The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)
- Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet, Sound Remains (Whirlwind) →
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) →
- Gary Bartz & NTU, The Eternal Tenure of Sound: Damage Control (OYO) →
- Johnathan Blake, My Life Matters (Blue Note) →
- Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green (ECM) →
- Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, Defiant Life (ECM) →
- Charles Lloyd, Figure in Blue (Blue Note) →
- Aaron Parks, By All Means!! (Blue Note) →
- Alchemy Sound Project & Sumi Tonooka, Under the Surface (ARC) →
- Mark Turner, Reflections On: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- John Coltrane, The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse!) →
- Bill Evans, Moon Beams (1962, Craft) →
- Lee Morgan, The Procrastinator (1967, Blue Note) →
- Wayne Shorter, Introducing Wayne Shorter (1960, Craft) →
- Tony Williams, Civilization (1986, Blue Note) →
VOCAL
- Kurt Elling & Joey Calderazzo, Wildflowers Vol. 2 (Edition '24) →
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Oh Snap (Nonesuch) →
- Claudia Solal & Benjamin Moussay, Punk Moon (Jazzdor) →
LATIN
- Paquito D'Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band, La Fleur De Cayenne (Sunnyside) →
- Manuel Valera New Cuban Express, Rise Again Vol. 2 (Mavo) →
- Miguel Zenón Quartet, Vanguardia Subterranea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music) →
DEBUT
- Marcus Gilmore, Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard (Drummerslams) →
