The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll:
2022
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Ballots 2022 [5]

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Art Lange (freelance)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)
  2. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Josh Langhoff (Wrigley Field organist, jazz label street signs (Buttondown newsletter), NorteņoBlog)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson, Belladonna (Nonesuch)
  2. I AM [Isaiah Collier & Michael Shekwoaga Ode], Beyond (Division 81)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  4. The Comet Is Coming, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (Impulse!)
  5. Whit Dickey Quartet, Root Perspectives (Tao Forms)
  6. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
  7. Luke Stewart's Silt Trio, The Bottom (Cuneiform)
  8. Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
  9. Janel Leppin, Ensemble Volcanic Ash (Cuneiform)
  10. Wayne Shorter-Terri Lyne Carrington-Leo Genovese-Esperanza Spalding, Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
  2. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  3. Ahmad Jamal, Live in Paris (1971) (Transversales Disques)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Will Layman (PopMatters)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jon Irabagon, Rising Sun (Irabbagast)
  2. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  3. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
  4. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
  5. Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)
  6. Steven Bernstein's MTO Featuring Catherine Russell, Good Time Music [Community Music Vol 2] (Royal Potato Family)
  7. Miles Okazaki, Thisness (Pi)
  8. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
  9. Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
  10. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
  2. Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
  3. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.

Devin Leonard (Bloomberg Businessweek)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone, Xaybu: The Unseen (Pi)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
  3. David Binney, A Glimpse of the Eternal (Criss Cross)
  4. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
  5. Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
  6. Micah Thomas, Piano Solo (LP345)
  7. Mark Turner, Return From the Stars (ECM)
  8. Kevin Hays & Bill Stewart, American Ballad (RGT)
  9. Jeff "Tain" Watts, Misterioso (GSI)
  10. Miles Okazaki, Thisness (Pi)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Bill Evans, Morning Glory: The 1973 Concert at the Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires (Resonance)
  2. Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, Live From the Archives: Bootleg June 15, 2000 (Stoner Hill)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Suzanne Lorge (DownBeat, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
  2. Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Architecture of Storms (SoundSpore '21)
  3. Joel Ross, The Parable of the Poet (Blue Note)
  4. Joshua Redman-Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Brian Blade, Long Gone (Nonesuch)
  5. Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars (Blue Note)
  6. Yu Nishiyama, A Lotus in the Mud (Next Level)
  7. Danilo Pérez, Crisálida (Mack Avenue)
  8. Brad Mehldau, Jacob's Ladder (Nonesuch)
  9. Chucho Valdés & Paquito D'Rivera Reunion Sextet, I Missed You Too! (Sunnyside)
  10. Yellowjackets, Parallel Motion (Mack Avenue)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Dave Brubeck Trio, Live From Vienna 1967 (Brubeck Editions)
  2. Lennie Tristano, Personal Recordings, 1946-1970 (Mosaic)
  3. Ornette Coleman, Round Trip: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note (1965-69, Blue Note)

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LATIN

Phillip Lutz (DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vadim Neselovskyi, Odesa: A Musical Walk Through a Legendary City (Sunnyside)
  2. Andy Emler-Claude Tchamitchian-Eric Echampard [ETE Trio], The Useful Report (La Buissone)
  3. Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
  4. Harold Danko, Rite Notes (SteepleChase)
  5. Fred Hersch, Breath by Breath (Palmetto)
  6. Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
  7. Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
  8. Julian Lage, View With a Room (Blue Note)
  9. Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
  10. Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. David Holland Quartet, Conference of the Birds (1972, ECM)
  2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Rara Avis ballot didn't distinguish between two Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights albums, 1963-1964 and 1965-1966.

Kevin Lynch (The Shepherd Express, Culture Currents (Vernaculars Speak))

