This is a statistical index to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics poll, generated in the process of its tabulation for the last few years.
 
Click any linked column-heading to sort a table by that column. Click any album or song for an artist profile, or any voter for a voter profile.
 
Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
Similarity is calculated for albums, songs and artists based on voter overlap, and for ballots and voters based on album+song+artist overlap. The ballot and voter scores are weighted by album/song/artist popularity.
Michael J. West
Overall
Centricity.032#1197 of 1228
Breadth.479#487 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.016#595 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ambrose Akinmusire · The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint283
Billy Hart Quartet · One Is the Other81
Antonio Adolfo · Rio, Choro, Jazz80
Christine Jensen · Habitat80
David Weiss · When Words Fail80
Diego Barber With Craig Taborn · Tales80
Fabian Almazan · Rhizome80
Orrin Evans · Liberation Blues80
Otis Brown III · The Thought of You80
Reginald Cyntje · Elements of Life80

Similar Ballots
.0332Will Layman · 2014
.0292Andrew Hamlin · 2014
.0212Nate Chinen · 2014
.0202Paul Robicheau · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.032#425 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Matana Roberts · Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile108
Wayne Shorter · Without a Net104
John Hollenbeck · Songs I Like a Lot101
Terence Blanchard · Magnetic101
Allyn Johnson & Soul Sanctuary · The Truth100
Cliff Hines · Wanderlust100
Harold Mabern · Live at Smalls100
Jaimeo Brown · Transcendence100
Luis Munoz · Luz100
New Gary Burton Quartet · Guided Tour100

Similar Ballots
.0804J.D. Considine · 2013
.0704Josh Langhoff · 2013
.0332David Adler · 2013
.0332Larry Birnbaum · 2013
.0292Steve Hochman · 2013
.0222Dale W Eisinger · 2013
.0202Anthony Easton · 2013
.0202Jody Beth Rosen · 2013
.0202Makkada B. Selah · 2013
.0192Todd Kristel · 2013
.0182Chuck Eddy · 2013
.0182Frank Kogan · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.049#445 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tia Fuller · Angelic Warrior190
Robert Glasper Experiment · Black Radio912
Vijay Iyer · Accelerando911
Wadada Leo Smith · Ten Freedom Summers96
David Sanchez, Stefon Harris, Christian Scott · Ninety Miles90
Jimmy Owens · The Monk Project90
Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group · Signing90
Kenny Garrett · Seeds From the Underground90
Sonic Liberation Front · Jetway Confidential90
Theo Bleckmann · Hello Earth! the Music of Kate Bush90

Similar Ballots
.0684Jon Solomon · 2012
.0362Tom Cheyney · 2011
.0342David Adler · 2012
.0342Thor Christensen · 2012
.0332John Payne · 2012
.0332Mark Keresman · 2012
.0332Steve Hochman · 2012
.0322Tom Cheyney · 2012
.0312Michael J. West · 2011
.0302Larry Birnbaum · 2012
.0222Phillip Overeem · 2012
.0222Sarah Zupko · 2012
.0222Todd Olmstead · 2012
.0212Del Cowie · 2012
.0212Eugene Holley, Jr. · 2012
.0212Franklin Paul · 2012
.0212Gabe Meline · 2012
.0212Ken Capobianco · 2012
.0212Leland Rucker · 2012
.0212Trent Fitzgerald · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.029#663 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Matana Roberts · Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres1911
Rudresh Mahanthappa · Samdhi93
David Sanchez, Stefon Harris, Christian Scott · Ninety Miles92
Matthew Shipp · Art of the Improviser92
Miguel Zenón · Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook92
Brian Settles/Central Union · Secret Handshake90
Eric Reed · Something Beautiful90
Gerald Clayton · Bond: The Paris Sessions90
Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day · Canada Day II90
Steve Coleman and Five Elements · The Mancy of Sound90
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109

