The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Michael J. West (DownBeat, Washington City Paper, Washington Post)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note)
  2. Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, The World Is on Fire (Division 81)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch)
  4. Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine)
  5. Amanda Whiting, The Liminality of Her (First Word)
  6. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi)
  7. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)
  8. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt)
  9. Dayna Stephens, Closer Than We Think (Cellar Music)
  10. Nicole Mitchell & Ballaké Sissoko, Bamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Centennial (1923, Archeophone)
  2. Cannonball Adderley, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music)
  3. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!)
  4. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note)
  5. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)

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