The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll:
2022
The Critics
- Paul Acquaro: Free Jazz Collective
- David R. Adler: freelance
- Scott Albin: Amazon.com
- Shannon Ali (Shannon J. Effinger): New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR Music, Pitchfork
- Larry Appelbaum: JazzTimes, WPFW-FM
- Mirian Arbalejo: Ditirambop, Jazz Committee (GRAMMY)
- Hrayr Attarian: Jazziz, All About Jazz
- Chris Barton: Los Angeles Times, DownBeat
- Andy Beta: Texas Monthly, Washington Post, New York Times, Maggot Brain, Bandcamp
- Dan Bilawsky: JazzTimes, New York City Jazz Record, All About Jazz
- Larry Birnbaum: Stereophile
- Larry Blumenfeld: Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Jazziz
- Philip Booth: JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix
- Mike Borella: Avant Music News
- Shaun Brady: Philadelphia Inquirer, JazzTimes, Tidal, Jazziz, WRTI
- Stuart Broomer: Free Jazz Collective, Musicworks, New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure, The Whole Note
- Bill Brownlee: Plastic Sax
- Robert Bush: New York City Jazz Record, San Diego Reader, San Diego Troubadour
- Dan Buskirk: WPRB [Princeton], Fun2Know Podcast
- Dave Cantor: VPM
- John Chacona: Erie [PA] Times-News, All About Jazz, Postgenre Media, Let's Call This
- Nate Chinen: WRTI, NPR Music
- Brad Cohan: JazzTimes, Bandcamp Daily
- Troy Collins: Point of Departure
- Thomas Conrad: JazzTimes, Stereophile, New York City Jazz Record
- J.D. Considine: DownBeat, JazzTimes
- Mark Corroto: All About Jazz
- Michael Coyle: WRCU [Colgate University]
- Raul da Gama: JazzDaGama, LatinJazzNet, World Music Report, That Canadian Magazine, The WholeNote, Hot House Jazz
- Francis Davis: Emeritus
- Anthony Dean-Harris: KRTU San Antonio, DownBeat, Jazzfuel
- Steve Dollar: freelance
- Laurence Donohue-Greene: The New York City Jazz Record
- Troy Dostert: All About Jazz, Free Jazz Collective
- Alain Drouot: Downbeat, Citizenjazz.com
- Ken Dryden: New York City Jazz Record, Hot House, Timeless Jazz [WUTC-FM]
- John Ephland: DownBeat, All About Jazz
- Lee Rice Epstein: Free Jazz Blog
- Steve Feeney: Arts Fuse, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
- Ken Franckling: JazzTimes, Hot House, OffBeat, Jazz Notes
- Phil Freeman: Burning Ambulance, Stereogum, The Wire
- Filipe Freitas: JazzTrail
- Pat Frisco: WHFR-FM [Dearborn, MI]
- Jon Garelick: Boston Globe, Jazziz, Arts Fuse, DownBeat
- Ana Gavrilovska: Maggot Brain, Aquarium Drunkard
- Richard Gehr: Relix, Third Bridge Creative
- Andrew Gilbert: JazzTimes, San Francisco Chronicle, KQED Arts
- Kurt Gottschalk: The Wire, New York City Jazz Record, Stereophile, WKCR
- David A. Graham: The Atlantic
- Steve Greenlee: JazzTimes
- George Grella: The Brooklyn Rail, Red Hook Star-Review, Bandcamp, New York City Jazz Record
- Scott Gutterman: The Brooklyn Rail
- James Hale: DownBeat, SoundStageXperience.com
- Eyal Hareuveni: Free Jazz Blog, Salt Peanuts
- Chris Heim: KMUW-FM [Wichita, KS]
- Tad Hendrickson: freelance
- Andrey Henkin: New York City Jazz Record
- Geoffrey Himes: JazzTimes, Paste
- Rob Hoff: WQLN NPR [Erie, PA], WETF [South Bend, IN], JazzErie
- Eugene Holley, Jr.: DownBeat, Hot House, Publishers Weekly
- Larry Hollis: Cadence
- Mark Holston: Jazziz, Latino
- Tom Hull: tomhull.com
- Peter Hum: The Ottawa Citizen
- Jim Hynes: Glide, Making a Scene!
