84 READERS POLL COMPLETE RESULTS

Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom .. 309 Brian Blade & The Fellowship Hank Mobley ...... 855 Band ...... 306 Kenny Barron ...... 582 Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Bob Brookmeyer ...... 555 Quintet ...... 306 George Benson ...... 546 Christian McBride’s New Jawn 303 TAKEHIKOTOKIWA Jack DeJohnette ...... 531 Tom Harrell Quintet ...... 267 Tito Puente ...... 507 Ahmad Jamal Trio ...... 264 Mel Tormé ...... 507 Yellowjackets ...... 261 Jimmy Heath ...... 486 Esperanza Spalding Group ...... 231 Dr. John ...... 480 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Carmen McRae ...... 477 Avenue ...... 216 Kenny Burrell ...... 414 John McLaughlin ...... 387 Toots Thielemans ...... 387 Maria Schneider Shirley Horn ...... 381 Orchestra ...... 1,131 Oliver Nelson ...... 381 Jazz at Lincoln Center Les Paul...... 363 Orchestra ...... 1,068 Maria Schneider, winner of the Composer, Charles Lloyd ...... 354 Arranger and Big Band categories Count Basie Orchestra ...... 729 Buddy Guy ...... 321 Christian McBride Big Band ....667 George Duke ...... 318 Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Roy Hargrove Big Band ...... 489 Cedar Walton ...... 318 Ancestral Recall (Ropeadope) ...312 Vanguard Jazz Orchestra ...... 447 John Coltrane, Both Directions Pharoah Sanders ...... 312 Tom Harrell, Infinity (HighNote)...306 WDR Big Band ...... 426 At Once: The Lost Album James Moody ...... 306 Brad Mehldau, Mingus Big Band ...... 423 (Impulse!) ...... 2,988 Allan Holdsworth ...... 300 Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch) .....306 John Beasley’s MONK’estra ....363 The Beatles, The White Album Grant Green...... 285 Esperanza Spalding, Anat Cohen Tentet ...... 351 (Anniversary Edition) (Apple Corps Dave Holland ...... 273 12 Little Spells (Concord) ...... 303 Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Fred Hersch Trio, Ltd./Capitol/UMe) ...... 702 Big Band ...... 345 Live In Europe (Palmetto) ...... 291 John Coltrane, Coltrane ’58: The Darcy James Argue’s Secret John Scofield, Prestige Recordings (Craft) ...... 684 Wayne Shorter ...... 648 Society ...... 342 Combo 66 (Verve) ...... 282 Bill Evans, Evans In England Chris Potter ...... 498 Sun Ra Arkestra ...... 321 Ambrose Akinmusire, (Resonance) ...... 543 Wynton Marsalis ...... 456 Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band ..312 Origami Harvest (Blue Note) ....270 The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Cécile McLorin Salvant ...... 423 Gordon Goodwin’s Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lu- The Art Ensemble of Chicago And Chick Corea ...... 417 Big Phat Band ...... 306 cinda Williams, Vanished Gardens Associated Ensembles (ECM) ..540 Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah ..366 Carla Bley with Charlie Haden’s (Blue Note)...... 270 Louis Armstrong, Sparks, Nevada Christian McBride ...... 363 Liberation Music Orchestra Joshua Redman, 1964! (Dot Time) ...... 489 Kamasi Washington ...... 354 Big Band ...... 