The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Allen Michie (The Arts Fuse)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic)
  2. John Hollenbeck & NDR Bigband, Colouring Hockets (Plexatonic)
  3. Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
  4. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)
  5. Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork)
  6. Warren Wolf, History of the Vibraphone (Cellar Music)
  7. Bria Skonberg, What It Means (Cellar Live)
  8. Emile Parisien Quartet, Let Them Cook (ACT)
  9. Jamie Baum Septet+, What Times Are These (Sunnyside)
  10. Troy Roberts, Green Lights (Toy Robot Music)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound)
  2. Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve)
  3. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
  4. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note)
  5. Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy)

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