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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Josh Langhoff (Wrigley Field organist)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Angelika Niescier, Chicago Tapes (Intakt) →
  2. Jason Moran, Plays Duke Ellington (Yes) →
  3. Shabaka, Of the Earth (Shabaka) →
  4. The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) →
  5. Lakecia Benjamin, We Dream (Artwork) →
  6. Brandon Seabrook, Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic) →
  7. Cassie Watson Francillon, Bardo (self-released) →
  8. Caroline Davis, Fallows (Ropeadope) →
  9. Chuck Bergeron, Bass & Face: Duets With Ten Premier Vocalists (Summit) →
  10. Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Grupo Um, Nineteen Seventy Seven (1977, Far Out) →

 

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