The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
Larry Birnbaum (Stereophile)
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
- Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
- Kevin Hays-Ben Street-Billy Hart, Bridges (Smoke Sessions) →
- Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
- Matt Mitchell, Oblong Aplomb (Out of Your Head) →
- Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Fire Illuminations (Kabell) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- David Virelles, Carta (Intakt) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance) →
- Sonny Rollins, Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums (1957-58, Craft) →
- Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia (1967, Blue Note Tone Poet) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
- Val Jeanty-Candice Hoyes-Mimi Jones, Nite Bjuti (Whirlwind) →
LATIN
- Avishai Cohen & Abraham Rodriguez Jr., Iroko (Naïve/Believe) →