The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Ken Micallef (Stereophile, DownBeat, JazzTimes)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Antero Sievert, Dear Bossa (JMI)
  2. Lage Lund, Most Peculiar (Criss Cross)
  3. Jerome Sabbagh, Vintage (Sunnyside)
  4. Kendrick Scott, Corridors (Blue Note)
  5. Joe La Barbera Quintet, World Travelers (Sam First)
  6. Josh Nelson, LA Stories: Live at Sam First (Sam First)
  7. Antero Sievert, The_Underscore (JMI '19)
  8. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork)
  9. Dustin Wong, Perpetual Morphosis (Hausu Mountain)
  10. Kassa Overall, Animals (Warp)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott, Cookin' With Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Albums (1958, Craft)
  2. Ornette Coleman, Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums (1958-59, Craft '22)
  3. Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Disqualified: New Releases (2) John Sinclair Presents: Detroit Artists Workshop (Strut/Art Yard '22): recorded 1965-81