The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
Devin Leonard (Bloomberg Businessweek)
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest) →
- Ralph Alessi Quartet, It's Always Now (ECM) →
- BlankFor.Ms-Jason Moran-Marcus Gilmore, Refract (Red Hook) →
- Caroline Davis' Alula, Captivity (Ropeadope) →
- Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Lage Lund, Most Peculiar (Criss Cross) →
- Simon Moullier, Inception (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
- Micah Thomas, Reveal (Artwork) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- Rickie Lee Jones, Pieces of Treasure (BMG) →
DEBUT
LATIN
Note: Debut vote for Kate Gentile, Find Letter X disqualified: previous albums.