The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

T.R. Johnson (WWOZ 98.7 FM [New Orleans])

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Daymé Arocena, Alkemi (Brownswood) →
  2. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) →
  3. Cole Williams, How We Care for Humanity (Four Corner) →
  4. Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition) →
  5. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →
  6. William Parker-Cooper-Moore-Hamid Drake, Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) →
  7. Jeremy Pelt, Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote) →
  8. JD Allen, The Dark, the Light, the Grey and the Colorful (Savant) →
  9. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
  10. Sam Fribush Trio, People Please (Flybird Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
  2. Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy) →
  3. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →

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