The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025

Ballot 2025

Jason Weiss (The Wire, Le Ventre et l'Oreille)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Webber/Morris Big Band, Unseparate (Out of Your Head)
  2. The Hemphill Stringtet, Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out of Your Head)
  3. Lena Bloch & Kyoko Kitamura, Marina (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  4. Claude Tchamitchian Quartet, Vortice (Emouvance)
  5. GPS, Directions + Destinations (577)
  6. Antonio Borghini & Banquet of Consequences, Resta Chi Va (We Insist!)
  7. Dan Weiss Quartet, Unclassified Affections (Pi)
  8. Etienne Brunet, Ear Asphyxia (self-released)
  9. Flyways, Mutualism (Daily Music)
  10. Bec & Ongles [François de Larrard & Mathieu Bec], Zanzibar (Mazeto Square)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, Après La Marée Noire: Vers Une Musique Bretonne Nouvelle (1979, Souffle Continu)
  2. Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, Vol. 4: Jo Maka (1977, Souffle Continu)
  3. Khan Jamal, Give the Vibes Some (1974, Souffle Continu)
  4. Kristen Noguès & John Surman, Diriaou (1998, Souffle Continu)
  5. Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance)

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