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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