The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025 Mid-Year
Ballot 2025 Mid-Year
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)
- Carl Allen, Tippin' (Cellar) →
- Yves Brouqui, Mean What You Say (SteepleChase) →
- Cyrus Chestnut, Rhythm, Melody and Harmony (HighNote) →
- Danny Grissett, Travelogue (Savant) →
- Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds, Horns Locked (Cellar Music Group) →
- Rodney Jordan, Memphis Blue (Baxter Music) →
- M.T.B. [Brad Mehldau - Mark Turner - Peter Bernstein], Solid Jackson (Criss Cross Jazz '24) →
- Joe Magnarelli, Concord (SteepleChase) →
- Mark Masters Ensemble, Sam Rivers 100 (Capri) →
- Jim Snidero, Bird Feathers (Savant) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey, On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (1959, Blue Note) →
- Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) →
- Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
- Roland Kirk Quartet, Domino (1963, MIG) →
- Michel Petrucciani Trio, Jazz Club Montmartre (1988, Storyville '24) →
