BEST JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2023:
- 1. Piernick Pedron & Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Pedron & Rubalcaba (Gazebo)
- 2. Lafayette Gilchrist: Undaunted (Morphius)
- 3. Allison Miller: Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family)
- 4. Ivo Perelman-Matthew Shipp: Triptych (ESP-Disk)
- 5. Rudy Royston: Day (Greenleaf)
- 6. Johnathan Blake: Passages (Blue Note)
- 7. Cecile McLorin Salvant: Melusine (Nonesuch)
- 8. Koppel Colley Blade Perspective (Nu)
- 9. Orrin Evans: The Red Door (Smoke Sessions)
- 10. James Brandon Lewis & the Red Lily Quintet: For Mahalia with Love (Tao Forms)
- 11. Tyshawn Sorey Trio: Continuing (Pi)
- 12. John Scofield: Uncle John's Band (ECM)
- 13. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)
- 14. Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread (ECM)
- 15. Walter Smith III: Return to Casual (Blue Note)
- 16. Dan Weiss Trio: Dedication (Cygnus)
- 17. Magos Herrera: Aire (Sunnyside)
- 18. Bela Fleck-Zakir Hussain-Edgar Meyer: As We Speak (Thirty Tigers)
- 19. Susan Alcorn & Septeto del Sur: Canto (Relative Pitch)
- 20. Christian McBride's New Jawn: Prime (Mack Avenue)
BEST NON-JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2023:
- 1. Jon Dee Graham: Only Dead for a While (Strollin’ Bones)
- 2. Jerry Joseph: Baby, You're the Man Who Would Be King (Cosmo Sex School)
- 3. Charley Crockett: Live from the Ryman Auditorium (Son of Davy)
- 4. SZA: SOS (Top Dawg, RCA)
- 5. boygenius: The Record (Matador)
- 6. Ashley McBryde: The Devil I Know (Warner Nashville)
- 7. Zach Bryan: Zach Bryan (Warner Nashville)
- 8. Buddy & Julie Miller: In the Throes (New West)
- 9. Olivia Rodrigo: Guts (Geffen)
- 10. Martin Hayes & the Common Ground Ensemble: Peggy’s Dream (251)
- 11. The Nude Party: The Nude Party Rides On (New West)
- 12. Low Cut Connie: Art Dealers (Contender)
- 13. Martin Zellar: Head West (Owen Lee)
- 14. Iris DeMent: Workin’ on a World (Flariella)
- 15. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Weathervanes (Southeastern)
- 16. The Young Fathers: Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
- 17. Lucero: Should’ve Learned by Now (Liberty & Lament)
- 18. Ray Bonneville: On the Blind Side (Stonefly)
- 19. Joy Oladokun: Proof of Life (Amigo/Republic/Verve Forecast)
- 20. Robbie Fulks: Bluegrass Vacation (Compass)