The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Mark Stryker (Jazz From Detroit [University of Michigan Press])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork)
  2. Terell Stafford, Between Two Worlds (Le Coq)
  3. Christian McBride's New Jawn, Prime (Mack Avenue)
  4. David Virelles, Carta (Intakt)
  5. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)
  6. Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue)
  7. Dave Liebman, Live at Smalls (Cellar)
  8. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork)
  9. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)
  10. Simon Moullier, Inception (Fresh Sound New Talent)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. James P. Johnson, De Organizer/The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts) (2006, Naxos)
  2. Stanley Turrentine, Mr. Natural (1964, Blue Note Tone Poet)
  3. Steve Davis, Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 (2008, Smoke Sessions)

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