The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) →
- Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle '23) →
- Kathrine Windfeld Sextet, Aldebaran (Stunt) →
- Amanda Gardier, Auteur (Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson) (self-released) →
- Norma Winstone, Wheeler With Words (AMM) →
- Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) →
- The Nordic Quintet, Originals (AMM) →
- Welf Dorr-Elias Meister-Dmitry Ishenko-Kenny Wollesen, So Far So Good (self-released) →
- Kevin Sun, The Fate of the Tenor (Endectomorph) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
- Scott LaFaro, The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro (1957-61, El) →
- Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
- Gerald Wiggins, Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound) →
- The Louis Stewart Trio, Louis the First (1975, Livia) →
VOCAL
- Norma Winstone, Wheeler With Words (AMM) →
- Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
- Annie Chen, Guardians (JZ Music) →
LATIN
- Jonathan Powell, Mambo Jazz Party (Circle 9) →
- Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits, On Different Paths (Truth Revolution) →
- Zaccai Curtis, Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) →
DEBUT
- Emiliano Lasansky, The Optimist (Outside In Music) →
- Eden Har-Gil, Hearts of Palm (XJazz) →
- Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) →