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] 

Michael Toland (The Big Takeover, The Austin Chronicle)

NEW RELEASES

  1. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) →
  2. Todd Sickafoose, Bear Proof (Secret Hatch) →
  3. Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, Hear the Light Singing (RogueArt) →
  4. John Scofield, Uncle John's Band (ECM) →
  5. Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi) →
  6. Eric Friedlander, She Sees (Skipstone) →
  7. Artemis, In Real Time (Blue Note) →
  8. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch) →
  9. Kendrick Scott, Corridors (Blue Note) →
  10. Greg Ward's Rogue Parade, Dion's Quest (Sugah Hoof) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Matthew Shipp Trio, Circular Temple (1990, ESP-Disk) →
  2. Kenny Cox & the Contemporary Jazz Quintet, Multidirection (1969, Third Man/Blue Note) →
  3. D.B. Shrier, D.B. Shrier Emerges (1967, Omnivore) →

VOCAL

DEBUT

LATIN

 

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