The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll:
2022

Ballot 2022

Jon Garelick (Boston Globe, Jazziz, Arts Fuse, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
  2. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  3. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
  4. Vadim Neselovskyi, Odesa: A Musical Walk Through a Legendary City (Sunnyside)
  5. Julieta Eugenio, Jump (Greenleaf Music)
  6. Kalia Vandever, Regrowth (New Amsterdam)
  7. Marta Sanchez, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (Whirlwind)
  8. Pandelis Karayorgis Trio, The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project (Driff)
  9. Owen Broder, Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 1 (Outside In Music)
  10. The OGJB Quartet, Ode to O (TUM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Stein, Lifeline (1989-2021, Whaling City Sound)
  2. Sheila Jordan, Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri '21)
  3. Abbey Lincoln, Straight Ahead (1961, Candid)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: New Releases ballot cited both Mary Halvorson albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna.