The 21st Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2026 Mid-Year

Ballot 2026 Mid-Year

Phil Overeem (Living to Listen, Good to My Earhole, The Phil Overeem (Failed) Farewell to Teaching Tour)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Bobby Bradford - Mark Dresser - Hafez Modirzadeh, Sonic House Reunion (NoBusiness) →
  2. Work Money Death, A Portal to Here (ATA) →
  3. أحمد [Ahmed], Play Monk (Otoroku) →
  4. Joel Futterman & William Parker, Transcendent Universe (Burning Ambulance) →
  5. The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) →
  6. Mark Lomax II & the Urban Art Ensemble, The Unity Suite (CFG Multimedia) →
  7. Jason Moran, Plays Duke Ellington (Yes) →
  8. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch) →
  9. Adam Rudolph - Alexis Marcelo - Kaoru Watanabe, Sunrise (Meta) →
  10. Ernesto Jodos & Rocio Giménez López, Una Casa Con Dos Pianos (Blue Art) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Cecil Taylor New Unit, Words & Music: The Last Bandstand (2016, Fundacja Słuchaj) →
  2. Alan Silva Celestrial Communication Ensemble, 2000-06-24 Amherst (Eremite) →
  3. Cheer Accident, CheerAx Basement, Chicago 4/2/22 // Reggie's Chicago 9/26/23 (Cuneiform) →
  4. Joe Henderson, Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1978, Resonance) →
  5. Ahmad Jamal, At the Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago (1976, Resonance) →