The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani)
  2. Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra, This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto)
  3. Christopher Zuar Orchestra, Exuberance (self-released)
  4. Anthony Branker & Imagine, Songs My Mom Liked (Origin)
  5. Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside)
  6. Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts)
  7. Geoff Bradfield, Colossal Abundance (Calligram)
  8. Samuel Torres & the Latin Chamber Ensemble, A Dance for Birds (Blue Conga)
  9. Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family '23)
  10. Milton Suggs, Pure Intention (Imani)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve)
  2. Sonny Rollins, A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (1957, Blue Note)
  3. Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto)
  4. Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note)
  5. Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real)

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