The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- David Bandrowski & the Rhumba Defense, French Onion Superman (self-released '22) →
- Cigar Box Serenaders, Spasm (self-released) →
- Frog & Henry, Italy & England: 2020-2022 (self-released '22) →
- The Garden of Joy, Bouncin' Around (self-released) →
- The New Wonders, The New Wonders (Turtle Bay) →
- Michel Pastre-Louis Mazetier-Guillaume Nouaux, Fine Ideas (Camille Productions) →
- Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, Take Me to the Ragtime Dance (Rivermont) →
- Smoking Time Jazz Club, Six Blues, Five Joys & a Stomp (self-released) →
- Soggy Po Boys, It's Good to Laugh Again (self-released '22) →
- Tuba Skinny, Hot Town (self-released) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray 1920-1922 (Archeophone) →
- The Bix Centennial All-Stars, Celebrating Bix! [20th Anniversary Edition] (2003, Turtle Bay) →
- Dick Hyman, One Step to Chicago: The Legacy of Frank Teschemacher and the Austin High Gang (1992, Rivermont '22) →
VOCAL
- Molly Ryan, Sweepin' the Blues Away (Turtle Bay '22) →
DEBUT
- Hannah Gill, Everybody Loves a Lover (Turtle Bay) →
LATIN
- Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales, Shake the Rum (self-released '22) →