The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025 Mid-Year
Ballot 2025 Mid-Year
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)
- Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet, Sound Remains (Whirlwind) →
- Ambrose Akinmusire, Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) →
- Peter Evans & Petter Eldh, JazzFest (More Is More) →
- GTO Trio [Gadi Levahi - Tal Mashiach - Ofri Nehemya], Within (Anzic) →
- Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, Defiant Life (ECM) →
- Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner, The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) →
- Joe Lovano, Homage (ECM) →
- Guthrie Ramsey, Race Music 21: Etudes/Grooves/Interludes (Musiqology) →
- Claudia Solal & Benjamin Moussay, Punk Moon (Jazzdor) →
- Sumi Tonooka & Alchemy Sound Project, Under the Surface (ARC) →
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) →
- Bill Evans, Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969 (Elemental Music) →
- Frank Kimbrough, The Call (2010, Sunnyside) →
- Wayne Shorter, Introducing Wayne Shorter (1960, Craft) →
