The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

J.D. Considine (DownBeat)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  2. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork)
  3. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)
  4. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi)
  5. JD Allen, This (Savant)
  6. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt)
  7. Miho Hazama, M_unit: Beyond Orbits (Edition)
  8. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve)
  9. Quinsin Nachoff, Stars and Constellations (Adyharopa)
  10. Brad Mehldau, Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles (Nonesuch)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  2. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music)
  3. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)

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