The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis Vocal Latin Debut
Critics
Abreu - BrownleeBuskirk - DrouotDryden - GrossHale - KaminsKanzler - MargasakMedrano - ParnellPerkins - SilvaSlim - WeissWest - Yokoi

Ballot 2025

Prev[Abreu - Brownlee] · [Buskirk - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gross] · [Hale - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Margasak] · [Medrano - Parnell] · [Perkins - Silva] · [Slim - Weiss] · [West - Yokoi]Next

Dan Ouellette (DownBeat, Stereophile, QWEST.TV, Jazz & Beyond Intel, The Landfill Chronicles)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Spin (Ronin Rhythm '24) →
  2. Patricia Brennan, Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic) →
  3. Wadada Leo Smith & Sylvie Courvoisier, Angel Falls (Intakt) →
  4. Amir ElSaffar, New Quartet Live at Pierre Boulez Saal (Maqām) →
  5. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) →
  6. Steve Tibbetts, Close (ECM) →
  7. Tommaso Perazzo - Marcello Cardillo - Buster Williams, Portrait of a Moment (Red) →
  8. Chano Dominguez & Ethan Margolis, The Blues Around Us (Unifying Sounds) →
  9. Ensemble C, Every Journey (Adhyâropa) →
  10. Anouar Brahem, After the Last Sky (ECM) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Note: Ballot says "top 10 albums in no order," but not alphabetized so counted as ranked.

 

Prev[Abreu - Brownlee] · [Buskirk - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gross] · [Hale - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Margasak] · [Medrano - Parnell] · [Perkins - Silva] · [Slim - Weiss] · [West - Yokoi]Next