The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballots 2023 [4]
NEW RELEASES
- Miguel Zenón & Dan Tepfer, Internal Melodies (Main Door Music) →
- Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
- Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
- Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours (Biophilia) →
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Our Daily Bread (ECM) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Michel Petrucciani, The Montreux Years (1990-98, BMG/Montreux) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Sonny Rollins, Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums (1957-58, Craft) →
VOCAL
- Bettye LaVette, LaVette! (Jay-Vee) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Playing With Fire (True North) →
Eyal Hareuveni (Free Jazz Blog, Salt Peanuts)
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
- Peter Bruun-Søren Kjærgaard-Josas Westergaard, Thēsaurós (ILK Music) →
- John Butcher, The Very Fabric (Hitorri) →
- Marcelo Dos Reis & Luis Vicente, (Un)prepared Pieces for Guitar and Trumpet (Cipsela) →
- Jürg Frey (Quatuor Bozzini/Konus Quartett), Continuité, Fragilité, Résonance (Elsewhere) →
- Fred Frith & Susana Santos Silva, Laying Demons to Rest (RogueArt) →
- Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide, Perpetual Motion (Ayler) →
- Glass Triangle, Blue and Sun-Lights (Relative Pitch) →
- Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads) →
- Vasco Trilla, A Constellation of Anomaly (Thanatosis Produktion) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Dror Feiler, Maavak (Music & Noise 1980-2023, Volume 1 & 2) (Ideal) →
VOCAL
- Bruce Cockburn, O Sun O Moon (True North) →
DEBUT
LATIN
Chris Heim (KMUW-FM [Wichita, KS])
NEW RELEASES
- Buster Williams, Unalome (Smoke Sessions) →
- John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
- Cecilia Smith, The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, Vol. 1 (Innova) →
- Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
- Joe Alterman, Big Mo & Little Joe: Joe Alterman Plays Les McCann (Joe Alberman Music) →
- Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
- Noah Haidu, Standards (Sunnyside) →
- Ted Piltzecker, Vibes on a Breath (OA2) →
- George Freeman, The Good Life (HighNote) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Les McCann, Never a Dull Moment! Live From Coast to Coast 1966-1967 (Resonance) →
- Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
VOCAL
- Libby York, Dreamland (OA2) →
DEBUT
- Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, Rising Sun (Motéma Music) →
LATIN
- Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Vox Humana (Jazzheads) →
Tad Hendrickson (freelance)
NEW RELEASES
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
- Daniel Villarreal, Lados B (International Anthem) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
- Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
- Enji, Ulaan (Squama) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Bebel Gilberto, João (PIAS) →
Andrey Henkin (freelance: New York Times, NPR, Stereophile, Jazzwise, WeJazz, The Brooklyn Rail; Jazz Passings)
NEW RELEASES
- Dave Lombardo, Rites of Percussion (Ipecac) →
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
- Alexander Hawkins Trio, Carnival Celestial (Intakt) →
- Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns, Weejuns (Rune Grammofon) →
- Peter Evans Being & Becoming, Ars Memoria (More Is More) →
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe, The Rite of Spring/Spectre D'Un Songe (Pyroclastic) →
- Dave Liebman, Live at Smalls (Cellar) →
- Satoko Fujii, Torrent: Piano Solo (Libra) →
- Kresten Osgood-Bob Moses-Tisziji Munoz, Spiritual Drum Kingship (Gotta Let It Out) →
- Ned Rothenberg, Crossings Four (Clean Feed) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Mike Osborne, Starting Fires: Live at the 100 Club 1970 (British Progressive Jazz) →
- Barry Altschul-David Izenson-Perry Robinson, Stop Time: Live at Prince Street 1978 (NoBusiness) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
Geoffrey Himes (JazzTimes, Paste)
NEW RELEASES
- Pierrick Pédron & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Pédron Rubalcaba (Gazebo) →
- Lafayette Gilchrist, Undaunted (Morphius) →
- Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
- Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Tryptych I-III (SMP '22) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
- Benjamin Koppel-Scott Colley-Brian Blade, Perspective (Cowbell Music) →
- Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Shirley Scott, Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Magos Herrera, Aire (Sunnyside) →
Rob Hoff (WQLN NPR [Erie, PA], WETF [South Bend, IN], JazzErie, JJA)
NEW RELEASES
