The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025

Ballot 2025

Rich Scheinin (SFJAZZ)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Kenny Barron, Songbook (Artwork)
  2. JD Allen, Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) (Savant)
  3. Omar Sosa, Sendas (Ota)
  4. Ben Solomon, Duet Etudes (Vireo Music Publishing)
  5. Brandee Younger, Gadabout Season (Impulse!)
  6. Miguel Zenón Quartet, Vanguardia Subterranea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music)
  7. Aaron Parks, By All Means!! (Blue Note)
  8. Brandon Sanders, Lasting Impression (Savant)
  9. Charles Owens Trio, The Music Tells Us (La Reserve '24)
  10. Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind (Red Hook)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Pharoah Sanders, Love Is Here: The Complete Paris 1975 ORTF Recordings (Transcendence Sounds)
  2. Anthony Braxton, Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance)
  3. Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance)
  4. Charles Owens Quartet, The Last Late Nights (2003, La Reserve)
  5. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance)

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