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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David Kunian (New Orleans Jazz Museum, Louisana State Museum, WWOZ-FM [New Orleans])

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Gabrielle Cavassa, Diavola (Blue Note) →
  2. Harriet Tubman & Georgia Muldrow, Electical Field of Love (Pi) →
  3. Irreversible Entanglements, Future Present Past (Impulse!) →
  4. The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Deface the Currency (Impulse!) →
  5. Michael Jenner, Sparkle On! (self-released) →
  6. Nolatet, Somethin' to Relax With (Royal Potato Family) →
  7. Noah Preminger, Dark Days (Criss Cross Jazz '25) →
  8. Walter Smith III, Twio Vol. 2 (Blue Note) →
  9. Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi) →
  10. Brad Walker, A Sliver of Catharsis (self-released '25) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Sun Ra, East Two + 7 (1972-73, Cosmic Myth) →
  2. The Bottle Tapes (1996-2005, Corbett vs. Dempsey '25) →

 

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