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
- Mark Turner Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Giant Step Arts) →
- James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →
- Mike Reed, The Separatist Party (We Jazz/Astral Spirits) →
- Yuhan Su, Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside) →
- Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
- Antti Lötjönen Quintet East, Circus/Citadel (We Jazz) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
- Chet Baker, Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective) →
VOCAL
- Jo Lawry, Acrobats (Whirlwind) →
DEBUT
- Aline's Etoile Magique, Eclipse (Elastic) →
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music) →
NEW RELEASES
- Wayne Escoffery, Like Minds (Smoke Sessions) →
- Mike LeDonne-Eric Alexander-Jeremy Pelt-Vincent Herring-Kenny Washington-Peter Washington, The Heavy Hitters (Cellar) →
- Precarious Towers, Ten Stories (Shifting Paradigm) →
- Terell Stafford, Between Two Worlds (Le Coq) →
- George Coleman, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →
- Jim Rotondi Quintet, Over Here (Criss Cross) →
- Louis Hayes, Exactly Right! (Savant) →
- Ron Blake, Mistaken Identity (7ten33 Productions) →
- Constantine Alexander, Firetet (self-released) →
- Ed Cherry, Are We There Yet? (Cellar) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Miles Davis Quintet, In Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sound) →
- Basie All Stars, Live at Fabrik Vol. 1: Hamburg 1981 (Jazzline) →
VOCAL
- John Pizzarelli, Stage & Screen (Palmetto) →
DEBUT
- Anthony Hervey, Words From My Horn (Outside In Music) →
LATIN
- Ivan Lins, My Heart Speaks (Resonance) →
Mark Holston (Latino, Jazziz)
NEW RELEASES
- Hilario Durán and His Latin Jazz Big Band, Cry Me a River (Alma) →
- Jerry Bergonzi, Extra Extra (Savant) →
- Donald Vega, As I Travel (Imagery) →
- Bill O'Connell, Live at Montauk (Savant) →
- Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Vox Humana (Jazzheads) →
- Doug Beavers, Luna (Circle 9) →
- Reggie Quinerly, The Thousandth Scholar (Redefinition Music) →
- Antonio Adolfo, Bossa 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal (AAM Music) →
- Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra, Open Spaces: Folk Songs Reimagined (Cellar) →
- Muriel Grossmann, Devotion (Third Man Music) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Chet Baker, Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective) →
- Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
VOCAL
- Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) →
DEBUT
- Vanessa Thomas, Life Is Like a Song (Lied Center of Kansas) →
LATIN
- The Santiago Big Band & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Santiago Brooklyn Santiago (Zoho) →
NEW RELEASES
- Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
- Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Harvesters (Aerophonic) →
- George Coleman, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
- Jason Kao Hwang Critical Response, Book of Stories (True Sound) →
- Emmet Cohen, Master Legacy Series Volume 5: Featuring Houston Person (Bandstand Presents) →
- Farida Amadou-Jonas Cambien-Dave Rempis, On the Blink (Aerophonic) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →
- Steve Swell's Fire Into Music, For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2003-04, RogueArt) →
- François Carrier Ensemble, Openness (2006, Fundacja Sluchaj) →
VOCAL
- Lisa Marie Simmons & Marco Cremaschini, NoteSpeak 12 (Ropeadope) →
DEBUT
- Max Koch, Ten Bulls (Jazzwerkstatt) →
LATIN
- Aruán Ortiz, Pastor's Paradox (Clean Feed) →
Note: Also see The Best Jazz Albums of 2023.
Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)
NEW RELEASES
- Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle) →
- Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
- George, Letters to George (Out of Your Head) →
- Miho Hazama, M_unit: Beyond Orbits (Edition) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
- Kurt Rosenwinkel, Undercover: Live at the Village Vanguard (Heartcore) →
- Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Kings Highway (Stoner Hill) →
- Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
- Orchestre National de Jazz Montréal, Wayne Shines/Miles Smiles (ONJ) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Bill Evans, Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964) (Elemental Music) →
- Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, Live From the Archives: Bootleg June 15, 2000 (Stoner Hill '22) →
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
DEBUT
- Jeremy Dutton, Anyone Is Better Than Here (self-released) →
LATIN
- Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) →
Jim Hynes (Glide, Making a Scene!)
