6th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2011
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2011 Totals: Vocals

  1. Gretchen Parlato, Gretchen Parlato (The Lost and Found) 16
  2. Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser, Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser (Synasty) 10
  3. Terri Lyne Carrington, Terri Lyne Carrington (Mosaic Project) 8
  4. Tierney Sutton, Tierney Sutton (American Road) 8
  5. Claudia Quintet + 1, Claudia Quintet + 1 (What is the Beautiful?) 7
  6. Other Dimensions in Music & Fay Victor, Other Dimensions in Music & Fay Victor (Kaiso Stories) 6
  7. Ran Blake & Dominique Eade, Ran Blake & Dominique Eade (Whirlpool) 5
  8. René Marie, René Marie (Black Lace Freudian Slip) 4
  9. Youn Sun Nah, Youn Sun Nah (Same Girl) 4
  10. Karrin Allyson, Karrin Allyson (Round Midnight) 3
  11. Kurt Elling, Kurt Elling (The Gate) 3
  12. Giacomo Gates, Giacomo Gates (The Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron) 3
  13. Roseanna Vitro, Roseanna Vitro (The Music of Randy Newman) 3
  14. Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri, Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri (Athens Concert) 2
  15. Paul Motian, Paul Motian (The Windmills of Your Mind) 2
  16. Freddy Cole, Freddy Cole (Talk to Me) 2
  17. Sachal Vasandani, Sachal Vasandani (Hi-Fly) 2
  18. Andrea Wolper, Andrea Wolper (Parallel Lives) 2
  19. Susana Baca, Susana Baca (Afrodiaspora) 1
  20. Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton (Trillium E) 1
  21. Etta Jones & Houston Person, Etta Jones & Houston Person (The Way We Were) 1
  22. Nancy Marano, Nancy Marano (Magic) 1
  23. René Marie, René Marie (Voice of My Beautiful Country) 1
  24. Madeleine Peyroux, Madeleine Peyroux (Standing on the Rooftop) 1
  25. Kate Bush, Kate Bush (50 Words for Snow) 1
  26. Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell, Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell (Lágrimas Mexicanas) 1
  27. Shirley Crabbe, Shirley Crabbe (Home) 1
  28. Charlie Haden, Charlie Haden (Sophisticated Ladies) 1
  29. Sophie Milman, Sophie Milman (In the Moonlight) 1
  30. Nostalgia 77, Nostalgia 77 (The Sleep Walking Society) 1
  31. Lina Nyberg, Lina Nyberg (Palaver) 1
  32. Roy Rogers & Ray Manzarek, Roy Rogers & Ray Manzarek (Translucent Blues) 1
  33. Catherine Russell, Catherine Russell (Strictly Romancin') 1
  34. Sara Serpa, Sara Serpa (Mobile) 1
  35. Veryan Weston, Veryan Weston (Tesselations 2) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.