The 21st Annual
Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll:
2026 Mid-Year
List of New Jazz Albums
This page offers an alphabetically sorted list of albums that have
received one or more votes in a given category. The categories are:
- Christine Abdelnour - Frantz Loriot - David Meier - Pascal Niggenkemper, Et Il Y Aura . . . (Veto)
- Joshua Achiron, Climbing (Calligram)
- Nat Adderley Jr., Took So Long (NAJ '25)
- David Adewumi, The Flame Beneath the Silence (Giant Step Arts)
- Yazz Ahmed, Shinrin-Yoku (Night Time Stories)
- أحمد [Ahmed], Play Monk (Otoroku)
- Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson, Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch)
- Melissa Aldana, Filin (Blue Note)
- Eric Alexander, Like Sugar (Cellar Live '25)
- Ricky Alexander, Ragology (Turtle Bay)
- Ishmael Ali, Burn the Plastic, Sell the Copper (Amalgam)
- Lina Allemano Four, The Diptychs (Lumo '25)
- Marshall Allen, New Dawn (Mexican Summer '25)
- Tyrone Allen II, Upward (Dreams and Fears)
- Ben Allison - Steve Cardenas - Ted Nash, Triological (Sunnyside)
- Paulo Almeida, Love in Motion (Dox)
- Rodrigo Amado This Is Our Language Quartet, Wailers (European Echoes)
- Thommy Andersson, Shimmering Blue (SteepleChase)
- Samir Aouad, Casablanca (Les Luths Du Monde)
- Florian Arbenz - Bill Frisell - Greg Osby, Quiet Lights (Conversation Lab)
- Julian Argüelles, Echo Fields (Escapade)
- Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, Mystic Suite (Marlow)
- Aymeric Avice - Luke Stewart - Chad Taylor, Deep in the Earth High in the Sky (RogueArt)
- Ballister + Luke Stewart, Clocking the Wheel (Aerophonic)
- Richard Baratta, Another Kind of Bird (Savant)
- Barcelona Art Orchestra & Miguel Zenón, Expressions: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (Miel Music)
- Kenny Barron, Songbook (Artwork '25)
- Sam Barsh - Mark Guiliana - Keyon Harold, Straight08 (La Reserve)
- Meredith Bates, The Observer Effect (Phonometrograph)
- John Beasley & SWR Big Band, Invisible Piano (O-Tone Music)
- Marc Benham, Tricératops (Pégazz & L'Helicon)
- Lakecia Benjamin, We Dream (Artwork)
- Chuck Bergeron, Bass & Face: Duets With Ten Premier Vocalists (Summit)
- Judith Berkson, Thee They Thy (ECM)
- Josh Berman Trio, Everybody Else's Life Too (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Steven Bernstein/Scotty Hard, ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance (Royal Potato Family)
- Louis Billette, Lux II (Jazz Family)
- David Binney, History:Memory (Mythology)
- Luciano Biondini - Michel Godard - Lucas Niggli, Fables of Time (Intakt)
- Nat Birchall Quartet, Path of Enlightenment (Ancient Archive of Sound)
- BITOI, Sirkulu (Supertraditional '25)
- Black Nile, Indigo Garden (Hen House Studios)
- Michael Blake, Piccolos Before Rifles (Baby Tank)
- Ran Blake & Dominique Eade, Roots & Byways (Sunnyside)
- The BLCK Madonna, Between the Lines (Downtown Music)
- Stefano Bollani All Stars, Tutta Vita Live (Ponderosa)
- Bobby Bradford - Mark Dresser - Hafez Modirzadeh, Sonic House Reunion (NoBusiness)
- Joseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin, ITERAE (Greyfade)
- Anthony Branker & Other Ways of Knowing, Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit (Origin)
- Alan Braufman, Anthem for Peace (The Control Group/Valley of Search)
- Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier, Talamanti (Antlia)
- Betty Bryant, Nothin' Better to Do (Bry-Mar Music)
- Dave Burrell & David Liebman, Reservoir (Bespoke Jazz)
- John Butcher, Away, I Was (Relative Pitch)
- Federico Calcagno & the Dolphians, Face the Music (Da Vinci Jazz '25)
- Jonas Cambien - Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard - Dag Erik Knedal Andersen, The Ear Behind the Airport (Motvind)
- The Paul Carlon Trio, Between Us Three (TRRcollective)
- Magnus Carlson & the Moon Ray Quintet, Shadows (WeJazz '25)
- Ron Carter & Yotam Silberstein, Duets (Jojo)
- Gabrielle Cavassa, Diavola (Blue Note)
- Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Dawn (Stretch/Ropeadope '25)
- Keyvan Chemirani, Tales of Nar (PeeWee!)
- Billy Childs, Triuimvirate (Mack Avenue)
- Chrome Hill & Dōjō, Free Rangers (Clean Feed)
- Circular Arcs, Conventicle (Castor & Pollux Music '25)
- Alexander Claffy, Alive in Philadelphia Vol. 1: At Chris' Jazz Cafe (Cellar)
- John Clayton, The Two-o Duo Project (ArtistShare)
- Emmet Cohen, Universal Truth (Mack Avenue)
- Andrés Coll Cosmic Trio, Ride to Heaven (XJAZZ Music)
- Josh Collazo's Jazzboree, Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That (Maximum Future '25)
- Columbia Icefield [Nate Wooley], A Silence Opens (Out of Your Head)
- Braxton Cook, Not Everyone Can Go (Nettwerk '25)
- Marc Copland, String Theory (Inner Voice Jazz)
- Corima, Hunab Ku (Soleil Zeuhl)
- Gustavo Cortinas, The Drum Also Sings (Desafio Candente)
- Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band, Everything Is Jumpin' (self-released '25)
- Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, Éclats - Live in Europe (Intakt)
- Dominique Cravic Et Les Primitifs Du Futur, Les Crimes Du Musette (Buda Musique)
- Marilyn Crispell & Anders Jormin, Memento (ECM)
- Douglas J. Cuomo, A Raft, the Sky, the Wild Sea (Blue Cloud Music)
- Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Ritual (Chill Tone)
- Daggerboard, The Skipper and Mike Clark (Wide Hive)
- Amalie Dahl's Dafnie Extended, Live at Moldejazz (Sonic Transmissions)
- Marleen Dahms' Alloy, Running and Belonging (XJAZZ Music '25)
- Kieran Daly and Sam Weinberg, Live Unison and Unison Continued (Stern)
- Christopher Dammann, Dead Words (Shifting Paradigm)
- Lao Dan Chicago Quartet, Klotski (Trost)
- Danalogue, Teleportations (Castles in Space)
- Franco D'Andrea Trio, Live (Parco Della Musica '25)
- Eddie Daniels, To Milton With Love (Resonance '25)
- Caroline Davis, Fallows (Ropeadope)
- Jesse Davis Quartet, Reflections (Cellar)
- Kris Davis Quartet, John Zorn: The Bagatelles Vol. 5 (Tzadik)
- Kris Davis and the Lutoslawski Quartet, The Solastalgia Suite (Pyroclastic)
- Catherine Delaunay, L'Homme Des Damps (Nato)
- Alabaster DePlume, Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue (International Anthem)
- Jean Derome & Somebody Special, Le Sourire (Ambiances Magnétiques)
- Maria Pia De Vito, Buarqueana (Parco Della Musica '25)
- Brian Dickinson & Penderecki String Quartet, October Songs (Cellar)
- Dietrichs, Live Bahdu (Relative Pitch)
- Django Festival Allstars, Evolution (Motéma)
- Dave Douglas, Transcend (Greenleaf Music)
- Charles Downs Quartet, Inner (ESP-Disk')
- Kaja Draksler Octet, Bare, Unfolding (Zavod Sploh/Clean Feed)
- Duchess, A Marvelous Party (Anzic)
- Paul Dunmall Quartet, Afghan Women (RogueArt)
- Matt Dwonszyk, Live at the Sidedoor (self-released)
- Yelena Eckemoff, Rosendals Garden (L+H Production)
- Philipp Eden - Frantz Loriot - Marina Tantanozi, And Raw, Lift My Eyes (Inexhaustible Editions '25)
- Art Edmaiston & Chad Fowler, Memphis Mandala (Mahakala Music)
- Marty Ehrlich, Cartographies of Flight: Lines Set Afloat Towards Hope (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Henriette Eilertsen Trio, Moder (Motvind)
- E'Joung-Ju - Simon Mary - Anne-Laure Bourget, Samin Dong Rak (Label Ouest)
- Eliane Elias, Ao Vivo (Candid)
- Kurt Elling & WDR Big Band, In the Brass Palace (Big Shoulders)