NEW RELEASES
- Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt) →
- Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
- Donny McCaslin, I Want More (Edition) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
VOCAL
- Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) →
DEBUT
- Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, Rising Sun (Motéma Music) →
LATIN
- Jonathan Suazo, Ricano (Ropeadope) →
Robert Iannapollo (New York City Jazz Record, ARSC Journal, Cadence)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
- Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill, Inside Voice/Outside Voice (Origin) →
- Aruán Ortiz, Pastor's Paradox (Clean Feed) →
- Mat Maneri Quartet, Ash (Sunnyside) →
- Quinsin Nachoff, Stars and Constellations (Adyharopa) →
- Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy, Nakshatra (Spinster) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe, The Rite of Spring/Spectre D'Un Songe (Pyroclastic) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Roland Kirk, Live at Ronnie Scott's, 1963 (Gearbox '22) →
- Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
VOCAL
- Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill, Inside Voice/Outside Voice (Origin) →
DEBUT
LATIN
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Uptown on Mardi Gras Day (Troubadour Jass) →
- Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
- Benny Green, Solo (Sunnyside) →
- Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr., Congo Square Suite (Truth Revolution) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Kent Engelhardt & Stephen Enos, Madd for Tadd: "Central Avenue Swing" & "Our Delight" (Tighten Up) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Cecilia Smith, The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, Vol. 1 (Innova) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott, Cookin' With Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Albums (1958, Craft) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
VOCAL
- Allan Harris, Live at Blue Llama Jazz Club (Love Productions/Live at Blue Llama) →
DEBUT
- Christie Dashiell, Journey in Black (self-released) →
LATIN
- Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Vox Humana (Jazzheads) →
Martin Johnson (Wall Street Journal, NPR, TIDAL, Bandcamp)
NEW RELEASES
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Ingrid Laubrock, The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →
- Tomas Fujiwara, Pith (Out of Your Head) →
- Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
DEBUT
LATIN
Sanford Josephson (Jersey Jazz Magazine)
NEW RELEASES
- Terell Stafford, Between Two Worlds (Le Coq) →
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve '22) →
- Benny Benack III, Third Time's the Charm (La Reserve/Bandstand Presents) →
- Sean Mason, The Southern Suite (Blue Engine) →
- Bill Mays, Autumn Serenade (Sunnyside) →
- Lafayette Harris, Jr., Swingin' Up in Harlem (Savant) →
- Jocelyn Gould, Sonic Bouquet (Jocelyn Gould Music) →
- Noah Haidu, Standards (Sunnyside) →
- Isaiah J. Thompson, The Power of the Spirit (Blue Engine) →
- Emmet Cohen, Master Legacy Series Volume 5: Featuring Houston Person (Bandstand Presents) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Sonny Rollins, Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums (1957-58, Craft) →
- Oscar Peterson, On a Clear Day: The Oscar Peterson Trio - Live in Zurich, 1971 (Mack Avenue '22) →
VOCAL
- Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve '22) →
DEBUT
- Sean Mason, The Southern Suite (Blue Engine) →
LATIN
- Diego Figueiredo, My World (Arbors) →
Ammar Kalia (The Guardian and Observer)
NEW RELEASES
- Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 (Brainfeeder) →
- Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
- Speakers Corner Quartet, Further Out Than the Edge (OTIH) →
- Matthew Halsall, An Ever Changing View (Gondwana) →
- Bill Laurance & Michael League, Where You Wish You Were (ACT) →
- Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →
- Thandi Ntuli, Rainbow Revisited (International Anthem) →
- EABS Meets Jaubi, In Search of a Better Tomorrow (Astigmatic) →
- Balimaya Project, When the Dust Settles (New Soil) →
- Kassa Overall, Animals (Warp) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
- Bill Evans, Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestral Recordings From Denmark (1965-1969) (Elemental) →
VOCAL
- Madison McFerrin, I Hope You Can Forgive Me (MadMcFerrin Music) →
DEBUT
- Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 (Brainfeeder) →
LATIN
- Harold López-Nussa, Timba a la Americana (Blue Note) →
NEW RELEASES
- Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, The Gennett Suite (Patois) →
- Anthony Branker & Imagine, What Place Can Be for Us? A Suite in Ten Movements (Origin) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, Home Is Here (Tapestry) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
- Magos Herrera, Aire (Sunnyside) →
- Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Luis Russell, At the Swing Cats Ball: Newly Discovered Recordings From the Closet, Volume 1 1938-1940 (Dot Time Legends) →
- Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
VOCAL
- Magos Herrera, Aire (Sunnyside) →
DEBUT
LATIN
- Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, Home Is Here (Tapestry) →
George Kanzler (Hot House, New York City Jazz Record)
NEW RELEASES
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Borrowed Roses (Top Side Music) →
- Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
- Martin Wind-Jim McNeely-Ed Neumeister, Counterpoint (Laika) →
- Joe Farnsworth, In What Direction Are You Headed? (Smoke Sessions) →
- Michael Dease, Swing Low (Posi-Tone) →
- Marshall Gilkes, Cyclic Journey (Alternate Side '22) →
- Gregory Lewis, Organ Monk Going Home (Sunnyside) →
- Planet D Nonet, Blues to Be There (Eastlawn) →
- Jerome Sabbagh, Vintage (Sunnyside) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Wynton Marsalis, Plays Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (2006, Blue Engine) →
- Steve Davis, Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 (2008, Smoke Sessions) →
- Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) →
VOCAL
- John Pizzarelli, Stage & Screen (Palmetto) →
DEBUT
- Lucy Wijnands, Something Awaits (self-released) →
LATIN
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Borrowed Roses (Top Side Music) →
NEW RELEASES
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
- Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
- Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
- Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
- Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
- Ben Wolfe, Unjust (Resident Arts) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- Brad Mehldau, Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles (Nonesuch) →
- Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, Les Stances à Sophie (1970, Play Loud!) →
- Miles Davis Quintet, In Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sound) →
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
VOCAL
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) →
DEBUT
- Caelan Cardello, Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello (Liam) →
LATIN
- Sofia Rei & Jorge Roeder, Coplas Escondidas (self-released) →
Note: Also see The Best Jazz Albums of 2023