The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis Debuts Latin Vocals
Critics
Acquaro - CartwrightCastaņeda - DrouotDryden - GuttermanHale - KaplanKato - MicallefMichie - PollettaQuinn - SzwedTamarkin - Yokoi

Ballot 2023

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George Grella (The Brooklyn Rail, New York City Jazz Record, The Wire, Red Hook Star-Review, Financial Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
  2. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →
  3. Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) →
  4. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
  5. Heikki Ruokangas, Karu (Orbit577) →
  6. John Blum, Nine Rivers (ESP-Disk) →
  7. Adam Birnbaum, Preludes (Chelsea Music Festival) →
  8. Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
  9. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
  10. Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sonny Clark, The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (1957-61, Mosaic) →
  2. Sun Ra and His Arkestra, Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (1958, Cosmic Myth) →
  3. Derek Bailey & Paul Motian, Duo in Concert (1990, Frozen Reeds) →

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

 

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