4-tet...... 34 Josh Lawrence...... 35 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

AUGUST 2019 DOWNBEAT 63 ADAM HART

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 ...... 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 ...... 46 Jeff Albert ...... 31 François Houle ...... 87 Ehud Asherie ...... 41 David ...... 31 Todd Marcus ...... 67 Benoit Delbecq ...... 38 Ron Westray ...... 31 ...... 131 Gabriele Mirabassi ...... 62 James Francies ...... 34 Scott Whitfield ...... 28 Nubya Garcia ...... 109 ...... 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 ...... 29 Michael Dessen ...... 22 Camille Thurman ...... 69 James Falzone ...... 40 Yelena Eckemoff ...... 29 Aubrey Logan ...... 22 ...... 67 ...... 40 ...... 29 Abraham Burton ...... 48 Ted Hogarth...... 38 ...... 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 ...... 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 ...... 23 Zaccai Curtis ...... 86 Jasmine Lovell-Smith ...... 42 ...... 26 Jason Scott ...... 23 ...... 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 ...... 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 ...... 68 Fredrik Ljungkvist ...... 61 Steve Adams ...... 37 Sharel Cassity ...... 60 Herwig Gradischnig ...... 60 Gareth Lockrane ...... 33 ...... 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

64 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2019 AUGUST 2019 DOWNBEAT 65 DIMITRI LOUIS SHERVIN LAINEZ

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 ...... 57 Tyler Blanton ...... 37 Erik Deutsch ...... 62 Joshua Abrams ...... 56 Ben Powell ...... 24 Nora Germain ...... 22 Yuhan Su ...... 37 ...... 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 ...... 36 Brian Landrus (bass ) ... 59 Otis Brown III ...... 33 (harp) ...... 59 Miles Okazaki ...... 111 Jonathan Barber ...... 32 () ....53 Felix Pastorius ...... 124 Lage Lund ...... 99 ...... 32 Rudi Mahall () ...... 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 ...... 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 (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 ...... 43 Jeff Denson ...... 36 (French horn) ...... 31 Harris Eisenstadt ...... 77 Wendy Eisenberg ...... 38 Casey Abrams ...... 34 Ben Wendel () ...... 31 Richie Flores...... 71 Hristo Vitchev ...... 38 Reed Mathis ...... 33 Okkyung Lee (cello) ...... 29 ...... 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 ...... 41 Angel Bat Dawid...... 48 Graham Dechter ...... 25 Mike Pope ...... 21 Lukas Ligeti ...... 38 ...... 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 ...... 84 Sarah Bernstein ...... 56 Eli Fountain...... 21 Nellie McKay ...... 34 ...... 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 ...... 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 ...... 33 Walter Smith III...... 32 ...... 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

AUGUST 2019 DOWNBEAT 67 TH Below are the 150 critics who voted in DownBeat’s 67th Annual 67 ANNUAL CRITICS POLL International Critics Poll and some of the publications to which they have contributed. In the poll, critics distributed up to 10 points among up to three choices (but no more than 5 points per choice) in each of two groups of categories: Established Talent and Rising Stars. (Note: The asterisk [*] denotes a Veterans Committee voter.)

David R. Adler: JazzTimes, Nextbop, KRTU San Antonio Portland Mercury Angelo Leonardi: All About *Dan Ouellette: DB, Billboard, Flagpole *Paul de Barros: DB, The Eric Harabadian: DB, Music Jazz Italia Qwest TV *Frank Alkyer: DB Seattle Times Connection, Progression Bruce Lindsay: Jazz Journal, *Ted Panken: DB All About Jazz Larry Appelbaum: JazzTimes, Coen de Jonge: Jazzism, Jazz Kazunori Harada: Jazz Japan Terry Perkins: DB In The Muse, Let’s Cool One Bulletin Magazine Martin Longley: DB j. poet: DB, Mirian Arbalejo: It Don’t R.J. DeLuke: All About Jazz, George W. Harris: jazzweekly. *Suzanne Lorge: DB, New Globe, Relix, Oakland Magazine Mean A Thing, Cuepoint Albany Times Union com York City Jazz Record Jeff Potter: DB, Modern Christopher Loudon: Bridget Arnwine: Beets and Bob Doerschuk: DB Kazune Hayata: Jazz Life Drummer Media LLC Laurence Donohue-Greene: Chris Heim: KMUW/Global JazzTimes Alan Ranta: Exclaim! Glenn R. Astarita: All About Jazz Record Village Phillip Lutz: DB *Bobby Reed: DB Jazz Alain Drouot: DB, citizenjazz. Andrey Henkin: New York *Jim Macnie: DB, VEVO *Howard Reich: Chicago Mark R. Bacon: Main Event, com City Jazz Record *Howard Mandel: DB, The Tribune LEO, NG Music Ken Dryden: New York City Andy Hermann: DB, Bill- Wire, ArtsJournal/JazzBeyond- Chris J. Bahnsen: DB Jazz Record, Hot House, All board, Times Jazz Guy Reynard: Freelance Michael Barris: DB About Jazz Geoffrey Himes: DB, Wash- Peter Margasak: DB, Cham- Derk Richardson: The Ab- Peter Bastian: Jazzthetik José Duarte: jazzportugal. ington Post, JazzTimes ber Music, Bandcamp Daily solute Sound, , ua.pt, RTP Radio Television KPFA radio, Peghead Nation, Bill Beuttler: DB, Rob Hoff: WQLN Public Media, *John McDonough: DB, NPR Portugal Oakland Magazine Globe JazzErie Kerilie McDowall: DB, Tina Edwards: Supreme Edward Blanco: All About Holley Jr.: DB, Hot Inspired Magazine *Gene Santoro: DB Standards podcast Jazz, WDNA House, New Music Box, Cham- Peter McElhinney: Style Phil Schaap: philschaapjazz. Shannon J. Effinger: DB, ber Music Philip Booth: DB, Washington Weekly com, WKCR Jazzwise, Pitchfork, NPR Post, JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix C. Andrew Hovan: DB, All Bill Meyer: DB, The Wire, Mag- Sebastian Scotney: London Jordannah Elizabeth: DB, About Jazz *Fred Bouchard: DB, Boston net, Dusted, Chicago Reader Jazz News, Jazzthetik, The Arts New York Amsterdam News, Musical Intelligencer Tom Hull: tomhull.com *Ken Micallef: DB, Stereo- Desk Jazz Right Now *Michael Bourne: DB, Tom Ineck: Lincoln Journal phile, Modern Drummer, Michele Simms-Burton: DB, *Ed Enright: WBGO-FM DB Star, NET Radio, KZUM Radio JazzTimes DC Metro Arts *John Ephland: DB Virgil Mihaiu: DB, Steaua/ *Herb Boyd: DB, Amsterdam Eric Jackson: WGBH *Thomas Staudter: DB, Jazz Context, JAM (Jazz Mon- News, Neworld Review, Steve Feeney: artsfuse.org, Michael Jackson: DB, Jazz- The Gazette, The Hudson tenegro) Network Journal Portland Press Herald/Maine wise, Chicago SunTimes Independent Sunday Telegram *Bill Milkowski: DB, The Shaun Brady: JazzTimes, *Willard Jenkins: DB, The W. Royal Stokes: JJA News, Absolute Sound Philadelphia Inquirer David Franklin: JazzTimes, Independent Ear, JazzTimes wroyalstokes.com Cadence Ralph A. Miriello: Notes on Rainer Bratfisch: Jazz Catalina Maria Johnson: Jazz blog Denise Sullivan: DB Podium Philip Freeman: DB, The DB, Billboard, NPR, Remezcla Wire, Stereogum *: Jersey Otakar Svoboda: Czech Radio Jon Bream: Star Jeff Johnson: DB, Chicago Jazz, Journal of Jazz Studies *Jean Szlamowicz: DB Tribune Takao Fujioka: Way Out West Sun-Times Allen Morrison: DB, Larry Reni Thomas: jazz Marcela Breton: Freelance Jon Garelick: DB, Jazziz, Ammar Kalia: DB, The JazzTimes, Jazziz corner.com, ejazznews.com Nelson Brill: bostonconcert Boston Globe Guardian Brian Morton: DB, Jazz Jour- reviews.com Dustin Garlitz: jazztalent.com Richard Kamins: steptem Mark Turner: All About Jazz nal, The Wire Paweł Brodowski: Jazz Forum Richard Gehr: DB, Bandcamp, pest.blogspot.com Chris Walker: DB, JazzTimes, *John Murph: DB, NPR Music, Relix George Kanzler: New York L.A. Jazz Scene, Tour Stuart Broomer: New York JazzWise, JazzTimes, Qwest TV City Jazz Record, Point of *: The History of Jazz City Jazz Record, Hot House & Travel Russ Musto: DB, New York Departure, Musicworks Jonathan Gómez: Matthew Kassel: Michael J. West: DB, Wash- DB DB, New City Jazz Record Madeleine Byrne: The Wire York Times, Wall Street Journal, ington Post, Washington City Steve Greenlee: JazzTimes Michael G. Nastos: Hot JazzTimes, Slate Paper, JazzTimes Andrea Canter: jazzpolice.com George Grella: The Wire, House, WCBN-FM Yoshi Kato: DB, Palo Alto *Kevin Whitehead: NPR’s *Dave Cantor: DB New York City Jazz Record, The Ron Netsky: City Newspaper Weekly Fresh Air James Catchpole: Songlines, Rail (Rochester, New York) Larry Kelp: KPFA-FM, kpfa.org Carlo Wolff: DB, Pittsburgh Tokyo Jazz Site, Japan Times Tyran Grillo: DB Jon Newey: Jazzwise Reinhard Köchl: Zeit Online, Post-Gazette Brad Cohan: DB, JazzTimes, Kira Grunenberg: DB, No Lily O’Brien: DB, JazzTimes, Jazz Thing *Josef Woodard: DB, Jazziz, Bandcamp Daily Depression, Off Your Radar, Classical Voice, *Aaron Cohen: DB Throw the Dice and Play Nice Elzy Kolb: Hot House Marin Arts & Culture Cadence Thomas Conrad: Stereophile, *Frank-John Hadley: DB Jason Koransky: DB Sean O’Connell: DB, Los Takashi Yamamoto: Jazz JazzTimes, New York City Jazz Carl L. Hager: Jazz (Jazzers Dustin Krcatovich: DB, Angeles Times, Playboy Perspective Record Jazzing) blog FLOOD, The Quietus *Jennifer Odell: DB, Offbeat, *: DB, Jazziz, L.A. *J.D. Considine: DB, *James Hale: DB, soundstage Jeff Krow: Audiophile Gambit Jazz Scene, New York City Jazz JazzTimes xperience.com Audition Adam Olschewski: Jazz Record, Syncopated Times Anthony Dean-Harris: DB, Robert Ham: DB, Paste, Will Layman: popmatters.com Podium Izzy Yellen: DB, Chicago Reader

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