The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

George Kanzler (Hot House, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork)
  2. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Borrowed Roses (Top Side Music)
  3. Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue)
  4. Martin Wind-Jim McNeely-Ed Neumeister, Counterpoint (Laika)
  5. Joe Farnsworth, In What Direction Are You Headed? (Smoke Sessions)
  6. Michael Dease, Swing Low (Posi-Tone)
  7. Marshall Gilkes, Cyclic Journey (Alternate Side '22)
  8. Gregory Lewis, Organ Monk Going Home (Sunnyside)
  9. Planet D Nonet, Blues to Be There (Eastlawn)
  10. Jerome Sabbagh, Vintage (Sunnyside)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Wynton Marsalis, Plays Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (2006, Blue Engine)
  2. Steve Davis, Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 (2008, Smoke Sessions)
  3. Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine)

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