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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Rob Hoff (WQLN [Erie, PA], WETF [South Bend, IN], JazzErie)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi) →
  2. The Phoenix Trio, Tomorrow Is Today (Giant Step Arts) →
  3. Adam O'Farrill, Elephant (Out of Your Head) →
  4. Joe Lovano, Paramount Quartet (ECM) →
  5. Michael Formanek, New Digs (Intakt) →
  6. The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) →
  7. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch) →
  8. Dave Douglas, Transcend (Greenleaf Music) →
  9. Gregory Hutchinson, Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis (Warner) →
  10. Mark Turner, Patternmaster (ECM) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Joe Henderson, Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1978, Resonance) →
  2. Roy Hargrove, Bern (2000, Time Traveler) →
  3. Art Pepper, Everything Happens to Me: 1959 Live at the Cellar (Omnivore) →

 

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