Ballot 2025

[Abreu - Brownlee] · [Buskirk - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gross] · [Hale - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Margasak] · [Medrano - Parnell] · [Perkins - Silva] · [Slim - Weiss] · [West - Yokoi]

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

1. Isaiah Collier - William Hooker - William Parker, The Ancients (Eremite) →
2. Kamasi Washington, Lazarus [Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack] (Milan/Sony Music) →
3. Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts (Nonesuch) →
4. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, Defiant Life (ECM) →
5. Jeremy Pelt, Woven (HighNote) →
6. Nicole Glover, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Savant) →
7. Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens (Biophilia) →
8. Tomas Fujiwara, Dream Up (Out of Your Head) →
9. Jaleel Shaw, Painter of the Invisible (Changu) →
10. Yazz Ahmed, A Paradise in the Hold (Night Time Stories) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

• No choice.

VOCAL

• No choice.

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• No choice.

Note: Also see The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2025 (Stereogum)

[Abreu - Brownlee] · [Buskirk - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gross] · [Hale - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Margasak] · [Medrano - Parnell] · [Perkins - Silva] · [Slim - Weiss] · [West - Yokoi]