The 19th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll

It was a treat and an honor to have my picks included in The 19th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll. Here they are:

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) →

  2. Joe Fonda Quartet, Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song) →

  3. Dan Fortin, Cannon (Elastic) →

  4. Satoko Fujii Quartet, Dog Days of Summer (Libra) →

  5. Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Jet Black (Libra) →

  6. Gordon Grdina & Christian Lillinger, Duo Work (Attaboygirl) →

  7. Markus Reuter, Sea of Hopeless Angels (Flatiron) →

  8. Angelica Sanchez & Chad Taylor, A Monster Is Just an Animal You Haven’t Met Yet (Intakt) →

  9. Kevin Sun, The Fate of the Tenor (Endectomorph) →

  10. Colin Vallon, Samares (ECM) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine ’23) →

  2. B.B. King, In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (Deep Digs/Elemental Music) →

  3. Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance) →

  4. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ (1966, Blue Note) →

Check out the picks from over 176 critics and journalists.

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