The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025

Ballot 2025

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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