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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Gene Seymour (The Nation, CNN.com)

NEW JAZZ ALBUMS

  1. Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner, The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) →
  2. Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belonging (Blue Note) →
  3. David Murray Quartet, Birdly Serenade (Impulse!) →
  4. Anouar Brahem, After the Last Sky (ECM) →
  5. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) →
  6. Eric Scott Reed, Out Late (Smoke Sessions) →
  7. Ryan Keberle & Collectiv Do Brasil, Choro Das Aguas (Alternate Side) →
  8. Artemis, Arboresque (Blue Note) →
  9. Sullivan Fortner, Southern Nights (Artwork) →
  10. Noah Preminger, Ballads (Chill Tone) →

RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL)

  1. Keith Jarrett, New Vienna (2016, ECM) →
  2. Art Pepper, An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1980, Elemental Music) →
  3. Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey, On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (1959, Blue Note) →
  4. Ryan Truesdell, Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music) →

 

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