- Andy Emler - Claude Tchamitchian - Eric Echampard, There Is Another Way (La Buisonne)
- Kristian Enkerud Lien's Krise, Apt Opt Kroma (Catalytic Sound/Sonic Transmission '25)
- Entre Amigos, Joyful Foundation: The Music of Justin Copeland (Entre Amigos)
- Entropic Hop, The Quest for the Normal Is the Death of the Self (ESP-Disk')
- Christoph Erb - Magda Mayas - Gerry Hemingway, Phyla Music (Veto '25)
- Daniel Erdmann's Thérapie De Couple, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, François (Budapest Music Center)
- Peter Evans & Mike Pride, A Window, Basically (Relative Pitch '25)
- Experiments in Opera, Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations (EiO)
- Giovanni Falzone, Suite for Miles (Tǔk Music)
- Jimmy Farace, Big Shoulders, Big Sounds (Shifting Paradigm)
- Joe Farnsworth, The Big Room (Smoke Sessions '25)
- Fathers, Fathers (Blue Note)
- Mané Fernandes, sQuigg: playground_etiQuette (Porta Jazz)
- Hugo Fernandez, Rivermind (self-released)
- James Fernando, Philly 3 (Spring Garden)
- Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr, Fly (Sauajazz)
- Flea, Honora (Nonesuch)
- Flöjter, Brest Flow (Utech)
- Michael Formanek, New Digs (Intakt)
- Cassie Watson Francillon, Bardo (self-released)
- Frankfurt Radio Big Band - Nils Wogram - Jim McNeely, Trilogue + 15: A Tribute to Albert Mangelsdorff (ACT Music)
- Nick Fraser, Areas (Elastic)
- Bill Frisell, In My Dreams (Blue Note)
- Satoko Fujii Quartet, Burning Wick (Libra '25)
- Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra (2014, Libra)
- Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston, Fuller Sound Vol. 2: Dynasty (Cellar)
- Joel Futterman & William Parker, Transcendent Universe (Burning Ambulance)
- Asher Gamedze, A Semblance: Of Return (Northern Spy)
- Rob Garcia, Sizzle Works (Connection Works)
- Gaudi, Jazz Gone Dub (Dubmission '25)
- Gianni Gebbia, Petrichor (Objet-A)
- Leo Genovese, Solo Brooklyn (577)
- George, Looking for Consonance (Out of Your Head)
- Hannah Gill, I Like the Sunrise (Turtle Bay)
- Goal Weight [Maggie Cox & Jennifer Gersten], Keep Telling Yourself That (Relative Pitch)
- Vinny Golia Quintet, Angular Momentum (Nine Winds)
- Phillip Golub, Partisan Ship (Berthold)
- Arkady Gotesman, Music for an Imaginary Ballet (NoBusiness '25)
- Maria Grand, Both Sides (Lilaila)
- Devin Gray - Andrea Parkins - Frank Gratkowski, Hz of Gold (Rataplan)
- Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio, Ash (Attaboygirl)
- Tigran Hamasyan, Manifeste (Naïve)
- Michael Hampton, Into the Public Domain (SMN/So '25)
- Colin Hancock's Joymakers, A Texas-Sized Band (Turtle Bay)
- Simon Hanes, Gargantua (Pyroclastic)
- Joy Harjo, Insomnia & Seven Steps to Grace (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Asaf Harris, I Thought I Was Ready (self-released)
- Alexander Hawkins, No Nation but Imagination (Intakt)
- Miho Hazama, Frames (Edition)
- Stella Heath, For Billie (Matterhorn)
- Paul Hecht, Pyrography II (Ears & Eyes)
- Alden Hellmuth, Tether (Leiter)
- Gerry Hemingway, Live at Bau 4 (Hat Hut)
- Carlos Henríquez, Monk Con Clave (self-released)
- Henry Now, Then Again (Dark Companion '25)
- Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of Chick Corea (Savant)
