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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