The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
George Kanzler (Hot House, New York City Jazz Record)
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
- 3 Cohens & WDR Big Band, Interaction (Anzic) →
- Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens (Biophilia) →
- Rin Seo Collective, City Suite (Cellar Music) →
- Conrad Herwig, Reflections - Facing South (Savant) →
- John Scofield & Dave Holland, Memories of Home (ECM) →
- Brandon Woody, For the Love of It All (Blue Note) →
- Dayna Stephens, Monk'D (Contagious Music) →
- Steve Nelson - Joris Teepe - Eric Ineke, A Common Language (Daybreak) →
- Michael Dease, City Life: Music of Greg Hill (Origin) →
- Eric Scott Reed, Out Late (Smoke Sessions) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- James Moody, 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 (Origin) →
- Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance) →
- Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) →
- Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
- Frank Kimbrough, The Call (2010, Sunnyside) →
VOCAL
- Paul Marinaro, Mood Ellington (Origin) →
- Rebecca Kilgore, A Little Taste: A Tribute to Dave Frishberg (Cherry Pie Music '24) →
- Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks) →
LATIN
- Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley (Zoho) →
- Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet, El Muki (Saponegro) →
- Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra, A Centennial Salute to Tito & Tito (Truth Revolution) →
DEBUT
- Rin Seo Collective, City Suite (Cellar Music) →
- Brandon Woody, For the Love of It All (Blue Note) →
- Caelan Cardello, Chapter One (Jazz Bird) →
- Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks) →
- Marcus Gilmore, Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard (Drummerslams) →
Note: Dropped excess Vocal votes: Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, At Home (Turtle Bay); Allan Harris, The Poetry of Jazz (Blue Llama); Latin votes: The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective, Cortadito (JGB Music); Eddie Daniels, To Milton With Love (Resonance)
