The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Andrey Henkin (New York Times, Stereophile, WeJazz, JazzWise, The Brooklyn Rail, NPR; Jazz Passings)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Fire!, Testament (Rune Grammofon)
  2. Jordina Millà & Barry Guy, Live in Munich (ECM)
  3. Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii, Aloft (Libra)
  4. Alan Braufman, Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search)
  5. Void Patrol, Live @ Victo (Les Disques Victo)
  6. Rolf Kühn, Fearless (MPS)
  7. Wayne Escoffery, Alone (Smoke Sessions)
  8. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook)
  9. Mats Gustafsson & Liudas Mockūnas, Watching a Dog. Smiling (NoBusiness)
  10. Dan Weiss, Even Odds (Cygnus)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Nina Simone, Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings (1959-1963) (Soul Music)
  2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!)
  3. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)
  4. Louis Stewart & Jim Hall, The Dublin Concert (1982, Livia)
  5. Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance)

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