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

Ballots 2025 [9]

Prev[Abreu - Brownlee] · [Buskirk - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gross] · [Hale - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Margasak] · [Medrano - Parnell] · [Perkins - Silva] · [Slim - Weiss] · [West - Yokoi] 

Michael J. West (DownBeat, Washington City Paper, Washington Post)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Richard Williams (The Blue Moment)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Carl Wilson (Slate, 'Crritic!')

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Jerome Wilson (All About Jazz, Radio Fairfax)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Josef Woodard (DownBeat, Jazziz, Los Angeles Times, Santa Barbara Independent, All About Jazz, JoeWoodard.com)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Ron Wynn (The Nashville Scene, Tennessee Tribune, Rock & Blues Muze, The Bluegrass Situation)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Scott Yanow (DownBeat, New York City Jazz Record, Los Angeles Jazz Scene, Syncopated Times, Jazz Rag)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

Kazue Yokoi (JazzTokyo)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

VOCAL

LATIN

DEBUT

 

Prev[Abreu - Brownlee] · [Buskirk - Drouot] · [Dryden - Gross] · [Hale - Kamins] · [Kanzler - Margasak] · [Medrano - Parnell] · [Perkins - Silva] · [Slim - Weiss] · [West - Yokoi]