Odborný americký jazzový časopis DownBeat, založený v roku 1934, v 61.ročníku ankety jazzových kritikov prináša výsledky vo svojom tohtoročnom augustovom čísle! Tentoraz prinášame 20 najlepších jazzových albumov. Za menami je počet hlasov, obdržaných od jazzových kritikov v hlasovaní za rok 2013.

 

JAZZ ALBUM:

Wayne Shorter Quartet -
Without A Net
(Blue Note)......... 146

 

 

Wadada Leo Smith -
Ten Freedom Summers
(Cuneiform )..................88

 

 

 

Sam Rivers/Dave
Holland/Barry Altschul,
Reunion: Live In
New York (Pi)................68

 

 

Joe Lovano Us Five -
Cross Culture
(Blue Note )....................66

 

 

 

Charles Lloyd/
Jason Moran -
Hagar’s Song (ECM).....63

 

 

 

Ryan Truesdell, Centennial:

Newly Discovered Works Of
Gil Evans
(Artist Share).................51

 

 

Branford Marsalis Quartet -

Four MFs Playin’ Tunes
(Marsalis)......................45

 

 

 

Kurt Rosenwinkel -
Star Of Jupiter
(Wommusic )...................41

 

 

 

Christian Scott, Christian aTunde
Adjuah (Concord ).......40

 

 

 

 

 

Neneh Cherry/The
Thing - The Cherry
Thing (Smalltown
Supersound ).................39

 

 

Kenny Garrett - Seeds
From The Underground
(Mack Avenue )..............39

 

 

Anat Cohen -
Ciaroscuro (Anzic).......38

 

 

 

 

Ravi Coltrane - Spirit
Fiction (Blue Note ).......34

 

 

 

 

Fred Hersch Trio -
Alive At The Vanguard
(Palmetto ).....................31

 

 

Pat Metheny - Unity
Band (Nonesuch ).........30

 

 

 

 

Mostly Other People
Do The Killing, Slippery
Rock (Hot Cup).............26

 

 

Orrin Evans - Flip The
Script (Posi-Tone )......... 25

 

 

 

 

Aaron Diehl - The
Bespoke Man’s
Narrative
(Mack Avenue )..............24

 

 

Dave Douglas Quintet -
Be Still (Greenleaf )......24

 

 

 

 

Rudresh Mahanthappa -
Gamak (ACT).................24

 

 

 

 

Lee Konitz/Bill Frisell/
Gary Peacock/Joey
Baron - Enfants Terribles
(Half Note ).................... 23

 

 

The Bad Plus -
Made Possible (eOne )..21

 

 

 

 

Chick Corea/Gary
Burton, Hot House
(Concord )......................21

 

 

 

Mary Halvorson
Quintet - Bending
Bridges (Firehouse )......21

 

 

 

Chris Potter -
The Sirens (ECM)...........21

 

 

 

 

John Abercrombie
Quartet - Within A Song
(ECM)..............................20

 

 

 

The Cookers -
Believe (Motéma).........20

 

 

 

 

Return To Forever -
The Mothership
Returns
(Eagle Rock )..................20

 

 

Theo Bleckmann -
Hello Earth! (The Music
Of Kate Bush)
(Winter & Winter )..........19

 

 

Yosvany Terry -
Today’s Opinion
(Criss Cross)..................19