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

2025 Mid-Year Totals: New Jazz Albums

Note: A change was made to sort the totals table first by votes, then by points -- the tiebreaker for albums with the same number of votes. But we're still using the old formatting, which shows points first, then votes in parentheses.

Critics were asked to list up to 10 new jazz albums, either in descending order from 1 to 10 or unranked and alphabetized by artist. Higher-ranked albums receive extra points, which are used for breaking ties. Points for ranked lists are as follows: 1: 3.0, 2: 2.4; 3: 2.0; 4: 1.8; 5: 1.6; 6: 1.4; 7: 1.3; 8: 1.2; 9: 1.1; 10: 1.0. Each album on an unranked list is given 1.0 points.

The totals are sorted first by the number of votes, then by points, which are used to break ties between albums that received the same number of votes. The two bold numbers at the end of each line are first points then (in parentheses) votes. In 2025, we changed the sort rule: in previous years it was points first, then votes as a tiebreaker. But, for now at least, we have kept the same format: points, then in parentheses votes. The change was made to not penalize voters who prefer to submit unranked lists. But a high ratio of points to votes still suggests that critics who know the record regard it highly.

Some entries may have footnotes, which follow the list. There is also a Notes section at the bottom of the page.

Albums are eligible here if all of the music was recorded within the past ten years (2015 and later), and if none of it is reissued. (See Album Notes for details on special cases. Reality doesn't always fit neatly into our category schemes.) Reissues and previously unreleased archival music -- recorded in or before 2014 -- are evaluated in the Rara Avis category.

Final totals, sorted by votes (in parentheses) and points (the number before the votes). The arrow at the end of the line is a link to a list of all of the voters who voted for that album.

