JAZZTIMES – For this annual companion poll to last issue’s Top 50 Critics’ Picks, our regular contributors and critics participated in this survey based on our yearly Readers’ Poll. Voters were asked to focus on artists’ achievements during 2017 rather than assessing entire careers.
Charles Lloyd won Best Acoustic Small Group/Artist, and was nominated for Best Tenor Saxophonist as well as Best Flutist.
Cécile McLorin Salvant won Best Female Vocalist, and was nominated for Artist of the Year.