TOP 10 JAZZ2K DISCS OF 2020:
- Maria Schneider Orchestra - Data Lords (ArtistShare)
- Shabaka & the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here by History (impulse!)
- Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science - Waiting Game (Motema)
- Orrin Evans / Captain Black Big Band - The Intangible Between (Smoke Sessions)
- Lakecia Benjamin - Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope)
- Bright Dog Red - Somethin' Comes Along (Ropeadope)
- Dave Douglas - Dizzy Atmosphere (Greenleaf Music)
- Dan Loomis - Job's Trials: A Jazz Song Cycle (Self-released)
- Jimmy Greene - While Looking Up (Mack Avenue)
- Nduduzo Makhatini - Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds (Blue Note)
2020 JAZZ2K AWARDS:
- BEST PARTY DISC: Funk Shui NYC - SharkNATO On A Plane (Zoho)
- BEST VOCAL DISC: Karrin Allyson Sextet - Shoulder to Shoulder: Centennial Tribute to Women's Suffrage (eOne)
- BEST SOLO OR DUO DISC: Brian Charette - Like The Sun (Self-released)
- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Randy Brecker / Eric Marienthal - Double Dealin' (Shanachie)
- ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Nubya Garcia - Source (Concord Jazz)
- LOCAL HERO AWARD: Dylan Canterbury - Going Places (Self-released)