  1. Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner, The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi) 61.8 (35) →
  2. Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts (Nonesuch) 52.4 (28) →
  3. Nels Cline, Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note) 38.1 (25) →
  4. Ambrose Akinmusire, Honey From a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) 46.1 (24) →
  5. James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Abstraction Is Deliverance (Intakt) 45.9 (24) →
  6. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Bone Bells (Pyroclastic) 37 (24) →
  7. Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belonging (Blue Note) 42.4 (21) →
  8. Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, Defiant Life (ECM) 34.2 (20) →
  9. Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) 30.7 (18) →
  10. Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio, Armageddon Flower (TAO Forms) 29.7 (18) →
  11. Dan Weiss Quartet, Unclassified Affections (Pi) 26.8 (17) →
  12. James Brandon Lewis Trio, Apple Cores (Anti-) 25.3 (16) →
  13. Adam O'Farrill, For These Streets (Out of Your Head) 22.3 (15) →
  14. Isaiah Collier - William Hooker - William Parker, The Ancients (Eremite) 26.6 (14) →
  15. David Murray Quartet, Birdly Serenade (Impulse!) 19.4 (13) →
  16. The Hemphill Stringtet, Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out of Your Head) 23.3 (12) →
  17. Myra Melford, Splash (Intakt) 21.4 (12) →
  18. Cosmic Ear, Traces (We Jazz) 16.3 (11) →
  19. Sullivan Fortner, Southern Nights (Artwork) 15.2 (9) →
  20. Marshall Allen, New Dawn (Mexican Summer) 15.1 (9) →
  21. John Patitucci, Spirit Fall (Edition) 14.2 (9) →
  22. Yazz Ahmed, A Paradise in the Hold (Night Time Stories) 11.7 (9) →
  23. Artemis, Arboresque (Blue Note) 11.3 (9) →
  24. Carl Allen, Tippin' (Cellar) 10.6 (9) →
  25. Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons, Live in Philadelphia (Otherly Love/Ars Nova Workshop) 15.3 (8) →
  26. Tim Berne - Tom Rainey - Gregg Belisle-Chi, Yikes Too (Screwgun/Out of Your Head) 13.4 (8) →
  27. Billy Hart Quartet, Just (ECM) 13.4 (8) →
  28. Brandon Woody, For the Love of It All (Blue Note) 11 (8) →
  29. Joe Lovano, Homage (ECM) 10.6 (8) →
  30. Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, We Insist 2025! (Candid) 9.2 (7) →
  31. Keith Jarrett, New Vienna (2016, ECM) 7.2 (7) → :: Includes 5 (5) from Rara Avis (recorded 2016)
  32. Sophie Agnel & John Butcher, Rare (Les Disques Victo) 9.6 (6) →
  33. Marty Ehrlich Trio Exaltation, This Time (Sunnyside) 7.8 (6) →
  34. Noah Preminger, Ballads (Chill Tone) 7.2 (6) →
  35. Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Dream a Dream (Libra) 6.8 (6) →
  36. Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley (Zoho) 11.4 (5) →
  37. Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens (Biophilia) 9.4 (5) →
  38. Anouar Brahem, After the Last Sky (ECM) 8.2 (5) →
  39. Ches Smith, Clone Row (Otherly Love) 7.5 (5) →
  40. Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green (ECM) 7.2 (5) →
  41. Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet, Sound Remains (Whirlwind) 6.7 (5) →
  42. Wolf Eyes X Anthony Braxton, Live at Pioneer Works, 26 October 2023 (ESP-Disk) 6.4 (5) →
  43. Peter Brötzmann - Jason Adasiewicz - Steve Noble - John Edwards, The Quartet: Cafe Oto, London, February, 10 & 11, 2023 (Otoroku) 6.2 (5) →
  44. Brandee Younger, Gadabout Season (Impulse!) 6.2 (5) →
  45. Tyreek McDole, Open Up Your Senses (Artworks) 5.6 (5) →
  46. Damon Locks, List of Demands (International Anthem) 8 (4) →
  47. Alexander Hawkins, Song Unconditional (Intakt) 7 (4) →
  48. Sasha Berliner, Fantôme (Outside In Music) 6.9 (4) →
  49. Gerald Clayton, Ones & Twos (Blue Note) 6.9 (4) →
  50. Jeremy Pelt, Woven (HighNote) 6.5 (4) →
  51. Tessa Souter, Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Music) 6.4 (4) →
  52. Arve Henriksen - Trygve Seim - Andmers Jormin - Markku Ounaskari, Arcanum (ECM) 5.6 (4) →
  53. Matthew Shipp, The Cosmic Piano (Cantaloupe Music) 5.6 (4) →
  54. Silke Eberhard Trio, Being-a-Ning (Intakt) 5.2 (4) →
  55. The Quantum Blues Quartet, Quantum Blues (Ropeadope) 5.1 (4) →
  56. Eric Scott Reed, Out Late (Smoke Sessions) 5 (4) →
  57. Mark Masters Ensemble, Sam Rivers 100 (Capri) 4.4 (4) →
  58. Jon Irabagon, Server Farm (Irabbagast) 6 (3) →
  59. Joe Fonda & Bass of Operation (Fundacja Słuchaj '24) 5.7 (3) →
  60. Joe Chambers - Kevin Diehl - Chad Taylor, Onilu (Eremite) 5.4 (3) →
  61. Ensemble C, Every Journey (Adhyâropa) 5.4 (3) →
  62. Archer, Sudden Dusk (Aerophonic) 5.3 (3) →
  63. Sophie Agnel, Song (Relative Pitch) 5.2 (3) →
  64. Christer Bothén 3, L'Invisible (Thanatosis) 5.2 (3) →
  65. Chris Cheek, Keepers of the Eastern Door (Analog Tone Factory) 5 (3) →
  66. Pat Thomas, The Bliss of Bliss (Konnekt) 4.9 (3) →
  67. Deepstaria Enigmatica, The Eternal Now Is the Heart of a New Tomorrow (ESP-Disk) 4.8 (3) →
  68. Béla Fleck - Edmar Castañeda - Antonio Sanchez, BEATrio (Thirty Tigers) 4.7 (3) →
  69. The Young Mothers, Better If You Let It (Sonic Transmissions) 4.6 (3) →
  70. Jeong Lim Yang, Synchronicity (Sunnyside) 4.5 (3) →
  71. Will Mason Quartet, Hemlocks, Peacocks (New Focus) 4.1 (3) →
  72. Larry Goldings, I Will (Sam First) 4 (3) →
  73. Cyrus Chestnut, Rhythm, Melody and Harmony (HighNote) 3.9 (3) →
  74. Satoko Fujii GEN, Altitude 1100 Meters (Libra) 3.8 (3) →
  75. Larry Ochs - Joe Morris - Charles Downs, Every Day → All the Way (ESP-Disk) 3.8 (3) →
  76. Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness, Sextet (Reva) 3.7 (3) →
  77. Marc Ribot, Map of a Blue City (New West) 3.7 (3) →
  78. Michael Dease, City Life: Music of Greg Hill (Origin) 3.6 (3) →
  79. Billy Mohler, The Eternal (Contagious Music) 3.6 (3) →
  80. Satoko Fujii This Is It!, Message (Libra) 3.5 (3) →
  81. Eunhye Jeong & Michael Bisio, Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP-Disk) 3.3 (3) →
  82. Hiromi's Sonicwonder, Out There (Telarc) 3.2 (3) →
  83. Ingrid Laubrock, Purposing the Air (Pyroclastic) 3.2 (3) →
  84. 3 Cohens & WDR Big Band, Interaction (Anzic) 3.2 (3) →
  85. Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, At Home (Turtle Bay) 3.1 (3) →
  86. Etienne Charles, Gullah Roots (Culture Shock) 3 (3) →
  87. Ben Lamar Gay, Yowzers (International Anthem) 5.4 (2) →
  88. Kenny Wheeler Legacy, Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores (Greenleaf Music) 5.4 (2) →
  89. Joshua Redman, Words Fall Short (Blue Note) 4.4 (2) →
