The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

John Sharpe (The New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure, All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Fred Frith & Susana Santos Silva, Laying Demons to Rest (RogueArt)
  2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)
  3. Lesley Mok, The Living Collection (American Dreams)
  4. Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost)
  5. Angelika Niescier-Tomeka Reid-Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons (Intakt)
  6. Barry Guy & Friends, Krakow 2018 (Not Two '22)
  7. Matt Mitchell, Oblong Aplomb (Out of Your Head)
  8. Satoko Fujii, Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams (Libra '22)
  9. Patrick Brennan Sonic Openings, Tilting Curvaceous (Clean Feed)
  10. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Steve Swell's Fire Into Music, For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2003-04, RogueArt)
  2. Joe McPhee & Evan Parker, Sweet Nothings for Milford Graves (Corbett vs. Dempsey '22)
  3. Evan Parker, NYC 1978 (Relative Pitch)

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