The 'Village Wizards' on Jazz

adding to the chorus of lists, here's the Village Voice magazine's take on the year's best in jazz

The 2007 Jazz Poll
This year's finisher's
by Francis Davis
January 2nd, 2008 2:52 PM
The Year of the Woman

With all the ballots counted, our decidedly un-macho Jazz Poll finally finds its headline
by Francis Davis


Jazz Record of the Year
1. Maria Schneider, Sky Blue (ArtistShare) 188.5 points (26 ballots)

2. Charles Mingus, Cornell 1964 (Blue Note) 133 (19)

3. Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage (Heads Up) 104 (15)

4. Terence Blanchard, A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (Blue Note) 95 (13)

5. Joe Lovano & Hank Jones, Kids (Blue Note) 92 (14)

6. Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters (Verve) 75 (13)

7. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Red Earth (DDB/EmArcy) 71 (9)

8. Joshua Redman, Back East (Nonesuch) 62 (12)

9. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, My Foolish Heart (ECM) 61 (8)

10. Abbey Lincoln, Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve) 55 (8)

11. McCoy Tyner, Quartet (HalfNote/McCoy Tyner Music) 54 (9)

12. Anat Cohen, Poetica (Anzic) 43 (6)

13. Trio M (Myra Melford/Mark Dresser/Matt Wilson), Big Picture (Cryptogramophone) 42 (7)

14. Carla Bley, The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (ECM/Watt) 41 (7)

15. Paul Motian, Time and Time Again (ECM) 35 (7)

16. Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake, From the River to the Ocean (Thrill Jockey) 34.5 (6)

17. Joe Zawinul, Brown Street(Heads Up) 34 (5)

18. Anat Cohen, Noir (Anzic) 32.5 (5)

19. Miles Davis, Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF/Concord) 31 (5)

20. William Parker, Corn Meal Dance (AUM Fidelity) 31 (4)

21. Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd, Early and Late (Cuneiform) 30 (7)

22. Bill Holman, Hommage (Jazzed Media) 30 (4)

23. The Bad Plus, Prog (Do the Math/Heads Up) 29.5 (5)

24. Jewels and Binoculars, Ships With Tattooed Sails: The Music of Bob Dylan (Upshot) 29 (4)

25. David Murray, Sacred Ground (Justin Time) 28.5 (7)

26. David Torn, Prezens (ECM) 26 (4)

27. Charles Tolliver, With Love (Blue Note/Mosaic) 25 (5)

28. Muhal Richard Abrams, Vision Towards Essence (Pi) 25 (4)
Bill Charlap, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) 25 (4)

30. Matthew Shipp, Piano Vortex (Thirsty Ear) 24.5 (5)
David S. Ware, Renunciation(AUM Fidelity) 24.5 (5)

32. Anthony Braxton, 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12) 24.5 (3)
Tyshawn Sorey, That/Not (Firehouse 12) 24.5 (3)

34. Chris Potter, Follow the Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard (Sunnyside) 22 (4)

35. The Claudia Quintet, For (Cuneiform) 21.5 (4)

36. Bennie Wallace, Disorder at the Border (Justin Time) 20.5 (3)

37. Harry Allen & Joe Cohn, Music From "Guys and Dolls" (Arbors) 20 (4)

38. Roscoe Mitchell, Composition/ Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (ECM) 20 (3)

39. Chris Potter, Song for Anyone (Sunnyside) 19.5 (4)

40. Peter Brötzmann/Mats Gustafsson/Ken Vandermark, Sonore: Only the Devil Has No Dreams(Jazzwerkstatt) 19 (2)
Evan Christopher, Delta Bound (Arbors) 19 (2)

42. Bill McHenry, Roses (Sunnyside) 18 (4)
Tierney Sutton, On the Other Side (Telarc) 18 (4)

44. Exploding Star Orchestra, We Are All From Somewhere Else (Thrill Jockey) 18 (3)

45. Powerhouse Sound, Oslo/Chicago: Breaks (Atavistic) 18 (2)

46. Andy Bey,Ain't Necessarily So (12th St.) 17.5 (3)

47. Robert Glasper, In My Element (Blue Note) 17 (3)

48. Nels Cline Singers, Draw Breath (Cryptogramophone) 17 (2)
Mark Murphy, Love Is What Stays (Verve) 17 (2)

50. John Abercrombie, The Third Quartet (ECM) 16 (4)