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This is the re-release I complained about not being more highly rated in D… -
One of my complaints with the Davis poll is its unacknowledged United States bias. By my count just 5 of the critics are based outside the United States (and no points to Peter Hum for not including any of the excellent Canadian jazz albums released…
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DownBeat doesn't present its own ranked list of albums (it does have lists that report critics and readers votes), but is does list all the albums that got four star and better ratings in its reviews: in 2021 Best of Lists Comment by yarjazz December 2021
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(Quote) Note that this is the 1981 release Art 'n' Zoot originally released on Pablo.
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Jazz FM91 - Toronto's jazz station - has its 2021 list. It's not exclusively Canadian, but certainly has more Canadian content that any but Peter Hum's (assuming Peter releases one this year).
in 2021 Best of Lists Comment by yarjazz December 2021And Slate has provided its own list of 2021 jazz (actually Fred Kaplan's list)
in 2021 Best of Lists Comment by yarjazz December 2021Gene Seymour may be a movie/jazz/etc critic you are not familiar with although his work for The Nation and CNN among others has been on display for a number of years. Seymour has published a personal best 10 jazz for a number of years. It is usually…(Quote) And now there are many, many Smoke Session releases at BandCamp so it looks as if the whole catalog will be there soon. And one cannot fault the price at $7 USD (flac and mp3 are the same, of course).Stereogum's best jazz list for 2021 - this is likely be a quite different list than those from more mainstream sources
in 2021 Best of Lists Comment by yarjazz December 2021The French Classical magazine Diapason issues its Palmarès each year. The list for 2021 (provided in English by Presto) is here:
in 2021 Best of Lists Comment by yarjazz December 2021Here are Presto Classical's top 10 albums of 2021
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/4397--awards-reco…Presto Jazz has released its 5 winners of the best of jazz 2021 here:
https://www.prestomusic.com/jazz/ar…