TOP TEN 2018:

 

Wayne Shorter – Emanon (Blue Note)

Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (Young Turks Recordings)

William Parker – Voices Fall From The Sky (Centering)

Mary Halvorson – Code Girl (Firehouse 12)

Dave Holland – Uncharted Territories (Dare2 Records)

Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas/Sound Prints: Scandal (Greenleaf)

Brad Mehldau Trio – Seymour Reads the Constitution (Nonesuch)

Kenny Barron – Concentric Circles (Blue Note)

Thumbscrew – Theirs (Cuneiform Records)

Andrew Cyrille – Lebroba (ECM)

 

Vocal:

William Parker – Voices Fall From The Sky (Centering)

 

Debut:

John Bailey – In Real Time (Summit Records)

 

 

Latin:

David Virelles – Igbo Alakoron (The Singer’s Grove) Vol. I & II (Pi Recordings)

 

Historical:

Dexter Gordon Quartet – Espace Cardin 1977 (Elemental Music)

John Coltrane – Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse)

Fred Hersch – Fred Hersch Trio ’97 Live @The Village Vanguard (Palmetto)