The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025

Ballot 2025

Andrey Henkin (JazzTimes, Stereophile, Jazzwise, Jazz Passings)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Angles 11, Tell Them It's the Sound of Freedom (Fundacja Sluchaj)
  2. Mats Gustafsson - Ken Vandermark - Tomeka Reid - Chad Taylor, Pivot (Silkheart)
  3. Kim Jung Jae, Shamanism (Relative Pitch)
  4. Littorina Saxophone Quartet, Leaking Pipes (NoBusiness)
  5. Eric McPherson, Double Bass Quartet (Giant Step Arts)
  6. Ava Mendoza - Gabby Fluke-Mogul - Carolina Pérez, Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance)
  7. Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens (Biophilia)
  8. Ben Stapp, Uzmic Ro'Samg (577)
  9. Dan Weiss Quartet, Unclassified Affections (Pi)
  10. John Zorn & Dave Lombardo, Memories, Dreams, and Reflections (Tzadik)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Dave Burrell & Sam Woodyard, The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness)
  2. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance)
  3. James Newton Quartet, Live in Willisau Switzerland 1983 (Rhythm 'n' Flow)
  4. Irène Schweizer - Rüdiger Carl - Johnny Dyani - Han Bennink, Irène's Hot Four (1981, Intakt)
  5. Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley, Flashing Spirits (1988, Burning Ambulance)

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