The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Ken Dryden (New York City Jazz Record, Hot House, Timeless Jazz [WUTC-FM])

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Fred Hersch, Silent, Listening (ECM)
  2. Michael Dease, Grove's Groove (Le Coq)
  3. Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork)
  4. Charles McPherson, Reverence (Smoke Sessions)
  5. Denny Zeitlin, Panoply (Sunnyside)
  6. Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band, Life Songs (Alternate Side)
  7. Ben Allison-Steve Cardenas-Ted Nash, Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera)
  8. Jon Gordon, 7th Ave South (ArtistShare)
  9. Dave Pietro, The Talisman (SteepleChase)
  10. Emmet Cohen, Vibe Provider (Mack Avenue)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Nat King Cole, Live at the Blue Note Chicago (1953, Iconic)
  3. Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance)
  4. Bill Evans, In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music)
  5. Louis Stewart & Jim Hall, The Dublin Concert (1982, Livia)

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