The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
List of Rara Avis (Reissues/Archival)
This page offers an alphabetically sorted list of albums that have
received one or more votes in a given category. The categories are:
- Rashied Ali Quintet, Sidewalks in Motion (2002, Survival)
- The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection of Experimental and Irrelevant Music From 1970s San Diego (1968-81, Nyahh)
- Tony Allen & La Bogotá Orquesta Afrobeat, La BOA Meets Tony Allen (2011, Comet)
- Alts 'N Outs: The Other Side of Blue Note (1958-64, Blue Note)
- AMM & Sachiko M, Testing (2004 Matchless)
- Jean-Jacques Avenel & Daunik Lazro, Duo: Bibliothèque De Massy 13 Novembre 1980 (Fou '24)
- Albert Ayler With Don Cherry, Europe 1964 (ORG Music)
- Derek Bailey & John Stevens, The Duke of Wellington (1989, Confront Core)
- Derek Bailey - Paul Lovens - Jon Rose, Podewil (1992, The Jon Rose Archive)
- Chet Baker, Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions (New Land)
- Kenny Barron, Sunset to Dawn (1973, Muse/Time Traveler)
- Doug Beavers, Titanes Del Trombón [Remastered] (2015, Circle 9)
- Snakeoil, Snakeoil OK (2013, Screwgun)
- David Binney, Grains of Light (2009-13, Mythology)
- Blackbyrds, City Life (1975, Craft/Jazz Dispensary)
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Strasbourg 82 (Gearbox)
- Paul Bley Trio, Floater & Syndrome: The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited (1962-63, Ezz-Thetics)
- The Bottle Tapes (1996-2005, Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise [IA11 Edition] (2019, International Anthem)
- Anthony Braxton, B-X0 N0-47A (1969, BYG)
- Anthony Braxton, Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance)
- Roy Brooks, The Free Slave (1970, Muse/Time Traveler)
- Peter Brötzmann Trio, Hurricane (2015, Old Heaven Books)
- Peter Brötzmann - Jason Adasiewicz - Steve Noble - John Edwards, The Quartet: Cafe Oto, London, February, 10 & 11, 2023 (Otoroku)
- Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954-55, Verve)
- Ted Brown, Just You, Just Me (2013, New Artists)
- Dave Burrell & Sam Woodyard, The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness)
- Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey, On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (1959, Blue Note)
- Jaki Byard, Blues for Smoke (1960, Candid)
- Don Cherry & Latif Khan, Music/Sangam (1978, Heavenly Sweetness)
- Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions (1953-58, Mosaic)
- Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-57, Mosaic '24)
- Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions (1943-49, Mosaic '24)
- George Colligan, Live at the Jazz Standard (2014, Whirlwind)
- The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965, Verve)
- John Coltrane, The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse!)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme [60th Anniversary Edition] (1964, Impulse!)
