The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
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) →