The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Chuck Eddy (Eliminated for Reasons of Space, Napster)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes)
  2. Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, America: The Rough Cut (ESP-Disk)
  3. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind)
  4. Natural Information Society, Since Time Is Gravity (Aguirre/Eremite)
  5. London Brew, London Brew (Concord)
  6. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)
  7. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation)
  8. Jim Black & the Schrimps, Ain't No Saint (Intakt)
  9. Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz)
  10. Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, Afro Futuristic Dreams (Strut)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Ellingtonia, Vol. 2 (1951-87, Enterplanetary Koncepts)

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