The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024 Mid-Year

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Phil Overeem (Living to Listen)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) →
  2. Miha Gantar, New York City (Clean Feed) →
  3. Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
  4. Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Jet Black (Libra) →
  5. QOW Trio, The Hold Up (Ubuntu Music) →
  6. Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms) →
  7. Acceleration Due to Gravity, Jonesville: Music by and for Sam Jones (Hot Cup) →
  8. Alan Braufman, Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) →
  9. Kronos Quartet, Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Red Hot Org) →
  10. James Carter, Un (Unaccompanied Baritone Saxophone) (J.M.I.) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
  2. Sun Ra, Excelsior Mill (1984, Sundazed/Modern Harmonic) →
  3. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
  4. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
  5. Christer Bothén Featuring Bolon Bata, Trancedance [40th Anniversary Edition] (1984, Black Truffle) →