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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Will Layman (PopMatters, Big Butter & Egg Man)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Adam O'Farrill, Elephant (Out of Your Head) →
  2. Jon Irabagon, Focus Out (Irrabagast) →
  3. Harriet Tubman & Georgia Muldrow, Electrical Field of Love (Pi) →
  4. The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) →
  5. Gabrielle Cavassa, Diavola (Blue Note) →
  6. Dave Douglas, Transcend (Greenleaf Music) →
  7. Craig Taborn, Dream Archives (ECM) →
  8. Virginia MacDonald, In Search Of . . . (Cellar) →
  9. Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson, Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch) →
  10. Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

 

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