2023 Best Ofs:

1. Todd Sickafoose—Bear Proof (Secret Hatch Records)

2. Tania Giannouli—Solo (Rattle Records)

3. Will Bernard & Beth Custer—Sky (Dreck to Disc Records)

4. Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente—Cometa (Sunnyside)

5. Allison Miller—Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family)

6. Janiece Jaffe & Monika Herzig—Both Sides of Joni (Acme Records)

7. Tyshawn Sorey Trio—Continuing (Pi Recordings)

8. The Peggy Lee Band—A Giving Way (Songlines)

9. Susan Alcorn—Canto (Relative Pitch Records)

10. Wolfgang Muthspiel—Dance of the Elders (ECM)

Honorable Mentions:

1. Mod Cons (with Charlie Hunter)—(SideHustle Records)

2. Lafayette Gilchrist—Undaunted (Morphius Records)

3. Ralph Towner—At First Light (ECM)

4. Douyé—The Golden Sèkèrè (Rhombus Records)

5. Malika Zarra—RWA (The Essence) (D. Zel Records)