The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Albums List: Rara Avis (Reissues/Archival)
This page offers an alphabetically sorted list of albums that have
received one or more votes in a given category. The categories are:
- John Abercrombie-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette, Gateway (1975, ECM)
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Live in Montreal: May 1975 (Liberation Hall)
- Cannonball Adderley, Poppin' in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (Elemental Music)
- The Monty Alexander Trio, Montreux Alexander: Live! at the Montreux Festival (1976, MPS)
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motema Music '23)
- Louis Armstrong, Louis in London (1968, Verve)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, A Jackson in Your House (1969, BYG-Actuel)
- Art Ensembe of Chicago, Message to Our Folks (1969, BYG Actuel)
- Dorothy Ashby, Afro-Harping [Deluxe Edition] (1968, Verve)
- Derek Bailey & Sabu Toyozumi, Breath Awareness (1987, NoBusiness)
- Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon, In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (1972, Jazz Detective)
- Duck Baker, Breakdown Lane: Free Jazz Guitar 1976-1998 (ESP-Disk)
- Sidney Bechet, Live in Paris: 1952-1958 (Frémeaux & Associés)
- Steve Beresford & Anne Marie Beretta, Dancing the Line (1985, WeWantSounds)
- Tim Berne & Michael Formanek, Parlour Games (1991, Relative Pitch)
- Tim Berne, Live in Someplace Nice (1984, Screwgun)
- Faruq Z. Bey, Atlant-Tan Suite (1982, Entropy Stereo)
- Black Artist Group, For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds)
- Ran Blake & Dave Knife Fabris, Live Amsterdam 2006 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics)
- Arthur Blythe Quartet, Live From Studio Rivbea: July 6, 1976 (NoBusiness)
- Karen Borca Trio Quartet & Quintet, Good News Blues: Live at the Vision Festival 1998 & 2005 (NoBusiness)
- Christer Bothén Featuring Bolon Bata, Trancedance [40th Anniversary Edition] (1984, Black Truffle)
- Anthony Braxton-Roland Dahinden-Hildegard Kleeb, Four Compositions (Wesleyan) 2013 (Prague Music Platform '23)
- Anthony Braxton, Solo Bern 1984 [First Visit] (Ezz-thetics)
- Jakob Bro-Lee Konitz-Bill Frisell-Jason Moran-Thomas Morgan-Andrew Cyrille, Taking Turns (2014, ECM)
- Peter Brötzmann-Toshinori Kondo-Sabu Toyozumi, Complete Link (2016, NoBusiness)
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Live From the Northwest, 1959 (Brubeck Editions '23)
- Raymond Burke, The Southland Recordings 1958-1960 (GHB)
- Don Byas, Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946 (Mosaic '23)
- George Cartwright, The Ghostly Bee (2005, Mahakala Music '23)
- Children of the Sun, Ofamfa (1971, Moved-by-Sound)
- Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions, 1943-49 (Mosaic)
- Nat King Cole, Live at the Blue Note Chicago (1953, Iconic)
- Alice Coltrane, A Monastic Trio (1968, Impulse!)
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!)
- John Coltrane, Impressions From Graz 1962 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics)
- John Coltrane 4tet, Live in France July 27/28 1965: The Complete Concerts (Fingerpoppin)
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse! '23)
- Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras, After Midnight (1917-22, Archeophone)
- Miles Davis, Birth of the Blue (1958, Analogue Productions)
- Miles Davis, Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings (Craft)
- Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy)
- Sammy Davis Jr., Mr. Entertainment: 1949-1962 (Frémeaux & Associés)
- Die Like a Dog [Peter Brötzmann-Toshinori Kondo-William Parker-Hamid Drake], Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler (1994, Cien Fuegos)
- Duke Ellington, The Far East Suite (1966, Music on Vinyl)
- Duke Ellington, Duke at His Very Best: Legendary Works 1940-1942 (Frémeaux & Associés)
- Duke Ellington, Copenhagen 1958 (Storyville)
- Don Ellis, How Time Passes to Essence Revisited (1960-62, Ezz-Thetics)
- Bill Evans, The Legendary Trio at Birdland 1960 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics)
- Bill Evans, Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964) (Elemental Music '23)
- Bill Evans, In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music)
- Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 (Light in the Attic)
- Ella Fitzgerald & the Tommy Flanagan Trio, Live at the Wiener Konzerthaus, 1969 (ORF)
- Jan Garbarek Quartet, Afric Pepperbird (1970, ECM)
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive)
- Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound)
- Michael Griener & Jan Roder, Be Our Guest (1994-2022, Trouble in the East)
- Margo Guryan, Words and Music (1957-68, Numero Group)
- Gush, Afro Blue (1998, Trost)
- Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve)
- Roy Hargrove, The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine '23)
- Hampton Hawes, For Real! (1958, Craft)
- Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz)
- Joe Henderson, Power to the People (1969, Craft/Jazz Dispensary)
- Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto)
- Bobby Hutcherson, Medina (1969, Blue Note Tone Poet)
- Bobby Hutcherson, Total Eclipse (1968, Blue Note Tone Poet)
- Bobby Hutcherson, Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic)
- Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, L'Intercommunal (1976-78, Souffle Continu)
- Fumio Itabashi, Watarase (1982, Wewantsounds)
