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James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (Tao Forms) 388.5 points (53 ballots)
Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh-Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM) 225 (34)
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra, Promises (Luaka Bop) 195 (28)
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem (Blue Note) 182.5 (25)
Wadada Leo Smith’s Great Lakes Quartet, The Chicago Symphonies TUM 169 (24)
Henry Threadgill Zooid, Poof (Pi) 164 (32)
Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic) 143 (23)
Artifacts [Tomeka Reid-Nicole Mitchell-Mike Reed], . . . And Then There’s This (Astral Spirits) 132 (24)
Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future (Impulse!) 123 (21)
William Parker, Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity) 117.5 (23)
Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (Mack Avenue) 116 (19)
Anna Webber Idiom (Pi) 113 (17)
Irreversible Entanglements, Open the Gates (International Anthem) 98 (17)
Johnathan Blake, Homeward Bound (Blue Note) 91.5 (17)
Various Kimbrough (Newvelle) 89 (12)
Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound, The Other Shore (Outnote) 83 (12)
Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Let My People Go (Archieball) 76 (12)
Makaya McCraven, Deciphering the Message (Blue Note) 76 (11)
William Parker, Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Centering/AUM Fidelity) 76 (9)
Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM) 74 (10)
Anthony Braxton, 12 COMP (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12) 72 (9)
Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic) 71.5 (18)
Julian Lage, Squint (Blue Note) 70 (16)
David Sanford Big Band Featuring Hugh Ragin, A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music) 70 (9)
Adam O’Farrill, Visions of Your Other (Biophilia) 69 (14)
Bill Charlap Trio, Street of Dreams (Blue Note) 69 (13)
Ben Goldberg, Everything Happens to Be (BAG Productions) 68 (13)
Wadada Leo Smith-Jack DeJohnette-Vijay Iyer, A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday (TUM) 67 (13)
Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern) 66 (10)
Miguel Zenón-Ariel Bringuez-Demian Cabaud-Jordi Rossy, Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music) 63.5 (12)
Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi) 63.5 (10)
Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi) 60 (10)
Dave Holland, Another Land (Edition) 59 (12)
Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The News (ECM) 58.5 (12)
Jason Moran, The Sound Will Tell You (Yes) 58 (10)
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Soundprints, Other Worlds (Greenleaf Music) 57 (10)
East Axis [Matthew Shipp-Allen Lowe-Gerald Cleaver-Kevin Ray], Cool With That (ESP-Disk) 56.5 (11)
Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different (Impulse!) 54.5 (12)
Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search) 52.5 (11)
Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Now (International Anthem) 50.5 (8)
Dr. Lonnie Smith, Breathe (Blue Note) 50 (8)
Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Live! (Concord Jazz) 50 (6)
The Cookers, Look Out! (Gearbox) 49 (7)
Natural Information Society & Evan Parker, Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) (Aguirre/Eremite) 49 (6)
Nicholas Payton, Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions) 47 (6)
(tie). Tim Berne-Chris Speed-Reid Anderson-Dave King, Broken Shadows (Intakt) 44 (7)
(tie). Caroline Davis, Portals, Volume 1: Mourning (Sunnyside) 44 (7)
Matthew Shipp, Codebreaker (Tao Forms) 43 (7)
Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound) 42 (9)
Darius Jones, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) (Northern Spy) 41 (7)
Rara Avis (Reissues/Archival)
John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (1965, Impulse!) 184 points (on 77 ballots)
Lee Morgan, The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1970, Blue Note) 74 (39)
Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (1977-2007, New World) 74 (31)
Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony (2006-07, Resonance) 64 (34)
Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (1965, Omnivore) 61 (27)
Roy Brooks, Understanding (1970, Reel-to-Real) 55 (30)
(tie) Louis Armstrong, The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66 (Mosaic) 28 (11)
(tie) Charles Mingus, Mingus at Carnegie Hall [Deluxe Edition] (1974, Atlantic) 28 (11)
Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri) 27 (15)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note) 27 (14)
Vocals
Veronica Swift, This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue) 17
(tie) Gretchen Parlato Flor (Edition) 9
(tie) Sara Serpa, Intimate Strangers (Biophilia) 9
(tie) Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses (Pi) 9
(tie) Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force Dear Love (Empress Legacy) 7
(tie) Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord) 7
(tie). Mary LaRose, Out Here (Little (i) Music
(tie) Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble, What to Wear in the Dark (Resilience) 6
(tie) Theo Bleckmann and the Westerlies, This Land (Westerlies Music) 4 (tie) Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind) (tie) Roseanna Vitro Sing a Song of Bird (Skyline) 4
Debuts
1) Patricia Brennan, Maquishti (Valley of Search) 21
2) Samara Joy, Samara Joy (Whirlwind) 11
3) Sara Schoenbeck, Sara Schoenbeck (Pyroclastic) 9
4) Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour) 4
Latin
1) Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero (Miel Music) 23
2) Arturo O’Farrill, . . . Dreaming in Lions . . . (Blue Note) 21
3) Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid) 8
4) (tie) Carlos Henriquez, The South Bronx Story (Tiger Turn) 7
4) (tie) Ches Smith & We All Break, Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic) 7
6) (tie) Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, Salswing! (Rubén Blades Productions) 4
6) (tie) Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland (Zoho) 4
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BY: FRANCIS DAVIS
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