The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Annie Parnell (Virginia's Home for Public Media [NPR, Richmond, VA])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch)
  2. Butcher Brown, Solar Music (Concord Jazz)
  3. Yussef Dayes, Black Classical Music (Brownswood/Nonesuch)
  4. Brandee Younger, Brand New Life (Impulse)
  5. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind)
  6. Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
  7. André 3000, New Blue Sun (Epic)
  8. Johnathan Blake, Passage (Blue Note)
  9. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem)
  10. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music)
  2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  3. Miles Davis, Turnaround: Rare Miles From the Complete On the Corner Sessions (1972-73, Columbia/Legacy)

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