300 Come What May (Nonesuch) ...261 Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 321 Bob Mintzer Big Band...... 270 Melissa Aldana, Singles Collection 1967-1970 Brad Mehldau ...... 288 Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Orchestra ...249 Visions (Motéma) ...... 258 (Rhino) ...... 462 Pat Metheny ...... 270 DIVA Jazz Orchestra ...... 243 Christian McBride, Betty Carter, The Music Never Tom Harrell ...... 264 Christian McBride’s New Jawn Stops (Blue Engine) ...... 390 Kenny Barron ...... 249 (Mack Avenue) ...... 249 Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Anat Cohen ...... 249 Wayne Shorter, Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, Expanded 1963 New York Studio Fred Hersch...... 249 Emanon (Blue Note) ...... 840 Glitter Wolf (Royal Potato Sessions (Resonance) ...... 390 Esperanza Spalding ...... 246 Tony Bennett & Diana Krall, Family) ...... 246 Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Sings Joey DeFrancesco ...... 231 Love Is Here to Stay (Verve) .....591 Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry (ECM) ..240 For Only The Lonely (60th Anniver- Kurt Elling ...... 231 Chris Potter, Circuits (Edition) ..531 Ingrid Jensen & Steve Treseler, sary Edition) (Capitol) ...... 378 Bill Frisell ...... 231 Kamasi Washington, Heaven And Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Wes Montgomery, Back On Indi- Tony Bennett ...... 225 Earth (Young Turks) ...... 456 Wheeler (Whirlwind) ...... 228 ana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Count Basie Orchestra, All About Marcus Miller, Laid Black Recordings (Resonance) ...... 372 That Basie (Concord) ...... 444 (Blue Note)...... 222 Dexter Gordon Quartet, Snarky Puppy ...... 762 Cécile McLorin Salvant, Gregory Porter, One Night Only: Tokyo 1975 (Elemental) ...... 357 Wayne Shorter Quartet ...... 558 The Window (Mack Avenue) ....402 Live At The Royal Albert Hall Woody Shaw, Branford Marsalis Quartet ...... 486 Snarky Puppy, Immigrance (Blue Note)...... 222 Tokyo 1981 (Elemental) ...... 348 Pat Metheny Group ...... 405 (GroundUP) ...... 381 Yellowjackets, Raising Our Voice Thelonious Monk, Wynton Marsalis Quintet ...... 393 Wynton Marsalis, “Bolden” Origi- (Mack Avenue) ...... 219 Mønk (Gearbox) ...... 336 Chick Corea Band ...... 387 nal Soundtrack (Blue Engine) ...366 Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy La Tradición Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Brad Mehldau Trio ...... 387 Branford Marsalis Quartet, (Miel Music) ...... 201 Motian, When Will The Blues Charles Lloyd Quartet ...... 369 The Secret Between The Shadow Cyrille Aimée, Move On: A Sond- Leave (ECM) ...... 270 Chris Potter Underground ...... 354 And The Soul (OKeh/Sony) ...... 345 heim Adventure (Mack Avenue) ..183 Gary Burton, Take Another Look: Fred Hersch Trio ...... 351 Joey DeFrancesco, In The Key Of Houston Person & Ron Carter, A Career Retrospective SFJAZZ Collective ...... 315 The Universe (Mack Avenue) ...336 Remember Love (HighNote) ....183 (Mack Avenue) ...... 234

48 DOWNBEAT DECEMBER 2019 ULLIGRUBER JIMMY & DENA KATZ

Chris Potter, winner of the Tenor Saxophone category COURTESY OF ARTIST

Gary Smulyan, winner of the Baritone Saxophone category Anat Cohen, winner of the Clarinet category

Charlie Haden & Brad Mehldau, Steve Turre ...... 762 Houston Person ...... 210 Long Ago And Far Away Bill Watrous ...... 684 Walter Smith III ...... 210 (Impulse!) ...... 222 Steve Davis ...... 516 Kenny Garrett ...... 1,281 JD Allen ...... 198 Duke Ellington, In Coventry, Curtis Fuller ...... 504 Miguel Zenón ...... 603 Donny McCaslin ...... 186 1966 (Storyville) ...... 201 Robin Eubanks ...... 495 Lee Konitz ...... 600 Charles Mingus, Jazz In Detroit/ Jennifer Wharton ...... 348 David Sanborn ...... 543 Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden Conrad Herwig ...... 315 Paquito D’Rivera ...... 498 Gary Smulyan ...... 1,359 (BBE) ...... 192 Delfeayo Marsalis ...... 309 Dick Oatts ...... 483 James Carter ...... 1,206 Keith Jarrett, La Fenice (ECM) .189 Michael Dease ...... 306 Gary Bartz ...... 441 Hamiet Bluiett...... 753 Art Pepper, Unreleased Art Natalie Cressman ...... 294 Tia Fuller ...... 441 Scott Robinson ...... 708 Pepper, Vol. 10: Bourbon Street— Marshall Gilkes ...... 291 Rudresh Mahanthappa ...... 312 Ronnie Cuber ...... 693 Toronto, June 16,1977 (Widow’s Slide Hampton ...... 270 Steve Wilson ...... 294 Claire Daly ...... 486 Taste) ...... 189 Ray Anderson ...... 261 Donald Harrison ...... 285 Stephen “Doc” Kupka ...... 444 Ryan Keberle ...... 225 John Zorn ...... 276 John Surman ...... 429 Nils Landgren ...... 225 Anthony Braxton ...... 255 Lauren Sevian ...... 402 Roy Hargrove ...... 1,809 John Fedchock ...... 216 Vincent Herring ...... 255 Denis DiBlasio ...... 336 Wynton Marsalis ...... 963 Nick Finzer ...... 192 Ted Nash ...... 255 Lisa Parrott ...... 315 Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 879 Alan Ferber ...... 186 Bobby Watson ...... 255 Frank Basile ...... 294 Tom Harrell ...... 699 Steve Coleman ...... 234 Chris Cheek...... 255 Ingrid Jensen ...... 519 Charles McPherson ...... 210 Ken Vandermark ...... 255 Randy Brecker ...... 486 Wayne Shorter ...... 1,851 Richie Cole ...... 207 Tim Berne ...... 252 Terence Blanchard ...... 471 Branford Marsalis ...... 1,215 Sherman Irby ...... 198 Mats Gustafsson ...... 228 Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah 423 Dave Liebman ...... 822 Paula Henderson ...... 189 Arturo Sandoval ...... 369 Ravi Coltrane ...... 621 Howard Johnson ...... 186 Sean Jones ...... 351 Chris Potter ...... 573 Chris Potter ...... 948 Patience Higgins ...... 165 Chris Botti ...... 324 Kenny Garrett ...... 552 Wayne Shorter ...... 705 Adam Schroeder ...... 153 Terell Stafford ...... 249 Jane Ira Bloom ...... 513 Melissa Aldana ...... 657 Dave Douglas ...... 240 Joshua Redman ...... 510 Joe Lovano ...... 612 Avishai Cohen ...... 228 Jan Garbarek...... 435 Joshua Redman ...... 588 Anat Cohen ...... 2,967 Marquis Hill ...... 222 Joe Lovano ...... 360 Branford Marsalis ...... 576 Paquito D’Rivera ...... 1,269 Wadada Leo Smith ...... 195 Steve Wilson ...... 330 Kamasi Washington ...... 453 Eddie Daniels ...... 882 Brian Lynch ...... 165 Tia Fuller ...... 318 Charles Lloyd ...... 423 Don Byron ...... 720 Bria Skonberg ...... 165 Sonny Fortune ...... 309 Eric Alexander ...... 417 Ken Peplowski ...... 618 Jon Faddis ...... 159 Jane Bunnett ...... 273 Scott Robinson ...... 387 Victor Goines ...... 510 Etienne Charles ...... 156 Lee Konitz ...... 267 Jimmy Heath ...... 285 Shabaka Hutchings ...... 219 Jeremy Pelt ...... 156 James Carter ...... 249 Pharoah Sanders ...... 246 Chris Speed ...... 195 Ted Nash ...... 246 Kirk Whalum ...... 222 Jeff Lederer ...... 183 Roxy Coss ...... 198 Mark Turner ...... 216 Ben Goldberg ...... 177 Trombone Shorty ...... 1,206 Jimmy Greene ...... 186 Joel Frahm ...... 213 Evan Christopher ...... 153 Wycliffe Gordon ...... 1,068 Sam Newsome ...... 177 Ernie Watts ...... 213 Marty Ehrlich ...... 153

DECEMBER 2019 DOWNBEAT 49 JOHN PEDEN ERNESTGREGORY

Marcus Miller, winner of the Electric Bass category Pat Methey, winner of the Guitar category Regina Carter, winner of the Violin category

Gabriele Mirabassi ...... 150 Greg Tardy ...... 150 Bob Wilber ...... 147 Herbie Hancock ...... 2,085 Beth Custer ...... 144 Chick Corea ...... 1,911 ANNA WEBBER ANNA Michael White ...... 144 Robert Glasper ...... 864

Aurora Nealand ...... 141 Larry Goldings ...... 459 KIRKLAND DOUGLAS Gianluigi Trovesi ...... 138 Craig Taborn ...... 384 Louis Sclavis ...... 132 Lyle Mays ...... 360 Hiromi ...... 351 Eddie Palmieri ...... 342 Herbie Hancock, winner Christian McBride, John Medeski ...... 330 of the Piano and Keyboard categories winner of the Bass category Hubert Laws ...... 1,179 Patrice Rushen ...... 267 Charles Lloyd ...... 837 Gary Versace ...... 255 Nicole Mitchell ...... 681 Julian Lage ...... 483 Jason Lindner ...... 249 Elena Pinderhughes ...... 615 John McLaughlin ...... 450 Marc Cary ...... 231 Marcus Miller...... 1,083 Lew Tabackin ...... 546 Mary Halvorson ...... 432 Zaccai Curtis ...... 225 Stanley Clarke ...... 936 Ted Nash ...... 483 Russell Malone ...... 429 Booker T. Jones ...... 207 Victor Wooten ...... 873 Tia Fuller ...... 462 John Pizzarelli ...... 354 Uri Caine ...... 198 Christian McBride ...... 855 Dave Liebman ...... 462 Dave Stryker ...... 318 Henry Butler ...... 192 Steve Swallow ...... 837 Jane Bunnett ...... 357 Al Di Meola ...... 312 Gonzalo Rubalcaba ...... 186 Esperanza Spalding ...... 795 Steve Wilson ...... 345 Mimi Fox...... 276 Geoffrey Keezer ...... 177 John Patitucci ...... 666 Henry Threadgill ...... 279 Vic Juris ...... 273 Jamie Saft ...... 165 Thundercat ...... 528 Jamie Baum ...... 270 Lionel Loueke ...... 270 Richard Bona ...... 390 James Spaulding ...... 270 Mike Stern ...... 267 Linda May Han Oh ...... 339 Anne Drummond ...... 243 Kurt Rosenwinkel ...... 261 Tim Lefebvre ...... 303 T.K. Blue ...... 240 Joey DeFrancesco ...... 3,301 Pat Martino ...... 255 Tony Levin ...... 252 Holly Hofmann ...... 219 Dr. Lonnie Smith ...... 1,167 Gilad Hekselman ...... 249 Avishai Cohen ...... 237 Ali Ryerson ...... 207 Larry Goldings ...... 957 Charlie Apicella ...... 243 Meshell Ndegeocello ...... 210 Andrea Brachfeld ...... 204 Booker T. Jones ...... 450 Kevin Eubanks ...... 207 Tal Wilkenfeld ...... 210 John Medeski ...... 414 James Genus ...... 198 Carla Bley ...... 378 Felix Pastorius ...... 198 Gary Versace ...... 321 Herbie Hancock ...... 846 Christian McBride ...... 1,818 Derrick Hodge ...... 192 Mike LeDonne ...... 315 Brad Mehldau ...... 723 Ron Carter ...... 1,167 Jimmy Haslip...... 177 Brian Auger ...... 273 Kenny Barron ...... 714 Esperanza Spalding ...... 810 Pino Palladino ...... 171 Chick Corea ...... 684 Barbara Dennerlein ...... 234 Dave Holland ...... 723 Fred Hersch...... 444 Pat Bianchi ...... 219 Linda May Han Oh ...... 561 Keith Jarrett ...... 438 Akiko Tsuruga ...... 213 Stanley Clarke ...... 429 McCoy Tyner ...... 384 Sam Yahel ...... 204 John Patitucci ...... 429 Regina Carter ...... 2,889 Joey Alexander ...... 366 Craig Taborn ...... 177 John Clayton ...... 372 Jean-Luc Ponty ...... 1,098 Vijay Iyer ...... 261 Roberta Piket ...... 176 Larry Grenadier ...... 315 Jenny Scheinman ...... 600 Bill Charlap ...... 246 Amina Claudine Myers ...... 156 Avishai Cohen ...... 291 Sara Caswell ...... 528 Sullivan Fortner ...... 246 Tony Monaco ...... 153 Rufus Reid ...... 285 Mark Feldman ...... 480 Ahmad Jamal ...... 243 Jared Gold...... 144 Victor Wooten ...... 276 Zach Brock ...... 354 Benny Green ...... 231 Brian Charette ...... 138 Luques Curtis ...... 222 Mark O’Connor ...... 288 Robert Glasper ...... 219 Rhoda Scott ...... 123 Mark Wade ...... 219 Jerry Goodman ...... 246 Monty Alexander ...... 186 Scott Colley ...... 216 Mat Maneri ...... 207 Aaron Parks ...... 180 Gary Peacock...... 177 Nils Økland ...... 195 George Cables ...... 177 Pat Metheny ...... 1,164 William Parker ...... 174 Christian Howes ...... 150 Jon Batiste ...... 171 Bill Frisell ...... 801 Peter Washington ...... 165 Miri Ben-Ari ...... 147 Hiromi ...... 171 John Scofield ...... 543 Reggie Workman...... 159 Michal Urbaniak ...... 141 Gerald Clayton ...... 168 Peter Bernstein ...... 540 Carlos Henriquez ...... 144 Karen Briggs ...... 138

