The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis Vocal Latin Debut
Critics
Abreu - BrownleeBuskirk - DrouotDryden - GrossHale - KaminsKanzler - MargasakMedrano - ParnellPerkins - SilvaSlim - WeissWest - Yokoi

Ballot 2025

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Peter Hum (The Ottawa Citizen)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Marcus Gilmore, Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard (Drummerslams) →
  2. Billy Hart, Multidirectional (Smoke Sessions) →
  3. Al Foster, Live at Smoke (Smoke Sessions) →
  4. Sullivan Fortner, Southern Nights (Artwork) →
  5. Miguel Zenón Quartet, Vanguardia Subterranea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music) →
  6. Johnathan Blake, My Life Matters (Blue Note) →
  7. Joe Lovano, Homage (ECM) →
  8. Aaron Parks, By All Means!! (Blue Note) →
  9. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, Defiant Life (ECM) →
  10. Paul Cornish, You're Exaggerating! (Blue Note) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Thelonious Monk, Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside) →
  2. Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
  3. Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance) →
  4. Horace Silver, Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1965, Blue Note) →

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

 

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