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

Ballot 2026 Mid-Year

Chuck Eddy (Poplar Mucilage, Eliminated for Reasons of Space)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Omar Sosa - Joo Kraus - Diego Pinera, Vibe Factor (Music Hub) →
  2. Lakecia Benjamin, We Dream (Artwork) →
  3. Anthony Joseph, The Ark (Heavenly Sweetness) →
  4. Shabaka, Of the Earth (Shabaka) →
  5. Jason Moran - BlankFor.ms - Marcus Gilmore, Shards (Red Hook) →
  6. Irreversible Entanglements, Future Present Past (Impulse!) →
  7. Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson, Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch) →
  8. Ragini Trio, 3 (W.E.R.F.) →
  9. James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet, These Are Soulful Days (2021, TAO Forms) →
  10. Douglas J. Cuomo, A Raft, the Sky, the Wild Sea (Blue Cloud Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)