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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