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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Suzanne Lorge (DownBeat, New York City Jazz Record)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, With Every Breath I Take (Nonesuch) →
  2. Bill Frisell, In My Dreams (Blue Note) →
  3. Joe Lovano, Paramount Quartet (ECM) →
  4. Steve Swallow, Winter Songs (ECM) →
  5. Lakecia Benjamin, We Dream (Artwork) →
  6. Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi) →
  7. Pat Metheny, Side-Eye III+ (Ubiquity Music) →
  8. Miho Hazama, Frames (Edition) →
  9. Melissa Aldana, Filin (Blue Note) →
  10. Adam O'Farrill, Elephant (Out of Your Head) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Oscar Peterson, Around the World (1969-81, Mack Avenue/Two Lions '25) →
  2. Duke Ellington, Copenhagen 1964 (Storyville) →
  3. Thelonious Monk, Live in Paris, 1967: Volume One (Rhythm-a-Ning) →
  4. Classic V-Disc Big Band Jazz Sessions (1943-48, Mosaic) →
  5. Cecil Taylor Unit, Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts (Elemental Music) →

 

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