The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

David Cristol (Free Jazz Collective)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Matthew Shipp, The Data (RogueArt)
  2. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook)
  3. Pat Thomas, The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Otoroku)
  4. Pentadox, As if It Were Tomorrow (Challenge)
  5. Pedro Melo Alves, Conundrum Vol. 1: Itself Through Disappearance (Clean Feed)
  6. Joëlle Léandre, Lifetime Rebel (RogueArt)
  7. Peter Evans, Extra (We Jazz)
  8. Caveira, Ficar Vivo (Shhpuma)
  9. Piotr Michalowski & Damon Smith, How to Ripen in Ice (Balance Point Acoustics)
  10. Paul Dunmall-Tobias Delius-Olie Brice-Mark Sanders, No Better Than Butcher Bird (Fundacja Słuchaj)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Byard Lancaster, The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974 (Souffle Continu)
  2. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)
  3. Art Ensembe of Chicago, Message to Our Folks (1969, BYG Actuel)
  4. Archie Shepp, Live at the Panafrican Festival (1971, BYG Actuel)
  5. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)

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