The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
List of Vocal 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:
- Kris Adams & Peter Perfido, Away (Jazzbird)
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch)
- Irene Amata, Sembianze (Prodastar)
- Gino Amato, Latin Crossroads 2 (Ovation)
- David Amram, Honors Guthrie and Ochs: Old Souls (Guthrie Legacy)
- Annahstasia, Tether (Drink Sum Wtr)
- Atlantic Jazz Collective, Seascape (Alma)
- Gaelle Bagot & Juan Manuel Nieto, Jardin D'ailleurs (Musique Live)
- Kenny Barron, Songbook (Artwork)
- Gary Bartz & NTU, The Eternal Tenure of Sound: Damage Control (OYO)
- Sonya Belaya, Dacha (Ropeadope)
- Brigitte Beraha's Lucid Dreamers, Teasing Reflections (Let Me Out)
- Camille Bertault, Voz E Vocês (Sunnyside)
- Theo Bleckmann, Love and Anger (Sunnyside)
- Lena Bloch & Kyoko Kitamura, Marina (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- Silvia Bolognesi & Eric Mingus, Is That Jazz? (Fonterossa)
- Sacha Boutros, Sacha: Paris After Dark (Hear Me Roar)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater + Bill Charlap, Elemental (Mack Avenue)
- Nicholas Bussmann - Sven-Åke Johansson - Yan Jun, Tea Time (Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu '24)
- Brian Byrne, She Must Go (Timberlake)
- Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, We Insist 2025! (Candid)
- Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Dawn (Stretch)
- Holly Cole, Dark Moon (Rumpus Room/Universal)
- Liz Cole, I Want to Be Happy (self-released)
- Stella Cole, It's Magic (Decca)
- Brittany Davis, Black Thunder (Loosegroove)
- Caroline Davis & Dustin Carlson, Sprites (Out of Your Head)
- Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari, Journey to Nabta Playa (Spiritmuse)
- Dena DeRose, Mellow Tones (HighNote)
- Harvey Diamond & John Lentz, How Strange the Road Should Be So Easy (Orchard of Pomegranates)
- Doideca, Sketches (Underpool)
- Sophie Dunér & Steve Beck, Stockhausen: Tierkreis/Schwartz: The Neon Pterodactyl (Urlicht)
- Sinne Eeg & Jacob Christoffersen, Shikiori (Stunt)
- Kurt Elling & Joey Calderazzo, Wildflowers Vol. 2 (Edition '24)
- Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition '24)
- Kurt Elling & Christian Sands, Wildflowers Vol. 3 (Big Shoulders)
- Enji, Sonor (Squama)
- Estonian Voices, Kallimale (Sheikid '24)
- Silvana Estrada, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (Glassnote)
- Lorraine Feather, The Green World (Relation)
- Dominique Fils-Aimé, Live at the Montreal International Jazz Festival (Ensoul)
- Flyways, Mutualism (Daily Music)
- Nnenna Freelon, Beneath the Skin (Origin)
- Vanisha Gould, She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth (Cellar Live '24)
- Caity Gyorgy, Hello! How Are You? (La Reserve '24)
- Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds & Catherine Russell, Cat & the Hounds (Turtle Bay)
- Allan Harris, The Poetry of Jazz: Live at Blue Llama (Blue Llama)
- Fred Hersch & Rondi Charleston, Suspended in Time: A Song Cycle (Resilience Music Alliance)
- Jazzmeia Horn, Messages (Empress Legacy '24)
- Ineza, Ibuka (Ineza Music)
- Chris Ingham Quintet, Walter/Donald (Downhome)
- Alfie Jackson Sextet, The Peacocks (JackoJazz)
- Carrie Jackson, Jersey Bounce (Arabesque Jazz)
- José James, 1978: Revenge of the Dragon (Rainbow Blonde)
- Kazzrie Jaxen & Don Messina, The Dance (New Artists)
- Sheila Jordan With Roni Ben-Hur & Harvie S, Portrait Now (Dot Time)
- Anthony Joseph, Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back (Heavenly Sweetness)
- Nancy Kelly, Be Cool (Origin)
- Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, Live in Vilnius (Fern Flower)
- Carla Kihlstedt, 26 Little Deaths (Cantaloupe Music)
- Rebecca Kilgore, A Little Taste: A Tribute to Dave Frishberg (Cherry Pie Music '24)
- Kokayi, Live at Big Ears: The Standard Knoxville, TN (Why!Not)
- Kokoroko, Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood)
- Lex Korten, Canopy (Sounderscore)
- Ingrid Laubrock, Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic)
- Laufey, A Matter of Time (AWAL)
- Ledisi, For Dinah (Candid)
- Damon Locks, List of Demands (International Anthem)
- Lovers, Lettres D'Amour (Thanatosis)
- Lucía, Lucía (La Reserve)
- Sandra-Mae Lux, Seasons in Jazz (ECN Music)
- Seth MacFarlane, Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements (Verve)
- Emi Makabe, Echo (Sunnyside)
- Lili Maljic, The Nearness of You: In Loving Memory of Jim Rotondi (Pacific Coast Jazz)
- Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, A Story Left Untold (Roomspin)
- Paul Marinaro, Mood Ellington (Origin)
- Michael Mayo, Fly (Mack Avenue '24)
- Christian McBride Big Band, Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue)
- Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks)
- Camila Meza, Portal (GroundUP Music)
- Kelsey Mines & Vinny Golia, Collusion and Collaboration (Relative Pitch)
- Joni Mitchell, Joni's Jazz (1968-2023, Rhino)
- Moor Mother, The Great Bailout (Anti- '24)
- Jason Moran - Trondheim Jazz Orchestra - Ole Morten Vagan, Go to Your North (Yes)
- Fred Moten & Brandon López, Revision (TAO Forms)
- Maria Muldaur, One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue)
- David Murray Quartet, Birdly Serenade (Impulse!)
- Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind (Red Hook)
- Maggie Nicols & Geoff Eales, Beautiful Love (33 Jazz)
- Michelle Nicolle, The Silent Wish (self-released)
- Nori, Walking Foot (Go Stop Music)
- Ola Onabulé & Nicolas Meier, Proof of Life (Rugged Ram)
- Hanna Paulsberg Concept & Elin Rosseland, Himmel Over Hav (Grappa)
- Ami Taf Ra, The Prophet and the Madman (Brainfeeder)
- Marion Rampal, Song for Abbey (Les Rivières Souterraines)
- Anaïs Reno, Lady of the Lavender Mist (Club44)
- Andreas Røysum Ensemble, With Marvin Tate (Motvind)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Oh Snap (Nonesuch)
- Boz Scaggs, Detour (Concord)
- Andreas Schaerer, Anthem for No Man's Land (ACT Music)
- Sara Serpa & Matt Mitchell, End of Something (Obliquity)
- Shout Section Big Band + Tatum Langley, Tatum's Swingin' Session!!! (self-released)
- Ben Sidran, Are We There Yet (Bonsai/Nardis)
- Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra, Basie Rocks! (Green Hill)
- Laura Ann Singh, Mean Reds (Out of Your Head)
- Emma Smith, Bitter Orange (La Reserve)
- Claudia Solal & Benjamin Moussay, Punk Moon (Jazzdor)
- Marianne Solivan, Break's Over (Imani)
- Tessa Souter, Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Music)
- Carmen Souza, Port'Inglês (Galilo MC '24)
- Kandace Springs, Lady in Satin (SRP)
- Silt Remembrance Ensemble [Luke Stewart], The Order (Cuneiform)
- Olivia Trummer, Like Water (Warner Music Italy)
- Saadet Türköz & Anaïs Tuerlinckx, Le Chant Des Noiseuses (ScatterArchive)
- Julia Úlehla and Dálava, Understories (Pi)
- Savina Yannatou Primavera en Salonico and Larnia Bedioui, Watersong (ECM)
- Adrian Younge, Something About April III (Jazz Is Dead)
- Shiri Zorn - George Muscatello - Mauricio Zottarelli, Looking for the Light (self-released)
- Nicole Zuraitis & Friends, Live at Vic's Las Vegas (La Reserve)
- Esinam & Sibusile Xaba, Healing Voices (W.E.R.F.)
Album count: 120.