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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C. Andrew Hovan (All About Jazz, DownBeat)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Pat Metheny, Side-Eye III+ (Uniquity Music) →
  2. Dave Stryker, Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session (Strikezone) →
  3. Steve Swallow, Winter Songs (ECM) →
  4. Steve Wilson, Enduring Sonance (Smoke Sessions) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Joe Henderson, Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1978, Resonance) →
  2. Roy Hargrove, Bern (2000, Time Traveler) →
  3. Buster Williams, Pinnacle (1975, Muse/Time Traveler) →
  4. Bill Connors, Of Mist and Melting (1977, ECM) →
  5. Mick Goodrick, In Pas(s)ing (1978, ECM) →

 

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