Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll

Ken Waxman (Jazz Word)

NEW RELEASES (unranked)

• Omawi [Marta Warelis-Onno Govaert-Wilbert De Joode], Waive (Relative Pitch ’23) →
• Akira Sakata-Toshimaru Nakamura-Raiga Hayashi, Kinjo No Tabibito (Meenna ’23) →
• Ivo Perelman-Mark Helias-Tom Rainey, Truth Seeker (Fundacja Sluchaj) →
• Alan Braufman, Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) →
• Charlotte Keefe/Right Here, Right Now Quartet, Alive! in the Studio (Discus Music ’23) →
• Rodrigo Amado/The Bridge, Beyond the Margins (Trost ’23) →
• PNY Quintet, Over the Wall (RogueArt) →
• Hery Paz, River Creatures (Porta Jazz) →
• LDL [Urs Leimgruber-Jacques Demierre-Thomas Lehn], In the Endless Wind (Wide Ear) →
• Jason Stein-Marilyn Crispell-Damon Smith-Adam Shead, Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

• Barry Altschul-David Izenson-Perry Robinson, Stop Time: Live at Prince Street, 1978 (NoBusiness ’23) →
• Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real) →
• Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
• Frank Paul Schubert-Michel Pilz-Stefan Scheib-Klaus Kugel, Live at FreeJazz Saar 2019 (Nemu) →
• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Live From Studio Rivbea: July 12, 1975 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 1] (NoBusiness) →