  90. Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Bees in the Bonnet (Rune Grammofon) 4.3 (2) →
  91. Ava Mendoza - Gabby Fluke-Mogul - Carolina Pérez, Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance) 4.2 (2) →
  92. Julian Shore Trio, Sub Rosa (Chill Tone) 4.2 (2) →
  93. Luke Stewart Silt Rembrance Ensemble, The Order (Cuneiform) 4.2 (2) →
  94. Marilyn Crispell - Thommy Andersson - Michala Østergaard-Nilsen, The Cave (ILK Music) 3.8 (2) →
  95. John Dikeman - Sun-Mi Hong - Aaron Lumley - Marta Warelis, Old Adam on Turtle Island (Relative Pitch) 3.8 (2) →
  96. Rob Brown, Walkabout (Mahakala Music) 3.6 (2) →
  97. Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch, Inner Spaces (Kuroneko) 3.6 (2) →
  98. Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band, Treasury Volume 2 (Turtle Bay) 3.5 (2) →
  99. Edition Redux [Ken Vandermark], Broadcast Transformer (Audiographic) 3.4 (2) →
  100. Joe Fonda Quartet, Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song '24) 3.4 (2) →
  101. Sinsuke Fujieda Group, Fukushima (SoFa) 3.4 (2) →
  102. Evan Parker & Bill Nace, Branches (Otoroku) 3.4 (2) →
  103. Sun & Rain, Waterfall (Out of Your Head) 3.4 (2) →
  104. Sarah Wilson, Incandescence (Brass Tonic) 3.4 (2) →
  105. Joe Morris & Elliott Sharp, Realism (ESP-Disk) 3.2 (2) →
  106. Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project, Mi Hogar II (self-released) 3.2 (2) →
  107. Theon Cross, Affirmations: Live at the Blue Note New York (New Soil) 3.1 (2) →
  108. William Hooker, Jubilation (ORG Music) 3 (2) →
  109. Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, A Story Left Untold (Roomspin) 3 (2) →
  110. Marcin Masecki Trio, Monk (BMC) 2.9 (2) →
  111. Charlie Ballantine, East by Midwest (Origin) 2.8 (2) →
  112. Olie Brice, All It Was (West Hill) 2.8 (2) →
  113. Jacob Garchik, Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time (Yestereve) 2.8 (2) →
  114. Camila Meza, Portal (GroundUP Music) 2.8 (2) →
  115. Renee Rosnes, Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions '24) 2.8 (2) →
  116. Kneebody, Reach (GroundUP Music) 2.7 (2) →
  117. Kandace Springs, Lady in Satin (SRP) 2.7 (2) →
  118. Danny Grissett, Travelogue (Savant) 2.6 (2) →
  119. Juno 3 [Han-earl Park - Lara Jones - Pat Thomas], Proxemics (Buster and Friends) 2.6 (2) →
  120. Stefan Keune - Sandy Ewen - Damon Smith, Two Felt-Tip Pens: Live at Moers (Balance Point Acoustics) 2.6 (2) →
  121. Benjamin Lackner, Spindrift (ECM) 2.6 (2) →
  122. Sumi Tonooka & Alchemy Sound Project, Under the Surface (ARC) 2.6 (2) →
  123. Ganavya, Nilam (Leiter) 2.4 (2) →
  124. Kaisa's Machine, Moving Parts (Greenleaf Music) 2.4 (2) →
  125. Ivo Perelman & Tyshawn Sorey, Parallel Aesthetics (Fundacja Słuchaj) 2.4 (2) →
  126. Potsa Lotsa XL, Amoeba's Dance (Trouble in the East) 2.4 (2) →
  127. Jim Snidero, Bird Feathers (Savant) 2.4 (2) →
  128. Sultan Stevenson, El Roi (Edition) 2.4 (2) →
  129. Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band, What Is? (self-released) 2.3 (2) →
  130. Hearts & Minds, Illuminescence (Astral Spirits) 2.3 (2) →
  131. Danilo Pérez & Bohlusän Big Band, Lumen (Prophone '24) 2.3 (2) →
  132. Eli Winter, A Trick of the Light (Three Lobed) 2.3 (2) →
  133. Blacks' Myths Meet Pat Thomas, The Mythstory School (self-released) 2.2 (2) →
  134. Entre Amigos, Magpie: The Music of Joe Clark (Entre Amigos) 2.1 (2) →
  135. Dave Liebman - Billy Hart - Adam Rudolph, Beingness (Meta) 2.1 (2) →
  136. Emi Makabe, Echo (Sunnyside) 2.1 (2) →
  137. M.T.B. [Brad Mehldau - Mark Turner - Peter Bernstein], Solid Jackson (Criss Cross Jazz '24) 2.1 (2) →
  138. Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Chris Potter - Eric Harland - Larry Grenadier, First Meeting: Live at Dizzy's Club (5Passion) 2.1 (2) →
  139. Savina Yannatou Primavera en Salonico and Larnia Bedioui, Watersong (ECM) 2.1 (2) →
  140. Dee Dee Bridgewater + Bill Charlap, Elemental (Mack Avenue) 2 (2) →
  141. Daniel Carter & Ayumi Ishito, Endless Season (577) 2 (2) →
  142. Brian Charette, Borderless (SteepleChase) 2 (2) →
  143. Peter Evans & Petter Eldh, JazzFest (More Is More) 2 (2) →
  144. Okonski, Entrance Music (Colemine) 2 (2) →
  145. Pheeroan akLaff - Scott Robinson - Julian Thayer, aRT (ScienSonic) 2 (2) →
  146. Claudia Solal & Benjamin Moussay, Punk Moon (Jazzdor) 2 (2) →
  147. أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret '24) 3 (1) →
  148. Arild Andersen, Landloper (ECM '24) 3 (1) →
  149. Jane Ira Bloom, Songs in Space (Outline) 3 (1) →
  150. Anthony Braxton, Trillium X (PMP) 3 (1) →
  151. Alan Broadbent, Threads of Time (Savant) 3 (1) →
  152. Brighde Chaimbeul, Sunwise (Tak:til) 3 (1) →
  153. Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen, Forest (Fundacja Słuchaj '24) 3 (1) →
  154. Theo Croker, Dream Manifest (Dom Recs) 3 (1) →
  155. Renaud Garcia-Fons, Blue Maqam (Sound Surveyor Music '24) 3 (1) →
  156. Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds & Catherine Russell, Cat & the Hounds (Turtle Bay) 3 (1) →
  157. Keelepeksjad, Kalev Tuli Koju (Ava Muusika) 3 (1) →
  158. Mark Kirschenmann, Tonics: 7 Melodies for Trumpet With Bamboo Mouthpipe (Infrequent Seams) 3 (1) →
  159. Littorina Saxophone Quartet, Leaking Pipes (NoBusiness) 3 (1) →
  160. Maruja, Tír Na Nóg (Music for Nations) 3 (1) →
  161. Muddy Gurdy, Seven (Buda Musique '24) 3 (1) →
  162. Organic Pulse Ensemble, Ad Hoc (Ultraääni '24) 3 (1) →
  163. Omar Thomas Large Ensemble, Griot Songs (Omar Thomas Music) 3 (1) →
  164. Pat Thomas, The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Otoroku '24) 3 (1) →
  165. Jordan VanHemert, Survival of the Fittest (Origin) 3 (1) →
  166. Peter Bernstein, Better Angels (Smoke Sessions '24) 2.4 (1) →
  167. Sylvain Darrifourcq - Manuel Hermia - Valentin Ceccaldi, Unicorn and Flexibility (Hector) 2.4 (1) →
  168. The Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic '24) 2.4 (1) →
  169. Ayelet Rose Gottlieb & Dream Keepers, Dust (Corne de Brume) 2.4 (1) →
  170. John Hart, Love Is (SteepleChase '24) 2.4 (1) →
  171. Hamilton de Holanda Trio, Live in NYC (Sony) 2.4 (1) →
  172. Brandon Lopez & DoYeon Kim, Syzygy Vol. 1 (577) 2.4 (1) →
  173. Memet Polat Quartet, Roots in Motion (Aftab) 2.4 (1) →
  174. Ra Bishop [Avreeayl Ra & Jeb Bishop], Of the Essence (Amalgam) 2.4 (1) →
  175. John Santos Sextet & Friends, Horizontes (Machete) 2.4 (1) →
  176. Altin Sencalar, Unleashed (Posi-Tone) 2.4 (1) →
  177. Something Blue, In the Beginning (Posi-Tone) 2.4 (1) →
  178. Claude Tchamitchian Quartet, Vortice (Emouvance) 2.4 (1) →
