The Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll

Ken Waxman (Jazz Word)

NEW RELEASES (listed alphabetically; 5.5 points each)

• Marc Ducret, Ici (Ayler) →
• Paul Dunmall & Olie Brice, The Laughing Stone (Confront) →
• François Houle Genera Sextet, In Memoriam (Clean Feed) →
• Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz) →
• Simon Nabatov, Extensions (Unbroken Sounds) →
• Barre Phillips & Giancarlo Nino Locatelli, Danze Degli Scorpioni (We Insist!) →
• Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic) →
• Steve Swell-Joe McPhee-Chris Corsano, Sometimes the Air Is (Mahakala Music) →
• Martina Verhoeven Quintet, Driven: Live at Roadburn 2022 (Klanggalerie ’22) →
• Colin Webster Large Ensemble, First Meeting (Raw Tonk) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (listed alphabetically; 2 points each)

• Barry Altschul-David Izenson-Perry Robinson, Stop Time: Live at Prince Street 1978 (NoBusiness) →
• Baikida E.J. Carroll, Orange Fish Tears (1974, Souffle Continu) →
• Clifford Thornton, Ketchaoua Revisited [+ Arthur Jones Trio: Scorpio] (1969, Ezz-Thetics) →

VOCAL

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Moss Freed Union Division, Micromotives (Discus Music) →

LATIN

• No choice.