The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Rick Mitchell (Jazz in the New Millennium [book/radio program])

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
  2. Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord)
  3. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note)
  4. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)
  5. Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note)
  6. Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts)
  7. Jon Batiste, Beethoven Blues [Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1] (Verve/Interscope)
  8. Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note)
  9. Lizz Wright, Shadow (Blues & Greens)
  10. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix Reimagined (Live) (Ropeadope)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)
  3. Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve)
  4. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)
  5. Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Paul Motian, The Old Country (1992, ECM)

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