The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballots 2024 [5]

Derk Richardson (The Absolute Sound)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Marek Romański (Jazz Forum, Polish Radio RDC)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Gene Seymour (The Nation, CNN.com)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Note: Also see Gene Seymour's Top Ten Jazz Albums for 2024.

Adam Shatz (London Review of Books)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Rob Shepherd (PostGenre Media)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Hank Shteamer (New York Times, Pitchfork)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Note: Also see Best Jazz Albums of 2024 [New York Times].

Jeffrey St. Clair (Counterpunch: Sound Grammar)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Sammy Stein (Free Jazz Collective, WeJazz, Platinum Mind, Something Else Reviews, Kind of Jazz)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Mark Stryker (Jazz From Detroit [University of Michigan Press])

NEW ALBUMS (unranked)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Jeff Tamarkin (Relix, Best Classic Bands, Mojo)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Michael Toland (The Big Takeover, The Austin Chronicle)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Michael Ullman (Fanfare, Arts Fuse)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Note: Latin votes disqualified for age: Miguel Zenón, Musica De Las Americas ('22); Charlie Sepulveda & the Turnaround, This Is Latin Jazz ('21)

Ken Waxman (Jazz Word)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Jason Weiss (The Wire, Le Ventre et l'Oreille, Listenings)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Ken Weiss (Cadence)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Michael J. West (DownBeat, Washington City Paper, Washington Post)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Richard Williams (The Blue Moment)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Jerome Wilson (All About Jazz, Radio Fairfax)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Josef Woodard (DownBeat, Jazziz, Los Angeles Times, Santa Barbara Independent, All About Jazz, JoeWoodard.com)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Ron Wynn (The Nashville Scene, The Tennessee Tribune, Giant Steps: Tennessee Jazz and Blues Society, Rock & Blues Muze)

NEW ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT