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

 [Acquaro - Catarino] · [Cebulski - Finney] · [Freeman - Hoff] · [Hovan - Lorrai] · [Luen - Piccirilli] · [Pick - Varga] · [Watson - Yokoi]Next

Joe Bebco (The Syncopated Times)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Sweet Megg, Massive Negroni (self-released) →
  2. Colin Hancock's Joymakers, A Texas-Sized Band (Turtle Bay) →
  3. Ricky Alexander, Ragology (Turtle Bay) →
  4. Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band, Treasury Volume 3 (Turtle Bay) →
  5. Tyler "Twerk" Thomson, Plays in Bands (self-released) →
  6. House of the Black Gardenia, Mazurka in Jazz (self-released) →
  7. Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band, Everything Is Jumpin' (self-released '25) →
  8. Andrew Oliver & Hal Smith Incomparables, Stomp Your Stuff (Turtle Bay '25) →
  9. Hannah Gill, I Like the Sunrise (Turtle Bay) →
  10. Catherine Russell, Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center (Dot Time) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Phonographic Yearbook 1924: Open Up Your Golden Gate (Archeophone) →
  2. Traditional Jazz From New Orleans (1960s-80s, Mardi Gras) →

 

 [Acquaro - Catarino] · [Cebulski - Finney] · [Freeman - Hoff] · [Hovan - Lorrai] · [Luen - Piccirilli] · [Pick - Varga] · [Watson - Yokoi]Next