The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS (unranked)
- Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Anna Butterss, Mighty Vertebrate (International Anthem) →
- Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley, Journey to Where (Stoney Lane) →
- Peter Evans, Extra (We Jazz) →
- Paolo Fresu, Legacy (Tǔk Music) →
- Larry Goldings & John Sneider, Chinwag (Sticky Mack) →
- Sean Ono Lennon, Asterisms (Tzadik) →
- The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
- Lucy Woodward & the Rocketeers (GroundUP Music) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- Ran Blake & Dave Knife Fabris, Live Amsterdam 2006 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) →
- Al Jarreau, Wow! Live at the Childe Harold (1976, Resonance) →
- Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore) →
- Slow Poke, At Home (1998, P&M) →
- Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM) →
VOCAL
- Roxana Amed, Becoming Human (Sony Music Latin) →
- Amy Gadiaga, All Black Everything (Jazz Re:Freshed) →
- Simona Severini-Daniele Richiedei-Giulio Corini, Fedra (Parco Della Musica) →
LATIN
- Etienne Charles, Creole Orchestra (Culture Shock) →
- Anat Cohen Quartetinho, Bloom (Anzic) →
- Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini, Guinga (GroundUP Music) →
DEBUT
- Anni Kiviniemi Trio, Eir (We Jazz) →
- Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
- Amy Aileen Wood, The Heartening (Colorfield) →