The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll:
2022

Ballot 2022

Sarah Schmidt (Jazz Director, WRFL-FM [Lexington, KY])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Avram Fefer Quartet, Juba Lee (Clean Feed)
  2. JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
  3. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
  4. David Murray-Brad Jones-Hamid Drake Brave New World Trio, Seriana Promethea (Intakt)
  5. Gerald Clayton, Bells on Sand (Blue Note)
  6. Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, Living Sky (Omni Sound)
  7. Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
  8. Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
  9. Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
  10. Sonic Liberation Front and the Sonic Liberation Singers, Justice: The Vocal Works of Oliver Lake (High Two)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions (1942-49, Mosaic)
  2. Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
  3. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)

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