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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