The Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll — Mid-Year

It was a treat and an honor to have my picks included in The Mid-Year Edition of the Francis Davis Jazz Poll. I do not submit my picks ranked. The order they are listed does not imply order of preference. Here they are:

NEW ALBUMS

  • Kinan Azmeh and CityBand, Live in Berlin (Dreyer Gaido) →

  • Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) →

  • Ensemble C, Every Journey (Adhyâropa) →

  • Phillip Golub, Loop 7 (Greyfade) →

  • Ingrid Laubrock, Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic) →

  • Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio, Armageddon Flower (TAO Forms) →

  • Phantom Honeymoon, Interstellar Underpass (MechaBenzaiten) →

  • Noah Preminger, Ballads (Chill Tone) →

  • Stef.in, Icterus II (Barnyard) →

  • Tal Yahalom, Mirror Image (Adhyâropa) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  • No choice.

Check out the picks from 113 critics and journalists.

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