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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Pat Frisco (WHFR-FM [Dearborn, MI])

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Angelika Niescier, Chicago Tapes (Intakt) →
  2. Paul Dunmall Quartet, Afghan Women (RogueArt) →
  3. Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi) →
  4. Last Dream of the Morning [John Butcher - John Edwards - Mark Sanders], Sharp Illusion (Fundacja Słuchaj '25) →
  5. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Omni (Intakt) →
  6. Dave Douglas, Transcend (Greenleaf Music) →
  7. Mike Khoury - Jason Kao Hwang - Ben Hall - Andrew Drury, Spite of Darkness (Entropy Stereo) →
  8. Camila Nebbia - Marilyn Crispell - Lesley Mok, A Reflection Distorts Over Water (Relative Pitch '25) →
  9. Håvard Wiik - Antonio Borghini - Tim Daisy, One Brief Cure (Relay) →
  10. Michael Formanek, New Digs (Intakt) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Daniel Carter - Sabir Mateen - William Parker - Lou Grassi, Keeping It in Context (1996, NoBusiness) →
  2. Cecil Taylor Unit, Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts (Elemental Music) →
  3. Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (1972, New World) →
  4. Marty Ehrlich & Julius Hemphill, Circle the Heart (1982, Relative Pitch) →

 

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