The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

John Chacona (All About Jazz, Postgenre Media, Let's Call This)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz)
  2. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  3. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi)
  4. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes)
  5. London Brew, London Brew (Concord)
  6. Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, As Things Do (Intakt)
  7. Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch)
  8. Mike Reed, The Separatist Party (We Jazz/Astral Spirits)
  9. Arturo O'Farrill, Legacies (Blue Note)
  10. Mark Turner Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Giant Step Arts)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove)
  2. Nina Simone, You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve)
  3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Ballot has New Releases 7 Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet, Other Zones (Intakt); this seems more likely, although there is a Michael Formanek Quartet, Other Zones (Circular File '22).