- Ahmad Jamal, Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental '23)
- Al Jarreau, Wow! Live at the Childe Harold (1976, Resonance)
- Keith Jarrett, Solo-Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne (1973, ECM '23)
- Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM)
- James P. Johnson, World Broadcast Recordings (1944, Solo Art)
- Louis Jordan, World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (GHB/Circle)
- B.B. King, In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (Deep Digs/Elemental Music)
- Mieczysław Kosz, Debiut. Jazz Jamboree '67/'68 (Polskie Radio/Polish Radio)
- Scott LaFaro, The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro (1957-61, El)
- Byard Lancaster-Steve McCall-Sylvin Marc, Us (1973, Souffle Continu)
- Byard Lancaster, The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974 (Souffle Continu)
- Harold Land, The Fox (1960, Craft)
- Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music)
- Daunik Lazro-Paul Lovens-Annick Nozati-Fred Van Hove, Résumé of a Century (1999, Fou)
- Paco de Lucia & Pepe de Lucia, Pepito y Paquito (1959-60, BMG)
- The Malombo Jazz Men, Castle Lager Jazz Fesetival 1964 (Strut)
- Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real)
- Phil Markowitz, Trio Portugal (1999, self-released)
- Brother Jack McDuff, Ain't No Sunshine: Live in Seattle (1972, Reel to Real)
- Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Live From Studio Rivbea: July 12, 1975 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 1] (NoBusiness)
- Pat Metheny, Bright Size Life (1975, ECM)
- Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note)
- Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus to Pre Bird Revisited (1960-61, Ezz-Thetics)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus Takes Manhattan: The Complete Birdland Dates: 1961-1962 (New Land)
- Joni Mitchell, Archives Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) (Rhino)
- Louis Moholo-Moholo's Viva-La-Black (1988, Ogun)
- Thelonious Monk, Criss-Cross (1963, Columbia/Pure Pleasure)
- Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance '23)
- James Moody, The Moody Story (1951-55, Fresh Sound)
- Jason Moran, Ten (2010, Blue Note)
- Lee Morgan, Taru (1968, Blue Note Tone Poet)
- Nature's Consort, Nature's Consort (1969, Aguirre)
- New Direction for the Arts, Projection: The Complete Inspiration and Power Live at Shinjuku Art Theater (1973, Jinya Disc)
- NRG Ensemble, Hold That Thought (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Centennial (1923, Archeophone)
- Tony Oxley, Angular Apron (1992, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve)
- Charlie Parker, Ornithology: The Best of Bird (Craft)
- Oscar Peterson, City Lights: Live in Munich 1994 (Mack Avenue)
- Michel Petrucciani Trio, Jazz Club Montmartre - CPH 1988 (Storyville)
- Dave Pike, The Doors of Perception (1966, Nature Sounds)
- Prince Lasha Quintet Featuring Sonny Simmons, The Cry! (1962, Craft)
- Phil Ranelin, The Found Tapes: Live in Los Angeles (1978-81, ORG Music)
- Martha Raye, Martha Raye & Co-Stars in Hollywood (1936-44, Sepia)
- Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance)
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
- Sonny Rollins, A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (1957, Blue Note)
- Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore)
- Pharoah Sanders, Thembi (1970-71, Impulse!)
- Nisse Sandström Group, Öppet Ett (1965-67, Caprice '23)
- Maria Schneider Orchestra, Decades (1992-2020, ArtistShare)
- Archie Shepp, Live at the Panafrican Festival (1971, BYG Actuel)
- Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note)
- Nina Simone, Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings (1959-1963) (Soul Music)
- Slow Poke, At Home (1998, P&M)
- Snarky Puppy, We Like It Here (Remixed + Remastered + Reimagined) (GroundUP Music)
- Soft Machine, Hřvikkoden 1971 (Cuneiform)
- Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums (1996-2018, Otá)
- Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM)
- The Louis Stewart Trio, Louis the First (1975, Livia)
- Louis Stewart & Jim Hall, The Dublin Concert (1982, Livia)
- Sun Ra, Excelsior Mill (1984, Sundazed/Modern Harmonic)
- Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Pink Elephants on Parade (1985-90, Modern Harmonic)
- Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance)
- Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)
- Sun Ra, Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC (1986, Strut)
- Masayuki Takayanagi & Kaoru Abe, Real Jazz (1970, Jinya Disc)
- Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)
- Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics)
- John Taylor-Norma Winstone-Kenny Wheeler, Azimuth (1977, ECM)
- Masahiko Togashi, Session in Paris Vol. One: Song of Soil (1979, We Want Sounds)
- Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music)
- 2R+2B [Gunārs Rozenbergs-Raimonds Raubiško-Boriss Bannihs-Vladmirs Boldirevs], Live at the Tbilisi Jazz Festival 1978 (Jersika)
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note)
- Louis Vasnier, Genius of the Seventh Ward (1891-92, Archeophone)
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)
- Grover Washington, Jr., Grover Live: Vol. 2 (1998, Lightyear Entertainment)
- Kenny Wheeler, Angel Song (1996, ECM)
- Gerald Wiggins, Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound)
- Cannonball Adderley, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music)
Album count: 150.