The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023
Ballot 2023
NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)
- Marc Ducret, Ici (Ayler) →
- Paul Dunmall & Olie Brice, The Laughing Stone (Confront) →
- François Houle Genera Sextet, In Memoriam (Clean Feed) →
- Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
- Simon Nabatov, Extensions (Unbroken Sounds) →
- Barre Phillips & Giancarlo Nino Locatelli, Danze Degli Scorpioni (We Insist!) →
- Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
- Steve Swell-Joe McPhee-Chris Corsano, Sometimes the Air Is (Mahakala Music) →
- Martina Verhoeven Quintet, Driven: Live at Roadburn 2022 (Klanggalerie '22) →
- Colin Webster Large Ensemble, First Meeting (Raw Tonk) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)
- Barry Altschul-David Izenson-Perry Robinson, Stop Time: Live at Prince Street 1978 (NoBusiness) →
- Baikida E.J. Carroll, Orange Fish Tears (1974, Souffle Continu) →
- Clifford Thornton, Ketchaoua Revisited [+ Arthur Jones Trio: Scorpio] (1969, Ezz-Thetics) →
VOCAL
DEBUT
- Moss Freed Union Division, Micromotives (Discus Music) →
LATIN