The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Larry Appelbaum (DownBeat, WPFW-FM)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Red Hot Org, Red Hot & Ra: Solar: Sun Ra in Brasil (Red Hot Org)
  2. John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM)
  3. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes)
  4. Ron Blake, Mistaken Identity (7ten33 Productions)
  5. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  6. David Virelles, Carta (Intakt)
  7. Guillermo Klein Quinteto, Telmo's Tune (Sunnyside)
  8. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)
  9. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind)
  10. Laufey, Bewitched (AWAL)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  2. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)
  3. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove)

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