The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch) →
- Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
- Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Kings Highway (Stoner Hill) →
- Billy Childs, The Winds of Change (Mack Avenue) →
- Nick Finzer, Dreams Visions Illusions (Outside In Music) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork) →
- Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
- Chris Potter, Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) →
- Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Continuing (Pi) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah [Harvest Time] (1976, Luaka Bop) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) →
VOCAL
- Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) →
DEBUT
- Jonathan Suazo, Ricano (Ropeadope) →
LATIN
- Sammy Figueroa, Something for a Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo) (Ashé) →