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

Ballot 2025 Mid-Year

Martin Laurentius (Jazz Thing)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Bees in the Bonnet (Rune Grammofon)
  2. Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, We Insist 2025! (Candid)
  3. Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belonging (Blue Note)
  4. Dieter Ilg Trio, Motherland (Jazzline)
  5. Marcin Masecki Trio, Monk (BMC)
  6. Marc Ribot, Map of a Blue City (New West)
  7. Julia Hülsmann Quartet, Under the Surface (ECM)
  8. Leif Berger, Secret, Normalization (Klaeng)
  9. Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind (Red Hook)
  10. Anouar Brahem, After the Last Sky (ECM)

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Irène Schweizer - Rüdiger Carl - Johnny Dyani - Han Bennink, Irène's Hot Four (1981, Intakt)
  2. Chick Corea, Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971, ECM)
  3. Geri Allen Trio, The Printmakers (1984, Minor Music '24)
  4. Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey, On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (1959, Blue Note)
  5. Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM)