The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Nate Chinen (WRTI, NPR Music, The Gig)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)
  2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)
  3. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes)
  4. Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz)
  5. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family)
  6. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  7. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi)
  8. John Zorn, Homenaje a Remedios Varo (Tzadik)
  9. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork)
  10. Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  2. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)
  3. Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine)

VOCAL

DEBUT

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Note: Also see The 10 best jazz albums of 2023.