The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Raul da Gama (Global Jazz Media, That Canadian Magazine, Latin Jazz Network, JazzdaGama, The WholeNote, Hot House Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Gerry Hemingway, Afterlife (Auricle '22) →
  2. Denny Zeitlin, Crazy Rhythm: Exploring George Gershwin (Sunnyside) →
  3. Ray Anderson, Marching On (Double Moon '22) →
  4. Rachel Eckroth, One (Blackbird Sessions) →
  5. Yelena Eckemoff, Lonely Man and His Fish (L&H Production) →
  6. Deon, Soft Steel (Trytone) →
  7. Benjamin Koppel, White Buses: Passage to Freedom (Cowbell Music) →
  8. Donald Vega, As I Travel (Imagery) →
  9. Jeb Patton, Preludes (Cellar Music) →
  10. Ray Gallon Trio, Grand Company (Cellar) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
  2. Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie-Bud Powell-Charles Mingus-Max Roach, Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings (1953, Craft) →
  3. Bill Evans, Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964) (Elemental Music) →

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN