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] 

Scott Yanow (DownBeat, Jazziz, New York City Jazz Record, Los Angeles Jazz Scene, Syncopated Times, The Jazz Rag)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Quartet San Francisco-Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band-Take Six, Raymond Scott Reimagined (Violinjazz) →
  2. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
  3. The Chick Corea Elektrik Band, The Future Is Now (Candid) →
  4. Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Playing With Fire (True North) →
  5. Gunhild Carling, Good Evening Cats (Jazz Art '22) →
  6. Kent Engelhardt & Stephen Enos, Madd for Tadd: "Central Avenue Swing" & "Our Delight" (Tighten Up) →
  7. Kris Berg, Perspective (Summit) →
  8. Noah Haidu, Standards (Sunnyside) →
  9. Jon-Erik Kellso and the EarRegulars, Live at the Ear Inn (Arbors) →
  10. Sam Taylor, Let Go (Cellar '22) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Jazz at the Philharmonic, The Complete Jam Sessions 1950-1957 (Mosaic) →
  2. Dave Brubeck, Live From the Northwest, 1959 (Brubeck Editions) →
  3. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

 

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