The Distance Ranked Fifth Best Jazz Album of the Year by NPR Jazz Critics Poll

The Distance, a recent CD release by jazz faculty artist Michael Formanek and his ensemble Kolossus, was ranked fifth Best Jazz Album of the year in the NPR Jazz Critics Poll and made Downbeat Magazine‘s list of Best Albums of 2016. El Intruso – an Argentinian website dedicated to jazz, rock, avant-garde, and other music –  also ranked Kolossus as Group of the Year 2016,  the CD as fourth Best Album of the Year, and Mr. Formanek as third Best Composer and fourth Best Bassist of 2016.