50 DOWNBEAT DECEMBER 2019 Brian Blade, co-winner of the Drums category LURAH BLADE LURAH ESTEVANORIOL

Poncho Sanchez, winner of the Percussion category ANNA WEBBER ANNA

Banjo player Béla Fleck, winner of the Miscellaneous Instrument category

Susie Hansen ...... 135 Airto Moreira...... 531 Scott Tixier ...... 135 Jerry Gonzalez ...... 516 Tomoko Omura ...... 120 Pedrito Martinez ...... 462 Kurt Elling, winner of the Male Vocalist category Andy Stein ...... 117 Bobby Sanabria ...... 459 Aaron Weinstein ...... 117 Cyro Baptista ...... 432 Hendrik Meurkens ...... 138 Eyvind Kang ...... 111 Trilok Gurtu ...... 381 Matt Moran ...... 129 Dan Weiss ...... 327 Jorge Rossy ...... 126 Cécile McLorin Salvant ..1,350 Mino Cinelu ...... 294 Diana Krall ...... 1,059 Brian Blade ...... 849 (TIE) Sammy Figueroa ...... 264 Esperanza Spalding ...... 804 Jack DeJohnette ...... 849 (TIE) Marilyn Mazur...... 255 Dee Dee Bridgewater ...... 624 Steve Gadd ...... 453 Hamid Drake ...... 243 Béla Fleck (banjo) ...... 1,023 Dianne Reeves ...... 600 Terri Lyne Carrington ...... 450 Susie Ibarra ...... 240 Chris Potter (bass clarinet) ...... 675 Cyrille Aimée ...... 453 Roy Haynes ...... 435 Famoudou Don Moye ...... 213 Scott Robinson Cassandra Wilson ...... 438 Antonio Sanchez ...... 396 Pete Escovedo ...... 201 (bass saxophone) ...... 498 Jazzmeia Horn ...... 366 Peter Erskine ...... 390 Jon Batiste (melodica/ Lizz Wright ...... 288 Allison Miller ...... 354 harmoniboard) ...... 423 Catherine Russell ...... 255 Jeff Hamilton ...... 339 Stefon Harris ...... 1,665 Wycliffe Gordon (tuba) ...... 417 Sheila Jordan ...... 246 Billy Cobham ...... 300 Joe Locke ...... 840 James Carter (bass saxophone) ...387 Roberta Gambarini ...... 243 Matt Wilson ...... 282 Warren Wolf ...... 783 Gary Versace (accordion) ...... 354 Karrin Allyson ...... 198 Eric Harland...... 264 Terry Gibbs ...... 717 Steve Turre (shells) ...... 339 René Marie ...... 183 Jeff “Tain” Watts ...... 243 Joel Ross...... 648 Chris Thile (mandolin) ...... 333 Kate McGarry ...... 183 Billy Hart ...... 225 Steve Nelson ...... 609 Anouar Brahem (oud) ...... 324 Madeleine Peyroux ...... 180 Vinnie Colaiuta ...... 204 Mike Mainieri ...... 534 David Murray (bass clarinet) ....321 Sara Gazarek...... 174 Johnathan Blake ...... 192 Dave Samuels ...... 480 Brandee Younger (harp) ...... 318 Patricia Barber ...... 162 Lewis Nash ...... 180 Jason Marsalis ...... 450 Joe Lovano (aulochrome) ...... 306 Diane Schuur...... 162 Kenny Washington ...... 177 Cecilia Smith ...... 285 Grégoire Maret (harmonica) .....291 Gretchen Parlato ...... 159 Mark Guiliana ...... 174 Joe Chambers ...... 225 Richard Galliano (accordion) ....270 Luciana Souza...... 159 Marcus Gilmore ...... 171 Sasha Berliner ...... 198 Howard Johnson (tuba) ...... 231 Mike Dillon ...... 195 Peggy Lee (cello) ...... 228 Jason Adasiewicz ...... 189 Anoushka Shankar (sitar) ...... 225 Kurt Elling...... 1,836 Poncho Sanchez ...... 813 Kenny Wollesen...... 156 Tomeka Reid (cello) ...... 222 Tony Bennett ...... 1,695 Sheila E ...... 684 Mulatu Astatke ...... 153 Edmar Castaneda Gregory Porter ...... 1,440 Zakir Hussain ...... 672 Jim Hart ...... 138 (Colombian harp) ...... 216 Bobby McFerrin ...... 873

