The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Ammar Kalia (The Guardian and Observer)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 (Brainfeeder) →
  2. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
  3. Speakers Corner Quartet, Further Out Than the Edge (OTIH) →
  4. Matthew Halsall, An Ever Changing View (Gondwana) →
  5. Bill Laurance & Michael League, Where You Wish You Were (ACT) →
  6. Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch) →
  7. Thandi Ntuli, Rainbow Revisited (International Anthem) →
  8. EABS Meets Jaubi, In Search of a Better Tomorrow (Astigmatic) →
  9. Balimaya Project, When the Dust Settles (New Soil) →
  10. Kassa Overall, Animals (Warp) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
  2. Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
  3. Bill Evans, Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestral Recordings From Denmark (1965-1969) (Elemental) →

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