- Chick Corea - Christian McBride - Brian Blade, Trilogy 3 (2020, Candid)
- Chick Corea, Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971, ECM)
- Jacques Coursil, Black Suite (1969, BYG)
- Stanley Cowell, Musa: Ancestral Streams (1974, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Bob Crosby, Classic Decca Recordings of Bob Crosby and His Orchestra and Bob Cats (1933-1942) (Mosaic)
- Ray Barretto Y Su Orquesta, Celia · Ray · Adalberto: Tremendo Trio! (1983, Craft)
- Miles Davis, Agharta (1975, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)
- Miles Davis, Walkin' (1954, Craft)
- Miles Davis, The Musings of Miles (1955, Craft)
- Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy '24)
- Miles Davis, Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings (Craft)
- The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe, A Spirit Speaks (1974, Strata-East)
- Manu Dibango, Dibango 82 (1982, We Want Sounds)
- Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance)
- Kenny Drew Trio, Kenny Drew Trio (1956, Craft)
- Don Ellis, How Time Passes to Essence Revisited (1960-62, Ezz-Thetics '24)
- Marco Eneidi Quintet, Wheat Fields of Kleylehof (2004, Balance Point Acoustics)
- Ellery Eskelin, Trio New York About (or On) First Visit (2011-13, Ezz-Thetics)
- Bill Evans, Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (1959-61, Craft)
- Bill Evans, Portraits at the Penthouse: Live in Seattle (1966, Resonance)
- Bill Evans, In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music '24)
- Bill Evans, Moon Beams (1962, Craft)
- Bill Evans, Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969 (Elemental Music)
- Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith, The World of the Children (1976, Strata-East)
- Shamek Farrah, First Impressions (1974, Strata-East)
- Mickey Finn, Antiruggine (2012, Hora)
- Ella Fitzgerald, The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (1967, Verve)
- Fred Frith & Shelley Burgon, The Life and Behavior (2002-05, Relative Pitch)
- Fred Frith and the Gravity Band (2014, Klanggalerie)
- Carlos Garnett, Cosmos Nucleus (1976, Muse/Time Traveler)
- Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound '24)
- Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Side Up (1957, Verve Vault Series)
- Allen Ginsberg, The Complete Songs of Innocence and Experience (1970-71, Omnivore)
- Dexter Gordon, Our Man in Paris (1963, Blue Note)
- Dexter Gordon, Landslide (1961-62, Blue Note)
- Green Cosmos, Abendmusiken (1981-82, Frederiksberg)
- Griot Galaxy, Live on WUOM 1979 (Two Rooms)
- Tord Gustavsen Trio, Changing Places (2003, ECM)
- Jim Hall, Concierto [50th Anniversary Edition] (1975, Sony Music/Elemental Music)
- Billy Harper, Capra Black (1973, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Billy Harper, Trying to Make Heaven My Home (1979, MPS/Ultravybe)
- Nancy Harrow, Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1960, Candid)
- Phil Haynes & Free Country, Liberty Now! (1996-2025, Corner Store Jazz)
- Joe Henderson, Multiple (1973, Craft)
- Joe Henderson, Our Thing to In 'n Out Revisited (1963-64, Ezz-Thetics)
- Andrew Hill, Grass Roots (1968, Blue Note)
- Joseph Holbrooke, Last Live 2001: In Memoriam Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley (Tzadik)
- William Hooker, A Time Within: Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (Valley of Search)
- Noah Howard Group, Berlin Concert (1975, Cien Fuegos)
- Noah Howard Quartet, Schizophrenic Blues: Live in Berlin (1977, Cien Fuegos)
- Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance)
- Bobby Hutcherson, Montara (1975, Blue Note)
- Ibex Band, Stereo Instrumental Music (1976, Muzikawi)
- Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, Vol. 4: Jo Maka (1977, Souffle Continu)
- Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, Après La Marée Noire: Vers Une Musique Bretonne Nouvelle (1979, Souffle Continu)
- Michael Gregory Jackson, Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, Moved-by-Sound)
- Khan Jamal, Give the Vibes Some (1974, Souffle Continu)
- Al Jarreau & NDR Big Band, Ellington (2016, ACT Music '24)
- Keith Jarrett - Gary Peacock - Paul Motian, At the Deer Head Inn: The Complete Recordings (1992, ECM)
