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]