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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Michael J. West (DownBeat, Washington City Paper)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Aaron Shaw, And So It Is (Leaving) →
  2. Virginia MacDonald, In Search Of . . . (Cellar) →
  3. Tyrone Allen II, Upward (Dreams and Fears) →
  4. Craig Taborn, Dream Archives (ECM) →
  5. Hugo Fernandez, Rivermind (self-released) →
  6. Corcoran Holt, Freedom of Art (Holt House Music) →
  7. Leo Genovese, Solo Brooklyn (577) →
  8. Angelika Niescier, Chicago Tapes (Intakt) →
  9. John Beasley & SWR Big Band, Invisible Piano (O-Tone Music) →
  10. Pat Metheny, Side-Eye III+ (Uniquity Music) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Randy Weston, The Music of Randy Weston (1985-88, Groovin' High/In + Out) →
  2. Cecil Taylor Unit, Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts (Elemental Music) →
  3. Charles Tolliver All Stars, Right Now . . . and Then (1968, Strata-East) →
  4. Roy Hargrove, Bern (2000, Time Traveler) →
  5. Duke Ellington, Copenhagen 1964 (Storyville) →

 

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