Ballots 2026 Mid-Year [2]

The 21st Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2026 Mid-Year

Past Polls Index Critics

Ballot 2026 Mid-Year

Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)

Steven Bernstein/Scotty Hard, ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance (Royal Potato Family) →
Christopher Dammann, Dead Words (Shifting Paradigm) →
Dave Douglas, Transcend (Greenleaf Music) →
Myra Melford & Satoko Fujii, Katarahi (RogueArt) →
Gregory Hutchinson, Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis (Warner) →
Per Texas Johansson, Orkester Omnitonal På Musikaliska Kvarteret (Moserobie) →
Angelika Niescier, Chicago Tapes (Intakt) →
Adam O'Farrill, Elephant (Out of Your Head) →
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch) →
Mark Turner, Patternmaster (ECM) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

Louis Armstrong, Reference: Hot Five & Hot Seven at 100 (1925-28, AlAy/Thingamajig) →
Albert Ayler Quintet, Reference: Copenhagen, Bordeaux 1966 & Newport 1967 Live First Release (AlAy/Thingamajig '25) →
Marion Brown, Live in Europe 1968 & 1972 (NoBusiness) →
Sunny Murray & Sabu Toyozumi, Sun's Blessings (1999, NoBusiness) →
Charles Tyler Ensemble, Voyage From Jericho (1974, Frederiksberg) →