The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025 Mid-Year
List of Rara Avis (Reissues/Archival)
This page offers an alphabetically sorted list of albums that have
received one or more votes in a given category. The categories are:
- Rashied Ali & Leroy Jenkins, Swift Are the Winds of Life [Expanded Edition] (1975, Survival)
- Geri Allen Trio, The Printmakers (1984, Minor Music '24)
- Tony Allen & La Bogotá Orquesta Afrobeat, La BOA Meets Tony Allen (2011, Comet)
- Jean-Jacques Avenel & Daunik Lazro, Duo: Bibliothčque De Massy 13 Novembre 1980 (Fou '24)
- Albert Ayler Trio, Prophecy Live First Visit (1964, Ezz-Thetics)
- Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Snakeoil OK (2013, Screwgun)
- David Binney, Grains of Light (2009-13, Mythology)
- Blackbyds, City Life (1975, Craft/Jazz Dispensary)
- Paul Bley Trio, Floater & Syndrome: The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited (1962-63, Ezz-Thetics)
- Charles Brackeen, Rhythm X (1968, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Bobby Bradford - Frode Gjerstad - William Roper - Alex Cline, Frice (Fundacja Słuchaj '24)
- Anthony Braxton, B-X0 N0-47A (1969, BYG)
- Anthony Braxton, Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance)
- Peter Brötzmann Trio, Hurricane (2015, Old Heaven Books)
- Peter Brötzmann - Jason Adasiewicz - Steve Noble - John Edwards, The Quartet: Cafe Oto, London, February, 10 & 11, 2023 (Otoroku)
- Dave Burrell & Sam Woodyard, The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness)
- Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey, On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (1959, Blue Note)
- Jaki Byard, Blues for Smoke (1960, Candid)
- Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions (1953-58, Mosaic)
- Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-57, Mosaic '24)
- Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions (1943-49, Mosaic)
- George Colligan, Live at the Jazz Standard (2014, Whirlwind)
- Chick Corea - Christian McBride - Brian Blade, Trilogy 3 (Candid)
- Chick Corea, Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971, ECM)
- Stanley Cowell, Musa: Ancestral Streams (1974, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Celia Cruz & Willie Colón, Celia Y Willie (1981, Craft)
- Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy '24)
- Walter Davis Jr, A Being Such as You (1979, Red)
- Manu Dibango, Dibango 82 (1982, We Want Sounds)
- Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance)
- Marco Eneidi Quartet, Wheat Fields of Kleyehof (2004, Balance Point Acoustics)
- Ellery Eskelin, Trio New York About (or On) First Visit (2011-13, Ezz-Thetics)
- Bill Evans, In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music '24)
- Bill Evans, Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969 (Elemental Music)
- Ella Fitzgerald, The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (1967, Verve)
- Fred Frith & Shelley Burgon, The Life and Behavior (2002-05, Relative Pitch)
- Kenny Garrett, Sounds From the Ancestors (2021, Mack Avenue)
- Dexter Gordon, Landslide (1961-62, Blue Note)
- Dexter Gordon, Our Man in Paris (1963, Blue Note)
- Green Cosmos, Abendmusiken (1981-82, Frederiksberg)
- Vince Guaraldi, It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! (Lee Mendelson Film Productions)
- Vince Guaraldi Trio, Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964, Craft)
- Mary Halvorson Quartet, John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 1 (2019, Tzadik)
- Billy Harper, Capra Black (1973, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Nancy Harrow, Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1960, Candid)
- Roy Haynes, Hip Ensemble (1971, We Want Sounds)
- Joe Henderson, Our Thing to In 'n Out Revisited (1963-64, Ezz-Thetics)
- Joe Henderson, Multiple (1973, Craft)
- John Hicks, Steadfast (1975, Strata-East/Mack Avneue)
- Andrew Hill, Grass Roots (1968, Blue Note)
- John Lee Hooker, The Charcot Sessions (1969, Good Time '24)
- William Hooker, A Time Within: Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (Valley of Search)
- Noah Howard Group, Berlin Concert (1975, Cien Fuegos)
- Noah Howard Quartet, Schizophrenic Blues: Live in Berlin (1977, Cien Fuegos)
- Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance)
- Freddie Hubbard, Here to Stay (1962, Blue Note)
- Bobby Hutcherson, Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic '24)
- Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, Vol. 4: Jo Maka (1977, Souffle Continu)
- Michael Gregory Jackson, Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, Moved-by-Sound)
- Keith Jarrett - Gary Peacock - Paul Motian, The Old Country: More From the Deer Head Inn (1992, ECM '24)
- Keith Jarrett, New Vienna (2016, ECM)
- The Jazz Crusaders, Freedom Sound (1961, Blue Note)
- Clifford Jordan Big Band, Play What You Feel (1990, Mapleshade/P-Vine)
- Clifford Jordan, Glass Bead Games (1973, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Frank Kimbrough, The Call (2010, Sunnyside)
- Roland Kirk Quartet, Domino (1963, MIG)
- Charles Kynard, Woga (1972, We Want Sounds)
- Steve Lacy - Roswell Rudd - Kent Carter - Beaver Harris, Trickles (1976, Black Saint)
- Steve Lacy Three, Live Lugano 1984 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics)
- Daunik Lazro - Tristan Honsinger - Jean-Jacques Avenel, True & Whole Rhythms Au Danois 9 Mai 1982 (Fou)
- Jimmy Lyons, Live From Studio Rivbea: 1974 & 1976 (NoBusiness)
- Edison Machado & Boa Nova (1978, Far Out)
- Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM)
- Marian McPartland, At the Peninsula Library 1972 (Liberation Hall)
- Misha Mengelberg & Sabu Toyozumi, The Analects of Confucius (2000, NoBusiness)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus at Monterey (1964, Candid)
- Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance)
- Hank Mobley, Roll Call (1960, Blue Note)
- Thelonious Monk, With Sonny Rollins 1953 to 1957 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics)
- Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Himself (1957, Craft)
- Wes Montgomery With the Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966, Resonance)
- Wes Montgomery, The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960, Craft)
- James Moody, 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 (Origin)
- Gerry Mulligan, Nocturne (1992, Red)
- Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk, Mulligan Meets Monk (1957, Craft)
- Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver - Stanley Cowell - Cecil McBee - Jimmy Hopps], Live at Slugs' Volume I & II (1970, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- A New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971 (Strawberry)
- David "Fathead" Newman - Ellis Marsalis - Cornell Dupree, Return to the Wide Open Spaces (1990, Amazing/Steady Boy)
- Kristen Nogučs & John Surman, Diriaou (1998, Souffle Continu)
- Red Norvo, World Broadcast Recordings (1944-45, Circle/Jazzology)
- Evan Parker, The Heraclitean Two-Step, Etc. (1994-2024, False Walls '24)
- Jeff Parker, The New Breed (2016, International Anthem)
- Joe Pass, Virtuoso (1973, Craft)
- Art Pepper, An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1980, Elemental Music)
- Art Pepper, Geneva 1980 (Omnivore)
- Michel Petrucciani Trio, Jazz Club Montmartre (1988, Storyville '24)
- The Piano Choir, Handscapes (1972, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Enrico Rava, Il Giro Del Giorno in Mondi 80 (1972, Eargong)
- Emily Remler, Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 (Resonance '24)
- Max Roach, We Insist: Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960, Vinyl Me Please)
- Charlie Rouse, Two Is One (1974, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Ray Russell Quartet, The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969 (Jazz in Britain)
- Pharoah Sanders, The Complete Pharoah Sanders Theresa Recordings (1980-87, Mosaic)
- Pharaoh Sanders, Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (1973, Strata East/Mack Avenue)
- Manfred Schoof Ochestra, European Echoes (1969, FMP)
- Irčne Schweizer - Rüdiger Carl - Johnny Dyani - Han Bennink, Irčne's Hot Four (1981, Intakt)
- Toshiyuki Sekine Trio, Strode Rode (1978, Craftman)
- Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble, The Complete Live at Antibes (1970, BYG/Actuel)
- Wayne Shorter, Introducing Wayne Shorter (1960, Craft)
- Soft Machine, Drop [Remastered] (1971, MoonJune)
- Soft Machine, Floating World Live [Remastered] (1975, MoonJune)
- Soft Works, Abracadabra (2002, MoonJune)
- Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain: Esoteric, Modal, and Progressive Jazz From Central and Eastern Europe (1962-1988) (Jazzman)
- Larry Stabbins - Keith Tippett - Louis Moholo-Moholo, Live in Foggia (1985, Ogun)
- Tomasz Stanko Quartet, September Night (2004, ECM '24)
- Louis Stewart, I Thought About You (1977, Livia)
- Strata-East: The Legacy Begins (1968-75, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Sun Ra, Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (1970, Strut)
- Sun Ra, On Jupiter (1979, Saturn/Strut)
- Sun Ra, Stray Voltage (1970s-80s, Modern Harmonic)
- Sun Ra, Uncharted Passages: New York Piano Soliloquies 1977-79 (Modern Marmonic)
- John Surman, Flashpoints and Undercurrents (1969, Cuneiform)
- Masayuki Takayanagi, Holy Holy (1985, Jinya Disc)
- Masayuki Takayanagi, Stardust (1979, Jinya Disc)
- Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Live at Widney High December 26th, 1971 (The Village)
- Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley, Flashing Spirits (1988, Burning Ambulance)
- Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, Live at Leverkusen 1994 (Repertoire)
- To Live and Shave in L.A., The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg (1995-2000, Palilia)
- Charles Tolliver - Stanley Cowell - Cecil McBee - Jimmy Hopps, Music Inc. (1970, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
- Ryan Truesdell, Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music)
- McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson, Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note '24)
- Kenny Wheeler, The Kenny Wheeler Big Band & Friends, Vol. 2 (1973-74, British Progressive Jazz)
- Jack Wilkins, Opal (1983, CTI/King Japan)
- Frank Zappa, Cheaper Than Cheep (1974, Zappa/UMe)
Album count: 134.