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] 

Jerome Wilson (All About Jazz, Radio Fairfax)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Columbia Icefield [Nate Wooley], A Silence Opens (Out of Your Head) →
  2. Mark Turner, Patternmaster (ECM) →
  3. Michael Formanek, New Digs (Intakt) →
  4. Harry Skoler, Echoes (Red Brick Hill) →
  5. Brandon Seabrook, Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic) →
  6. Melissa Aldana, Filin (Blue Note) →
  7. Udeigwe, Four Lemmas (LU Factors) →
  8. Bill Frisell, In My Dreams (Blue Note) →
  9. Yelena Eckemoff, Rosendals Garden (L+H Production) →
  10. Joshua Achiron, Climbing (Calligram) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

 

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