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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Jeffrey St. Clair (Counterpunch: Sound Grammar)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner, The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) →
  2. Sinsuke Fujieda Group, Fukushima (SoFa) →
  3. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Apple Cores (Anti-) →
  4. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, Defiant Life (ECM) →
  5. Nels Cline, Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note) →
  6. Yazz Ahmed, A Paradise in the Hold (Night Time Stories) →
  7. Marshall Allen, New Dawn (Mexican Summer) →
  8. John Patitucci, Spirit Fall (Edition) →
  9. Brandon Woody, For the Love of It All (Blue Note) →
  10. Okonski, Entrance Music (Colemine) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Blackbyds, City Life (1975, Craft/Jazz Dispensary) →
  2. Dexter Gordon, Landslide (1961-62, Blue Note) →
  3. Art Pepper, An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1980, Elemental Music) →
  4. Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) →
  5. Bill Evans, Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969 (Elemental Music) →

Note: Also see Sound Grammar: Francis Davis and the Best Jazz of 2025 (So Far)

 

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