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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Mark Sullivan (All About Jazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
  2. Ches Smith, Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic)
  3. Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note)
  4. Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note)
  5. Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund, e.s.t. 30 (ACT Music)
  6. Charlie Ballantine, Love Letters & Graffiti (Green Mind)
  7. Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM)
  8. Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix Reimagined (Live) (Ropeadope)
  9. Nubya Garcia, Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
  10. Ben Monder, Planetarium (Sunnyside)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Soft Machine, Høvikkoden 1971 (Cuneiform)
  2. Art Tatum, Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance)
  3. Cannonball Adderley, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music)
  4. Cannonball Adderley, Poppin' in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (Elemental Music)
  5. Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore)