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

LATIN

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