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

Prev[Acquaro - Catarino] · [Cebulski - Finney] · [Freeman - Hoff] · [Hovan - Lorrai] · [Luen - Piccirilli] · [Pick - Varga] · [Watson - Yokoi]Next

Akira Saito (JazzTokyo, Jaz.in, Music Magazine, Jazz Right Now)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Mikiko Nagatake, Live at Nardis: Tribute to Cecil Taylor (RINDO) →
  2. Kaori Nishijima & Yasuhito Mori, Conversations at Vilja (Apparat Studios) →
  3. Lao Dan Chicago Quartet, Klotski (Trost) →
  4. James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet, These Are Soulful Days (2021, TAO Forms) →
  5. Paal Nilssen-Love & Terrie Ex, What?! (Terp) →
  6. Steve Swallow, Winter Songs (ECM) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Shudan Sokai, Alive at Alone (1977, Aguirre) →
  2. Sunny Murray & Sabu Toyozumi, Sun's Blessings (1999, NoBusiness) →
  3. Marion Brown, Live in Europe 1968 & 1972 (NoBusiness) →

 

Prev[Acquaro - Catarino] · [Cebulski - Finney] · [Freeman - Hoff] · [Hovan - Lorrai] · [Luen - Piccirilli] · [Pick - Varga] · [Watson - Yokoi]Next