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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Scott Albin (Amazon.com)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle '23)
  2. Kathrine Windfeld Sextet, Aldebaran (Stunt)
  3. The Nordic Quintet, Originals (AMM)
  4. Emile Parisien Quartet, Let Them Cook (ACT)
  5. Welf Dorr-Elias Meister-Dmitry Ishenko-Kenny Wollesen, So Far So Good (self-released)
  6. Friends & Neighbors, Circles (Clean Feed)
  7. Amanda Gardier, Auteur (Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson) (self-released)
  8. Kevin Sun, The Fate of the Tenor (Endectomorph)
  9. Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop, A Canadian Songbook (Three Pines)
  10. Ian Carey & Wood Metal Plastic, Strange Arts (Slow & Steady)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)
  3. Charlie Mariano, Boppin' in Boston 1947-1953 (Fresh Sound)
  4. Gerald Wiggins, Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound)
  5. The Louis Stewart Trio, Louis the First (1975, Livia)