ON THE COVER

71st ANNUAL CRITICS POLL

• p 20 : Alice Coltrane
  Enters the DownBeat Hall of Fame
  By Suzanne Lorge
  Alice McLeod Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (1937-2007) enters the DownBeat Hall of Fame for her groundbreaking contributions to jazz composition and performance, leaving behind an impressive oeuvre of eclectic works and a hallowed legacy

FEATURES

• 24 : Charles Lloyd
  Artist, Tenor Saxophonist of the Year
  By Philip Lutz
  That Charles Lloyd is 85 and the oldest-ever DownBeat Critics Poll Artist of the Year, as he is this year, is almost beside the point. Lloyd seems to have transcended chronology ; to hear a Lloydian musical phrase unfold is to receive the wisdom of several lifetimes in a single breath — suspending, if not upending, one’s perception of reality as a linear proposition
• p 26 : Mary Halvorson
  Album, Guitarist of the Year
  By Dan Ouellette
  This year’s Guitarist of the Year delivered Amaryllis & Belladonna , the Album of the Year !
• p 28 : Ahmad Jamal Emerald City Nights
  Historical Album of the Year
  By J.d. Considine
• p 30 : Mario Bauza
  Veterans Committee Hall of Fame
  By Ted Pankenh
• p 32 : Red Norvo
  Veterans Committee Hall of Fame
  By John McDonough
  ​Bauza and Norvo are the well-deserved Veterans Committee selections for the Hall of Fame.
• p 34 : Immanuel Wilkins
  Tenor Saxophonist, Rising Star Group, Rising Star Composer
  By Bill Milkowski
  Wilkins was named Alto Saxophonist of the year as well as Rising Star Composer of the Year. His quartet was named Rising Star Group of the Year.
• p 36 : Terri Lyne Carrington
  Jazz Group, Drummer of the Year
  By Hannah Edgar
  The Drummer of the Year also guided her band Social Science to Group of the Year honors.
• p 38 : Samara Joy
  Rising Star Artist of the Year
  By Alexa Peters
  Samara Joy’s star is rising fast. The fantastic vocalist was named the Rising Star Artist of the Year and the Rising Star Female Vocalist of the Year !
• p 40 : COMPLETE 71th ANNUAL CRITICS POLL RESULT
  • Jazz Album of the Year
    — 1. Mary Halvorson, Amarylis & Belladonna (Nonesuch)

    
    — 2. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)

    
    — 3. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch)

    
    — 4. Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)

    
    — 5. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork)

    
    — 6. Charles Lloyd, Trios : Chapel (Blue Note)

    
    — 7. Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive At The Village Vanguard (Palmetto)

    
    — 8. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1, The Off-Off Broadway Guide To Synergism (Pi)
    — 9. Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau/ Christian McBride/ Brian Blade, Long Gone (Nonesuch)

    
    — 10. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7)

  • Historical Album
    — 1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights : Live At The Penthouse (Jazz Detective)
    — 2. Charle Mingus, The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s (Resonance)
    — 3. Ornette Coleman, Genius Of Genius : The Contemporary Albums (Craft)
    — 4. Albert Ayler, Revelations : The Complete ORFT 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental)
    — 5. Chet Baker, Blue Room (Jazz Detective)
    — 6. Keith Jarrett, Bordeaux Concert (ECM)
    — 7. Bill Evans, Treasures : Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings From Denmark (1965–1969) (Elemental)
    — 8. Bill Evans, Morning Glory (Resonance)
    — 9. Max Roach, We Insist ! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite (Candid)
    — 10. Mal Waldron, Searching In Grenoble : The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square)
  • Blues Album
    — 1. Shemekia Copeland, Done Come Too Far (Alligator)

    
    — 2. Taj Mahal/Ry Cooder, Get On Board (Nonesuch)

    
    — 3. Buddy Guy, Blues Don’t Lie (RCA/Silvertone)

    
    — 4. Taj Mahal, Savoy (Stony Plain)

    
    — 5. Eric Clapton, Nothing But The Blues (Reprise)

    
    — 6. Doug Wamble, Blues In The Present Tense (Halcyonic)

    
    — 7. Fantastic Negrito, White Jesus Black Problems (Storefront)

    
    — 8. Ruthie Foster, Healing Time (Blue Corn)

    
    — 9. Joe Bonamassa, Tales Of Time (J&R Adventures)

    
    — 10. Eric Bibb, Ridin’ (Stony Plain)

DEPARTMENTS

• p 8 : First Take
• p 10 : Chords & Discords
• p 13 : The Beat
  – Houston Person
  – Ramsey Lewis Biography
  – Isaiah Collier
  – Terence Blanchard
  – Ben Wendel
• p 52 : Indie Life
  – Javon Jackson
  – Jeremy Dutton
  – Erica Seguine
  – Shon Baker
• p 59 : Reviews
• p 61 : HOT BOX
  – Steven Feifke
  – The Pacific Jazz Group
  – Bettye LaVette
  – Arooj Aftab/Vijay Iyer/Shahzad Ismaily
• p 64 : HISTORICAL
  – Charles Mingus
• p 72 : Master Class : 10 Paths to a Personal Sound and Style
• p 74 : Pro Session : Finding Improv Inspiration in a Composition’s Melody
• p 76 : Transcription : Jean-Luc Ponty’s Violin Solo on “Mirage”
• p 78 : Toolshed
• p 80 : Jazz On Campus
• p 82 : Blindfold Test : Christian McBride
  Bassit Christian McBride, this year’s Bassist of the Year in the Critics Poll, turned 51 this May 31 and is still pushing far beyond what many might consider conventional career bandwidth. In addition to touring regularly with multiple groups (including a promising new unnamed quintet) and recording on a wide variety of projects, he hosts NPR’s Jazz Night in America and Sirius XM’s The Lowdown, to serve as artistic director for the Newport Jazz Festival and artistic advisor to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and is now spokespersonfor Qobuz, the high-end streaming service. This Blindfold Test was hosted by New York University’s Jazz Studies program, with more than 30 students attending.
  – Roy Hargrove — The RH Factor (Pino Palladino on bass) : “The Joint” from Hard Groove (Verve, 2002)
  – Terri Lyne Carrington (Linda May Han Oh on bass) : “Continental Cliff” from New Standards, Vol. 1 (Candid, 2022)
  – Sonny Rollins (Jimmy Garrison on bass) : “We Kiss In A Shadow” from East Broadway Run Down (Impulse, 1966)
  – Emmet Cohen (Russell Hall on bass) : “Pitter Panther Patter” from Future Stride (Mack Avenue, 2021)
  – Kenny Dorham (Paul Chambers on bass) : “Blue Spring Shuffle” from Quiet Kenny (New Jazz, 1959)
  – Donald Byrd (Wilton Felder on bass) : “The Emperor” from Ethiopian Knights (Blue Note, 1971)
  – Rosa Passos & Ron Carter : “Por Causa de Você” from Entre Amigos (Chesky, 2001)
  – Endea Owens and the Cookout : “Love Cynical” from Tiny Desk Concert (NPR.com, 2022)