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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Brad Cohan (New York City Jazz Record, Treble, Bandcamp Daily)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Harriet Tubman & Georgia Muldrow, Electrical Field of Love (Pi) →
  2. Phillip Golub, Partisan Ship (Berthold) →
  3. Brandon Seabrook, Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic) →
  4. DoYeon Kim, Wellspring (TAO Forms) →
  5. Shawn Lovato, Biotic (Endectomorph Music) →
  6. Yvonne Rogers, The Button Jar (Pyroclastic) →
  7. Ivo Perelman, Trifecta (Mahakala Music) →
  8. Micah Thomas, Lucid (Birdwatcher) →
  9. Alan Braufman, Anthem for Peace (The Control Group/Valley of Search) →
  10. Jamie Saft, Rhodes Scholar (Veal/Team Love) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Charles Tyler Ensemble, Voyage From Jericho (1974, Frederiksberg) →
  2. Marty Ehrlich & Julius Hemphill, Circle the Heart (1982, Relative Pitch) →
  3. Nels Cline & Elliott Sharp, Open the Door (1999-2007, Zoar) →

 

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