The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Albums List: Vocal
This page offers an alphabetically sorted list of albums that have
received one or more votes in a given category. The categories are:
- Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve)
- Wilma Baan, Look at Me Now! (ECN Music)
- Corinne Bailey Rae, Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers)
- Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill, Inside Voice/Outside Voice (Origin)
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem)
- Lucia Cadotsch, Aki (Heartcore)
- Adriana Calcanhotto, Errante (Modern/BMG)
- Cautious Clay, Karpeh (Blue Note)
- Bruce Cockburn, O Sun O Moon (True North)
- Christine Correa, Just You Stand and Listen With Me (Sunnyside)
- Scott Dunn With Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, I Watch You Sleep: Scott Dunn Celebrates Rodney Bennett (Stunt)
- Lara Eidi, Sun (self-released)
- Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree (Edition)
- Ganavya & Munir Hossn, Sister, Idea (Ropeadope)
- Allan Harris, Live at Blue Llama Jazz Club (Love Productions/Live at Blue Llama)
- Magos Herrera, Aire (Sunnyside)
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!)
- Val Jeanty-Candice Hoyes-Mimi Jones, Nite Bjuti (Whirlwind)
- Rickie Lee Jones, Pieces of Treasure (BMG)
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve '22)
- Karina Kozhevnikova & Krugly Band, Polyphonic Circle (Leo)
- Bettye LaVette, LaVette! (Jay-Vee)
- Jo Lawry, Acrobats (Whirlwind)
- Jeff Lederer With Mary LaRose, Schoenberg on the Beach (Little (i) Music)
- Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek, New Future City Radio (International Anthem)
- Michelle Lordi, Two Moons (Imani)
- Astghik Martirosyan, Distance (Astghik Music)
- Madison McFerrin, I Hope You Can Forgive Me (MadMcFerrin Music)
- Robin McKelle, Impressions of Ella (Doxie)
- Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)
- Judy Niemack & Jay Clayton, Voices in Flight (GAM)
- Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition)
- John Pizzarelli, Stage & Screen (Palmetto)
- Gregory Porter, Christmas Wish (Blue Note)
- Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note)
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation)
- Molly Ryan, Sweepin' the Blues Away (Turtle Bay '22)
- Säje, Säje (Säjevoices)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch)
- Sara Serpa & André Matos, Night Birds (Robalo Music)
- Kavita Shah, Cape Verdean Blues (Folkalist)
- Ian Shaw, Greek Street Friday (Silent Wish)
- Lisa Marie Simmons & Marco Cremaschini, NoteSpeak 12 (Ropeadope)
- Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare)
- Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente, Cometa (Sunnyside)
- Susanna, Baudelaire & Orchestra (SusannaSonata)
- Rajna Swaminathan, Apertures (Ropeadope)
- Veronica Swift, Veronica Swift (Mack Avenue)
- Pat Thomas-Phil Minton-Dave Tucker-Roger Turner, Scatter: On a Clear Day Like This (577)
- Keith & Julie Tippett, Couple in Spirit/Sound on Stone (Discus Music)
- Dwight Trible, Ancient Future (Gearbox)
- Billy Valentine, Billy Valentine and the Universal Truth (Flying Dutchman)
- Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy)
- Claudia Villela, Cartas Ao Vento (Taina Music)
- JD Walter, What the World Needs Now (Arkadia)
- Buster Williams, Unalome (Smoke Sessions)
- Libby York, Dreamland (OA2)
- Nicole Zuraitis, How Love Begins (Outside In Music)
Album count: 59.