2023 Totals: Vocal Jazz

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.

1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine (Nonesuch) 27
2. Jo Lawry, Acrobats (Whirlwind) 11
3. Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke, Lean In (Edition) 10
4. Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto) 9
5. Arooj Aftab-Vijay Iyer-Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile (Verve) 5
6. Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden (Constellation) 4
7. Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy) 4
8. Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree (Edition) 3
9. Irreversible Entanglements, Protect Your Light (Impulse!) 3
10. John Pizzarelli, Stage & Screen (Palmetto) 3
Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill, Inside Voice/Outside Voice (Origin) 2
11. Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve '22) 2
12. Karina Kozhevnikova & Krugly Band, Polyphonic Circle (Leo) 2
13. Astghik Martirosyan, Distance (Astghik Music) 2
14. Joshua Redman, Where Are We (Blue Note) 2
15. Säje, Säje (Säjevoices) 2
16. Sara Serpa & André Matos, Night Birds (Robalo Music) 2
17. Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente, Cometa (Sunnyside) 2
18. Susanna, Baudelaire & Orchestra (SusannaSonata) 2
19. Libby York, Dreamland (OA2) 2
Wilma Baan, Look at Me Now! (ECN Music) 1
20. Corinne Bailey Rae, Black Rainbows (Thirty Tigers) 1
21. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) 1
22. Lucia Cadotsch, Aki (Heartcore) 1
23. Adriana Calcanhotto, Errante (Modern/BMG) 1
24. Cautious Clay, Karpeh (Blue Note) 1
25. Bruce Cockburn, O Sun O Moon (True North) 1
26. Christine Correa, Just You Stand and Listen With Me (Sunnyside) 1
27. Scott Dunn With Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, I Watch You Sleep: Scott Dunn Celebrates Rodney Bennett (Stunt) 1
28. Lara Eidi, Sun (self-released) 1
Ganavya & Munir Hossn, Sister, Idea (Ropeadope) 1
29. Allan Harris, Live at Blue Llama Jazz Club (Love Productions/Live at Blue Llama) 1
30. Magos Herrera, Aire (Sunnyside) 1
31. Val Jeanty-Candice Hoyes-Mimi Jones, Nite Bjuti (Whirlwind) 1
32. Rickie Lee Jones, Pieces of Treasure (BMG) 1
33. Bettye LaVette, LaVette! (Jay-Vee) 1
34. Jeff Lederer With Mary LaRose, Schoenberg on the Beach (Little (i) Music) 1
35. Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek, New Future City Radio (International Anthem) 1
36. Michelle Lordi, Two Moons (Imani) 1
37. Madison McFerrin, I Hope You Can Forgive Me (MadMcFerrin Music) 1
Robin McKelle, Impressions of Ella (Doxie) 1
38. Meshell Ndegeocello, The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note) 1
39. Judy Niemack & Jay Clayton, Voices in Flight (GAM) 1
40. Gregory Porter, Christmas Wish (Blue Note) 1
41. Molly Ryan, Sweepin' the Blues Away (Turtle Bay '22) 1
42. Kavita Shah, Cape Verdean Blues (Folkalist) 1
43. Ian Shaw, Greek Street Friday (Silent Wish) 1
44. Lisa Marie Simmons & Marco Cremaschini, NoteSpeak 12 (Ropeadope) 1
45. Edward Simon, Femininas: Songs of Latin American Women (ArtistShare) 1
46. Rajna Swaminathan, Apertures (Ropeadope) 1
Veronica Swift, Veronica Swift (Mack Avenue) 1
47. Pat Thomas-Phil Minton-Dave Tucker-Roger Turner, Scatter: On a Clear Day Like This (577) 1
48. Keith & Julie Tippett, Couple in Spirit/Sound on Stone (Discus Music) 1
49. Dwight Trible, Ancient Future (Gearbox) 1
50. Billy Valentine, Billy Valentine and the Universal Truth (Flying Dutchman) 1
51. Claudia Villela, Cartas Ao Vento (Taina Music) 1
52. JD Walter, What the World Needs Now (Arkadia) 1
53. Buster Williams, Unalome (Smoke Sessions) 1
54. Nicole Zuraitis, How Love Begins (Outside In Music) 1

Notes

No selection on 21 (of 159) ballots (13.2%).

If an album received votes in the previous year, and received more votes (not just more points) this year, the two years' totals were added together. This applied to: none.

Albums that also received votes in 2022. These are sorted by total votes for the two years.

• Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (Verve '22) 12 + 2 = 14