The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Past Polls
Index
Totals
New Albums
Rara Avis
Vocal
Latin
Debut
Critics
Ballots
Abreu - Brownlee
Buskirk - Drouot
Dryden - Gross
Hale - Kamins
Kanzler - Margasak
Medrano - Parnell
Perkins - Silva
Slim - Weiss
West - Yokoi
Ballot 2025
[Abreu - Brownlee]
·
[Buskirk - Drouot]
·
[Dryden - Gross]
· [Hale - Kamins] ·
[Kanzler - Margasak]
·
[Medrano - Parnell]
·
[Perkins - Silva]
·
[Slim - Weiss]
·
[West - Yokoi]
Chris Heim
(KMUW-FM [Wichita, KS])
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
Ron Blake,
Scratch Band
(7Ten33 Productions)
→
JD Allen,
Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions)
(Savant)
→
Keith Jarrett,
New Vienna
(2016, ECM)
→
Thomas Fonnesbæk,
In Rome
(Storyville '24)
→
Ted Piltzecker,
Peace Vibes
(OA2)
→
Ben Sidran,
Are We There Yet
(Bonsai/Nardis)
→
Mike Freeman Zonavibe,
Circles in a Yellow Room
(VOF)
→
Conrad Herwig,
Reflections - Facing South
(Savant)
→
Nanami Haruta,
The Vibe
(Origin)
→
Wild Iris Brass Band,
Way Up
(Ear Up)
→
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
Ike Quebec,
The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions
(1959-62, Blue Note)
→
Kenny Dorham,
Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco
(1957, Resonance)
→
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse
(1967, Resonance)
→
VOCAL
Ledisi,
For Dinah
(Candid)
→
Kandace Springs,
Lady in Satin
(SRP)
→
Liz Cole,
I Want to Be Happy
(self-released)
→
LATIN
Mike Freeman Zonavibe,
Circles in a Yellow Room
(VOF)
→
Conrad Herwig,
Reflections - Facing South
(Savant)
→
Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: A Collection of SF Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz: Renegade Queens
(1991-2025, Patois)
→
DEBUT
Nanami Haruta,
The Vibe
(Origin)
→
[Abreu - Brownlee]
·
[Buskirk - Drouot]
·
[Dryden - Gross]
· [Hale - Kamins] ·
[Kanzler - Margasak]
·
[Medrano - Parnell]
·
[Perkins - Silva]
·
[Slim - Weiss]
·
[West - Yokoi]