The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Jason Gross (Perfect Sound Forever)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind)
  2. Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet, Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe)
  3. Billy Valentine, Billy Valentine and the Universal Truth (Flying Dutchman)
  4. Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic)
  5. The Necks, Travel (Northern Spy)
  6. Brad Mehldau, Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles (Nonesuch)
  7. Darren Johnston, Life in Time (Origin '22)
  8. Simón Willson, Good Company (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  9. André 3000, New Blue Sun (Epic)
  10. Nick Millevoi, Digital Reaction (Ropeadope)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  2. Nina Simone, You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve)
  3. Sonny Rollins With Heikki Sarmanto Trio, Live at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki 1972 (Svart)

VOCAL

DEBUT

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