The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Yoshi Kato (DownBeat, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Miho Hazama, M_unit: Beyond Orbits (Edition)
  2. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  3. Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note)
  4. Benjamin Boone, Caught in the Rhythm (Origin)
  5. Michelle Lordi, Two Moons (Imani)
  6. Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Uptown on Mardi Gras Day (Troubadour Jass)
  7. Will Bernard & Beth Custer, Sky (Dreck to Disk)
  8. Benjamin Koppel-Scott Colley-Brian Blade, Perspective (Cowbell Music)
  9. Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm, Grit & Grace (Sunnyside)
  10. Jeremy Dutton, Anyone Is Better Than Here (self-released)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music)
  3. Dave Brubeck, Live From the Northwest, 1959 (Brubeck Editions)

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