The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Raul da Gama (Global Jazz Media, That Canadian Magazine, Latin Jazz Network, JazzdaGama, The WholeNote, Hot House Jazz)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch)
  2. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note)
  3. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic)
  4. Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music)
  5. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook)
  7. Jihye Lee Orchestra, Infinite Connections (Motéma Music)
  8. Shabaka, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!)
  9. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic)
  10. Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Alice Coltrane, A Monastic Trio (1968, Impulse!)
  2. Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music)
  3. Don Ellis, How Time Passes to Essence Revisited (1960-62, Ezz-Thetics)
  4. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)
  5. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)

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