The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025 Mid-Year
Past Polls Index
New Albums Rara Avis
Critics
Acquaro - CollinsConsidine - GeikenGottschalk - KennyKoblin - NilandOrlov - SteinSullivan - Yokoi

Ballot 2025 Mid-Year

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Martin Johnson (NPR Fresh Air, Wall Street Journal)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Dan Weiss Quartet, Unclassified Affections (Pi) →
  2. Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner, The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) →
  3. Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts (Nonesuch) →
  4. Brandee Younger, Gadabout Season (Impulse!) →
  5. Camila Meza, Portal (GroundUP Music) →
  6. Nels Cline, Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note) →
  7. Ches Smith, Clone Row (Otherly Love) →
  8. Joe Lovano, Homage (ECM) →
  9. The Hemphill Stringtet, Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out of Your Head) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Ryan Truesdell, Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music) →

 

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