The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- Tomin, A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem) →
- William Parker & Ellen Christi, Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- La La Lars, La La Lars IV (<1000 '23) →
- Cassie Kinoshi's Seed., Gratitude (International Anthem) →
- Carlos Bica, 11:11 (Clean Feed) →
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi) →
- Rebecca Trescher Tentet, Character Pieces (self-released) →
- Alexi Tuomarila, Departing the Wasteland (Edition) →
- Sylvanie Hélary & Orchestre Incandescent, Rare Birds (Yolk) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) →
- Jakob Bro-Lee Konitz-Bill Frisell-Jason Moran-Thomas Morgan-Andrew Cyrille, Taking Turns (2014, ECM) →
VOCAL
- William Parker & Ellen Christi, Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity) →
- Sylvanie Hélary & Orchestre Incandescent, Rare Birds (Yolk) →
- Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (TAO Forms) →
LATIN
- New Jazz Underground [Ft. Axel Tosca + Gina D'Soto], Harlem to Havana: Afro-Cuban Modernism Vol. 1 (self-released) →
- Emilio Reyna, Los Niños Perdidos (Ropeadope Sur) →
- Vinicius Cantuaria, Psychedelic Rio (Sunnyside) →
DEBUT
- Tomin, A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem) →
- divr, Is This Water (We Jazz) →
- The Elephant, In the Room (Original Cultures) →