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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John Frederick Moore (Jazziz)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi) →
  2. Melissa Aldana, Filin (Blue Note) →
  3. أحمد [Ahmed], Play Monk (Otoroku) →
  4. Jason Moran, Plays Duke Ellington (Yes) →
  5. The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Deface the Currency (Impulse!) →
  6. Angelika Niescier, Chicago Tapes (Intakt) →
  7. Craig Taborn, Dream Archives (ECM) →
  8. Marta Sanchez, For the Space You Left (Out of Your Head) →
  9. Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) →
  10. Sam Barsh - Mark Guiliana - Keyon Harold, Straight08 (La Reserve) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Kenny Barron - Ray Drummond - Ben Riley, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon (1995, Elemental Music) →
  2. Marty Ehrlich & Julius Hemphill, Circle the Heart (1982, Relative Pitch) →
  3. Cecil Taylor New Unit, Words & Music: The Last Bandstand (2016, Fundacja Słuchaj) →
  4. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance '25) →
  5. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Jazz Messengers '70 (Good Time) →

 

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