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

Ballot 2025 Mid-Year

Ken Dryden (New York City Jazz Record, Hot House, Timeless Jazz [WUTC-FM])

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Alan Broadbent, Threads of Time (Savant)
  2. Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green (ECM)
  3. Artemis, Arboresque (Blue Note)
  4. Denny Zeitlin, With a Song in My Heart (Sunnyside)
  5. Duduka Da Fonseca Trio, Rio Fantasia (Sunnyside)
  6. Eric Alexander, Chicago to New York (Cellar Music Group)
  7. Joe Farnsworth, The Big Room (Smoke Sessions)
  8. Yotam Silberstein, Standards Vol. 2 (Jojo)
  9. Mark Masters Ensemble, Sam Rivers 100 (Capri)
  10. Anaïs Reno, Lady of the Lavender Mist (Club44)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance)
  2. Gerry Mulligan, Nocturne (1992, Red)
  3. Jaki Byard, Blues for Smoke (1960, Candid)
  4. Marian McPartland, At the Peninsula Library 1972 (Liberation Hall)
  5. Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions (1953-58, Mosaic)