  179. Kamasi Washington, Lazarus (Sony Music) 2.4 (1) →
  180. Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus, The Children & the Warlock (Cellar Music Group) 2.4 (1) →
  181. John Zorn, New Masada Quartet, Volume 3: Live at Roulette (Tzadik '24) 2.4 (1) →
  182. Aleph Quintet, Hiwar (Igloo) 2 (1) →
  183. Rodrigo Amado & Chris Corsano, The Healing: Live at ZDB (European Echoes) 2 (1) →
  184. Xhosa Cole, On a Modern Genius, Vol. 1 (Stoney Lane) 2 (1) →
  185. Eclectic Maybe Band, Cosmic Light Clusters (Discus Music) 2 (1) →
  186. GPS, Directions + Destinations (577) 2 (1) →
  187. Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys, Mutiny in the Parlor (self-released) 2 (1) →
  188. Joe McPhee, I'm Just Sayin' (Smalltown Supersound) 2 (1) →
  189. Mu Quintet, Enos (Jazz Aggression) 2 (1) →
  190. Paal Nilssen-Love Circus With the Ex Guitars, Turn Thy Loose (PNL) 2 (1) →
  191. Kyle Roussel, Church of New Orleans (self-released) 2 (1) →
  192. Sons of Ra, Standard Deviation (Free Electric Sound) 2 (1) →
  193. Quinn Sternberg, Pleasant Returns (Mind Beach) 2 (1) →
  194. Gregory Uhlmann - Josh Johnson - Sam Wilkes, Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes (International Anthem) 2 (1) →
  195. Alex "Apolo" Ayala & the Bámbula Project, Afro Puerto Rican Jazz (PMC/Miel Music) 1.8 (1) →
  196. Diva Jazz Orchestra, A Celebration of Maurice Hines: Tappin' Thru Life (self-released) 1.8 (1) →
  197. Drank [Ingrid Schmoliner & Alexander Kranabetter], Breath in Definition (Trost) 1.8 (1) →
  198. Eight Dice Cloth, The Songs and Arrangements of Armand J. Piron (self-released) 1.8 (1) →
  199. Freedom Art Quartet, First Dance (self-released) 1.8 (1) →
  200. Satoko Fujii Quartet, Dog Days of Summer (Libra '24) 1.8 (1) →
  201. Noah Haidu, Standards III (Sunnyside) 1.8 (1) →
  202. Makiko Hirabayashi Weavers, Gifts (Enja) 1.8 (1) →
  203. Jason Kao Hwang, Myths of Origin (True Sound) 1.8 (1) →
  204. Dieter Ilg Trio, Motherland (Jazzline) 1.8 (1) →
  205. Brandon Lopez, Nada Sagrada (Relative Pitch) 1.8 (1) →
  206. The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra, Mixed Bag (Summit) 1.8 (1) →
  207. Brad Mehldau, Ride Into the Sun (Nonesuch) 1.8 (1) →
  208. Pasquale Mirra & Hamid Drake, Lhasa (Parco Della Musica) 1.8 (1) →
  209. Morley, Follow the Sound (self-released '24) 1.8 (1) →
  210. Jef Neve & Teus Nobel, Esho Funi (Blue Keys Productions) 1.8 (1) →
  211. Angelika Niescier - Sakina Abdou - Bruno Angelini, Lotus Flowers (Abalone) 1.8 (1) →
  212. Out Of/Into [Joel Ross - Gerald Clayton - Kendrick Scott - Matt Brewer - Immanuel Wilkins], Motion I (Blue Note '24) 1.8 (1) →
  213. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem '24) 1.8 (1) →
  214. Jacques Schwarz-Bart & Gregory Privat, 22 (Buddham) 1.8 (1) →
  215. Harri Sjöström, SoundScapes #4 Festival Berlin 2023 (Fundacja Słuchaj) 1.8 (1) →
  216. Sloth Racket, Ten Years of Live Sloths (Luminous Label) 1.8 (1) →
  217. Dayna Stephens, Hopium (Contagious Music) 1.8 (1) →
  218. Eric St-Laurent, El Choclo (Kazenmuzik) 1.8 (1) →
  219. Matthew Welch & Dan Plonsey, Eudimorphodon (Kotekan) 1.8 (1) →
  220. Denny Zeitlin, With a Song in My Heart (Sunnyside) 1.8 (1) →
  221. Andy Biskin - Peter Hess - Mike McGinniss - Sam Sadigursky, Reed Basket () 1.6 (1) →
  222. Albita & Chucho Valdés, Masters of Our Roots (InnerCat Entertainment) 1.6 (1) →
  223. Leon Anderson, Live at Snug Harbor (Outside In Music) 1.6 (1) →
  224. Elia Aregger Trio, Live (Unit) 1.6 (1) →
  225. Anneleen Boehme, Eunoia (W.E.R.F.) 1.6 (1) →
  226. Antonio Borghini & Banquet of Consequences, Resta Chi Va (We Insist!) 1.6 (1) →
  227. Gustavo Cortiñas, The Crisis Knows No Borders (Desafio Candente) 1.6 (1) →
  228. Signe Emmeluth - Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - Axel Filip, Hyperboreal Trio (Relative Pitch) 1.6 (1) →
  229. The Ex, If Your Mirror Breaks (Ex) 1.6 (1) →
  230. Duduka Da Fonseca Trio, Rio Fantasia (Sunnyside) 1.6 (1) →
  231. Hanging Hearts, Where's Your Head At (Ropeadope) 1.6 (1) →
  232. Malakoff Kowalski, Songs With Words (Sony) 1.6 (1) →
  233. Jim Kweskin, Doing Things Right (Jalopy) 1.6 (1) →
  234. Roscoe Mitchell, Gratitude: One Head Four People (Wide Hive) 1.6 (1) →
  235. Caili O'Doherty, Bluer Than Blue: Celebrating Lil Hardin Armstrong (Outside In Music) 1.6 (1) →
  236. Evan Parker & Jean-Marc Foussat, Insolence (Nashazphone) 1.6 (1) →
  237. Alex Paxton, Delicious (New Amsterdam) 1.6 (1) →
  238. Premazzi Nasser Quartet, From What I Recall (OA2) 1.6 (1) →
  239. Remedy [Thomas Heberer - Joe Fonda - Joe Hertenstein], Hipp Hipp Hooray: Celebrating the Centennial of Jutta Hipp (Fundacja Słuchaj) 1.6 (1) →
  240. Salin, Rammana (Salin) 1.6 (1) →
  241. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 1.6 (1) →
  242. Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note '24) 1.6 (1) →
  243. Tobias Wiklund, Inner Flight Music (Stunt) 1.6 (1) →
  244. Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note '24) 1.6 (1) →
  245. Marina Džukljev - Christian Weber - Michael Griener, Industrielsalon (Trouble in the East) 1.4 (1) →
  246. Eric Alexander, Chicago to New York (Cellar Music Group) 1.4 (1) →
  247. Arashi With Takeo Moriyama, Tokuzo (Trost '24) 1.4 (1) →
  248. Jasper Blom Quartet + Metropole Orkest, Metropolarity (Whirlwind) 1.4 (1) →
  249. Nanna Carling, Melodies for Two (The End) 1.4 (1) →
  250. Laura Cocks, FATHM (Relative Pitch/Out of Our Heads) 1.4 (1) →
  251. Avishai Cohen, Ashes to Gold (ECM '24) 1.4 (1) →
  252. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi '24) 1.4 (1) →
  253. Paul Flaherty, A Willing Passenger (Relative Pitch) 1.4 (1) →
  254. Nicole Glover, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Savant) 1.4 (1) →
  255. Ronny Graupe's Szelest, Newfoundland Tristesse (BMC) 1.4 (1) →
  256. History Dog, Root Systems (Otherly Love) 1.4 (1) →
  257. Mathias Landæus - Nina de Heney - Kresten Osgood, Dissolving Patterns (SFÄR) 1.4 (1) →
  258. Longnon Big Band, Istanbounce (Continuo Jazz) 1.4 (1) →
  259. Camila Nebbia - Dietrich Eichmann - John Hughes - Jeff Arnal, Chrononaux (Generate '24) 1.4 (1) →
  260. Marius Neset, Cabaret (ACT Music) 1.4 (1) →
  261. Felipe Salles, Camera Obscura (Tapestry) 1.4 (1) →
  262. Jaleel Shaw, Painter of the Invisible (Changu) 1.4 (1) →
  263. Brad Shepik, Human Activity: Dream of the Possible (Shifting Paradigm '24) 1.4 (1) →
  264. Spindrift [Frank Paul Schubert - Dieter Manderscheid - Martin Blume], Trio Studies (Jazz Haus Musik) 1.4 (1) →
  265. Tropos, Switches (Endectomorph Music) 1.4 (1) →
