Ballots 2026 Mid-Year [6]

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

Past Polls Index Critics

Ballot 2026 Mid-Year

João Esteves da Silva (jazz.pt, Free Jazz Collective, Bandcamp Daily)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)

Julian Argüelles, Echo Fields (Escapade) →
Joseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin, ITERAE (Greyfade) →
Kaja Draksler Octet, Bare, Unfolding (Zavod Sploh/Clean Feed) →
Colin Hinton, Three Suites (Endectomorph Music) →
Vera Morais, Eupnea (Porta Jazz) →
Angelika Niescier, Chicago Tapes (Intakt) →
Pascal Niggenkemper Ensemble Tuvalu, D'Une Rive à L'Autre (Subran) →
Adam O'Farrill, Elephant (Out of Your Head) →
Chris Pitsiokos Ensemble, Doing Something, Doing Nothing (Eleatic) →
Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, Non Sonett (Aspen Edities) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (1972, New World) →
Thelonious Monk, Alone in San Francisco (1959, Craft) →
Ralph Towner & Gary Peacock, Oracle (1993, ECM) →
Tomasz Stanko, Balladyna (1976, ECM) →
Charles Tyler Ensemble, Voyage From Jericho (1974, Frederiksberg) →