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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James Hale (DownBeat, SoundStageNetwork.com)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Micah Thomas, Lucid (Birdwatcher) →
  2. Hannah Marks, Feed the Fire (Endectomorph Music) →
  3. Maria Schneider Orchestra, American Crow (ArtistShare) →
  4. Ingrid Jensen, Landings (Newvelle) →
  5. Marta Sanchez, For the Space You Left (Out of Your Head) →
  6. Miles Okazaki, Boomtown (Pi) →
  7. Sam Barsh - Mark Guiliana - Keyon Harold, Straight08 (La Reserve) →
  8. Joe Lovano, Paramount Quartet (ECM) →
  9. Ben Wendel, Barcode (Edition) →
  10. Adam O'Farrill, Elephant (Out of Your Head) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Carla Bley, Joyful Noise (Live in Hamburg 1984) (Moosicus) →
  2. Joe Henderson Quartets, Tetragon (1967-68, Craft) →
  3. Cecil Taylor New Unit, Words & Music: The Last Bandstand (2016, Fundacja Słuchaj) →
  4. Red Garland Quintet, Soul Junction (1957, Craft) →

 

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