The 21st Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2026 Mid-Year
Past Polls
Index
Totals
New Albums
Rara Avis
Critics
Ballots
Acquaro - Catarino
Cebulski - Finney
Freeman - Hoff
Hovan - Lorrai
Luen - Piccirilli
Pick - Varga
Watson - Yokoi
Ballot 2026 Mid-Year
[Acquaro - Catarino]
·
[Cebulski - Finney]
·
[Freeman - Hoff]
·
[Hovan - Lorrai]
· [Luen - Piccirilli] ·
[Pick - Varga]
·
[Watson - Yokoi]
Allen Michie
(The Arts Fuse)
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet,
These Are Soulful Days
(2021, TAO Forms)
→
Django Festival Allstars,
Evolution
(Motéma)
→
Meg Okura & Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble,
Isaiah
(Adhyâropa)
→
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra & Sean Irvine,
Forgotten Stories Suite
(Chronograph)
→
Gregory Hutchinson,
Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis
(Warner)
→
Chris Potter,
Alive With Ghosts Today
(Edition)
→
Dave McMurray,
I Love Life Even When I'm Hurting
(Blue Note '25)
→
Simon Spang-Hanssen,
Afrolantic
(Spangster/Alisio Music)
→
Emilio Solla & La Inestable De Brooklyn,
Handmade
(Club Del Disco)
→
Out Of/Into [Joel Ross - Gerald Clayton - Kendrick Scott - Matt Brewer - Immanuel Wilkins],
Motion II
(Blue Note '25)
→
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
Mal Waldron & Sam Rivers,
Live in Mestre Venezia 1984
(Caligola '25)
→
Roy Hargrove,
Bern
(2000, Time Traveler)
→
Oscar Peterson,
Around the World
(1969-81, Mack Avenue/Two Lions '25)
→
Carla Bley,
Joyful Noise (Live in Hamburg 1984)
(Moosicus)
→
Paul McCandless,
Live at Kimball's East 1992
(Moosicus)
→
[Acquaro - Catarino]
·
[Cebulski - Finney]
·
[Freeman - Hoff]
·
[Hovan - Lorrai]
· [Luen - Piccirilli] ·
[Pick - Varga]
·
[Watson - Yokoi]