Ballot 2025

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

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

1. Marcus Gilmore, Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard (Drummerslams) →
2. Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) →
3. Jacob Garchik, Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time (Yestereve) →
4. Craig Taborn - Nels Cline - Marcus Gilmore, Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic) →
5. Kassa Overall, Cream (Warp) →
6. Billy Hart Quartet, Just (ECM) →
7. Brandee Younger, Gadabout Season (Impulse!) →
8. Chicago Underground Duo, Hyperglyph (International Anthem) →
9. Joe Farnsworth, The Big Room (Smoke Sessions) →
10. Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons, Live in Philadelphia (Otherly Love/Ars Nova Workshop) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

1. The Bottle Tapes (1996-2005, Corbett vs. Dempsey) →
2. Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
3. Rashied Ali Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe, Sidewalks in Motion (2001, Survival) →
4. Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley, Flashing Spirits (1988, Burning Ambulance) →
5. Horace Silver, Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1965, Blue Note) →

VOCAL

• Gary Bartz & NTU, The Eternal Tenure of Sound: Damage Control (OYO) →
• Christian McBride Big Band, Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue) →
• Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks) →

LATIN

• No choice.

DEBUT

• Paul Cornish, You're Exaggerating! (Blue Note) →
• Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks) →

Note: Also see Best Jazz Albums of 2025 [New York Times] and Best of 2025: Jazz (on record) [Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches]

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