The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Scott Albin (Amazon.com)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note)
  2. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi)
  3. Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle '23)
  4. Kathrine Windfeld Sextet, Aldebaran (Stunt)
  5. Amanda Gardier, Auteur (Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson) (self-released)
  6. Norma Winstone, Wheeler With Words (AMM)
  7. Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition)
  8. The Nordic Quintet, Originals (AMM)
  9. Welf Dorr-Elias Meister-Dmitry Ishenko-Kenny Wollesen, So Far So Good (self-released)
  10. Kevin Sun, The Fate of the Tenor (Endectomorph)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Scott LaFaro, The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro (1957-61, El)
  3. Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve)
  4. Gerald Wiggins, Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound)
  5. The Louis Stewart Trio, Louis the First (1975, Livia)

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LATIN

DEBUT