The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Jeffrey St. Clair (Counterpunch: Sound Grammar)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)
  2. Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook)
  4. Jenny Scheinman, All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family)
  5. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk)
  6. Ethan Iverson, Technically Acceptable (Blue Note)
  7. Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve)
  8. Abdullah Ibrahim, 3 (Gearbox)
  9. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt)
  10. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)
  3. Cannonball Adderley, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music)
  4. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note)
  5. Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Note: Also see Sound Grammar: the Best Jazz Recordings of 2024