The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Dan Buskirk (WPRB [Princeton], Fun2Know Podcast)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem)
  2. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk)
  3. Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz)
  4. Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash, To March Is to Love (Cuneiform)
  5. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
  6. Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity)
  7. William Parker-Cooper-Moore-Hamid Drake, Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity)
  8. Beings, There Is a Garden (No Quarter)
  9. Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Jet Black (Libra)
  10. Sam Gendel-Benny Bock-Hans Kjorstad, Dream Trio (Leaving)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Byard Lancaster, The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974 (Souffle Continu)
  2. Black Artist Group, For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds)
  3. Sun Ra, Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC (1986, Strut)
  4. Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music)
  5. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note)

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