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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