Similar Ballots
.0674Chuy Varela · 2011
.0604Nate Chinen · 2011
.0583Michael Point · 2011
.0554Steve Holtje · 2011
.0352Tom Cheyney · 2011
.0332Michael J. West · 2012
.0322Chip Stern · 2011
.0322Peter Margasak · 2011
.0242Jon Solomon · 2011
.0222Joe Tangari · 2011
.0212Aaron Norman · 2011
.0212Jim Macnie · 2011
.0192Christopher R. Weingarten · 2011
.0192Jim Fouratt · 2011
.0192Marcos Hassan · 2011
.0192Seth Colter Walls · 2011
.0182Chuck Eddy · 2011
.0182Dale W Eisinger · 2011
.0182JJ Lang · 2011
.0182Josh Kortbein · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.027#661 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Christian Scott · Yesterday You Said Tomorrow163
Vijay Iyer · Solo142
Regina Carter · Reverse Thread132
Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes · Double Portrait120
Jason Moran & Bandwagon · Ten1110
Mary Halvorson Quintet · Saturn Sings107
Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman · Dual Identity72
Steve Coleman and Five Elements · Harvesting Semblances and Affinities70
Geri Allen · Flying Toward the Sun51
Lucian Ban & John Hebert · Enesco Re-Imagined50

Similar Ballots
.1114Will Layman · 2010
.0794Seth Colter Walls · 2010
.0744Nate Chinen · 2010
.0463K Leander Williams · 2010
.0382Ryan Wasoba · 2010
.0372Buzz Poole · 2010
.0342Michael Kabran · 2010
.0342Sean Murphy · 2010
.0332Brad Cohan · 2010
.0332Justin Cober-Lake · 2010
.0332Tad Hendrickson · 2010
.0222Andrew Dansby · 2010
.0222Brian Braiker · 2010
.0222Erik Kenward · 2010
.0222Jozen Cummings · 2010
.0222Stephen Thompson · 2010
.0212Adam Goldstein · 2010
.0212Jon Solomon · 2010
.0212Keith Harris · 2010
.0212Paul Robicheau · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.044#626 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ramsey Lewis · Songs From the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey170
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society · Infernal Machines158
Father's Day B'Hash · Rakalam Bob Moses130
Gretchen Parlato · In a Dream112
Vijay Iyer Trio · Historicity1015
Arve Henriksen · Cartography82
Steve Lehman Octet · Travail, Transformation, and Flow74
Joe Lovano Us Five · Folk Art70
Robert Glasper · Double Booked66
Jeff "Tain" Watts · Watts60

Similar Ballots
.2076Jalylah Burrell · 2009
.1356Seth Colter Walls · 2009
.1326Jim Macnie · 2009
.1326Nate Chinen · 2009
.1264David Adler · 2009
.1224Peter Margasak · 2009
.0714J.D. Considine · 2009
.0562Ron Mashate · 2009
.0502Chip Stern · 2009
.0362David MacFadden · 2009
.0352Jeff Vrabel · 2009
.0342Brent Burton · 2009
.0342Matt Gewolb · 2009
.0342Michael Ross · 2010
.0322Anastasia Tsioulcas · 2009
.0312Daniel King · 2009
.0222Joshua Alston · 2009
.0212Rob Michaels · 2009
.0212Steve Erickson · 2009
.0212Steve Smith · 2009
.0212Will Layman · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.026#550 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The Bennie Maupin Quartet · Early Reflections201
Courtney Pine's Jazz Warriors · Afropeans170
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra · Harriet Tubman121
Guillermo Klein · Filtros111
Charlie Haden Family & Friends · Rambling Boy109
Greg Osby · 9 Levels80
Avishai Cohen Trio · Gently Disturbed61
Ahmad Jamal · It's Magic60
Broken Arm Trio · Broken Arm Trio50
Dapp Theory · Layers of Chance50

Similar Ballots
.1324David Adler · 2008
.0342Billy Altman · 2008
.0342Brian Barr · 2008
.0342Frank John Hadley · 2008
.0332Bill Milkowski · 2008
.0332John Milward · 2008
.0332Justin Cober-Lake · 2008
.0322Daniel King · 2008
.0262Curtis Schieber · 2008
.0262Larry King · 2008
.0212Bobby Reed · 2008
.0192J.D. Considine · 2008
Similar Voters
.10715David Adler
.09816Nate Chinen
.09112Seth Colter Walls
.0799Will Layman
.06517J.D. Considine
.0636Jalylah Burrell
.05811Jon Solomon
.05612Jim Macnie
.0556Peter Margasak
.0528Larry Birnbaum
.0425Daniel King
.0424Chip Stern
.0304Chuy Varela
.0266Tom Hull
.0245Steve Hochman
.0226Makkada B. Selah
.0226Paul Robicheau
.0224Tom Cheyney
.0216Josh Langhoff
.0205Steve Holtje
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com