The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Joe Bebco (The Syncopated Times)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. The Joymakers, Down Where the Bluebonnets Grow (Turtle Bay)
  2. Ricky Alexander, Just Found Joy (Turtle Bay)
  3. The New Wonders, Steppin' Out (Turtle Bay)
  4. Bridgetown Sextet, Functionizin' (Rivermont)
  5. The New Orleans Night Owls, St. Louis Rag and Other Ragtime Classics (Rivermont)
  6. James McClaskey & the Rhythm Band, Later on Blues (BigTone)
  7. Gunhild Carling, Jazz Is My Lifestyle! (Jazz Art)
  8. Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band, Treasury Volume 1 (Turtle Bay)
  9. Three Blind Mice, A Thing in Your Life (self-released)
  10. The Hot Toddies Jazz Band (Prohibition Productions)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Centennial (1923, Archeophone)
  2. Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras, After Midnight (1917-22, Archeophone)
  3. Raymond Burke, The Southland Recordings 1958-1960 (GHB)
  4. Louis Vasnier, Genius of the Seventh Ward (1891-92, Archeophone)
  5. Louis Jordan, World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (GHB/Circle)

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