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

Ballot 2024 Mid-Year

Fabricio Vieira (FreeForm, FreeJazz)

NEW RELEASES

  1. Fire!, Testament (Rune Grammofon)
  2. أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret)
  3. Mary Halvorson, Cloudward (Nonesuch)
  4. Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk)
  5. Sonic Tender, Odd Objects (Robalo Music)
  6. John Butcher + 13, Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax)
  7. Amaro Freitas, Y'Y (Psychic Hotline)
  8. Anthony Braxton, 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (Braxton House)
  9. Ivo Perelman-Barry Guy-Ramon Lopez, Interaction (Ibeji Music)
  10. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Charles Gayle-Milford Graves-William Parker, WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive)
  2. Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!)
  3. Children of the Sun, Ofamfa (1971, Moved-by-Sound)
  4. Cecil Taylor Unit, Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics)
  5. Die Like a Dog [Peter Brötzmann-Toshinori Kondo-William Parker-Hamid Drake], Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler (1994, Cien Fuegos)