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
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Susan Alcorn and Septeto Del Sur - Canto (Relative Pitch
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Steve Lehman & Orchestre National de Jazz - Ex Machina (Pi)
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James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet - For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms)
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Angel Bat Dawid - Requiem for Jazz(International Anthem)
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Anna Webber - Shimmer Wince (Intakt)
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John Zorn and Bill Laswell - Memoria (Tzadik)
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Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric: Fire Illuminations (Kabell)
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Ingrid Laubrock - Monochromes (Intakt)
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Brandon Seabrook Epic Proportions- Brutalovechamp (Pyroclastic)
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Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile (Verve)
REISSUES/HISTORICAL
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Various Artists - WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. II - Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz from Japan 1962-1985 - The King Records Masters (Universounds)
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Abdul Wadud - By Myself (Gotta Groove)
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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)