The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Pat Frisco (WHFR-FM [Dearborn, MI])

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Jason Stein-Marilyn Crispell-Damon Smith-Adam Shead, Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics)
  2. François Houle-Kate Gentile-Alexander Hawkins, Fatrasies (Victo)
  3. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic)
  4. Dave Rempis-Jason Adasiewicz-Joshua Abrams-Tyler Damon, Propulsion (Aerophonic)
  5. Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform)
  6. Stemeseder Lillinger Quartet, Umbra II (Intakt)
  7. PNY Quintet, Over the Wall (RogueArt)
  8. Albert Beger-Ziv Taubenfeld-Shay Hazan-Hamid Drake, Cosmic Waves (NoBusiness)
  9. Floros Floridis-Matthias Bauer-Joe Hertenstein, Temporal Driftness (Evil Rabbit)
  10. Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics)
  2. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)
  3. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note)
  4. Karen Borca Trio Quartet & Quintet, Good News Blues: Live at the Vision Festival 1998 & 2005 (NoBusiness)
  5. Sun Ra, Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC (1986, Strut)

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