These lists are always a bit ridiculous to compile, given the near impossibility of rating art and the sheer number of CDs released each year. That said, I compiled the list below for the 2009 Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll.
TOP 10
Artist – Album (Label)
- Fay Victor – The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue)
- Vijay Iyer – Historicity (ACT)
- Darius Jones – Man’ish Boy (AUM Fidelity)
- The Fully Celebrated – Drunk On The Blood Of The Holy Ones (AUM Fidelity)
- The Respect Sextet – Sirius Respect (Mode)
- Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls – Seize The Time (Naim)
- Digital Primitives – Hum Crackle & Pop (Hopscotch)
- Terence Blanchard – Choices (Concord)
- Steve Lehman – Travail, Transformation & Flow (Pi Recordings)
- Kat Edmonson – Take To The Sky (Convivium)
TOP 3 REISSUES
- Art Pepper – The Art History Project (Widow’s Taste)
- Tony Bennett & Bill Evans – The Complete Tony Bennett & Bill Evans Recordings on Fantasy (Concord)
- — not voting for a 3rd —
BEST VOCAL ALBUM
Fay Victor – The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue)
BEST DEBUT CD
Darius Jones – Man’ish Boy (AUM Fidelity)
BEST LATIN JAZZ CD
— not voting —
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