The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani) →
- Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra, This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto) →
- Christopher Zuar Orchestra, Exuberance (self-released) →
- Anthony Branker & Imagine, Songs My Mom Liked (Origin) →
- Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside) →
- Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →
- Geoff Bradfield, Colossal Abundance (Calligram) →
- Samuel Torres & the Latin Chamber Ensemble, A Dance for Birds (Blue Conga) →
- Allison Miller, Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family '23) →
- Milton Suggs, Pure Intention (Imani) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
- Sonny Rollins, A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (1957, Blue Note) →
- Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
- Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
- Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real) →
VOCAL
- Milton Suggs, Pure Intention (Imani) →
- Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time) →
- April Varner, April (Cellar Music) →
- Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition) →
LATIN
DEBUT