The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Bret Saunders (Denver Post, KBCO-FM [Denver])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Fire Illuminations (Kabell)
  3. Mendoza Hoff Revels, Echolocation (AUM Fidelity)
  4. Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, Our Daily Bread (ECM)
  5. Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, In the Dark (ESP-Disk)
  6. Illegal Crowns, Unclosing (Out of Your Heads)
  7. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi)
  8. Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!)
  9. David Murray-Questlove-Ray Angry, Plumb (J.M.I./Outside In Music)
  10. Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Steve Swell's Fire Into Music, For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2003-04, RogueArt)
  2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  3. Shirley Scott, Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real)

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