The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
- Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra, This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto '24) →
- Ryan Truesdell Presents Gil Evans Project, Shades of Sound: Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music) →
- Ensemble C, Every Journey (Adhyâropa) →
- Alchemy Sound Project & Sumi Tonooka, Under the Surface (ARC) →
- Ben Goldberg - Todd Sickafoose - Scott Amendola, Here to There (Secret Hatch '24) →
- Fred Hersch & Rondi Charleston, Suspended in Time: A Song Cycle (Resilience Music Alliance) →
- Adegoke Steve Colson & Iqua Colson With Andrew Cyrille & Mark Helias, Glow: Music for Trio . . . Add Voice (Silver Sphinx) →
- Peter Lenz, Breathe: Music for Large Ensembles (GamsbART '24) →
- Michika Fukumori, Eternity and a Day (Summit) →
- Phil Haynes & Free Country, Liberty Now! (1996-2025, Corner Store Jazz) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Centennial: The Music of Thad Jones: Live at the Village Vanguard (2024, BCM+D '24) →
- The Charlie Rouse Band, Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition (1977, Resonance) →
- James Moody, 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 (Origin) →
VOCAL
- Fred Hersch & Rondi Charleston, Suspended in Time: A Song Cycle (Resilience Music Alliance) →
- Ben Sidran, Are We There Yet (Bonsai/Nardis) →
- Lorraine Feather, The Green World (Relation) →
LATIN
- Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jazz Is Dead 24: Dom Salvador (Jazz Is Dead) →
- Samantha Schmutz & Adrian Younge, Samantha & Adrian (Linear Labs) →
- Roger Glenn, My Latin Heart (Patois) →
DEBUT
- Nicola Caminiti, Vivid Tales of a Blurry Self-Portrait (self-released '24) →
- Heirloom, Familiar Beginnings (Shifting Paradigm) →
