The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
- John O'Gallagher - Ben Monder - Andrew Cyrille - Billy Hart, Ancestral (Whirlwind) →
- Stephane Wrembel, Django New Orleans II: Hors Série (Water Is Life) →
- Kenny Barron, Songbook (Artwork) →
- Jaleel Shaw, Painter of the Invisible (Changu) →
- Christian McBride Big Band, Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue) →
- Johnny Iguana, At Delmark: Chicago-Style Solo Piano (Delmark) →
- Jim Witzel, Very Early: Remembering Bill Evans (Joplin & Sweeney) →
- Mike Freeman Zonavibe, Circles in a Yellow Room (VOF) →
- Seth MacFarlane, Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements (Verve) →
- Carrie Jackson, Jersey Bounce (Arabesque Jazz) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Bill Evans, Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (1959-61, Craft) →
- Ray Barretto Y Su Orquesta, Celia · Ray · Adalberto: Tremendo Trio! (1983, Craft) →
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate (1963, Resonance) →
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance) →
- Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) →
VOCAL
- Kenny Barron, Songbook (Artwork) →
- Seth MacFarlane, Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements (Verve) →
- Carrie Jackson, Jersey Bounce (Arabesque Jazz) →
- Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra, Basie Rocks! (Green Hill) →
LATIN
- Ray Barretto Y Su Orquesta, Celia · Ray · Adalberto: Tremendo Trio! (1983, Craft) →
- Bad Bunny, Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Rimas Entertainment) →
- Fuerza Regida, 111xpantia (Rancho Humilde/Street Mob/Sony Music Latin) →
DEBUT
- Adrian Galante, Introducing Adrian Galante (Zoho) →
- Juan Perea, Lightkeeper (Zoho) →
- Perceptions Trio [Charley Rose - Silvan Joray - Paulo Almeida], The Wicked Crew (Sense) →
Note: Perceptions Trio is not strictly a debut album (Rose and Joray have previous, but were not well known).
