The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025 Mid-Year
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis
Critics
Acquaro - CollinsConsidine - GeikenGottschalk - KennyKoblin - NilandOrlov - SteinSullivan - Yokoi

Ballot 2025 Mid-Year

 [Acquaro - Collins] · [Considine - Geiken] · [Gottschalk - Kenny] · [Koblin - Niland] · [Orlov - Stein] · [Sullivan - Yokoi]Next

Stuart Broomer (Free Jazz Collective, Musicworks, New York City Jazz Record, Point of Departure, The Whole Note)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Isaiah Collier - William Hooker - William Parker, The Ancients (Eremite) →
  2. Sophie Agnel & John Butcher, Rare (Les Disques Victo) →
  3. Alexander Hawkins, Song Unconditional (Intakt) →
  4. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem '24) →
  5. Stefan Keune - Sandy Ewen - Damon Smith, Two Felt-Tip Pens: Live at Moers (Balance Point Acoustics) →
  6. Paul Flaherty, A Willing Passenger (Relative Pitch) →
  7. Joe Chambers - Kevin Diehl - Chad Taylor, Onilu (Eremite) →
  8. Sophie Agnel, Song (Relative Pitch) →
  9. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) →
  10. Peter Evans & Petter Eldh, JazzFest (More Is More) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Evan Parker, The Heraclitean Two-Step, Etc. (1994-2024, False Walls '24) →
  2. Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
  3. Dave Burrell & Sam Woodyard, The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness) →
  4. Jimmy Lyons, Live From Studio Rivbea: 1974 & 1976 (NoBusiness) →

 

 [Acquaro - Collins] · [Considine - Geiken] · [Gottschalk - Kenny] · [Koblin - Niland] · [Orlov - Stein] · [Sullivan - Yokoi]Next