The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Ballot 2025
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
- Kenny Barron, Songbook (Artwork) →
- JD Allen, Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) (Savant) →
- Omar Sosa, Sendas (Ota) →
- Ben Solomon, Duet Etudes (Vireo Music Publishing) →
- Brandee Younger, Gadabout Season (Impulse!) →
- Miguel Zenón Quartet, Vanguardia Subterranea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music) →
- Aaron Parks, By All Means!! (Blue Note) →
- Brandon Sanders, Lasting Impression (Savant) →
- Charles Owens Trio, The Music Tells Us (La Reserve '24) →
- Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Pharoah Sanders, Love Is Here: The Complete Paris 1975 ORTF Recordings (Transcendence Sounds) →
- Anthony Braxton, Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance) →
- Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance) →
- Charles Owens Quartet, The Last Late Nights (2003, La Reserve) →
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance) →
VOCAL
- Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition '24) →
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Oh Snap (Nonesuch) →
LATIN
- Miguel Zenón Quartet, Vanguardia Subterranea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music) →
- Harold López-Nussa, Nueva Timba (Blue Note) →
DEBUT