The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll:
2022

Ballot 2022

Jerome Wilson (Radio Fairfax, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Columbia Icefield [Nate Wooley], Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic)
  2. Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
  3. Zoh Amba, O, Sun (Tzadik)
  4. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
  5. Janel Leppin, Ensemble Volcanic Ash (Cuneiform)
  6. Tom Skinner, Voices of Bishara (Brownswood/International Anthem/Nonesuch)
  7. Miles Okazaki, Thisness (Pi)
  8. Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Maternity Beat (Rune Grammofon)
  9. Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini, Auburn Whisper (GroundUP)
  10. Aubrey Johnson & Randy Ingram, Play Favorites (Sunnyside)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
  2. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  3. Steve Tintweiss Spacelight Band, Live at NYU: 1980 (Inky Dot Media)

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Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.