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ethan Philion, Meditations on Mingus (Sunnyside)
  2. Mary LaRose, Out There [Music of Eric Dolphy] (Little (i) Music)
  3. Marquis Hill, New Gospel Revisited (Edition)
  4. Brian Lynch and Spheres of Influence, Songbook Vol. 2: Dance the Way U Want To (Holistic MusicWorks)
  5. Harry Skoler, Living in Sound: The Music of Charles Mingus (Sunnyside)
  6. Johannes Wallmann, Precarious Towers (Shifting Paradigm)
  7. James Francies, Purest Form (Blue Note '21)
  8. Roberto Magris, Duo & Trio: Featuring Mark Colby (JMood)
  9. Black Lives: From Generation to Generation (Jammin' Colors)
  10. Kase + Klassik, Live at the Opera House (B Side)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Ornette Coleman, Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums (1958-59, Craft)
  2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  3. Ray Charles, Genius + Soul = Jazz (Analog Productions Originals)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Jim Macnie (DownBeat, Lament for a Straight Line)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Marta Sanchez, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (Whirlwind)
  2. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
  3. Thumbscrew, Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform)
  4. Billy Drummond and Freedom of Ideas, Valse Sinistre (Cellar)
  5. Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)
  6. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
  7. Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
  8. Patricia Brennan, More Touch (Pyroclastic)
  9. Darren Johnston, Life in Time (Origin)
  10. Jeff Parker-Eric Revis-Nasheet Waits, Eastside Romp (RogueArt)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
  2. ICP Orchestra, 30 Yr Jubileum 1997: Day 2 (ICP)
  3. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Voter published an extended list or essay here.

Howard Mandel (Jazz Journalists Association, DownBeat, Jazz Beyond Jazz [ArtsJournal])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
  2. Tony Malaby's Sabino, The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic)
  3. Charles Lloyd, Trios: Sacred Thread (Blue Note)
  4. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
  5. Al Foster, Reflections (Smoke Sessions)
  6. Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
  7. John Scofield, John Scofield (ECM)
  8. Franco Ambrosetti, Nora (Enja)
  9. Free Form Funky Freqs, Hymn of the 3rd Galaxy (Ropeadope)
  10. SWR Big Band-Magnus Lindgren-John Beasley, Bird Lives (ACT '21)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969 (Legacy/Experience Hendrix)
  2. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
  3. Frank Kimbrough, 2003-2006: Lullabluebye/Play (Palmetto)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Peter Margasak (DownBeat, The Wire, The Quietus, Chamber Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  2. Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
  3. Rob Mazurek Quartet, Father's Wing (Rogue Art)
  4. Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, Elastic Wave (ECM)
  5. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite)
  6. Punkt. Vrt. Plastik, Zürich Concert (Intakt)
  7. JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant)
  8. Joel Ross, The Parable of the Poet (Blue Note)
  9. Lisa Ullén-Elsa Bergman-Anna Lund, Space (Relative Pitch)
  10. Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
  2. Peter Brötzmann-Fred van Hove-Han Bennink, Jazz in Der Kammer Nr. 71: Deutsches Theater/Berlin/GDR/04/11/1974 (Trost)
  3. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

