The 19th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2024 Mid-Year

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Hrayr Attarian (All About Jazz, Jazziz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note)
  2. Caroline Davis' Alula, Captivity (Ropeadope '23)
  3. Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline)
  4. Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash, To March Is to Love (Cuneiform)
  5. Space, Embrace the Space (Relative Pitch)
  6. Yuhan Su, Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside '23)
  7. Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt)
  8. Kate Gentile, Find Letter X (Pi '23)
  9. Tarbaby, You Think This America (Giant Step Arts)
  10. Raffi Garabedian, The Crazy Dog (Clandestine)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!)
  2. Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM)
  3. Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Lovesome Thing (2012, Motema Music '23)
  4. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)
  5. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)