The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Rich Scheinin (SFJAZZ)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jesse Davis, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar)
  2. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork)
  3. Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 (Miel Music)
  4. Derrick Gardner & the Jazz Prophets, Pan Africa (Impact Jazz)
  5. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork)
  6. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Borrowed Roses (Top Side Music)
  7. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family)
  8. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Undercover: Live at the Village Vanguard (Heartcore)
  9. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch)
  10. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  2. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Reaching for the Stars: Trios/Duos/Solos (1962-65, Omnivore)
  3. Sonny Stitt, Boppin' in Baltimore: Live at the Left Bank (1973, Jazz Detective/Elemental)

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