The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Lloyd Sachs (Lloyd Sachs: Writing About Popular Culture)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
  2. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
  3. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family) →
  4. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) →
  5. Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost) →
  6. Ingrid Laubrock, The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) →
  7. Angelika Niescier-Tomeka Reid-Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons (Intakt) →
  8. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork) →
  9. Mike Reed, The Separatist Party (We Jazz/Astral Spirits) →
  10. George Coleman, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Abdul Wadud, By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) →
  2. Nina Simone, You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve) →
  3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

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