The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Rob Shepherd (PostGenre Media)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Susan Alcorn & Septeto Del Sur, Canto (Relative Pitch)
  2. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi)
  3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)
  4. Angel Bat Dawid, Requiem for Jazz (International Anthem)
  5. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt)
  6. John Zorn & Bill Laswell, Memoria (Tzadik)
  7. Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Fire Illuminations (Kabell)
  8. Ingrid Laubrock, Monochromes (Intakt)
  9. Brandon Seabrook's Epic Proportions, Brutalovechamp (Pyroclastic)
  10. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. II: Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1962-1985: The King Records Masters (Universalsounds)
  2. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove)
  3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Also see Rob Shepherd's Favorite Albums of 2023.