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 Manish Boy (AUM Fidelity)
- The Fully Celebrated Drunk On The Blood Of The Holy Ones (AUM Fidelity)
- The Respect Sextet Sirius Respect (Mode)
- Ted Sirotas 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 REISSUES
- Art Pepper The Art History Project (Widows Taste)
- Tony Bennett & Bill Evans The Complete Tony Bennett & Bill Evans Recordings on Fantasy (Concord)
BEST VOCAL ALBUM
Fay Victor The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue)
BEST DEBUT CD
Darius Jones Manish Boy (AUM Fidelity)
