The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
- Sullivan Fortner, Southern Nights (Artwork) →
- Jaleel Shaw, Painter of the Invisible (Changu) →
- Simon Spillett, Up in Town (Mister PC) →
- The Birdland Big Band, Storybook: The Music of Mark Miller (Birdland) →
- Dayna Stephens, Hopium (Contagious Music) →
- Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus, The Children & the Warlock (Cellar Music) →
- Kandace Springs, Lady in Satin (SRP) →
- Noah Preminger, Ballads (Chill Tone) →
- Gareth Lockrane Big Band, Box of Tricks (Whirlwind) →
- Nigel Price Organ Trio, It's On! (self-released) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Nancy Harrow, Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1960, Candid) →
- The Charlie Watts Orchestra, Live Fulham Town Hall (1986, BMG) →
- Louis Stewart, I Thought About You (1977, Livia) →
- Ted Brown, Just You, Just Me (2013, New Artists) →
- Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
VOCAL
- Kandace Springs, Lady in Satin (SRP) →
- Shout Section Big Band + Tatum Langley, Tatum's Swingin' Session!!! (self-released) →
- Emma Smith, Bitter Orange (La Reserve) →
- Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, A Story Left Untold (Roomspin) →
LATIN
- Catina DeLuna & Otmar Ruiz, Lado B Brazilian Project 2 (Sunnyside) →
- Wild Iris Brass Band, Way Up (Ear Up) →
- Antonio Adolfo, Carnaval: The Songs Were So Beautiful (AAM Music) →
DEBUT
Note: Extra Vocal vote dropped for Tessa Souter, Treasures and Silence: The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Music)