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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Geoffrey Himes (Paste, Chamber Music)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Ambrose Akinmusire, Owl Song (Nonesuch '23)
  2. David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt)
  3. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
  4. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note)
  5. Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt)
  6. Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (Artwork)
  7. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note)
  8. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)
  9. Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, Remembrance (Thirty Tigers)
  10. Gregory Tardy, In His Timing (WJ3 '23)

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. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)
  4. Ron Miles, Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note)