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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Jeffrey St. Clair (Counterpunch: Sound Grammar)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. أحمد [Ahmed], Play Monk (Otoroku) →
  2. Gaudi, Jazz Gone Dub (Dubmission '25) →
  3. Marquis Hill, (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender (Black Unlimited) →
  4. Bill Orcutt, Music in Continuous Motion (Palilalia) →
  5. Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble, The Kármán Line (ATA) →
  6. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch) →
  7. Adrian Quesada, Trio Asesino (ATO) →
  8. Thundercat, Distracted (Brainfeeder) →
  9. Mark Turner, Patternmaster (ECM) →
  10. Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Roland Brival, Créole Gypsy (1980, Soundway) →
  2. Joe Henderson, Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1978, Resonance) →
  3. Ahmad Jamal, At the Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago (1976, Resonance) →
  4. Yusef Lateef, Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase (1975, Resonance) →
  5. Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959, Craft) →

 

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