The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Chris Barton (Los Angeles Times, DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem)
  2. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve)
  3. Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch)
  4. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)
  5. Daniel Villarreal, Lados B (International Anthem)
  6. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-)
  7. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation)
  8. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)
  9. Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch)
  10. Walter Smith III, Return to Casual (Blue Note)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop)
  2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)

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