The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

John Corbett (Jazz Podium, Corbett vs. Dempsey)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Fire! Orchestra, Echoes (Rune Grammofon)
  2. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem)
  3. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi)
  4. Mats Gustafsson & Ensemble E, EE Opus One (Trost)
  5. Roscoe Mitchell Orchestra and Space Trio, At the Fault Zone Festival (Wide Hive)
  6. Angelika Niescier-Tomeka Reid-Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons (Intakt)
  7. Daunik Lazro-Benjamin Duboc-Mathieu Bec, Standards Combustion (Dark Tree)
  8. Steve Swell-Joe McPhee-Chris Corsano, Sometimes the Air Is (Mahakala Music)
  9. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation)
  10. Per Texas Johansson, Orkester Omnitonal (Moserobie)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Milford Graves With Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover, Children of the Forest (1976, Black Editions Archive)
  2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  3. Peter Brötzmann & Sabu Toyozumi, Triangle: Live at Ohm, 1987 (NoBusiness)

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