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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Suzanne Lorge (DownBeat, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Pat Metheny, MoonDial (BMG)
  2. Joel Ross, Nublues (Blue Note)
  3. Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, My Ideal (Dot Time)
  4. Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? (Mack Avenue)
  5. Hilary Gardner, On the Trial with the Lonesome Pines (Anzic)
  6. Chris Potter-Brad Mehldau-John Patitucci-Brian Blade, Eagle's Point (Edition)
  7. Jeremy Pelt, Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote)
  8. Fred Hersch, Silent, Listening (ECM)
  9. Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra, This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Maria Schneider, Decades (ArtistShare)
  2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!)
  3. Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon, In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (1972, Jazz Detective)