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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