The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Rob Hoff (WQLN NPR [Erie, PA], WETF [South Bend, IN], JazzErie, JJA)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi)
  3. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi)
  4. Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch)
  5. Mark Turner Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Giant Step Arts)
  6. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-)
  7. Mike Reed, The Separatist Party (We Jazz/Astral Spirits)
  8. Yuhan Su, Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside)
  9. Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch)
  10. Antti Lötjönen Quintet East, Circus/Citadel (We Jazz)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  2. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)
  3. Chet Baker, Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective)

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