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

Ballot 2025 Mid-Year

Andrey Henkin (JazzTimes, JazzWise, Stereophile, WeJazz, Squid's Ear, Point of Departure, QwestTV, New York Times; Jazz Passings)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Littorina Saxophone Quartet, Leaking Pipes (NoBusiness)
  2. Cosmic Ear, Traces (We Jazz)
  3. Joe Fonda & Bass of Operation (Fundacja Słuchaj '24)
  4. Satoko Fujii Quartet, Dog Days of Summer (Libra '24)
  5. Dan Weiss Quartet, Unclassified Affections (Pi)
  6. Arashi With Takeo Moriyama, Tokuzo (Trost '24)
  7. Eunhye Jeong & Michael Bisio, Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP-Disk)
  8. Arve Henriksen - Trygve Seim - Andmers Jormin - Markku Ounaskari, Arcanum (ECM)
  9. Adam O'Farrill, For These Streets (Out of Your Head)
  10. Peter Brötzmann - Jason Adasiewicz - Steve Noble - John Edwards, The Quartet: Cafe Oto, London, February, 10 & 11, 2023 (Otoroku)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Irène Schweizer - Rüdiger Carl - Johnny Dyani - Han Bennink, Irène's Hot Four (1981, Intakt)
  2. Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance)
  3. William Hooker, A Time Within: Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (Valley of Search)
  4. Ella Fitzgerald, The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (1967, Verve)