The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
NEW ALBUMS
- Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) →
- Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra, Tension (Batov) →
- Brandon Ross Phantom Station, Off the End (Sunnyside) →
- Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
- Colin Stetson, The Love It Took to Leave You (Invada) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- David Leon, Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) →
- The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) →
- Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch) →
- Sun Ra Arkestra [Under the Direction of Marshall Allen], Lights on a Satellite (In+Out) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance) →
- Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) →
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note) →
- The Malombo Jazz Men, Castle Lager Jazz Fesetival 1964 (Strut) →
VOCAL
- Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve) →
- John Zorn & Jesse Harris [Petra Haden], Love Songs Live (Tzadik) →
- Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
LATIN
- Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- David Leon, Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) →
DEBUT
- Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
- Willy Rodriguez, Seeing Sounds (Coucs) →
- Alfredo Colón, Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) →
Note: See also Rob Shepherd's Favorite Albums of 2024