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) →