- Keith Jarrett, New Vienna (2016, ECM)
- Keith Jarrett - Gary Peacock - Paul Motian, The Old Country: More From the Deer Head Inn (1992, ECM '24)
- Russ Johnson - Christian Weber - Dieter Ulrich, To Walk on Eggshells (2009, Ezz-Thetics)
- Clifford Jordan, Glass Bead Games (1973, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Henry Kaiser, Domo Arigato Derek Sensei (1976-2006, Balance Point Acoustics)
- Roland Keijser Kvartett, Öppet 03/Tre (1968-69, Caprice)
- Masabumi Kikuchi, Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording Vol. II (2013, Red Hook)
- Frank Kimbrough, The Call (2010, Sunnyside)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967, Verve)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate (1963, Resonance)
- Roland Kirk Quartet, Domino: Live at Radio Bremen TV-Studios 1963 (1963, MIG)
- Steve Lacy Three, Live Lugano 1984 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics)
- Oliver Lake, Live From Studio Rivbea 1975 & 1976 (NoBusiness)
- Yusef Lateef, Golden Flower: Live in Sweden (1967-72, Elemental Music)
- Daunik Lazro - Tristan Honsinger - Jean-Jacques Avenel, True & Whole Tones in Rhythms (Dunois · 9 Mai 1982) (Fou '24)
- Agustin Pereyra Lucena, Puertos De Alternativa (1988, Far Out)
- Jimmy Lyons, Live From Studio Rivbea: 1974 & 1976 (NoBusiness)
- Edison Machado & Boa Nova (1978, Far Out)
- Bobby Matos & the Combo Conquistadores, My Latin Soul (1968, Mr. Bongo)
- Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM)
- Cecil McBee, Mutima (1974, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Stephen McCraven, Wooley the Newt (1979, Moved-by-Sound)
- Marian McPartland, At the Peninsula Library 1972 (Liberation Hall)
- Misha Mengelberg & Sabu Toyozumi, The Analects of Confucius (2000, NoBusiness)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus at Monterey (1964, Candid)
- Joni Mitchell, Joni's Jazz (1968-2023, Rhino)
- Hank Mobley, Roll Call (1960, Blue Note)
- Thelonious Monk, With Sonny Rollins 1953 to 1957 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics)
- Thelonious Monk, Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside)
- Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Himself (1957, Craft)
- Wes Montgomery With the Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966, Resonance)
- Wes Montgomery, The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960, Craft)
- James Moody, 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 (Origin)
- Oscar Moore, The Enchanting Guitar of Oscar Moore: The 1945-1965 Years (Fresh Sound)
- Lee Morgan, The Procrastinator (1967, Blue Note)
- Lee Morgan, Here's Lee Morgan (1960, Craft)
- Mujician, In Concerts (1993-2010, Jazz in Britain)
- Yusuf Mumin, Journey to the Ancient (We Want Sounds)
- Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver - Stanley Cowell - Cecil McBee - Jimmy Hopps], Live at Slugs' Volume I & II (1970, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Bobby Naughton Trio, Housatonic Rumble: Live at Charlie's Tap (1985, NoBusiness)
- A New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971 (Strawberry)
- James Newton Quartet, Live in Willisau Switzerland 1983 (Rhythm 'n' Flow)
- Kristen Noguès & John Surman, Diriaou (1998, Souffle Continu)
- King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Centennial (1923, Archeophone '24)
- Charles Owens Quartet, The Last Late Nights (2003, La Reserve)
- Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve '24)
- Evan Parker, The Heraclitean Two-Step, Etc. (1994-2024, False Walls '24)
- William Parker, In Order to Survive (1993, Black Saint)
- Joe Pass, Virtuoso (1973, Craft)
- Art Pepper, Geneva 1980 (Omnivore)
- Oscar Peterson, Around the World (1969-81, Mack Avenue/Two Lions)
- Michel Petrucciani Trio, Jazz Club Montmartre (1988, Storyville '24)
- The Piano Choir, Handscapes (1972, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Doc Pomus, You Can't Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos (1947-90, Omnivore)
- Andre Previn, Early Years 1945-53 (Acrobat '24)
- Ike Quebec, The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (1959-62, Blue Note)
- Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 (Resonance '24)
- Sam Rivers, A New Conception (1966, Blue Note)
- Max Roach, We Insist: Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960, Vinyl Me Please)
- The Dave Robbins Big Band, Happy Faces (1963-65, Cellar Music)
- Charlie Rouse, Two Is One (1974, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- The Charlie Rouse Band, Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition (1977, Resonance)
- Ray Russell Quartet, The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969 (Jazz in Britain '24)
- Pharoah Sanders, The Complete Pharoah Sanders Theresa Recordings (1980-87, Mosaic)
- Pharoah Sanders, Love Is Here: The Complete Paris 1975 ORTF Recordings (Transcendence Sounds)
- Pharoah Sanders, Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (1973, Strata East/Mack Avenue)
- Scandinavian Art Ensemble With Tomasz Stanko, The Copenhagen Session Vol. 2 (2016, April)
- Irène Schweizer - Rüdiger Carl - Johnny Dyani - Han Bennink, Irène's Hot Four (1981, Intakt)
- Toshiyuki Sekine Trio, Strode Road (1978, Craftman)
- Wayne Shorter, Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note '24)
- Wayne Shorter, Introducing Wayne Shorter (1960, Craft)
- Alan Silva and His Celestrial Communication Orchestra, Luna Surface (1969, BYG-Actuel)
- Horace Silver, Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1965, Blue Note)
- Nina Simone, Let It All Out: Selected Singles 1961-1978 (Ace)
- Snakeoil, In Lieu Of (2012, Screwgun)
- Simon Spang-Hanssen, Afrolantic (2002, Spangster)
- Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain: Esoteric, Modal, and Progressive Jazz From Central and Eastern Europe (1962-1988) (Jazzman)
- Larry Stabbins - Keith Tippett - Louis Moholo-Moholo, Live in Foggia (1985, Ogun)
- Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM '24)
- Louis Stewart, I Thought About You (1977, Livia)
- Strata-East: The Legacy Begins (1968-75, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Sun Ra, Stray Voltage (1970s-80s, Modern Harmonic)
- Sun Ra, Hidden Fire (1988, Strut)
- Sun Ra, Uncharted Passages: New York Piano Soliloquies 1977-79 (Modern Marmonic)
- Sun Ra, Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (1970, Strut)
- John Surman, Flashpoints and Undercurrents (1969, Cuneiform)
- Masayuki Takayanagi, Holy Holy (1985, Jinya Disc)
- Masayuki Takayanagi, Stardust (1979, Jinya Disc)
- Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Live at Widney High December 26th, 1971 (The Village)
- Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley, Flashing Spirits (1988, Burning Ambulance)
- John Taylor, Close to Mars (2006, CAM Jazz)
- John Taylor, Tramonto (2002, ECM)
- Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, Live at Leverkusen 1994 (Repertoire)
- Charles Tolliver's Music Inc, Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (1972, Strata-East)
- Charles Tolliver - Stanley Cowell - Cecil McBee - Jimmy Hopps, Music Inc. (1970, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Ryan Truesdell Presents Gil Evans Project, Shades of Sound: Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music)
- Charles Tyler Ensemble, Voyage From Jericho (1974, Frederiksberg)
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note '24)
- Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Centennial: The Music of Thad Jones: Live at the Village Vanguard (2024, BCM+D '24)
- Mal Waldron, Candy Girl (1975, Strut)
- The Charlie Watts Orchestra, Live Fulham Town Hall (1986, BMG)
- Mike Westbrook, The Cortège: Live at the BBC 1980 (Cadillac)
- Amanda Whiting, The Liminality of Her [Deluxe Edition] (2024, First Word)
- Jessica Williams, Blue Abstraction: Prepared Piano Project 1985-1987 (Pre-Echo Press)
- Tony Williams, Civilization (1986, Blue Note)
- Hiroshi Yoshimura, Flora (1987, Temporal Drift)
- Frank Zappa, Cheaper Than Cheep (1974, Zappa/UMe)
- Miles Davis, Live at the Plugged Nickel: December 23, 1965: Second Set (Legacy)
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme [Monophonic Edition] (1964, Impulse!)
- Ansamblul Hyperion, Conducerea Muzicală: Iancu Dumitrescu', '1980, Corbett vs. Dempsey ()
Album count: 208.