The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025 Mid-Year
Ballot 2025 Mid-Year
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS
- Sullivan Fortner, Southern Nights (Artwork) →
- Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus, The Children & the Warlock (Cellar Music Group) →
- Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, A Story Left Untold (Roomspin) →
- Diva Jazz Orchestra, A Celebration of Maurice Hines: Tappin' Thru Life (self-released) →
- Leon Anderson, Live at Snug Harbor (Outside In Music) →
- Noah Preminger, Ballads (Chill Tone) →
- Kandace Springs, Lady in Satin (SRP) →
- Michael Buckley, Ebb and Flow (Livia) →
- Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, At Home (Turtle Bay) →
- Tessa Souter, Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Music) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)
- Louis Stewart, I Thought About You (1977, Livia) →
- Nancy Harrow, Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1960, Candid) →
- Charles Mingus, Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance) →
- Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
- Kenny Dorham, Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) →
Note: Also see Best jazz of 2025 at the half way point.
