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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Lee Rice Epstein (Free Jazz Collective, But does it swing?)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk)
  2. أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret)
  3. Steph Richards, Power Vibe (Northern Spy)
  4. The Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Sob Story (Relative Pitch)
  5. Matt Mitchell, Illimitable (Obliquity)
  6. Olie Brice-Rachel Musson-Mark Sanders, Immense Blue (West Hill)
  7. Kenny Warren, Sweet World (Out of Your Head)
  8. Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms)
  9. Frank London/The Elders, Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk)
  10. Christopher Hoffman, Vision Is the Identity (Out of Your Head)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Tony Oxley, Angular Apron (1992, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
  2. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)
  3. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
  4. Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics)
  5. Soft Machine, Høvikkoden 1971 (Cuneiform)