The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025 Mid-Year

Ballot 2025 Mid-Year

Scott Albin (Amazon.com)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belonging (Blue Note)
  2. Hamilton de Holanda Trio, Live in NYC (Sony)
  3. Ensemble C, Every Journey (Adhyâropa)
  4. Jacques Schwarz-Bart & Gregory Privat, 22 (Buddham)
  5. Premazzi Nasser Quartet, From What I Recall (OA2)
  6. Jasper Blom Quartet + Metropole Orkest, Metropolarity (Whirlwind)
  7. Satoko Fujii This Is It!, Message (Libra)
  8. 3 Cohens & WDR Big Band, Interaction (Anzic)
  9. Carl Allen, Tippin' (Cellar)
  10. Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, Live at Leverkusen 1994 (Repertoire)
  2. Stanley Cowell, Musa: Ancestral Streams (1974, Strata-East/Mack Avenue)
  3. Ray Russell Quartet, The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969 (Jazz in Britain)
  4. Ella Fitzgerald, The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (1967, Verve)
  5. Michel Petrucciani Trio, Jazz Club Montmartre (1988, Storyville '24)