The 18th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2023

Ballot 2023

Michael Ullman (Arts Fuse, Fanfare)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Kris Davis, Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
  2. Henry Threadgill Ensemble, The Other One (Pi)
  3. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt)
  4. Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game (Artwork)
  5. Matthew Shipp, The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music)
  6. Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours (Biophilia)
  7. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)
  8. Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe, The Rite of Spring/Spectre D'Un Songe (Pyroclastic)
  9. Laszlo Gardony, Close Connection (Sunnyside '22)
  10. Kevin Hays-Ben Street-Billy Hart, Bridges (Smoke Sessions)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sonny Clark, The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (1957-61, Mosaic)
  2. John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!)
  3. Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance)

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