DECEMBER 2019 DOWNBEAT 51 Barbara Blue, Fish In Dirty H2O (Big Blue) ...... 93 Cedric Burnside, Benton County Relic (Single Lock) ...... 93 Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, The Traveler (Concord) ...... 93

Dr. John ...... 615 Aretha Franklin ...... 531 Jeff Beck ...... 522 Stevie Wonder ...... 336 Tedeschi Trucks Band ...... 321 Norah Jones ...... 303 Donald Fagen ...... 294 Rhiannon Giddens ...... 276 Anderson .Paak ...... 267 Lady Gaga ...... 255 Jacob Collier ...... 570 Michael Abene ...... 255 John Mayall ...... 174 Robert Glasper Experiment .....249 Michael Bublé ...... 519 Billy Childs...... 249 Eric Bibb ...... 156 Van Morrison ...... 231 Theo Bleckmann ...... 477 Dave Holland ...... 240 Fantastic Negrito ...... 144 Björk ...... 204 John Pizzarelli ...... 333 John Zorn ...... 228 Elvin Bishop ...... 141 Erykah Badu ...... 195 Andy Bey ...... 321 Robert Glasper ...... 222 Irma Thomas ...... 129 Bonnie Raitt...... 189 José James ...... 288 John Beasley ...... 216 Otis Taylor ...... 126 Rubén Blades ...... 183 Leslie Odom Jr...... 264 Alan Broadbent ...... 213 North Mississippi Allstars ...... 117 Bob Dylan...... 171 Freddy Cole ...... 255 Slide Hampton ...... 210 Thornetta Davis ...... 108 Alabama Shakes ...... 162 Kenny Washington ...... 234 Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters ...108 Paul McCartney ...... 159 Jamie Cullum ...... 201 Sonny Landreth ...... 108 Laurie Anderson ...... 141 Allan Harris ...... 201 Blue Note ...... 2,265 Dweezil Zappa ...... 141 Dhafer Youssef ...... 168 ECM ...... 1,257 James Blood Ulmer ...... 159 Mack Avenue ...... 474 Buddy Guy, The Blues Is Alive Johnny O’Neal ...... 147 Smoke Sessions Records ...... 339 And Well (RCA) ...... 1,590 George Benson, Walking To Pete McGuinness ...... 144 Impulse! ...... 252 B.B. King Blues Band, The Soul New Orleans: Remembering John Boutté ...... 120 Verve...... 234 Of The King (Ruf) ...... 735 Chuck Berry And Fats Domino Giacomo Gates ...... 120 Concord ...... 198 Joe Bonamassa, Redemption (Provogue) ...... 714 Resonance ...... 174 (J&R Adventures) ...... 687 Tedeschi Trucks Band, Signs Criss Cross Jazz ...... 171 Boz Scaggs, Out Of The Blues (Fantasy) ...... 531 Maria Schneider ...... 1,017 Origin ...... 153 (Concord)...... 468 Jon Batiste, Hollywood Africans Wayne Shorter ...... 831 Sunnyside ...... 153 Shemekia Copeland, America’s (Verve) ...... 498 Chick Corea ...... 642 Posi-Tone ...... 147 Child (Alligator) ...... 393 Norah Jones, Begin Again Pat Metheny ...... 447 Mosaic ...... 144 John Mayall, Nobody Told Me (Blue Note)...... 486 Wynton Marsalis ...... 438 ACT ...... 141 (Forty Below) ...... 246 Anderson .Paak, Ventura Carla Bley ...... 423 Nonesuch ...... 141 Jimmie Vaughan, Baby, (Aftermath/12 Tone) ...... 402 Benny Golson ...... 423 HighNote ...... 135 Please Come Home Van Morrison, The Prophet Speaks Kamasi Washington ...... 