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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Adam Shatz (London Review of Books)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi) →
  2. Craig Taborn, Dream Archives (ECM) →
  3. Jason Moran, Plays Duke Ellington (Yes) →
  4. Marilyn Crispell & Anders Jormin, Memento (ECM) →
  5. The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head) →
  6. Dave Burrell & David Liebman, Reservoir (Bespoke Jazz) →
  7. Miles Okazaki, Boomtown (Pi) →
  8. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Omni (Intakt) →
  9. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Cut You Where You Was (Pi) →
  10. Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana, Beneath Lifted Skies (Biophilia) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Thelonious Monk, Live in Paris, 1967: Volume One (Rhythm-a-Ning) →
  2. Cecil Taylor Unit, Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts (Elemental Music) →
  3. Marty Ehrlich & Julius Hemphill, Circle the Heart (1982, Relative Pitch) →
  4. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, Play Monk, Ellington & Strayhorn: Live at Yoshi's 1994 (Elemental Music) →
  5. Marion Brown, Awofofora (1976, Aguirre) →

 

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