The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, Louis Armstrong's America (ESP-Disk) →
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) →
- Emmeluth's Amoeba, Nonsense (Moserobie) →
- Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) →
- Dave Douglas, Gifts (Greenleaf Music) →
- The Core, Roots (Moserobie) →
- Ballister, Smash and Grab (Aerophonic) →
- أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
- NRG Ensemble, Hold That Thought (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
- Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) →
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
VOCAL
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Queen Esther, Things Are Looking Up (EL) →
- Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
- Betty Bryant, Lotta Livin' (Bry-Mar Music) →
LATIN
- Julia Vari Feat. Negroni's Trio, Somos (Alternative Representa) →
- Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
- Hermanos Gutiérrez, Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound) →
DEBUT
- Ivanna Cuesta, A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) →
- Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
- Mathias Højgaard Jensen, Is as Is (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
Note: Also see The Best Jazz Albums of 2024.
