The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- The Joymakers, Down Where the Bluebonnets Grow (Turtle Bay) →
- Ricky Alexander, Just Found Joy (Turtle Bay) →
- The New Wonders, Steppin' Out (Turtle Bay) →
- Bridgetown Sextet, Functionizin' (Rivermont) →
- The New Orleans Night Owls, St. Louis Rag and Other Ragtime Classics (Rivermont) →
- James McClaskey & the Rhythm Band, Later on Blues (BigTone) →
- Gunhild Carling, Jazz Is My Lifestyle! (Jazz Art) →
- Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band, Treasury Volume 1 (Turtle Bay) →
- Three Blind Mice, A Thing in Your Life (self-released) →
- The Hot Toddies Jazz Band (Prohibition Productions) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Centennial (1923, Archeophone) →
- Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras, After Midnight (1917-22, Archeophone) →
- Raymond Burke, The Southland Recordings 1958-1960 (GHB) →
- Louis Vasnier, Genius of the Seventh Ward (1891-92, Archeophone) →
- Louis Jordan, World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (GHB/Circle) →
VOCAL
- Bria Skonberg, What It Means (Cellar Live) →
- Sweet Meg, Blues Than Blue (Turtle Bay) →
- Angela Verbrugge, Somewhere (OA2) →
LATIN
- Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales, Jump Up (Nu-Tone) →
DEBUT