375 Pi Recordings ...... 135 (Last Music Co.) ...... 246 (Caroline) ...... 384 Terence Blanchard ...... 363 ArtistShare ...... 132 Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio, Elvis Costello, Look Now Jim McNeely ...... 297 SmallsLIVE ...... 132 Something Smells Funky (Concord)...... 348 Tom Harrell ...... 276 Motéma ...... 126 (Alligator) ...... 225 Willie Nelson, My Way (Legacy) .. 345 Randy Weston ...... 276 Ropeadope ...... 123 Billy F. Gibbons, The Big Bad Gary Clark Jr., This Land Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 261 The Royal Potato Family ...... 111 Blues (Concord) ...... 207 (Warner Bros.) ...... 330 Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah 243 BluJazz ...... 99 Eric Bibb, Global Griot Mavis Staples, We Get By John Zorn ...... 219 Truth Revolution ...... 99 (Stony Plain) ...... 192 (Anti-) ...... 330 Christian McBride ...... 207 SteepleChase ...... 90 Maria Muldaur, Don’t You Feel Paul Simon, In The Blue Light Jimmy Heath ...... 171 Clean Feed ...... 84 My Leg (Last Music Co.) ...... 180 (Legacy) ...... 324 Vijay Iyer ...... 171 Brooklyn Jazz Underground ...... 81 Fantastic Negrito, Please Don’t Rhiannon Giddens, There Is Robert Glasper ...... 168 Marsalis Music ...... 81 Be Dead (Cooking Vinyl) ...... 165 No Other (Nonesuch) ...... 303 Bill Frisell ...... 162 Tzadik ...... 81 Beth Hart, Live At The Paul McCartney, Egypt Station Royal Albert Hall (Provogue/ (Capitol) ...... 243 Mascot) ...... 165 Medeski Martin & Wood, Maria Schneider ...... 1,266 Buddy Guy ...... 1,272 The Texas Horns, Get Here Quick Omnisphere (Indirecto)...... 243 Wynton Marsalis ...... 699 Eric Clapton ...... 789 (Severn) ...... 117 José James, Lean On Me Carla Bley ...... 465 Gary Clark Jr...... 648 Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, (Blue Note)...... 240 Jim McNeely ...... 420 Joe Bonamassa ...... 516 Killin’ It Live (Alligator) ...... 114 Beyonce, Homecoming: Jacob Collier ...... 417 Taj Mahal ...... 435 Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, The Live Album (Columbia) ...... 234 Kamasi Washington ...... 375 Keb’ Mo’ ...... 411 Kingfish (Alligator) ...... 114 Mimi Fox, The Bird Still Flies Christian McBride ...... 357 Robben Ford ...... 372 Ana Popovic, Like It On Top (Origin) ...... 204 Gordon Goodwin ...... 345 Robert Cray ...... 348 (artisteXclusive) ...... 111 Madeleine Peyroux, Anthem Bob Mintzer ...... 339 James Blood Ulmer ...... 252 Big Daddy Wilson, Deep In My (Universal/Decca/Verve) ...... 198 Vince Mendoza ...... 330 Shemekia Copeland...... 207 Soul (Ruf) ...... 99 Flying Lotus, Flamagra (Warp) ..192 John Clayton ...... 297 Marcia Ball ...... 183 Cash Box Kings, Hail To The Angélique Kidjo, Celia Esperanza Spalding ...... 291 Charlie Musselwhite ...... 183 Kings! (Alligator) ...... 96 (Verve/Universal Music France) ..186

52 DOWNBEAT DECEMBER 2019