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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Stuart Nicholson (Jazzwise)

NEW RELEASES

  1. John Surman, Words Unspoken (ECM)
  2. Pat Metheny, MoonDial (BMG)
  3. Tim Garland, Moment of Departure (Ubuntu Music)
  4. Oded Tzur, My Prophet (ECM)
  5. Nduduzo Makhathini, Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note)
  6. Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Heartland Radio (SoundSpore)
  7. Giovanni Guidi, A New Day (ECM)
  8. Jeremy Rose & the Earshift Orchestra, Discordia (Earshift Music)
  9. Stephan Crump, Slow Water (Papillon Sounds)
  10. Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund, e.s.t. 30 (ACT Music)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Jan Garbarek Quartet, Afric Pepperbird (1970, ECM)
  2. Kenny Wheeler, Angel Song (1996, ECM)
  3. John Abercrombie-Dave Holland-Jack DeJohnette, Gateway (1975, ECM)
  4. The Jazzanians, We Have Waited Too Long (1988, Ubuntu Music)
  5. John Taylor-Norma Winstone-Kenny Wheeler, Azimuth (1977, ECM)