74th DownBeat Critics Poll

74th Annual DownBeat Critics Poll 2026

  Hall of fame:

Sheila Jordan




Sheila Jordan photographed by James Gavin




Jazz artist, group and guitarist of the year:

Mary Halvorson




Photo of Mary Halvorson @ nytimes.com



Top Jazz Albums:

Jazz album, vibraphonist and rising star group of the year:

Patricia Brennan




Patricia Brennan photographed by Werner Siebert



1. Patricia Brennan - Of the near and far (Pyroclastic)





2. Mary Halvorson - About ghosts (Nonesuch)

3. Linda May Han Oh - Strange heavens (Biophilia)

4. James Brandon Lewis - Abstraction is deliverance (Intakt)

5. Tomeka Reid Quartet - Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out Of Your Head)

6. Charles Lloyd - Figure in blue (Blue Note)

7. Bill Frisell - In my dreams (Blue Note)

8. Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons - Live in Philadelphia (Ars Nova Workshop/Otherly Love)

9. Maria Schneider Orchestra - American crow (ArtistShare)

10. Terry Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell - We insist 2025! (Candid)

Árvores em movimento

Castelo Branco (Setembro, 2015)





São Pedro do Sul (Abril, 2017)

Pelas ruas de Fuendetodos

Fuendetodos (Agosto de 2023)

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
Aula Magna da Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa


David Murray - saxofone tenor e clarinete baixo
John Purcell - saxofone alto
Peter Warren - contrabaixo
Jack DeJohnette - bateria

David Murray

John Purcell

Peter Warren

Jack DeJohnette


Lisboa (1981)

Aeroplano!

"- Can you fly this plane, and land it?
- Surely you can't be serious.
- I am serious... and don't call me Shirley."



Airplane! (1980), Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker