The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- Sunny Five [Tim Berne-David Torn-Ches Smith-Devin Hoff-Marc Ducret], Candid (Intakt) →
- Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump-Kris Davis-Eric McPherson], Rewilder (Intakt) →
- Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) →
- Tord Gustavsen Trio, Seeing (ECM) →
- Tomeka Reid-Isadora Edwards-Elisabeth Coudoux, Reid/Edwards/Coudoux (Relative Pitch) →
- Fred Hersch, Silent, Listening (ECM) →
- Joe Sanders, Parallels (Whirlwind) →
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
- أحمد [Ahmed], Wood Blues (Astral Spirits) →
- The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
- Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
- Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve) →
VOCAL
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, New Monuments (We Jazz) →
- Samara Joy, Portrait (Verve) →
- Betty Bryant, Lotta Livin' (Bry-Mar Music) →
- Johnny Coley, Mister Sweet Whisper (Mississippi) →
LATIN
- Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
- Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
DEBUT
- Ivanna Cuesta, A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) →
- Rebeka Rusjan Zajc, Prelude (Clean Feed) →
- Alden Hellmuth, Good Intentions (Fresh Sound New Talent) →