The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Ysi Ortega (Stalker 21, El Intruso)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi)
  2. Fire! Orchestra, Echoes (Rune Grammofon)
  3. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt)
  4. Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade From Paris to Paris: Live at Sons D'Hiver (RogueArt)
  5. Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads)
  6. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt)
  7. SurdelSur Ensemble, Hernandez-Sanjuro-Nebbia (Ears & Eyes)
  8. Peter Evans Being & Becoming, Ars Memoria (More Is More)
  9. Javier Red's Imagery Converter, Life & Umbrella (Desafio Candente)
  10. Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera (Intakt)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Nina Simone, You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve)
  2. Chet Baker, Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective)
  3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)

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