Here are my ten favorite new albums of 2023. A full write-up on each of these, as well as my selections for numbers 11 through 25 can be found at PostGenre.

NEW RELEASES

1. Susan Alcorn and Septeto Del Sur - Canto (Relative Pitch

2. Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz - Ex Machina (Pi)  

3. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet - For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)

4. Angel Bat Dawid - Requiem for Jazz(International Anthem)

5. Anna Webber - Shimmer Wince (Intakt)

6. John Zorn and Bill Laswell - Memoria (Tzadik)

7. Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric: Fire Illuminations (Kabell)

8. Ingrid Laubrock - Monochromes (Intakt)

9. Brandon Seabrook Epic Proportions- Brutalovechamp (Pyroclastic)

10. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile (Verve)

REISSUES/HISTORICAL

1. Various Artists - WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. II - Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz from Japan 1962-1985 - The King Records Masters (Universounds) 

2. Abdul Wadud - By Myself (Gotta Groove)

3. John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy - Evenings at the Village Gate (Impulse!)

VOCAL

Cautious Clay - Karpeh (Blue Note)

DEBUT

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques (Vol. 1)  (Brainfeeder)

LATIN

Susan Alcorn and Septeto Del Sur - Canto (Relative Pitch)