The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
- Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) →
- Satoko Fujii GEN, Altitude 1100 Meters (Libra) →
- Sullivan Fortner, Southern Nights (Artwork) →
- Paul Hecht, Pyrography (Ears & Eyes) →
- Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds & Catherine Russell, Cat & the Hounds (Turtle Bay) →
- Paul Marinaro, Mood Ellington (Origin) →
- Petra Onderuf Quartet, An Odd Time of Day (Kaipati) →
- Shuteen Erdenebaatar & Nils Kugelmann, Under the Same Stars (Motéma Music) →
- John Yao and His 17 Piece Instrument, Points in Time (See Tao) →
- Jim Witzel, Very Early: Remembering Bill Evans (Joplin & Sweeney) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate (1963, Resonance) →
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance) →
- Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) →
- Roy Brooks, The Free Slave (1970, Muse/Time Traveler) →
VOCAL
- Paul Marinaro, Mood Ellington (Origin) →
- Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds & Catherine Russell, Cat & the Hounds (Turtle Bay) →
- Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks) →
LATIN
- Catina DeLuna & Otmar Ruiz, Lado B Brazilian Project 2 (Sunnyside) →
- Alex "Apolo" Ayala & the Bámbula Project, Afro Puerto Rican Jazz (PMC/Miel Music) →
DEBUT
- Petra Onderuf Quartet, An Odd Time of Day (Kaipati) →
