The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
List of Debut Jazz Albums
This page offers an alphabetically sorted list of albums that have
received one or more votes in a given category. The categories are:
- Nat Adderley Jr., Took So Long (NAJ)
- Nils Agnas, Köper Sig Ur En Kris (Moserobie)
- Leon Anderson, Live at Snug Harbor (Outside In Music)
- Elia Aregger Trio, Live (Unit)
- Luciana Bass, Desatornillándonos (Relative Pitch '24)
- Believe, Spirits of the Dead Are Watching (Relative Pitch)
- Bloomers, Cyclism (Relative Pitch)
- David Bode, Good Hang (1718)
- Nicola Caminiti, Vivid Tales of a Blurry Self-Portrait (self-released '24)
- Caelan Cardello, Chapter One (Jazz Bird)
- Leandro Cardenas, Against the Jazz Police (577)
- Milena Casado, Reflection of Another Self (Candid)
- Jason Charos, Opening Statement (Hollistic MusicWorks)
- Juan Chiavassa, Fourth Generation (Whirlwind)
- Laura Cocks, FATHM (Relative Pitch/Out of Your Head)
- Paul Cornish, You're Exaggerating! (Blue Note)
- Christopher Dammann, Sextet (Out of Your Head)
- Stephen Davis Unit, The Gleaming World (577)
- Emma Dayhuff, Innovations & Lineage: The Chicago Project (Division 81)
- Deepstaria Enigmatica, The Eternal Now Is the Heart of a New Tomorrow (ESP-Disk)
- Erez Dessel, Pro Fake No Reject (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Harvey Diamond & John Lentz, How Strange the Road Should Be So Easy (Orchard of Pomegranates)
- Jakob Dreyer, Roots and Things (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- Jimmy Farace, Hours Fly, Flowers Die (Shifting Paradigm)
- Heat On [Lily Finnegan], Heat On (Cuneiform)
- Pete Fucinaro, Little Window (Concrete)
- Adrian Galante, Introducing Adrian Galante (Zoho)
- Marcus Gilmore, Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard (Drummerslams)
- Sarah Hanahan, Among Giants (Blue Engine '24)
- Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds & Catherine Russell, Cat & the Hounds (Turtle Bay)
- Nanami Haruta, The Vibe (Origin)
- Paul Hecht, Pyrography (Ears & Eyes)
- Emma Hedrick, Newcomer (Pathways to Jazz)
- Heirloom, Familiar Beginnings (Shifting Paradigm)
- Tyler Henderson, Love Endures (Cellar Music)
- History Dog, Root Systems (Otherly Love)
- Ineza, Ibuka (Ineza Music)
- Alfie Jackson Sextet, The Peacocks (JackoJazz)
- Kim Jung Jae, Shamanism (Relative Pitch)
- Rico Jones, Bloodlines (Giant Step Arts)
- Chloe Kim, Ratsnake (Kou)
- Knats, Knats (Gearbox)
- Lex Korten, Canopy (Sounderscore)
- Kovász, Fermentum (BMC)
- Alice Leggett, Bird Song (Zennez)
- Lucía, Lucía (La Reserve)
- Sara Magnúsdóttir, A Place to Bloom (self-released)
- Evan Main - Walter Stinson - Steven Crammer, Prawntail (Endectomorph Music)
- Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks)
- Alex McLaughlin, A Brand New State (self-released)
- Tony Miceli, Nico's Dream (SteepleChase)
- Thomas Morgan, Around You Is a Forest (Loveland Music)
- Not Normal, Modærn Qualitet (SauaJazz)
- Petra Onderuf Quartet, An Odd Time of Day (Kaipati)
- Juan Perea, Lightkeeper (Zoho)
- Henry Plotnick, Tributaries (Tidebloom)
- Ami Taf Ra, The Prophet and the Madman (Brainfeeder)
- Rubén Reinaldo, Fusión Olivica (Free Code Jazz)
- Nicolò Ricci, Schiacciasette (Dox)
- Perceptions Trio [Charley Rose - Silvan Joray - Paulo Almeida], The Wicked Crew (Sense)
- Mateusz Rybicki, Apokalypsis (Audio Cave)
- Dabin Ryu, Trio! (Endectomorph Music)
- Sverre Sæbo Quintet, If, However, You Have Not Lost Your Self Control (SauaJazz)
- Sarter Kit, What I Am and What I Am Not (Squama)
- Henry Scamurra, Urban Forum (self-released)
- Rin Seo Collective, City Suite (Cellar Music)
- Laura Ann Singh, Mean Reds (Out of Your Head)
- Chris Smith, Jazz Grunge (Cellar Live)
- David Sneider, Introducing (Cellar Music)
- Sonic Chambers Quartet, Kiss of the Earth (577)
- Spin & Spells, Spin & Spells (Gigantonium)
- Things of This Nature, Things of This Nature (Mahakala Music)
- Rolf Thofte Quintet, Martha's Dance (April)
- Maxine Troglauer, Hymn (Fun in the Church)
- Inés Velasco, A Flash of Cobalt Blue (self-released)
- Milan Verbist Trio, Time Change (Origin)
- Voodoo Children Orchestra, Kindness Disarms (UnderPool)
- Jeff Walton, Pack Animals (Jules)
- Andrew Wilcox, Dear Mr. Hill (Truth Revolution '24)
- Brandon Woody, For the Love of It All (Blue Note)
- Lingyuan Yang, Cursed Month (Chaospace)
- James Zito, Zito's Jump (James Zito Music)
- Justin Zitt, Frigo (Unit)
Album count: 83.