The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024 Mid-Year
Albums List: Rara Avis (Reissues/Archival)
This page offers an alphabetically sorted list of albums that have
received one or more votes in a given category. The categories are:
- John Abercrombie-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette, Gateway (1975, ECM)
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Live in Montreal: May 1975 (Liberation Hall)
- Cannonball Adderley, Poppin' in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (Elemental Music)
- The Monty Alexander Trio, Montreux Alexander: Live! at the Montreux Festival (1976, MPS)
- Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motema Music '23)
- Barry Altschul-David Izenson-Perry Robinson, Stop Time: Live at Prince Street, 1978 (NoBusiness '23)
- Louis Armstrong, Louis in London (1968, Verve)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, A Jackson in Your House (1969, BYG-Actuel)
- Atrás del Cosmos, Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams (1980, Blank Forms Editions)
- Derek Bailey & Sabu Toyozumi, Breath Awareness (1987, NoBusiness)
- Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon, In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (1972, Jazz Detective)
- Steve Beresford & Anne Marie Beretta, Dancing the Line (1985, WeWantSounds)
- Black Artist Group, For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds)
- Karen Borca Trio Quartet & Quintet, Good News Blues: Live at the Vision Festival 1998 & 2005 (NoBusiness)
- Christer Bothén Featuring Bolon Bata, Trancedance [40th Anniversary Edition] (1984, Black Truffle)
- Anthony Braxton, Solo Bern 1984 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics)
- Anthony Braxton-Roland Dahinden-Hildegard Kleeb, Four Compositions (Wesleyan) 2013 (Prague Music Platform '23)
- Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, Chicken Shit Bingo (2015, Trost)
- Peter Brötzmann-Toshinori Kondo-Sabu Toyozumi, Complete Link (2016, NoBusiness)
- Marion Brown, Three for Shepp to Gesprächsfetzen Revisited (1966-68, Ezz-Thetics)
- Jack Bruce, Smiles and Grins: Broadcast Sessions 1970-2001 (Esoteric)
- Raymond Burke, The Southland Recordings 1958-1960 (GHB)
- Don Byas, Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946 (Mosaic '23)
- George Cartwright's GloryLand PonyCat, Black Ants Crawling (2003, Mahakala Music)
- Children of the Sun, Ofamfa (1971, Moved-by-Sound)
- Nat King Cole, Live at the Blue Note Chicago (1953, Iconic)
- Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!)
- John Coltrane 4tet, Live in France July 27/28 1965: The Complete Concerts (Fingerpoppin)
- Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras, After Midnight (1917-22, Archeophone)
- Die Like a Dog [Peter Brötzmann-Toshinori Kondo-William Parker-Hamid Drake], Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler (1994, Cien Fuegos)
- Bill Evans, The Legendary Trio at Birdland 1960 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics)
- Fingers, The Complete Fingers Remember Mingus (1979-93, Jazz in Britain)
- Joe Fonda, From the Source (1998, Fundacja Sluchaj '23)
- Jan Garbarek Quartet, Afric Pepperbird (1970, ECM)
- Gastr del Sol, We Have Dozens of Titles (1993-98, Drag City)
- Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive)
- Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Gebru, Souvenirs (1977-85, Mississippi)
- Stan Getz & Bill Evans, Previously Unreleased Recordings (1963, Verve)
- Johnny Griffin, Live at Ronnie Scott's (1964, Gearbox '23)
- Johnny Griffin Quartet, Live in Valencia 92 (Storyville)
- Grupo Irakere, Teatro Amadeo Roldan Recital (1974, Mr Bongo)
- Gush, Afro Blue (1998, Trost)
- Herbie Hancock, Speak Like a Child (1968, Blue Note)
- Hampton Hawes, For Real! (1958, Craft)
- Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?, The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz)
- Joe Henderson, Power to the People (1969, Craft/Jazz Dispensary)
- Bobby Hutcherson, Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic)
- Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, L'Intercommunal (1976-78, Souffle Continu)
- Fumio Itabashi, Watarase (1982, Wewantsounds)
- The Jazzanians, We Have Waited Too Long (1988, Ubuntu Music)
- Louis Jordan, World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (Circle)
- Lee Konitz, TenorLee (1977, Candid '23)
- Harold Land, The Fox (1960, Craft)
- Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music)
- Legends & the Lost: Rare & Hot Jazz 1929-1931 (Frog)
- Roberto Magris, Love Is Passing Thru: Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet (2005, JMood)
- Shelly Manne & His Men, Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real)
- Charlie Mariano, Boppin' in Boston 1947-1953 (Fresh Sound)
- Les McCann, Never a Dull Moment! Live From Coast to Coast 1966-1967 (Resonance '23)
- Brother Jack McDuff, Ain't No Sunshine: Live in Seattle (1972, Reel to Real)
- Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Live From Studio Rivbea: July 12, 1975 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 1] (NoBusiness)
- Pat Metheny, Bright Size Life (1975, ECM)
- Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note)
- Charles Mingus, Incarnations (1960, Candid)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus Takes Manhattan: The Complete Birdland Dates: 1961-1962 (New Land)
- Hank Mobley, Workout (1962, Blue Note Classic Vinyl)
- Louis Moholo-Moholo's Viva-La-Black (1988, Ogun)
- Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio, Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance '23)
- Gerry Mulligan, Night Lights (1963, Philips)
- Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark, Japan 2019 (PNL/Audiographic)
- Tony Oxley, Angular Apron (1992, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Oscar Peterson, Con Alma: Live in Lugano, 1964 (Mack Avenue '23)
- The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Concert (1960, SteepleChase)
- Phil Ranelin, The Found Tapes: 1968-1971 (ORG Music)
- Sonny Rollins, A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (1958, Blue Note)
- Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
- Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore)
- Maria Schneider, Decades (ArtistShare)
- Frank Paul Schubert-Michel Pilz-Stefan Scheib-Klaus Kugel, Live at FreeJazz Saar 2019 (Nemu)
- Septet Matchi-Oul, Terremoto (1971, Souffle Continu)
- Archie Shepp, Poem for Malcolm (1969, BYG-Actuel)
- Archie Shepp, Derailleur: The 1964 Demo (Triple Point '23)
- Wayne Shorter, Odyssey of Iska (1970, Blue Note Tone Poet)
- Nina Simone, Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings (1959-1963) (Soul Music)
- Pat Smythe Quartet, New Dawn: Live 1973 (British Progressive Jazz)
- Soft Machine, Høvikkoden 1971 (Cuneiform)
- Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM)
- The Louis Stewart Trio, Louis the First (1975, Livia)
- Sun Ra Akrestra, Live at Pit-Inn Tokyo, Japan 8-8-1988 (Super Fuji Discs)
- Sun Ra, Excelsior Mill (1984, Sundazed/Modern Harmonic)
- Sun Ra, Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC (1986, Strut)
- Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)
- Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Pink Elephants on Parade (1985-90, Modern Harmonic)
- Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)
- Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics)
- John Taylor-Norma Winstone-Kenny Wheeler, Azimuth (1977, ECM)
- Cal Tjader, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental '23)
- Alan Tomlinson Trio, Loft 1993 (Scatter Archive)
- Mal Waldron & Terumasa Hino, Reminscent Suite (1973, BBE)
- Mal Waldron, The Quest (1962, Craft/OJC)
- Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)
- Bobby Watson, Love Remains (1986, RED)
- Kenny Wheeler, Angel Song (1996, ECM)
- Gerald Wiggins, Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound)
- Cootie Williams, Concerto for Cootie: Selected Recordings 1928-62 (Acrobat)
- Jessica Williams, Orgonomic Muic (1981, Sundazed)
- Mars Williams & Hamid Drake, I Know You Are but What Am I (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- The John Wright Trio, South Side Soul (1960, Craft)
- Cannonball Adderley, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music)
Album count: 109.