The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024
Ballot 2024
Neil Tesser (Jazziz, KSDS-FM)
NEW ALBUMS
- Caroline Davis, Portals Vol. 2: Returning (Intakt) →
- Jihye Lee Orchestra, Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) →
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Geoff Bradfield, Colossal Abundance (Calligram) →
- Marquis Hill Composers Collective, Beyond the Jukebox (Black Unlimited Music Group) →
- Jon Irabagon's Outright!, Recharge the Blade (Irabbagast) →
- Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) →
- Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) →
- Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The World Is on Fire (Division 81) →
- Kirk Knuffke, Super Blonde (SteepleChase) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) →
- Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance) →
- Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Grande-Terre (1998, Verve) →
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse! '23) →
- Bobby Hutcherson, Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic) →
VOCAL
- Vanisha Gould, She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth (Cellar Live) →
- Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Milton + Esperanza (Concord) →
- Norma Winstone, Wheeler With Words (AMM) →
LATIN
- Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) →
- Miguel Zenón, Golden City (Miel Music) →
- Dafnis Prieto, 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) →
- Donald Vega, As I Travel (Imagery/Tiger Turn) →
DEBUT
- Riley Mulherkar, Riley (Westerlies) →
- Euan Edmonds, Beyond Hope and Fear (Desafio Candente) →
- Jun Iida, Evergreen (OA2) →
Note: Voter also noted: in Vocal: Alyssa Allgood, From Here (Next); in Debut: Marcel Bonfim, Farewell/Despedida (Shifting Paradigm)
