The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025

Ballot 2025

Peter Quinn (Jazzwise, The Arts Desk)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Oh Snap (Nonesuch)
  2. Christian McBride Big Band, Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue)
  3. Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, A Story Left Untold (Roomspin)
  4. Tereza Catarov, Koren (PKmusik)
  5. Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks)
  6. Fini Bearman, Last Night of the World (Pastiche)
  7. Emma Smith, Bitter Orange (La Reserve)
  8. Olivia Trummer, Like Water (Warner Music Italy)
  9. Snowpoet, Heartstrings (Edition)
  10. Ledisi, For Dinah (Candid)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Himself (1957, Craft)
  2. Miles Davis, Walkin' (1954, Craft)
  3. Ella Fitzgerald, The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (1967, Verve)
  4. Pharoah Sanders, Love Is Here: The Complete Paris 1975 ORTF Recordings (Transcendence Sounds)
  5. Bill Evans, Moon Beams (1962, Craft)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Note: Also see: Peter Quinn's Album of the Year 2025: Cécile McLorin Salvant - Oh Snap