The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Larry Blumenfeld (Wall Street Journal, Chamber Music America, Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
  2. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
  3. Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →
  4. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
  5. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
  6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
  7. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
  8. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
  9. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) →
  10. Ben Wolfe, Unjust (Resident Arts) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
  2. John Zorn, Masada: 30th Anniversary Edition: The Complete Studio Master Takes (1994-97, Tzadik) →
  3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

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