The 21st Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2026 Mid-Year
Ballot 2026 Mid-Year
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)
- Michael Blake, Piccolos Before Rifles (Baby Tank) →
- Marc Copland, String Theory (Inner Voice Jazz) →
- Tigran Hamasyan, Manifeste (Naïve) →
- Dave Holland - Norma Winstone - London Vocal Project, Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) (Edition) →
- Roberto Magris & Denis Razz Quartet, In Action (JMood '25) →
- The Ali Ryerson Quartet (ARC Music) →
- Emilio Solla & La Inestable De Brooklyn, Handmade (Club Del Disco) →
- Dave Stryker, Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session (Strikezone) →
- Mark Wade Trio, New Stages (Dot Time) →
- Martin Wind, Stars (Newvelle) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- Kenny Barron - Ray Drummond - Ben Riley, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon (1995, Elemental Music) →
- Mick Goodrick & Fred Hersch, Feebles, Fables and Ferns (1988, ECM) →
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate (1963, Resonance '25) →
- Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance '25) →
- Woody Shaw, Love Dance (1976, Time Traveler) →
