The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS (unranked)
- BassDrumBone, Afternoon (Auricle) →
- Phillip Golub, Abiding Memory (Berthold/Endectomorph Music) →
- Rich Halley 4, Dusk and Dawn (Pine Eagle) →
- Tom Harrell, Alternate Summer (HighNote) →
- Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
- Ivo Perelman-Chad Fowler-Reggie Workman-Andrew Cyrille, Embracing the Unknown (Mahakala Music) →
- Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt) →
- Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
- Jason Stein-Marilyn Crispell-Damon Smith-Adam Shead, Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics) →
- Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance) →
- Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance) →
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
VOCAL
LATIN
DEBUT
- John Alvey, Loft Glow (Jazz Music City) →
- Mathias Højgaard Jensen, Is as Is (Fresh Sound New Talent) →