The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret) →
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) →
- Kirk Knuffke, Super Blonde (SteepleChase) →
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem) →
- Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3 (Cuneiform) →
- Jim Snidero, For All We Know (Savant) →
- Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Jason Kao Hwang, Soliloquies: Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations (True Sound) →
- Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) →
- Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) →
- Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
- John Coltrane, Impressions From Graz 1962 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) →
VOCAL
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
- Sara Serpa, Encounters & Collisions (Biophilia) →
- Joe McPhee & Ken Vandermark, Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words (Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
- Holman Álvarez, Hidden Objects (Sunnyside) →
- Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
DEBUT
- Jamale Davis, Run With the Hunted (SteepleChase) →