The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis Vocal Latin Debut
Critics
Abreu - BrownleeBuskirk - DrouotDryden - GrossHale - KaminsKanzler - MargasakMedrano - ParnellPerkins - SilvaSlim - WeissWest - Yokoi

Ballot 2025

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Ken Weiss (Cadence)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Raphaël Pannier Quartet, Live in Saint Louis, Senegal (Miel Music) →
  2. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) →
  3. Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Dream a Dream (Libra) →
  4. Patricia Brennan, Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic) →
  5. Wadada Leo Smith & Sylvie Courvoisier, Angel Falls (Intakt) →
  6. Alister Spence Trio, Gather (Alister Spence Music) →
  7. Henry Threadgill, Listen Ship (Pi) →
  8. Spinifex, Maxximus (Trytone) →
  9. Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation, This Time (Sunnyside) →
  10. PlainsPeak, Someone to Someone (Irabbagast) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
  2. Ellery Eskelin, Trio New York About (or On) First Visit (2011-13, Ezz-Thetics) →
  3. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance) →
  4. Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) →
  5. Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance) →

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LATIN

DEBUT

 

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