  266. Unity Quartet [Helio Alves - Guilherme Monteiro - Gili Lopes - Alex Kautz], Samba of Sorts (Sunnyside) 1.4 (1) →
  267. Tom Weeks, Paranoid II (Wolfsblood) 1.4 (1) →
  268. Zoh Amba, Sun (Smalltown Supersound) 1.3 (1) →
  269. Emmanuel Bex, Eddy M'a Dit (PeeWee) 1.3 (1) →
  270. Frank Carlberg, Dream Machine (Red Piano) 1.3 (1) →
  271. Caroline Davis, Portals Vol. 2: Returning (Intakt '24) 1.3 (1) →
  272. Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, Vol. 33: Walkin' Through the Streets (self-released) 1.3 (1) →
  273. Joe Farnsworth, The Big Room (Smoke Sessions) 1.3 (1) →
  274. Mats Gustafsson - Ken Vandermark - Tomeka Reid - Chad Taylor, Pivot (Silkheart) 1.3 (1) →
  275. Jake Hertzog, Ozark Concerto (Zoho) 1.3 (1) →
  276. Julia Hülsmann Quartet, Under the Surface (ECM) 1.3 (1) →
  277. Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni, Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies (Solid Jackson/Palmetto '24) 1.3 (1) →
  278. Kim Jung Jae, Shamanism (Relative Pitch) 1.3 (1) →
  279. Naissam Jalal, Souffles (Les Couleurs Du Son) 1.3 (1) →
  280. Jane in Ether, Oneiric (Confront) 1.3 (1) →
  281. Ryan Keberle & Collectiv Do Brasil, Choro Das Aguas (Alternate Side) 1.3 (1) →
  282. Charlie Kohlhase's Explorerer Club, A Second Life (Mandorla Music) 1.3 (1) →
  283. Kristoff K.Roll, Les Ombres De La Nuit (Mazeto Square) 1.3 (1) →
  284. José Lencastre & Flak, Cloudy Skies (Phonogram Unit) 1.3 (1) →
  285. Matt Mitchell, Sacrosancticity (Obliquity) 1.3 (1) →
  286. Motian & More, Gratitude (Phonogram Unit) 1.3 (1) →
  287. New Origin, The Poet's Walk (Fundacja Słuchaj) 1.3 (1) →
  288. Stefan Schultze - Peter Ehwald - Tom Rainey, Public Radio (Jazzwerkstatt) 1.3 (1) →
  289. Dave Sewelson - Gabby Fluke-Mogul - George Cartwright - Anthony Cox - Steve Hirsh, Murmuration (Mahakala Music) 1.3 (1) →
  290. Skerik - Brian Haas - James Singleton - Simon Lott, Compersion Quartet (Royal Potato Family '24) 1.3 (1) →
  291. Skullcap, Snakes of Albuquerque (Cuneiform) 1.3 (1) →
  292. Mark Solborg, Tungemål: Confluencia (ILK Music) 1.3 (1) →
  293. Ray Suhy & Lewis Porter Quartet, What Happens Next (Sunnyside) 1.3 (1) →
  294. Uroboro, As in an Unpicking of Time's Garment (Discus Music '24) 1.3 (1) →
  295. Michael Wollny Trio, Living Ghosts (ACT Music) 1.3 (1) →
  296. Florian Arbenz - Michael Arbenz - Ron Carter, The Alpine Session: Arbenz Vs. Arbenz Meets Ron Carter (Hammer) 1.2 (1) →
  297. Leif Berger, Secret, Normalization (Klaeng) 1.2 (1) →
  298. Brom, Чёрная голова [Black Head] (Addicted Label) 1.2 (1) →
  299. Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, Butterfly Mushroom (Trost '24) 1.2 (1) →
  300. Michael Buckley, Ebb and Flow (Livia) 1.2 (1) →
  301. Amalie Dahl, Breaking/Building Habits (SauaJazz) 1.2 (1) →
  302. Stephen Davis Unit, The Gleaming World (577) 1.2 (1) →
  303. Dawn Patrol Jazz Band, A Tribute to Benny Strickler and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band (self-released) 1.2 (1) →
  304. Paquito D'Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band, La Fleure De Cayenne (Sunnyside) 1.2 (1) →
  305. Michika Fukumori, Eternity (Summit) 1.2 (1) →
  306. The Fury, Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts '24) 1.2 (1) →
  307. Sunna Gunnlaugs, Ástin, Bjartsýnin Og Andskotans Blaðrið Í Fólkinu (Sunny Sky '24) 1.2 (1) →
  308. Kazzrie Jaxen & Don Messina, The Dance (New Artists) 1.2 (1) →
  309. Izumi Kimura & Gerry Hemingway, How the Dust Falls (Auricle) 1.2 (1) →
  310. Guy Klucevsek & Volker Goetze, Little Big Top (Motéma '24) 1.2 (1) →
  311. Camila Nebbia, Rastro O Vacío (Lilaila) 1.2 (1) →
  312. Eva Novoa, Novoa - Kamaguchi - Cleaver Trio Volume 2 (577) 1.2 (1) →
  313. Andrew Rathbun, Lost in the Shadows (SteepleChase) 1.2 (1) →
  314. Ted Rosenthal Trio, High Standards (TMR Music) 1.2 (1) →
  315. Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck, The Brahms Project (Heartcore) 1.2 (1) →
  316. Yotam Silberstein, Standards Vol. 2 (Jojo) 1.2 (1) →
  317. Simon Spang-Hanssen, Turtle Talk (Spangster) 1.2 (1) →
  318. TGB, Room 4 (Clean Feed '24) 1.2 (1) →
  319. Carlos "Zingaro" - Flo Stoffner - Fred Lonberg-Holm - João Madeira, Na Parede (4DaRecord) 1.2 (1) →
  320. Carlos Barretto, Solo: Lonely Dog (self-released '24) 1.1 (1) →
  321. Ingi Bjarni, Hope (Losen) 1.1 (1) →
  322. Adrien Brandeis, Resurgence (Montondea Productions) 1.1 (1) →
  323. Jimmy Farace, Hours Fly, Flowers Die (Shifting Paradigm) 1.1 (1) →
  324. Alon Farber Hagiga, Dreams | Dream (Origin) 1.1 (1) →
  325. Violeta Garcia, IN/OUT (Bongo Joe) 1.1 (1) →
  326. Ben Goldberg - Todd Sickafoose - Scott Amendola, Here to There (Secret Hatch '24) 1.1 (1) →
  327. Sun-Mi Hong, Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest (Edition) 1.1 (1) →
  328. Knats, Knats (Gearbox) 1.1 (1) →
  329. Hélène Labarrière, Puzzle (Jazzdor) 1.1 (1) →
  330. Steve Lands, Rearranging the Planets (self-released) 1.1 (1) →
  331. Nate Mercereau - Josh Johnson - Carlos Niño, Openness Trio (Blue Note) 1.1 (1) →
  332. Nordkraft Big Band - Remy Le Boeuf - Danielle Wertz, Silent Course (Gateway Music) 1.1 (1) →
  333. Ed Palermo Big Band, Prog vs Fusion: A War of the Agea (Sky Cat) 1.1 (1) →
  334. Bruno Parrinha - Carlos "Zingaro" - Fred Lonberg-Holm - João Madeira, Enleiro (4DaRecord) 1.1 (1) →
  335. Toms Rudzinskis, Interception (Jersika '24) 1.1 (1) →
  336. Snowpoet, Heartstrings (Edition) 1.1 (1) →
  337. John Sturino, Blow Globe (Outside In Music) 1.1 (1) →
  338. Joona Toivanen Trio, Gravity (We Jazz) 1.1 (1) →
  339. Trio Glossia, Trio Glossia (Sonic Transmissions) 1.1 (1) →
  340. Ryan Truesdell, Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music) 1.1 (1) →
  341. Raed Yassin, Phantom Orchestra (Morphine) 1.1 (1) →
  342. Meryl Zimmerman, Easy to Love (self-released '24) 1.1 (1) →
  343. The Attic & Eve Risser, La Grande Crue (NoBusiness '24) 1 (1) →
  344. Omer Avital, New York Now & Then (Zamzama) 1 (1) →
  345. Kinan Azmeh and CityBand, Live in Berlin (Dreyer Gaido) 1 (1) →
  346. Tarun Balani, ڪڏهن ملنداسين Kadahin Milandaasin (Berthold) 1 (1) →
  347. Michael Bisio, NuMBq (Mahakala Music) 1 (1) →
  348. Bobby Bradford - Frode Gjerstad - William Roper - Alex Cline, Frice (Fundacja Słuchaj '24) 1 (1) → :: Includes 1 (1) from Rara Avis (recorded 2022)
  349. Owen Broder, Hodges: Front and Center Vol. Two (Outside In Music '24) 1 (1) →
  350. Jakob Bro Large Ensemble, New Morning (Loveland Music) 1 (1) →
  351. Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra, Jorden Vi Ärvde (Thanatosis) 1 (1) →
  352. Peter Brötzmann Trio, Hurricane (2015, Old Heaven Books) 1 (1) → :: Includes 1 (1) from Rara Avis (recorded 2015)
  353. Yves Brouqui, Mean What You Say (SteepleChase) 1 (1) →
  354. Gary Brunton, Spacecraft (Juste Une Trace) 1 (1) →
  355. Milena Casado, Reflection of Another Self (Candid) 1 (1) →
  356. Chaos Magick, Through the Looking Glass (Tzadik) 1 (1) →
  357. Chicago Jazz Orchestra, More Amor: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (Chicago Jazz Orchestra) 1 (1) →
  358. Chick Corea - Christian McBride - Brian Blade, Trilogy 3 (Candid) 1 (1) → :: Includes 1 (1) from Rara Avis (recorded 2020)
  359. Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari, Journey to Nabta Playa (Spiritmuse) 1 (1) →
  360. Michel Doneda - Lê Quan Ninh - Núria Andorrà, El Retorn De L'Escolta: A La Memòria De Marianne Brull (Fundacja Słuchaj) 1 (1) →
  361. David Dower Trio, Sonder (self-released) 1 (1) →
  362. Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield, Speaking in Tongues (Adhyâropa) 1 (1) →
  363. John Ellis, Heroes (Blue Room Music) 1 (1) →
  364. The Empress, Square One (Cellar Music Group) 1 (1) →
  365. Ensemble Shippolly, Love Shippolly (Niteco Studio & Music Arts) 1 (1) →
  366. Esthesis Quartet, Sound & Fury (Sunnyside) 1 (1) →
  367. Cassie Watson Francillon & Sasha Masakowski, Suite (self-released) 1 (1) →
  368. Alexandre Frazão Quinteto, Quintesséncia (self-released '24) 1 (1) →
  369. Elliot Galvin, The Ruin (Gearbox) 1 (1) →
  370. Bertrand Gauguet & Didier Lasserre, Mehr (Akousis/NUNC '24) 1 (1) →
  371. Macha Gharibian, Phenomenal Women (Rue Bleu Meredith) 1 (1) →
  372. Phillip Golub, Loop 7 (Greyfade) 1 (1) →
  373. Phillip Golub & Lesley Mok, Dream Brigade (Infrequent Seams) 1 (1) →
  374. Pasquale Grasso, Fervency (Masterworks) 1 (1) →
  375. GTO Trio [Gadi Levahi - Tal Mashiach - Ofri Nehemya], Within (Anzic) 1 (1) →
  376. Joy Guidry, Five Prayers (Jaid) 1 (1) →
  377. Happy Family, 4037 (Cuneiform) 1 (1) →
  378. Phil Haynes, Return to Electric (Corner Store Jazz) 1 (1) →
  379. Gilad Hekselman, Downhill From Here (La Reserve) 1 (1) →
  380. Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds, Horns Locked (Cellar Music Group) 1 (1) →
  381. Felix Henkelhausen Quintet, The Excruciating Pain of Boredom (self-released) 1 (1) →
  382. James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel, The Universe Will Take Care of You (Border Community) 1 (1) →
  383. Luis Ianes & Noël Akchoté, Seuil (self-released) 1 (1) →
  384. Ayumi Ishito, Roboquarians Vol. 2 (577) 1 (1) →
  385. Ashley Jackson, Take Me to the Water (Decca) 1 (1) →
  386. Rodney Jordan, Memphis Blue (Baxter Music) 1 (1) →
  387. Masayo Koketsu, Nyoinbo - Zenbu Nagareboshi No Sei (Somethin' Cool) 1 (1) →
  388. Alexey Kruglov, Transfiguration 100 Duos (Solyd) 1 (1) →
  389. Joachim Kühn, Échappée (Intakt) 1 (1) →
  390. Rocio Giménez López - Franco Di Renzo - Luciano Ruggieri, La Forma Del Sueño (Blue Art) 1 (1) →
  391. David Lord, Forest Standards Vol. 4 (Big Ego '24) 1 (1) →
  392. Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, Louis Armstrong's America (ESP-Disk '24) 1 (1) →
  393. Joe Magnarelli, Concord (SteepleChase) 1 (1) →
  394. Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer (MarKeez) 1 (1) →
  395. Janette Mason, ReWired (JMMusic) 1 (1) →
  396. Alex McLaughlin, A Brand New State (self-released) 1 (1) →
  397. Melodies, Melodies (Ammonite Musique) 1 (1) →
  398. Raul Monsalve Y Los Forajidos, SOL (Olindo) 1 (1) →
  399. Leszek Możdżer - Lars Danielsson - Zohar Fresco, Beamo (ACT Music) 1 (1) →
  400. Qasim Naqvi, Endling (Erased Tapes) 1 (1) →
  401. Camila Nebbia - Kit Downes - Andrew Lisle, Exhaust (Relative Pitch) 1 (1) →
  402. Steve Nelson - Joris Teepe - Eric Ineke, A Common Language (Daybreak) 1 (1) →
  403. The New York Second, Room for Other People (self-released '24) 1 (1) →
  404. Maggie Nichols & Geoff Eales, Beautiful Love (33 Jazz) 1 (1) →
  405. Iúri Oliveira, Manifesto (Respirar De Ouvido) 1 (1) →
  406. Sabeth Perez, Searching for Beauty (Rogue Tone) 1 (1) →
  407. Phantom Honeymoon, Interstellar Underpass (MechaBenzaiten) 1 (1) →
  408. Zoe Pia & Mats Gustafsson, Rite (Parco Della Musica) 1 (1) →
  409. Posi-Tone Swingtet, In Jazz We Trust (Posi-Tone) 1 (1) →
  410. Shez Raja, Spellbound (Raja) 1 (1) →
  411. Guthrie Ramsey, Race Music 21: Etudes/Grooves/Interludes (Musiqology) 1 (1) →
  412. Anaïs Reno, Lady of the Lavender Mist (Club44) 1 (1) →
  413. Resavoir & Matt Gold, Horizon (International Anthem) 1 (1) →
  414. Diego Rivera, West Circle (Posi-Tone) 1 (1) →
  415. Joris Roelofs - Guus Janssen - Han Bennink, Rite of Spring (ICP) 1 (1) →
  416. Charlie Rose - Silvan Joray - Paulo Almeida, Perceptions Trio: The Wicked Crew (Sense) 1 (1) →
  417. Sverre Sæbo Quintet, If, However, You Have Not Lost Your Self Control (SauaJazz) 1 (1) →
  418. Jamie Saft Trio, Plays Monk (Oystertones '24) 1 (1) →
  419. Michael Sarian, Esquina (Greenleaf Music) 1 (1) →
  420. Masahiko Satoh & Roger Turner, AOI (Chap Chap) 1 (1) →
  421. Scheen Jazzorkester & Fredrik Ljungkvist, Framåt! (Grong) 1 (1) →
  422. Yukari Sekiya, Duets Till Now, From Here (Umishima) 1 (1) →
  423. Alex Sipiagin, Reverberations (Criss Cross Jazz) 1 (1) →
  424. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi '24) 1 (1) →
  425. Moe Staiano, Away Towards the Light (Edgetone '24) 1 (1) →
  426. Stef.in, Icterus II (Barnyard) 1 (1) →
  427. Elias Stemeseder - Christian Lillinger - Craig Taborn, Umbra III: Live Setting (Intakt) 1 (1) →
  428. Bill Stewart Trio, Live at the Village Vanguard (Criss Cross Jazz) 1 (1) →
  429. Kevin Sun, Lofi at Lowlands (Endectomorph Music) 1 (1) →
  430. Aki Takase - Daniel Erdmann - Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Tanto (Innocent) 1 (1) →
  431. Stephan Thelen, Worlds in Collision (RareNoise) 1 (1) →
  432. Three Layer Cake, Sounds the Color of Grounds (Otherly Love) 1 (1) →
  433. Treverket, Et Bedre Sted (Eget Selskap) 1 (1) →
  434. Triology & Scott Hamilton, The Slow Road (Cellar Music Group) 1 (1) →
  435. WDR Big Band, Bluegrass (MCG Jazz) 1 (1) →
  436. Anna Webber, Simpletrio2000 (Intakt '24) 1 (1) →
  437. Rodney Whitaker, Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) 1 (1) →
  438. Tal Yahalom, Mirror Image (Adhyâropa) 1 (1) →
  439. Otomo Yoshihide, Plays Christian Marclay (Little Stone) 1 (1) →
  440. Adrian Younge, Something About April III (Jazz Is Dead) 1 (1) →
  441. Carlos Zingaro - João Madeira - Sofia Borges, Trizmaris (4DaRecord '24) 1 (1) →

