The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024

Ballot 2024

Ken Weiss (Cadence)

NEW ALBUMS

  1. Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi)
  3. Patricia Brennan Septet, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic)
  4. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
  5. Kira Kira, Kira Kira Live (Alister Spence Music)
  6. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook)
  7. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!)
  8. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk)
  9. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)
  10. Matt Mitchell, Zealous Angles (Pi)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance)
  2. Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz)
  3. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)
  4. Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music)
  5. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)

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