The 20th Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2025 Mid-Year
Ballot 2025 Mid-Year
NEW JAZZ ALBUMS (unranked)
- Sophie Agnel & John Butcher, Rare (Les Disques Victo) →
- The Attic & Eve Risser, La Grande Crue (NoBusiness '24) →
- Michel Doneda - Lê Quan Ninh - Núria Andorrà, El Retorn De L'Escolta: A La Memòria De Marianne Brull (Fundacja Słuchaj) →
- Bertrand Gauguet & Didier Lasserre, Mehr (Akousis/NUNC '24) →
- Eunhye Jeong & Michael Bisio, Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP-Disk) →
- Alexey Kruglov, Transfiguration 100 Duos (Solyd) →
- Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, Louis Armstrong's America (ESP-Disk '24) →
- Potsa Lotsa XL, Amoeba's Dance (Trouble in the East) →
- Anna Webber, Simpletrio2000 (Intakt '24) →
- Carlos Zingaro - João Madeira - Sofia Borges, Trizmaris (4DaRecord '24) →
RARA AVIS (REISSUES/ARCHIVAL) (unranked)
- Bobby Bradford - Frode Gjerstad - William Roper - Alex Cline, Frice (Fundacja Słuchaj '24) →
- Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, Vol. 4: Jo Maka (1977, Souffle Continu) →
- Daunik Lazro - Tristan Honsinger - Jean-Jacques Avenel, True & Whole Rhythms Au Danois 9 Mai 1982 (Fou) →
- Misha Mengelberg & Sabu Toyozumi, The Analects of Confucius (2000, NoBusiness) →
- Irène Schweizer - Rüdiger Carl - Johnny Dyani - Han Bennink, Irène's Hot Four (1981, Intakt) →