The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis Vocal Latin Debut
Critics
Abreu - BrownleeBuskirk - DrouotDryden - GrossHale - KaminsKanzler - MargasakMedrano - ParnellPerkins - SilvaSlim - WeissWest - Yokoi

Ballot 2025

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Anthony Dean-Harris (Portland Jazz Radio, KMHD; DownBeat)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Aaron Parks, By All Means!! (Blue Note) →
  2. Butcher Brown, Letters From the Atlantic (Concord Jazz) →
  3. Makaya McCraven, Off the Record (International Anthem) →
  4. Patricia Brennan, Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic) →
  5. Brandon Woody, For the Love of It All (Blue Note) →
  6. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Apple Cores (Anti-) →
  7. Braxton Cook, Not Everyone Can Go (Nettwerk) →
  8. Brandee Younger, Gadabout Season (Impulse!) →
  9. Billy Mohler, The Eternal (Contagious Music) →
  10. Craig Taborn - Nels Cline - Marcus Gilmore, Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

 

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