The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Gene Seymour (The Nation, CNN.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
  2. Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music)
  3. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes)
  4. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi)
  5. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)
  6. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch)
  7. Sara Caswell, The Way to You (Anzic)
  8. Kenny Barron, The Source (Artwork)
  9. Anat Fort Trio, The Berlin Sessions (Sunnyside)
  10. Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, In the Dark (ESP-Disk)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motéma Music)
  2. Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental)
  3. Sun Ra and His Arkestra, Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (1958, Cosmic Myth)

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

Note: Also see Gene Seymour's Top Ten Jazz Albums for 2023.