The 21st Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2026 Mid-Year
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis
Critics
Acquaro - CatarinoCebulski - FinneyFreeman - HoffHovan - LorraiLuen - PiccirilliPick - VargaWatson - Yokoi

Ballot 2026 Mid-Year

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Andrey Henkin (JazzTimes, Stereophile, WeJazz, Jazz Passings)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Marilyn Crispell & Anders Jormin, Memento (ECM) →
  2. Peter Evans & Mike Pride, A Window, Basically (Relative Pitch '25) →
  3. Jon Irabagon, Raw Dog (Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
  4. Myra Melford & Satoko Fujii, Katarahi (RogueArt) →
  5. Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns, Bitches Blues (Rune Grammofon) →
  6. Quagmire & Christer Bothén, Rörane (Relative Pitch) →
  7. Skerik, Skerik 061725 (Loosegroove) →
  8. Colin Stetson - Greg Fox - Trevor Dunn, Nethering (Envision) →
  9. Miroslav Vitous, Mountain Call (2003-10, ECM) →
  10. Zu, Ferrum Sidereum (House of Mythology) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Kenny Barron - Ray Drummond - Ben Riley, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon (1995, Elemental Music) →
  2. Carla Bley, Joyful Noise (Live in Hamburg 1984) (Moosicus) →
  3. Marion Brown, Live in Europe 1968 & 1972 (NoBusiness) →
  4. Marty Ehrlich & Julius Hemphill, Circle the Heart (1982, Relative Pitch) →
  5. Red Norvo, The Secret Session (1942, Dot Time) →

 

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