ON THE COVER

61st ANNUAL CRITICS POLL

• p 20 : Wayne Shorter
  Jazz Artist, Jazz Album, Jazz Group, Piano, Soprano Saxophone
  With Essays By Josef Woodard, Joe Lovano and Jon Irabagon. The saxophonist lands a quadruple-crown of victories.

FEATURES

• p 28 : Top Jazz Albums
  — 1. Wayne Shorter Quartet, Without A Net (Blue Note)

  
  — 2. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)

  
  — 3. Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul, Reunion : Live In New York (Pi) 68
  — 4. Joe Lovano Us Five, Cross Culture (Blue Note)

  
  — 5. Charles Lloyd/ Jason Moran, Hagar’s Song (ECM)

  
  — 6. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial : Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)
  — 7. Branford Marsalis Quartet, Four MFs Playin’ Tunes (Marsalis)

  
  — 8. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Star Of Jupiter (Wommusic)

  
  — 9. Christian Scott, Christian aTunde Adjuah (Concord)

  
  — 10. Neneh Cherry/ The Thing, The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound)
• p 30 : Charlie Haden
  Hall of Fame
  By Ed Enright
• p 36 : Robert Johnson
  Veterans Committee Hall of Fame
  By Frank-John Hadley
• p 38 : Top Historical Albums
  — 1. Miles Davis Quintet, Live In Europe 1969 : The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2(Columbia/Legacy)
  — 2. Charles Mingus, The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–1965 (Mosaic)
  — 3. Charles Mingus, The Complete Columbia & RCA Album Collection (Columbia/Legacy)
  — 4. Bill Evans, Live At Art D’Lugoff’s Top Of The Gate (Resonance)
  — 5. Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Columbia Studio Albums Collection : 1955–1966 (Columbia/Legacy)
  — 6. Clifford Brown & Max Roach, The Clifford Brown & Max Roach EmArcy Albums (Mosaic)
  — 7. Keith Jarrett, Sleeper (ECM)
  — 8. The Quintet, Jazz At Massey Hall (Original Jazz Classics)
  — 9. Coleman Hawkins, Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922–1947 (Mosaic)
  — 10. Louis Armstrong and The All Stars, Satchmo At Symphony Hall (Hip-O Select)
• p 40 : Christian McBride
  Bass
  By Ted Panken
• p 42 : Wadada Leo Smith
  Composer
  By Aaron Cohen
• p 44 : Tia Fuller
  Rising Star Alto Saxophone, Rising Star Flute
  By Allen Morrison
• p 46 : Gregory Porter
  Rising Star Jazz Artist, Rising Star Male Vocalist
  By Shaun Brady
• p 48 : Gerald Clayton
  Rising Star Piano
  By Joe Tangari
• p 50 : Jason Marsalis
  Rising Star Vibes
  By Phillip Lutz
• p 52 : Derrick Hodge
  Rising Star Electric Bass
  By Hilary Brown
• p 54 : Complete Critics Poll Results
  • Blues Album
    — 1. Dr. John, Locked Down (Nonesuch)

    
    — 2. Tedeschi Trucks Band, Live : Everybody’s Talkin’ (Sony Masterworks)

    
    — 3. Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, Get Up ! (Stax)

    
    — 4. Buddy Guy, Live At Legends (RCA)

    
    — 5. Gary Clark Jr., Blak And Blu (Warner Bros.)

    
    — 6. Otis Taylor, My World Is Gone (Telarc)

    
    — 6. Shemekia Copeland, 33 1/3 (Telarc)

    
    — 7. Etta James, Etta James Live At Montreux 1993 (DVD) (Eagle Eye)

    
    — 8. Bonnie Raitt, Slipstream (Redwing)

    
    — 9. Robert Cray, Nothin’ But Love (Mascot)

    
    — 10. Slide Brothers, Robert Randolph Presents : The Slide Brothers (Concord) ... 37

DEPARTMENTS

• p 8 : First Take
• p 10 : Chords & Discords
• p 13 : The Beat
• p 69 : Reviews
• p 94 : Master Class : Afro-Peruvian Jazz : A Journey of Discovery
  By Gabriel Alegría
• p 96 : Transcription : Randy Brecker’s Trading-8s Trumpet Solos on ’Sponge’
• p 98 : Toolshed
• p 102 : Jazz On Campus
• p 106 : Blindfold Test : Javon Jackson
  Saxophonist Javon Jackson was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test” :
  – Lester Young : “I’ve Found A New Baby” from The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve (Verve)
  – Melissa Aldana : “I’ll Be Seeing You” from Second Cycle (Inner Circle)
  – Dexter Gordon : “Let’s Get Down” from Homecoming : Live At The Village Vanguard (Columbia)
  – Kenneth Whalum III : “A Song For Tomorrow” from To Those Who Believe (Self-release)
  – Lucky Thompson : “’Twas Yesterday” from New York City, 1964–65 (Uptown)
  – Benny Golson : “Turning Point” from The Complete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson/Jazztet Sessions (Mosaic)

Also In This Issue

– Robert Randolph
– Nicole Mitchell
– Mulgrew Miller Farewell
– French Quarter Festival Caught
– Brad Mehldau SFJAZZ Residency Caught
– Newport Jazz Festival Gala Recording 2012
– Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
– Plus Dozens of CD Reviews, Product Reviews and Much More !