The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- AALY Trio [Mats Gustafsson-Peter Janson-Kjell Nordeson], Sustain (Silkheart) →
- ØKSE, ØKSE (Backwoodz Studioz) →
- Ivo Perelman-Mark Helias-Tom Rainey, Truth Seeker (Fundacja Sluchaj) →
- Alan Braufman, Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) →
- أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
- Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
- Peter Evans, Extra (We Jazz) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Eirik Hegdal Eklektisk Samband, Turnchest (Particular) →
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- 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
- Eirik Hegdal Eklektisk Samband, Turnchest (Particular) →
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Musho (Intakt) →
LATIN
- Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
- Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
DEBUT
- Dubbeltrion, Bringing Scandi-Baltic Powerhousejazz to the People (Sonic Transmissions) →
- Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
- Anni Kiviniemi Trio, Eir (We Jazz) →
Note: Also see Year end picks: 50 favorite albums of 2024
