The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Mark Sullivan (All About Jazz, Minor 7th: Acoustic Guitar Music Reviews)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Mata Atlantica, Retiro E Ritmo (7D Media '22)
  2. Sonar With David Torn and J Peter Schwalm, Three Movements (7D Media)
  3. Stephan Thelen, Fractal Guitar 3 (MoonJune '22)
  4. Soft Machine, Other Doors (MoonJune)
  5. John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM)
  6. Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dance of the Elders (ECM)
  7. Palle Mikkelborg-Jakob Bro-Marilyn Mazur, Strands (ECM)
  8. Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, The Gennett Suite (Patois)
  9. Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle)
  10. Mareike Wiening, Reveal (Greenleaf Music)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Soft Machine, The Dutch Lesson (1973, Cuneiform)
  2. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)
  3. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)

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