NPR & Jazz News polls 2020

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

Susan Alcorn Quintet, Pedernal (Relative Pitch)

David Boswell, The Story Behind the Story (My Quiet Moon)

The Claire Daly Band, Rah! Rah! (2008, Ride Symbol)

Chris Hopkins, Chris Hopkins Meets the Jazz Kangaroos, Vol. 1 (Echoes of Swing)

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis, The Music of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine)

Okuden Quartet [Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Hamid Drake], Every Dog Has His Day but It Doesn't Matter Because Fat Cat Is Getting Fatter (ESP-Disk)

Benny Rubin Jr. Quartet, Know Say or See (Benny Jr. Music)

Maria Schneider, Data Lords (Artists Share)

Gregory Tardy, If Time Could Stand Still (WJ3)

Charles Tolliver, Connect (Gearbox)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

Sonny Rollins, Rollins in Holland (1967, Resonance)

Lennie Tristano, The Duo Sessions (Dot Time)

Phil Woods, The Best of Phil Woods (Chesky)

VOCAL

Kurt Elling, Secrets Are the Best Stories (Edition)

DEBUT

New Orleans High Society, New Orleans High Society (1718)

LATIN

Carla Campopiano, Chicago/Buenos Aires Connections Vol. II (self-released)