- Robert Iannapollo: Cadence, New York City Jazz Record
- Willard Jenkins: DownBeat, JazzTimes, WPFW (89.3FM, Washington DC), The Independent Ear, Ain't But a Few of Us
- David Brent Johnson: Jazz Director, Night Lights host, WFIU [Bloomington, IN]
- Martin Johnson: Wall Street Journal, NPR, JazzTimes, Tidal, Bandcamp
- T.R. Johnson: WWOZ 98.7 FM [New Orleans]
- Sanford Josephson: Jersey Jazz Magazine
- Ammar Kalia: The Guardian
- Richard B. Kamins: Step Tempest, WESU-FM [Middletown CT]
- George Kanzler: Hot House, New York City Jazz Record
- Fred Kaplan: Slate, Tracking Angle
- Yoshi Kato: San Francisco Chronicle, DownBeat
- Brian Kiwanuka: PostGenre
- Elzy Kolb: freelance
- Stuart Kremsky: Mr. Stu's Record Room
- David Kunian: WWOZ-FM [New Orleans], New Orleans Jazz Museum
- Art Lange: freelance
- Josh Langhoff: Wrigley Field organist, jazz label street signs (Buttondown newsletter), NorteņoBlog
- Will Layman: PopMatters
- Devin Leonard: Bloomberg Businessweek
- Suzanne Lorge: DownBeat, New York City Jazz Record
- Phillip Lutz: DownBeat
- Kevin Lynch: The Shepherd Express, Culture Currents (Vernaculars Speak)
- Jim Macnie: DownBeat, Lament for a Straight Line
- Howard Mandel: Jazz Journalists Association, DownBeat, Jazz Beyond Jazz [ArtsJournal]
- Peter Margasak: DownBeat, The Wire, The Quietus, Chamber Music
- Dan McClenaghan: All About Jazz
- Paul Medrano: Best of Jazz
- Ken Micallef: Stereophile, DownBeat, JazzTimes
- Allen Michie: The Arts Fuse
- Milo Miles: The Arts Fuse, Miles to Go
- Roz Milner: Milner on Music
- Ralph A. Miriello: Notes on Jazz
- Rick Mitchell: Jazz in the New Millennium, KBOO-FM [Portland, OR]
- Chris Monsen: Klassekampen's Musikkmagasinet, Jazznytt
- John Frederick Moore: Jazziz
- Allen Morrison: DownBeat, JazzTimes
- Brian Morton: DownBeat, The Wire, The Tablet, Jazznytt
- Russ Musto: New York City Jazz Record
- Stuart Nicholson: Jazzwise
- Tim Niland: Music & More
- Ysi Ortega: Stalker 21, El Intruso
- Dan Ouellette: DownBeat, Stereophile, QWEST.TV, Jazz & Beyond Intel, The Landfill Chronicles
- Phil Overeem: Living to Listen
- Annie Parnell: VPM Music
- Terry Perkins: DownBeat
- Sergio Piccirilli: El Intruso
- John Pietaro: New York City Jazz Record
- Dan Polletta: WCLV Cleveland
- Peter Quinn: Jazzwise, The Arts Desk
- Derk Richardson: The Absolute Sound, Peghead Nation, KPFA 94.1 FM [Berkeley]
- Britt Robson: JazzTimes, Bandcamp, Minnpost
- Lloyd Sachs: lloydsachs.com
- Bret Saunders: Denver Post, KBCO-FM [Denver]
- Rich Scheinin: SFJAZZ
- Ronald Schepper: Textura
- Sarah Schmidt: Jazz Director, WRFL-FM [Lexington, KY]
- Gene Seymour: CNN, Bookforum, The Nation
- Mike Shanley: JazzTimes, Shanley on Music
- John Sharpe: The New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure, All About Jazz
- Adam Shatz: London Review of Books
- Rob Shepherd: PostGenre Media
- Hank Shteamer: freelance
- Jackson Sinnenberg: CapitalBop, JazzTimes, District Fray, Home Rule
- Slim: WRCU: Slim's Spins and The Slim & Him Show
- Stewart Smith: The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, We Jazz, The Quietus, Repeater Radio
- Mark Stryker: JazzTimes, Jazz From Detroit (University of Michigan Press)
- Mark Sullivan: All About Jazz, Minor 7th: Acoustic Guitar Music Reviews
- Dave Sumner: Bandcamp, Bird Is the Worm
- John Szwed: The Wire, Jazz Studies Online
- Jeff Tamarkin: Best Classic Bands, JazzTimes, Relix, Mojo, Tidal
- Derek Taylor: Dusted
- Neil Tesser: Jazziz, KSDS-FM
- Michael Toland: The Big Takeover, The Austin Chronicle
- Michael Ullman: Fanfare, Arts Fuse
- Ludwig vanTrikt: Cadence
- Seth Colter Walls: New York Times
- Ken Waxman: Jazz Word
- Bob Weinberg: Jazziz
- Jason Weiss: The Wire, It's Psychedelic Baby
- Ken Weiss: Cadence, Jazz Inside
- Michael J. West: JazzTimes, Washington Post, Washington City Paper
- Richard Williams: The Blue Moment
- Jerome Wilson: Radio Fairfax, All About Jazz
- Josef Woodard: DownBeat, Jazziz, Los Angeles Times, Santa Barbara Independent, All About Jazz, joewoodard.com
- Ron Wynn: Nashville Scene, Tennessee Tribune, Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society
- Scott Yanow: DownBeat, Jazziz, New York City Jazz Record, Los Angeles Jazz Scene, Syncopated Times, Jazz Rag