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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Mark Sullivan (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) →
  2. Ches Smith, Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) →
  3. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →
  4. Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note) →
  5. Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund, e.s.t. 30 (ACT Music) →
  6. Charlie Ballantine, Love Letters & Graffiti (Green Mind) →
  7. Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM) →
  8. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix Reimagined (Live) (Ropeadope) →
  9. Nubya Garcia, Odyssey (Concord Jazz) →
  10. Ben Monder, Planetarium (Sunnyside) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Soft Machine, Høvikkoden 1971 (Cuneiform) →
  2. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
  3. Cannonball Adderley, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music) →
  4. Cannonball Adderley, Poppin' in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (Elemental Music) →
  5. Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore) →