The 21st Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2026 Mid-Year
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis
Critics
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Ballot 2026 Mid-Year

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Tim Larsen (Jazz Views)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Florian Arbenz - Bill Frisell - Greg Osby, Quiet Lights (Conversation Lab) →
  2. Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra (2014, Libra) →
  3. Hannah Gill, I Like the Sunrise (Turtle Bay) →
  4. Simon Hanes, Gargantua (Pyroclastic) →
  5. Jon Irabagon, Focus Out (Irrabagast) →
  6. Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, Incarnadine (self-released) →
  7. Noa Levy & Paul Edis Trio, Portrait in Evans (Dot Time) →
  8. John Pizzarelli, Dear Mr. Bennett (Green Hill Music) →
  9. Edward Simon, Venezuela: Latin American Songbook Vol. 2 (ArtistShare) →
  10. Lis Wessberg Featuring Veronika Rud, In the Wake of Blue (April) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Kenny Barron - Ray Drummond - Ben Riley, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon (1995, Elemental Music) →
  2. Michel Petrucciani, Kuumbwa (1987, Elemental Music) →
  3. Roy Hargrove, Bern (2000, Time Traveler) →

 

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