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] 

Seth Colter Walls (New York Times)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi) →
  2. Aaron Diehl & the Knights, Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) →
  3. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Jungle: Wynton Marsalis: Symphony No. 4 (Blue Engine) →
  4. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) →
  5. Jason Moran, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes) →
  6. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic) →
  7. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
  8. Anna Webber, Shimmer Wince (Intakt) →
  9. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz, Ex Machina (Pi) →
  10. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Eye of I (Anti-) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. James P. Johnson, De Organizer/The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts) (2006, Naxos) →
  2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →
  3. Bernie Worrell-Cindy Blackman Santana-John King, Spherical (1994, Infrequent Seams) →

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

 

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