The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Howard Mandel (Jazz Journalists Association, DownBeat, The Wire, Mandel's Media Diet)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
  2. Edmar Castañeda World Ensemble, Viento Sur (self-released) →
  3. JoVia Armstrong & Eunoia Society, Inception (Black Earth Music) →
  4. John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
  5. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
  6. Chief Adjuah, Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope) →
  7. Gregory Lewis, Organ Monk Going Home (Sunnyside) →
  8. Dwight Trible, Ancient Future (Gearbox) →
  9. Caroline Davis' Alula, Captivity (Ropeadope) →
  10. Tyler Mitchell Octet, Sun Ra's Journey (Cellar) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Dorothy Ashby, With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land) →
  2. Jazz at the Philharmonic, The Complete Jam Sessions 1950-1957 (Mosaic) →
  3. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music) →

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