The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis Debuts Latin Vocals
Critics
Acquaro - CartwrightCastaņeda - DrouotDryden - GuttermanHale - KaplanKato - MicallefMichie - PollettaQuinn - SzwedTamarkin - Yokoi

Ballot 2023

Prev[Acquaro - Cartwright] · [Castaņeda - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gutterman] · [Hale - Kaplan] · [Kato - Micallef] · [Michie - Polletta] · [Quinn - Szwed] · [Tamarkin - Yokoi] 

Ludwig vanTrikt (Cadence)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake, Eternal River (Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
  2. Billy Mohler, Ultraviolet (Contagious Music) →
  3. Chien Chien Lu, Built in System: Live in New York (Giant Step Arts) →
  4. Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day (Greenleaf Music) →
  5. Yuhan Su, Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside) →
  6. Kaisa's Machine, Taking Shape (Greenleaf Music) →
  7. Rich Halley Quartet, Fire Within (Pine Eagle) →
  8. Ayanda Sikade, Umakhulu (Afrosynth '22) →
  9. Tomas Fujiwara, Pith (Out of Your Head) →
  10. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sun Ra and His Arkestra, Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (1958, Cosmic Myth) →
  2. The Jazz Doctors, Intensive Care: Prescriptions Filled [The Billy Bang Quartet Sessions 1983/1984] (Cadillac) →
  3. Byard Lancaster, It's Not Up to Us (1968, Superior Viaduct) →

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

 

Prev[Acquaro - Cartwright] · [Castaņeda - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gutterman] · [Hale - Kaplan] · [Kato - Micallef] · [Michie - Polletta] · [Quinn - Szwed] · [Tamarkin - Yokoi]