Here are my entries (and a taste of their music) for the 19th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll for the best jazz recordings and archival/reissues of 2024. The full results from all 177 writers will be published here and in the Arts Fuse later in January.
NEW RELEASES
1) Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey, 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) Jenny Scheinman, All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family)
5) Matthew Shipp Trio, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk)
6) Ethan Iverson, Technically Acceptable (Blue Note)
7) Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve)
8) Abdullah Ibrahim, 3 (Gearbox)
9) David Murray Quartet, Francesca (Intakt)
10) Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
BEST VOCAL
Arooj Aftab, Night Reign (Verve)
BEST LATIN
Amaro Freitas, Y’Y (Psychic Hotline)
BEST DEBUT
O., WeirdOs (Speedy Wunderground)
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
1) Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance)
2) Sun Ra, Live at the Showcase in Chicago, 1976-77 (Jazz Detective)
3) Cannonball Adderley, Burnin’ in Bourdeaux Live in France, 1969 (Elemental Music)
4) McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’ (1966, Blue Note)
5) Yusef Lateef, Atlantis Lullaby: the Avignon Concert (1972, Elemental Music)
