The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind) →
- Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
- Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
- Hery Paz, Jardineros (577) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
- Marike van Dijk Nonet, Stranded (Brooklyn Jazz Underground/ZenneZ) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental) →
VOCAL
- Kavita Shah, Cape Verdean Blues (Folkalist) →
DEBUT
- Vicente Archer, Short Stories (Cellar) →
LATIN
- Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Vox Humana (Jazzheads) →
Note: Also see The Year in Review - 2023.