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]
Richard Blute
(Free Jazz Collective)
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
TOC + Jean-Luc Guionnet,
Quelques Idées D'Un Vert Incolore Dorment Furieusement
(Circum-Disc '25)
→
Ivo Perelman - Matthew Shipp - William Parker - Bobby Kapp,
Synesthesia
(Defkaz)
→
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr,
Fly
(Sauajazz)
→
Rodrigo Amado This Is Our Language Quartet,
Wailers
(European Echoes)
→
Amalie Dahl's Dafnie Extended,
Live at Moldejazz
(Sonic Transmissions)
→
Fred Lonberg-Holm - João Madeira - Bruno Pedroso - Carlos Zinagaro,
Convergência Do Vôo
(4DaRecord)
→
Hyper Elastic Jinx,
We Vote Force Majeure
(Barefoot)
→
Jonas Cambien - Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard - Dag Erik Knedal Andersen,
The Ear Behind the Airport
(Motvind)
→
Caroline Kraabel - Pat Thomas - John Edwards - Steve Noble,
Transgressive Coastlines
(Shrike)
→
Trevor Watts - Barry Guy - Ramon Lopez,
The First Touch
(Fundacja Słuchaj)
→
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
Cecil Taylor New Unit,
Words & Music: The Last Bandstand
(2016, Fundacja Słuchaj)
→
[Acquaro - Catarino] ·
[Cebulski - Finney]
·
[Freeman - Hoff]
·
[Hovan - Lorrai]
·
[Luen - Piccirilli]
·
[Pick - Varga]
·
[Watson - Yokoi]