The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)
- Etienne Charles, Gullah Roots (Culture Shock) →
- Luca Curcio, La BOMBA (Boomslang) →
- Enemy, Fiend (Edition) →
- Zé Ibarra, Afim (Mr. Bongo) →
- Joe Lovano, Homage (ECM) →
- Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet, Live Spirit 1 (WMQ) →
- Hanna Paulsberg Concept & Elin Rosseland, Himmel Over Hav (Grappa) →
- Louis Sclavis, India (Yolk) →
- Craig Taborn - Nels Cline - Marcus Gilmore, Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic) →
- Rufus Wainwright With the Pacific Jazz Orchestra, I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Wainwright Does Weill (Thirty Tigers) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- Russ Johnson - Christian Weber - Dieter Ulrich, To Walk on Eggshells (2009, Ezz-Thetics) →
- Steve Lacy Three, Live Lugano 1984 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) →
- Mickey Finn, Antiruggine (2012, Hora) →
- John Surman, Flashpoints and Undercurrents (1969, Cuneiform) →
- John Taylor, Tramonto (2002, ECM) →
VOCAL
- Silvia Bolognesi & Eric Mingus, Is That Jazz? (Fonterossa) →
- Esinam & Sibusile Xaba, Healing Voices (W.E.R.F.) →
- Dominique Fils-Aimé, Live at the Montreal International Jazz Festival (Ensoul) →
LATIN
- Roxana Amed, Todos Los Fuegos (Sony) →
- Ryan Keberle & Collectiv Do Brasil, Choro Das Aguas (Alternate Side) →
- Sabeth Perez, Searching for Beauty (Rogue Tone) →
DEBUT
- Emma Dayhuff, Innovations & Lineage: The Chicago Project (Division 81) →
- Lex Korten, Canopy (Sounderscore) →
- Nicolò Ricci, Schiacciasette (Dox) →
