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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Glenn Kenny (RogerEbert.com, New York Times)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Henry Now, Then Again (Dark Companion '25) →
  2. José Lencastre - João Hasselberg - Kresten Osgood, This Anger Is a Liar (Fundacja Słuchaj) →
  3. Soft Machine, Thirteen (MoonJune) →
  4. أحمد [Ahmed], Play Monk (Otoroku) →
  5. Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, Éclats - Live in Europe (Intakt) →
  6. John Butcher, Away, I Was (Relative Pitch) →
  7. Dietrichs, Live Bahdu (Relative Pitch) →
  8. Ava Mendoza, Alive Alone, Alive Together (Burning Ambulance) →
  9. Joel Futterman & William Parker, Transcendent Universe (Burning Ambulance) →
  10. Florian Arbenz - Bill Frisell - Greg Osby, Quiet Lights (Conversation Lab) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor New Unit, Words & Music: The Last Bandstand (2016, Fundacja Słuchaj) →
  2. Cecil Taylor Unit, Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts (Elemental Music) →
  3. Evan Parker - Paul Rogers - Louis Moholo, Tebugo (1992, Jazz in Britain '25) →
  4. Keith Tippett - Claudio Gabbiani - Roberto Musci, Music for Labyrinths (2000, Dark Companion) →
  5. The Bottle Tapes (1996-2005, Corbett vs. Dempsey '25) →

 

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