The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Larry Hollis (Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Wayne Escoffery, Like Minds (Smoke Sessions) →
  2. Mike LeDonne-Eric Alexander-Jeremy Pelt-Vincent Herring-Kenny Washington-Peter Washington, The Heavy Hitters (Cellar) →
  3. Precarious Towers, Ten Stories (Shifting Paradigm) →
  4. Terell Stafford, Between Two Worlds (Le Coq) →
  5. George Coleman, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →
  6. Jim Rotondi Quintet, Over Here (Criss Cross) →
  7. Louis Hayes, Exactly Right! (Savant) →
  8. Ron Blake, Mistaken Identity (7ten33 Productions) →
  9. Constantine Alexander, Firetet (self-released) →
  10. Ed Cherry, Are We There Yet? (Cellar) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
  2. Miles Davis Quintet, In Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sound) →
  3. Basie All Stars, Live at Fabrik Vol. 1: Hamburg 1981 (Jazzline) →

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