The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
Will Friedwald (Wall Street Journal, New York Sun, KSDS Jazz Radio [San Diego])
NEW ALBUMS
- Ken Peplowski, Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Music) →
- Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
- Jeremy Pelt, Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote) →
- Sun Ra Arkestra [Under the Direction of Marshall Allen], Lights on a Satellite (In+Out) →
- Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork) →
- Bria Skonberg, What It Means (Cellar Live) →
- Grace Kelly With Strings, At the Movies (PAZZ Productions) →
- Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O, Tree Jazz: The Shape of Christmas to Come (Palmetto) →
- Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet, Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe '23) →
- Veronica Swift, Veronica Swift (Mack Avenue '23) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Martha Raye, Martha Raye & Co-Stars in Hollywood (1936-44, Sepia) →
- Don Byas, Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946 (Mosaic '23) →
- Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions, 1943-49 (Mosaic) →
- King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Centennial (1923, Archeophone) →
- Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance) →
VOCAL
- Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
- Bria Skonberg, What It Means (Cellar Live) →
- Veronica Swift, Veronica Swift (Mack Avenue '23) →
- Natalie Douglas, Back to the Garden (Club 44) →
- Hilary Gardner, On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines (Anzic) →
- Sweet Meg, Blues Than Blue (Turtle Bay) →
LATIN
- Paulo Fresu & Omar Sosa, Food (Tǔk Music '23) →
- Eliane Elias, Time and Again (Candid) →
DEBUT
- Lucy Wijnands, Something Awaits (4605843 DK2 '23) →
- Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
Note: Extra votes disqualified: Rara Avis: Louis Jordan, World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (GHB/Circle); Vocal: Caity Gyorgy, Hello! How Are You? (La Reserve)
