The Francis Davis Jazz Critics poll also has breakout categories including a Latin Jazz one
https://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/23/?fbclid=IwAR2WelVCzdqenojITWPqaDagJuEFt15y7ZhEJYOp9Bgxj2AMu7ZBJLNb0DY
https://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/23/totals-latin.php
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 January 2024 06:30 (eight months ago) link
forgot to add this terrible list that I add every year and it annoys us all.
https://tomvictorwords.medium.com/what-your-favourite-album-of-2023-says-about-you-6481acac9054
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 5 January 2024 04:09 (eight months ago) link
these are so low effort and I don't even get most of the references so why do they still piss me off
― Left, Friday, 5 January 2024 04:41 (eight months ago) link
I know. It just seems like a collection of really lame local jokes.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 5 January 2024 04:50 (eight months ago) link
i respect that they're now at the point where most of those are just totally inscrutable
― ufo, Friday, 5 January 2024 04:59 (eight months ago) link
"boygenius is for fake indie girls who like kelly clarkson" is the most comprehensible one and I still don't really get it - which part is the punchline?
still I clicked and read the whole thing despite knowing how shit it would be so they win
― Left, Friday, 5 January 2024 05:12 (eight months ago) link
Feel like it's trying to be too clever, or maybe it hits much more for gen z readers and I'm just not exactly hip enough to fully get most of it.
― Evan, Friday, 5 January 2024 15:31 (eight months ago) link
https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2024/01/05/150-best-albums-of-2023/
Chuck Eddy 150 fave albums of 2023 plus a long essay . His list has a fair amount of jazz and his self described most ever albums from African based artists. Eddy is into artists from the Nyege Nyege label much more than popular afropop/ afrobeats btw
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 January 2024 18:52 (eight months ago) link
Noz's list of his fave rap went up a day or two ago, for the goons/high BPM people (and lurkers)
https://noz.agency/rap23.html
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 6 January 2024 01:34 (eight months ago) link
The Finest Kiss
https://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/2023-albums/
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:03 (eight months ago) link