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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Steve Erickson (ArtsFuse, Slant, Gay City News)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) →
  2. Alabaster DePlume, Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue (International Anthem) →
  3. Harriet Tubman & Georgia Muldrow, Electrical Field of Love (Pi) →
  4. Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash, Pluto in Aquarius (Cuneiform) →
  5. Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier, Talamanti (Antlia) →
  6. Marta Sanchez, For the Space You Left (Out of Your Head) →
  7. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch) →
  8. DoYeon Kim, Wellspring (TAO Forms) →
  9. Arturo Sandoval, Sangú (TM) →
  10. Dave Douglas, Transcend (Greenleaf Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (1972, New World) →
  2. Cecil Taylor Unit, Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts (Elemental Music) →
  3. Joe Henderson, Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1978, Resonance) →
  4. Sun Ra, Do the Impossible [Original Soundtrack to the Documentary] (1957-82, Modern Harmonic) →

 

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