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

Dan McClenaghan (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Justin Morell, Exit Music for Intelligent Life on Earth (Sonic Frenzy)
  2. Satoko Fujii & Joe Fonda, Thread of Light (Fundacja Sluchaj)
  3. Benjamin Lackner, Last Decade (ECM)
  4. Marc Copland, Someday (InnerVoice Jazz)
  5. Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio, Boiling Point (Astral Spirits)
  6. Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern '21)
  7. Samo Salamon, Dolphyology: Complete Eric Dolphy for Solo Guitar (Samo)
  8. Franco Ambrosetti, Nora (Enja)
  9. Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra)
  10. Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Steve Tibbetts, Hellbound Train: An Anthology (1981-2017, ECM)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Paul Medrano (Best of Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
  2. Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  4. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
  5. Punkt. Vrt. Plastik, Zürich Concert (Intakt)
  6. Rob Mazurek Quartet, Father's Wing (Rogue Art)
  7. Ivo Perelman-Tim Berne-Tony Malaby-James Carter, (D)IVO (Mahakala Music)
  8. Whit Dickey Quartet, Root Perspectives (Tao Forms)
  9. Zoh Amba, Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
  10. I AM [Isaiah Collier & Michael Shekwoaga Ode], Beyond (Division 81)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
  2. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  3. Esbjörn Svensson, Home.S. (2008, ACT)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Ken Micallef (Stereophile, DownBeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
  2. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
  3. Julia Hülsmann Quartet, The Next Door (ECM)
  4. Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
  5. Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective, Reflections (BBE)
  6. Mark Guiliana, The Sound of Listening (Edition)
  7. Whit Dickey Quartet, Root Perspectives (Tao Forms)
  8. Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
  9. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  10. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Cold as Weiss (Colemine)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Brother Jack McDuff, Moon Rappin' (1969, Blue Note)
  2. Ronnie Foster, Two Headed Freap (1972, Blue Note)
  3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Allen Michie (The Arts Fuse)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Alune Wade, Sultan (Enja)
  2. Roxy Coss, Disparate Parts (Outside In Music)
  3. Larry Goldings-Peter Bernstein-Bill Stewart, Perpetual Pendulum (Smoke Sessions)
  4. Lukas Gabric Quartet, Double Standard (Alessa)
  5. The Baylor Project, The Evening: Live at Apparatus (Be a Light)
  6. Enrico Rava & Fred Hersch, The Song Is You (ECM)
  7. Kate Baker & Vic Juris, Return to Shore: The Duo Sessions (Strikezone)
  8. Sasha Berliner, Onyx (self-released)
  9. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  10. Antonio Sanchez, Shift: Bad Hombre Vol. II (Warner)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Miles Davis, That's What Happened [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: 1982-1985] (Columbia/Legacy)
  2. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note '21)
  3. Peggy Lee, Peggy Lee on the Ed Sullivan Show 1963-1969 (SOFA-AV)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Milo Miles (The Arts Fuse, Miles to Go)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Steve Tibbetts, Hellbound Train: An Anthology (1981-2017, ECM)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Roz Milner (Milner on Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Dave Gisler Trio With Jaimie Branch and David Murray, See You Out There (Intakt)
  2. John Zorn, Incerto (Tzadik)
  3. Binker & Moses, Feeding the Machine (Gearbox)
  4. Ethan Iverson, Every Note Is True (Blue Note)
  5. Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
  2. William Parker, Universal Tonality (2002, Centering/AUM Fidelity)
  3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Ralph A. Miriello (Notes on Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Geoffrey Keezer & Friends, Playdate (MarKeez)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
  3. Dave Stryker, As We Are (Strikezone)
  4. Peter Erskine-Alan Pasqua-Darek Oles, Live in Italy (Fuzzy Music)
  5. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  6. Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Trio D'été, Turning Point (5Passion)
  7. Grant Geissman, Blooz (MESA/Bluemoon)
  8. Jeff Coffin, Between Dreaming and Joy (Ear Up)
  9. Boris Kozlov, First Things First (Posi-Tone)
  10. Dave Liebman, Trust and Honesty (Newvelle)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Bill Evans, Inner Spirit: The 1979 Concert at the Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires (Resonance)
  2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  3. Charles Mingus, The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Rick Mitchell (Jazz in the New Millennium, KBOO-FM [Portland, OR])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid)
  2. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
  3. Bill Frisell, Four (Blue Note)
  4. Charles Lloyd, Trios: Chapel (Blue Note)
  5. Sun Ra Arkestra Directed by Marshall Allen, Living Sky (Omni Sound)
  6. Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, Manifesto of Henryisms (Community Music Vol. 3) (Royal Potato Family)
  7. Miguel Zenón, Música De Las Américas (Miel Music)
  8. Emmet Cohen, Uptown in Orbit (Mack Avenue)
  9. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music)
  10. Chicago Soul Jazz Collective Meets Dee Alexander, On the Way to Be Free (JMarq)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  3. Donald Byrd, Live: Cookin' With Blue Note at Montreux (1973, Blue Note)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Chris Monsen (Klassekampen's Musikkmagasinet, Jazznytt)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  2. Andrew Cyrille-William Parker-Enrico Rava, 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM)
  3. John Zorn, New Masada Quartet (Tzadik)
  4. Janel Leppin, Ensemble Volcanic Ash (Cuneiform)
  5. Trevor Dunn Trio-Convulsant Avec Folie à Quatre, Séances (Pyroclastic)
  6. Thumbscrew, Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform)
  7. Jacob Garchik, Assembly (Yestereve)
  8. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt)
  9. Nduduzo Makhathini, In the Spirit of Ntu (Blue Note)
  10. Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, Elastic Wave (ECM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor, The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert: The Town Hall, NYC November 4, 1973 (Oblivion)
  2. Albert Ayler, Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (Elemental Music)
  3. Peter Brötzmann-Milford Graves-William Parker, Historic Music Past Tense Future (2002, Black Editions)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Voter published an extended list here and here.

John Frederick Moore (Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch)
  2. Matthew Shipp Trio, World Construct (ESP-Disk')
  3. Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)
  4. Anteloper, Pink Dolphins (International Anthem)
  5. Moor Mother, Jazz Codes (Anti-)
  6. The Comet Is Coming, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (Impulse!)
  7. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve)
  8. Luke Stewart's Silt Trio, The Bottom (Cuneiform)
  9. Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey, Counterfeit Mars (Relative Pitch)
  10. Joel Ross, The Parable of the Poet (Blue Note)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (1967, Blue Note)
  2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  3. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

 

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