The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025

Ballot 2025

Chris Heim (KMUW-FM [Wichita, KS])

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Ron Blake, Scratch Band (7Ten33 Productions)
  2. JD Allen, Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) (Savant)
  3. Keith Jarrett, New Vienna (2016, ECM)
  4. Thomas Fonnesbæk, In Rome (Storyville '24)
  5. Ted Piltzecker, Peace Vibes (OA2)
  6. Ben Sidran, Are We There Yet (Bonsai/Nardis)
  7. Mike Freeman Zonavibe, Circles in a Yellow Room (VOF)
  8. Conrad Herwig, Reflections - Facing South (Savant)
  9. Nanami Haruta, The Vibe (Origin)
  10. Wild Iris Brass Band, Way Up (Ear Up)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Ike Quebec, The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (1959-62, Blue Note)
  2. Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance)
  3. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance)

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