

Sonny Rollins Road Shows Volume 3 (Doxy/OKeh).Pat Metheny Tap: John Zorn’s Book of Angels, Vol.Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note).Steve Coleman and Five Elements Functional Arrhythmias (Pi).Charles Lloyd/Jason Moran Hagar’s Dream (ECM).Cécile McLorin Salvant WomanChild (Mack Avenue).Wayne Shorter Quartet Without a Net (Blue Note).Wadada Leo Smith Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform).Henry Threadgill Zooid Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi).Ravi Coltrane Spirit Fiction (Blue Note).Ryan Truesdell Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare).Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul Reunion: Live in New York (Pi).Branford Marsalis Quartet Four MFs Playin’ Tunes (Marsalis).Charles Lloyd/Maria Farantouri Athens Concert (ECM).Miguel Zenón Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis).Lee Konitz/Brad Mehldau/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian Live at Birdland (ECM).Ambrose Akinmusire When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note).Joe Lovano Us Five Bird Songs (Blue Note).


First I consulted the critics’ Top 10s, which follow. As JazzTimes’ fifth decade in business drew to a close, I took a look back at the year-end lists compiled from the votes of our critics and readers over the last 10 years to see if I could establish any consensus on jazz high points of the 2010s.
