The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →
- David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi) →
- Louis Hayes, Artform Revisited (Savant) →
- The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) →
- Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) →
- Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →
- Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The Almighty (Division 81) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music) →
- Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
VOCAL
- Wendy Eisenberg, Viewfinder (American Dreams) →
LATIN
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
DEBUT
- Bark Culture, Warm Wisdom (Temperphantom) →
Note: Also see Best Jazz Albums of 2024 [New York Times]; also Best of 2024: Jazz [Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches]