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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Ron Hart (Rock and Roll Globe, Spin, Billboard, DownBeat)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Flea, Honora (Nonesuch) →
  2. The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) →
  3. Mark Turner, Patternmaster (ECM) →
  4. Steven Bernstein/Scotty Hard, ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance (Royal Potato Family) →
  5. The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Deface the Currency (Impulse!) →
  6. Knats, A Great Day in Newcastle (Gearbox) →
  7. Judith Berkson, Thee They Thy (ECM) →
  8. Virginia MacDonald, In Search Of . . . (Cellar) →
  9. Adam O'Farrill, Elephant (Out of Your Head) →
  10. Fathers, Fathers (Blue Note) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Miles Davis, Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings (Craft) →
  2. Mal Waldron, Stardust & Starlight: At the Jazz Showcase (1979, Resonance) →
  3. Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete, From All Sides (1965, Craft) →
  4. Buster Williams, Pinnacle (1975, Muse/Time Traveler) →
  5. Medeski Martin & Wood, Tonic (1999, Blue Note) →

 

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