The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Tim Niland (freelance)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, America: The Rough Cut (ESP-Disk)
  2. Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music)
  3. Dave Rempis-Elisabeth Harnik-Fred Lonberg-Holm-Tim Daisy, Earscratcher (Aerophonic)
  4. Jason Adasiewicz, Roscoe Village: The Music of Roscoe Mitchell (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  5. John Zorn, New Masada Quartet Vol. 2 (Tzadik)
  6. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem)
  7. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  8. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-)
  9. Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic)
  10. Mette Rasmussen-Paul Flaherty-Zach Rowden-Chris Corsano, Crying in Space (Relative Pitch)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  2. Ornette Coleman, Ornette at 12/Crisis to Man on the Moon Revisited (1968-69, Ezz-Thetics)
  3. Roy Campbell-William Parker-Zen Matsuura, Visitation of Spirits: The Pyramid Trio Live, 1985 (NoBusiness)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Also see 2023 Music Rewind.