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