The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note) →
- Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
- Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Uptown on Mardi Gras Day (Troubadour Jass) →
- Orrin Evans, The Red Door (Smoke Sessions) →
- Benny Green, Solo (Sunnyside) →
- Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr., Congo Square Suite (Truth Revolution) →
- James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
- Kent Engelhardt & Stephen Enos, Madd for Tadd: "Central Avenue Swing" & "Our Delight" (Tighten Up) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Cecilia Smith, The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, Vol. 1 (Innova) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott, Cookin' With Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Albums (1958, Craft) →
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
VOCAL
- Allan Harris, Live at Blue Llama Jazz Club (Love Productions/Live at Blue Llama) →
DEBUT
- Christie Dashiell, Journey in Black (self-released) →
LATIN
- Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Vox Humana (Jazzheads) →