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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Pat Frisco (WHFR-FM [Dearborn, MI])

NEW RELEASES

  1. Jason Stein-Marilyn Crispell-Damon Smith-Adam Shead, Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics)
  2. Darius Jones, Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred) (We Jazz '23)
  3. François Houle-Kate Gentile-Alexander Hawkins, Fatrasies (Victo)
  4. Stemeseder Lillinger Quartet, Umbra II (Intakt)
  5. PNY Quintet, Over the Wall (RogueArt)
  6. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt)
  7. Potsa Lotsa XL, Chamber Works (Trouble in the East '23)
  8. Tomeka Reid-Isadora Edwards-Elisabeth Coudoux, Reid/Edwards/Coudoux (Relative Pitch)
  9. Albert Beger-Ziv Taubenfeld-Shay Hazan-Hamid Drake, Cosmic Waves (NoBusiness)
  10. Jon Irabagon's Outright!, Recharge the Blade (Irabbagast)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics)
  2. Karen Borca Trio Quartet & Quintet, Good News Blues: Live at the Vision Festival 1998 & 2005 (NoBusiness)
  3. Sun Ra Akrestra, Live at Pit-Inn Tokyo, Japan 8-8-1988 (Super Fuji Discs)
  4. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music)