The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
- أحمد [Ahmed], سماع [Sama'a] (Audition) (Otoroku) →
- Peter Brötzmann - Jason Adasiewicz - Steve Noble - John Edwards, The Quartet: Cafe Oto, London, February, 10 & 11, 2023 (Otoroku) →
- Cosmic Ear, Traces (We Jazz) →
- Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts (Nonesuch) →
- Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner, The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) →
- Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) →
- Deepstaria Enigmatica, The Eternal Now Is the Heart of a New Tomorrow (ESP-Disk) →
- William Hooker, Jubilation (ORG Music) →
- Otherlands Trio [Stephan Crump - Darius Jones - Eric McPherson], Star Mountain (Intakt) →
- Joe Chambers - Kevin Diehl - Chad Taylor, Onilu (Eremite) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- The Bottle Tapes (1996-2005, Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance) →
- Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley, Flashing Spirits (1988, Burning Ambulance) →
- Marco Eneidi Quintet, Wheat Fields of Kleylehof (2004, Balance Point Acoustics) →
- Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith, The World of the Children (1976, Strata-East) →
VOCAL
- Silvana Estrada, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (Glassnote) →
- Laura Ann Singh, Mean Reds (Out of Your Head) →
- Lena Bloch & Kyoko Kitamura, Marina (Fresh Sound New Talent) →
LATIN
- Roger Glenn, My Latin Heart (Patois) →
- Miguel Zenón Quartet, Vanguardia Subterranea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music) →
- Aruán Ortiz, Créole Renaissance (Intakt) →
DEBUT
Note: See also It Will Not End Here: My 25 Favorite Records of 2025 (if you don't give me any more time to think about it)
