The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Hank Shteamer (New York Times, Pitchfork, Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) →
  2. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt) →
  3. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi) →
  4. Louis Hayes, Artform Revisited (Savant) →
  5. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
  6. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
  7. Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Unknown Rivers (Pi) →
  8. Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) →
  9. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) →
  10. Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The Almighty (Division 81) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music) →
  2. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
  3. Charles Tolliver Music Inc., Live at the Captain's Cabin (1973, Cellar Music) →
  4. Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10, A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto) →
  5. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Note: Also see Best Jazz Albums of 2024 [New York Times]; also Best of 2024: Jazz [Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches]