The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Kings Highway (Stoner Hill) →
- Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
- Joe Locke, Makram (Circle 9) →
- Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours (Biophilia) →
- Chuck Owen and the WDR Big Band, Renderings (MAMA) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
- John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
- Ben Wolfe, Unjust (Resident Arts) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
VOCAL
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
DEBUT
- Christian Dillingham, Cascades (Greenleaf Music) →
LATIN
- Alfredo Rodriguez, Coral Way (Mack Avenue) →