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

Ballot 2025 Mid-Year

Yoshi Kato (DownBeat, San Francisco Classical Voice)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Sasha Berliner, Fantôme (Outside In Music) →
  2. Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belonging (Blue Note) →
  3. Jeong Lim Yang, Synchronicity (Sunnyside) →
  4. Sarah Wilson, Incandescence (Brass Tonic) →
  5. Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note '24) →
  6. Jacob Garchik, Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time (Yestereve) →
  7. Ambrose Akinmusire, Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) →
  8. Hiromi's Sonicwonder, Out There (Telarc) →
  9. Nordkraft Big Band - Remy Le Boeuf - Danielle Wertz, Silent Course (Gateway Music) →
  10. Chaos Magick, Through the Looking Glass (Tzadik) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)