Total albums receiving votes: 441 (up from 366 in 2024 Mid-Year). 52 were released in 2024.

All 113 critics voted for New Jazz Releases. Of those 113 ballots, 87 were ranked (76.9), and 26 were unranked (23.0%). 84 voters (74.3%) selected the maximum 10 albums. One ballot only listed 1 album; 4 had 5 albums; 1 had 6; 5 had 7, 3 had 8, and 5 had 9.

Footnotes:

Notes

Albums that received votes here but belong in Rara Avis:

  1. Ryan Truesdell, Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music) 1.1 (1)

Albums that received votes in Rara Avis but belong here:

  1. Keith Jarrett, New Vienna (2016, ECM) 8.6 (5) -- added 5 (5) here (recorded 2016).
  2. Peter Brötzmann Trio, Hurricane (2015, Old Heaven Books) 1.6 (1) -- added 1 (1) here (recorded 2015).
  3. Bobby Bradford - Frode Gjerstad - William Roper - Alex Cline, Frice (Fundacja Słuchaj '24) 1 (1) -- added 1 (1) here (recorded 2022).
  4. Chick Corea - Christian McBride - Brian Blade, Trilogy 3 (Candid) 1 (1) -- added 1 (1) here (recorded 2020).

Voters are allowed to vote for any released from the previous year (2024, noted in the totals and ballots as '24). This is primarily intended to allow some consideration of late-breaking albums, but "late-breaking" and "new to me" are subjective terms, so we place no restrictions on the choice of previous year albums. In the year-end poll, we have a rule that allows, under limited circumstances, for votes in both years to be combined, but we do not use that rule in the mid-year poll. 52 albums released in 2024 received New Jazz Album votes here.

It may be interesting to list the albums that received votes both in 2024 and in this mid-year 2025 poll. These are sorted by total votes, then by points.

  1. The Kris Davis Trio, Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic '24) 52.3 (35) + 2.4 (1) = 54.7 (36)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Susceptible Now (Pi '24) 37 (24) + 1 (1) = 38 (25)
  3. Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood (Blue Note '24) 35.6 (22) + 1.6 (1) = 37.2 (23)
  4. أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (Fönstret '24) 38.7 (18) + 3 (1) = 41.7 (19)
  5. Steve Coleman and Five Elements, PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi '24) 25.3 (16) + 1.4 (1) = 26.7 (17)
  6. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem '24) 22.7 (14) + 1.8 (1) = 24.5 (15)
  7. Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, Louis Armstrong's America (ESP-Disk '24) 21.6 (13) + 1 (1) = 22.6 (14)
  8. Walter Smith III, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note '24) 16.1 (12) + 1.6 (1) = 17.7 (13)
  9. Out Of/Into [Joel Ross - Gerald Clayton - Kendrick Scott - Matt Brewer - Immanuel Wilkins], Motion I (Blue Note '24) 10.8 (7) + 1.8 (1) = 11.6 (8)
  10. Joe Fonda Quartet, Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song '24) 11.8 (5) + 3.4 (2) = 15.2 (7)
  11. Peter Bernstein, Better Angels (Smoke Sessions '24) 6.8 (5) + 2.4 (1) = 9.2 (6)
  12. Pat Thomas, The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Otoroku '24) 6.1 (4) + 3 (1) = 9.1 (5)
  13. Avishai Cohen, Ashes to Gold (ECM '24) 6 (4) + 1.4 (1) = 7.4 (5)
  14. Ben Goldberg - Todd Sickafoose - Scott Amendola, Here to There (Secret Hatch '24) 5 (3) + 1.1 (1) = 6.1 (4)
  15. Satoko Fujii Quartet, Dog Days of Summer (Libra '24) 4.1 (3) + 1.8 (1) = 5.9 (4)
  16. M.T.B. [Brad Mehldau - Mark Turner - Peter Bernstein], Solid Jackson (Criss Cross Jazz '24) 2.8 (2) + 2.1 (2) = 4.9 (4)
  17. John Zorn, New Masada Quartet, Volume 3: Live at Roulette (Tzadik '24) 2.3 (2) + 2.4 (1) = 4.7 (3)
  18. Jamie Saft Trio, Plays Monk (Oystertones '24) 3.4 (2) + 1 (1) = 4.4 (3)
  19. The Attic & Eve Risser, La Grande Crue (NoBusiness '24) 2.8 (2) + 1 (1) = 3.8 (3)
  20. Renee Rosnes, Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions '24) 1 (1) + 2.8 (2) = 3.8 (3)
  21. Renaud Garcia-Fons, Blue Maqam (Sound Surveyor Music '24) 2.4 (1) + 3 (1) = 5.4 (2)
  22. Arild Andersen, Landloper (ECM '24) 1.8 (1) + 3 (1) = 4.8 (2)
  23. Caroline Davis, Portals Vol. 2: Returning (Intakt '24) 3 (1) + 1.3 (1) = 4.3 (2)
  24. TGB, Room 4 (Clean Feed '24) 2 (1) + 1.2 (1) = 3.2 (2)
  25. Carlos Barretto, Solo: Lonely Dog (self-released '24) 1.8 (1) + 1.1 (1) = 2.9 (2)
  26. Alexandre Frazăo Quinteto, Quintesséncia (self-released '24) 1.6 (1) + 1 (1) = 2.6 (2)
  27. Brad Shepik, Human Activity: Dream of the Possible (Shifting Paradigm '24) 1.1 (1) + 1.4 (1) = 2.5 (2)
  28. Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni, Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies (Solid Jackson/Palmetto '24) 1 (1) + 1.3 (1) = 2.3 (2)

That left 24 albums released in 2024 but overlooked then. These are:

  1. Joe Fonda & Bass of Operation (Fundacja Słuchaj '24) 5.7 (3)
  2. Camila Nebbia - Dietrich Eichmann - John Hughes - Jeff Arnal, Chrononaux (Generate '24) 2.5 (2)
  3. Danilo Pérez & Bohlusän Big Band, Lumen (Prophone '24) 2.3 (2)
  4. Marilyn Crispell & Harvey Sorgen, Forest (Fundacja Słuchaj '24) 3 (1)
  5. Muddy Gurdy, Seven (Buda Musique '24) 3 (1)
  6. Organic Pulse Ensemble, Ad Hoc (Ultraääni '24) 3 (1)
  7. John Hart, Love Is (SteepleChase '24) 2.4 (1)
  8. Morley, Follow the Sound (self-released '24) 1.8 (1)
  9. Arashi With Takeo Moriyama, Tokuzo (Trost '24) 1.4 (1)
  10. Skerik - Brian Haas - James Singleton - Simon Lott, Compersion Quartet (Royal Potato Family '24) 1.3 (1)
  11. Uroboro, As in an Unpicking of Time's Garment (Discus Music '24) 1.3 (1)
  12. Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, Butterfly Mushroom (Trost '24) 1.2 (1)
  13. The Fury, Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts '24) 1.2 (1)
  14. Sunna Gunnlaugs, Ástin, Bjartsýnin Og Andskotans Blađriđ Í Fólkinu (Sunny Sky '24) 1.2 (1)
  15. Guy Klucevsek & Volker Goetze, Little Big Top (Motéma '24) 1.2 (1)
  16. Toms Rudzinskis, Interception (Jersika '24) 1.1 (1)
  17. Meryl Zimmerman, Easy to Love (self-released '24) 1.1 (1)
  18. Owen Broder, Hodges: Front and Center Vol. Two (Outside In Music '24) 1 (1)
  19. Bertrand Gauguet & Didier Lasserre, Mehr (Akousis/NUNC '24) 1 (1)
  20. David Lord, Forest Standards Vol. 4 (Big Ego '24) 1 (1)
  21. The New York Second, Room for Other People (self-released '24) 1 (1)
  22. Moe Staiano, Away Towards the Light (Edgetone '24) 1 (1)
  23. Anna Webber, Simpletrio2000 (Intakt '24) 1 (1)
  24. Carlos Zingaro - Joăo Madeira - Sofia Borges, Trizmaris (4DaRecord '24) 1 (1)