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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Jeffrey St. Clair (Counterpunch: Sound Grammar)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Vijay Iyer, Compassion (ECM)
  2. Julian Lage, Speak to Me (Blue Note)
  3. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook)
  4. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch)
  5. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk)
  6. Ethan Iverson, Technically Acceptable (Blue Note)
  7. The New Mastersounds, Old School (One Note)
  8. Abdullah Ibrahim, 3 (Gearbox)
  9. Marta Sanchez Trio, Perpetual Void (Intakt)
  10. Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
  2. Sun Ra, At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective)
  3. Cannonball Adderley, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music)
  4. Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon, In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (1972, Jazz Detective)
  5. Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music)