- Monika Herzig, Transparent (Key of B)
- The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band, Live at Birdland (Turtle Bay '25)
- Marquis Hill, (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender (Black Unlimited)
- Colin Hinton, Three Suites (Endectomorph Music)
- Shelley Hirsch - Christian Weber - Alfred Vogel, Vanish (Boomslang)
- Alex Hitchcock & Ant Law, House of Light (ZenneZ)
- Eric Hofbauer & EHX, Tongues/Hope Language (Creative Nation Music)
- Christopher Hoffman, REX (Out of Your Head)
- Dave Holland - Norma Winstone - London Vocal Project, Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) (Edition)
- Corcoran Holt, Freedom of Art (Holt House Music)
- Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 2 (HighNote)
- Hoodies, New Jazz Underground (NJU) (Artwork)
- Ramona Horvath Trio, Absinthe (Fresh Sound '25)
- House of the Black Gardenia, Mazurka in Jazz (self-released)
- Julia Hülsmann Octet, While I Was Away (ECM)
- Gregory Hutchinson, Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis (Warner)
- Hyper Elastic Jinx, We Vote Force Majeure (Barefoot)
- Insufficient Funs, Chunk (Diatribe)
- Jon Irabagon, Focus Out (Irrabagast)
- Jon Irabagon, Raw Dog (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Irreversible Entanglements, Future Present Past (Impulse!)
- Ize Trio, Global Prayer (self-released)
- Javon Jackson, Jackson Plays Dylan (Solid Jackson/Palmetto)
- David Janeway Trio, Live at Blue LLama (SteepleChase)
- Clément Janinet - Arve Henriksen - Ambre Vuillermoz - Robert Lucaciu, Garden of Silences (BMC)
- Guus Janssen, Live at the Pletterij (Geestgronden)
- Hilary Jeffrey, Green Prism: Music by Keith Tippett (Discus Music)
- Michael Jenner, Sparkle On! (self-released)
- Ingrid Jensen, Landings (Newvelle)
- Ernesto Jodos & Rocio Giménez López, Una Casa Con Dos Pianos (Blue Art)
- Per Texas Johansson, Orkester Omnitonal På Musikaliska Kvarteret (Moserobie)
- Seu Jorge, The Other Side (Amor in Sound)
- Anthony Joseph, The Ark (Heavenly Sweetness)
- Sylvain Kassap - Steve Swell - Benjamin Duboc - Chad Taylor, Edges (RogueArt '25)
- Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, Incarnadine (self-released)
- Mike Khoury - Jason Kao Hwang - Ben Hall - Andrew Drury, Spite of Darkness (Entropy Stereo)
- DoYeon Kim, Wellspring (TAO Forms)
- KIND [Jan Klare], Count (Umland '25)
- Kiri Ra!, Nen (WeJazz)
- Knats, A Great Day in Newcastle (Gearbox)
- Kirk Knuffke, Brother (SteepleChase)
- Anna Kolchina, Reach for Tomorrow (OA2)
- Nikita Korzoun, A Pot of Gold: Live at Philly Joe's Volume 1 (self-released)
- Caroline Kraabel - Pat Thomas - John Edwards - Steve Noble, Transgressive Coastlines (Shrike)
- Bonner Kramer & Thurston Moore, They Came Like Swallows: Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza (Silver Current)
- Almut Kühne - João Pedro Brandão - Marcos Cavaleiro, Stones and Seeds (Carimbo Porta-Jazz)
- Julian Lage, Scenes From Above (Blue Note)
- La La Lars, Lilla Lars (Gothborgen)
- Last Dream of the Morning [John Butcher - John Edwards - Mark Sanders], Sharp Illusion (Fundacja Słuchaj '25)
- Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick, Tragic Magic (InFiné)
- Daunik Lazro - Joëlle Léandre - Paul Lovens, For Baritone Sax, Double Bass & Drumset (2013, Relative Pitch)
- LEIDA, Mythological Portraits (Artway)
- Nicolas Leirtrø's Action Now!, Entrance (Sauajazz)
- José Lencastre - João Hasselberg - Kresten Osgood, This Anger Is a Liar (Fundacja Słuchaj)
- Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash, Pluto in Aquarius (Cuneiform)
- Noa Levy & Paul Edis Trio, Portrait in Evans (Dot Time)
- James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Omni (Intakt)
- James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet, These Are Soulful Days (2021, TAO Forms)
- Christian Lillinger, Open Form for Society II (Plaist)
- Mark Lomax II & the Urban Art Ensemble, The Unity Suite (CFG Multimedia)
- Fred Lonberg-Holm - João Madeira - Bruno Pedroso - Carlos Zinagaro, Convergência Do Vôo (4DaRecord)
- Joe Lovano, Paramount Quartet (ECM)
- Shawn Lovato, Biotic (Endectomorph Music)
- Brian Lynch, Torch Bearers (Holistic MusicWorks)
- Virginia MacDonald, In Search Of . . . (Cellar)
- Joe Magnarelli, Decidedly So (Cellar)
- Roberto Magris & Denis Razz Quartet, In Action (JMood '25)
- Nduduzo Makhathini, The Myth We Choose (Blue Note)
- Alexis Marcelo, Solo Piano (Intakt)
- Ben Markley Big Band, Tuesday Morning Feeling (OA2)
- Hannah Marks, Feed the Fire (Endectomorph)
- Wynton Marsalis & Vince Giordano, The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (2012, Blue Engine)
- Brian Marsella & Sae Hashimoto, Tunnel Vision (Red Palace)
- Pedrito Martínez - Antonio Sánchez - Michael League, Elipsis (GroundUP)
- Louis Matute, Dolce Vita (Naive)
- Magda Mayas' Filamental, Murmur (Relative Pitch)
- Magda Mayas, Chant (Unsounds)
- Nicole McCabe, Color Theory (Birdwatcher)
- Mike McGinnis - Carmen Staaf - Gui Duvignau - Hamir Atwal, ContraPunctus (Adhyâropa)
- Dave McMurray, I Love Life Even When I'm Hurting (Blue Note '25)
- Elan Mehler, Renee Said (Newvelle)
- Myra Melford & Satoko Fujii, Katarahi (RogueArt)
- Ava Mendoza, Alive Alone, Alive Together (Burning Ambulance)
- Finola Merivale & Catherine Sikora, Abhaile (Fort Evil Fruit)
- The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Deface the Currency (Impulse!)
- Pat Metheny, Side-Eye III+ (Ubiquity Music)
- Sei Miguel, Viva! (Clean Feed)
- Pete Mills, This Is Now (Mighty Ernie)
- Neal Miner, Invisibility (Cellar Music '25)
- Billy Mohler, Live in Europe (Dox)
- Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns, Bitches Blues (Rune Grammofon)
- Aja Monet, The Color of Rain (Drink Sum Wtr)
- Vera Morais, Eupnea (Porta Jazz)
- Jason Moran, Plays Duke Ellington (Yes)
- Jason Moran - BlankFor.ms - Marcus Gilmore, Shards (Red Hook)
- Joe Morris & Elliott Sharp, Realism (ESP-Disk '25)
- Chris Morrissey, Infinite Source of Heat (GroundUP Music)
- Simon Moullier, Ceiba (Simon Moullier Music)
- Quinsin Nachoff, Patterns From Nature (Whirlwind)
- Luis Nacht & Camila Nebbia, Noche Y Niebla (Ears & Eyes)
- Mikiko Nagatake, Live at Nardis: Tribute to Cecil Taylor (RINDO)
- Giovanni Nardiello, Perspectives (Aut)
- Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos E Orquestra, Vila (Far Out)
- Camila Nebbia - James Banner - Max Andrzejewski, Presencia (Ears & Eyes '25)
- Camila Nebbia - Marilyn Crispell - Lesley Mok, A Reflection Distorts Over Water (Relative Pitch '25)
- Camila Nebbia & Chris Corsano, Six or Seven Ways Towards Becoming Undone (Relative Pitch)
- Vadim Neselovskyi, Perseverantia (Tzadik)
- Angelika Niescier, Chicago Tapes (Intakt)
- Pascal Niggenkemper Ensemble Tuvalu, D'Une Rive à L'Autre (Subran)
- Paal Nilssen-Love & Terrie Ex, What?! (Terp)
- Kaori Nishijima & Yasuhito Mori, Conversations at Vilja (Apparat Studios)
- Nite Bjuti, Minwi (Intakt)
- Sylvie Noble & Ursula Harrison, New Eve (Flaming Sword)
- NOHMI, Brightness & Darkness (ZenneZ)
- Nolatet, Somethin' to Relax With (Royal Potato Family)
- Nomad War Machine and Susan Alcorn, Contra Madre (VG+)
- North Sea String Quartet, Zonar (Happy Seal)
- Northwoods Improvisers, Unified View (Entropy Stereo '25)
- Shoko Numao, The Siwnin Sails (Elsewhere '25)
- Ray Obiedo, Slight Accent (Rhythmus)
- Odense Jazz Orchestra, Meets Loren Stillman (AMM)
- Adam O'Farrill, Elephant (Out of Your Head)
- John O'Gallagher, Ancestral (Whirlwind '25)
- Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana, Beneath Lifted Skies (Biophilia)
- Miles Okazaki, Boomtown (Pi)
- Meg Okura & Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, Isaiah (Adhyâropa)
- Andrew Oliver & Hal Smith Incomparables, Stomp Your Stuff (Turtle Bay '25)
- Onilu, Jakuta's Dance (577)
- Eivind Opsvik - Elias Stemeseder - Will Graefe, The Setting (Loyal)
- Orchestra National De Jazz, With Carla (ONJ)
- Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere, Theta Seven (Discus Music)
- Bill Orcutt, Music in Continuous Motion (Palilalia)
- Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble, The Kármán Line (ATA)
- Out Of/Into [Joel Ross - Gerald Clayton - Kendrick Scott - Matt Brewer - Immanuel Wilkins], Motion II (Blue Note '25)
- The Outskirts, Orbital (Aerophonic)
- Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y, Around the World With U (Cellar)
- Keith Oxman, Home (Capri '25)
- Nikolett Pankovits, Red Dress (self-released)
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
- Parlor Greens, Emeralds (Colemine)
- Rebecca Patterson & Ron Wilkins, The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant (Adhyâropa)
- Alex Paxton, Candyfolk Space Drum (Jonah)
- Jeremy Pelt, Our Community Will Not Be Erased (HighNote)
- Ivo Perelman, Trifecta (Mahakala Music)
- Ivo Perelman & Wadada Leo Smith, Duologues 5 (Ibeji)
- Ivo Perelman - Matthew Shipp - William Parker - Bobby Kapp, Synesthesia (Defkaz)
- The Phoenix Trio, Tomorrow Is Today (Giant Step Arts)
- Leigh Pilzer, Keep Holding On (Strange Woman)
- Chris Pitsiokos Ensemble, Doing Something, Doing Nothing (Eleatic)
- John Pizzarelli, Dear Mr. Bennett (Green Hill Music)
- Mariá Portugal - Emilio Gordoa - Burkhard Beins, Erosão Percussion Trio (Kassiani/Fun in the Church)
- Chris Potter, Alive With Ghosts Today (Edition)
- Noah Preminger, Dark Days (Criss Cross Jazz '25)
- Bruce Prumo Orchestra, Good Bait (self-released)
- Quagmire & Christer Bothén, Rörane (Relative Pitch)
- Adrian Quesada, Trio Asesino (ATO)
- Ragini Trio, 3 (W.E.R.F.)
- Humberto Ramírez, Catalino: Canciones De Tite Curet Alonso (Nilpo Music '25)
- Tom Raworth & Giancarlo Nino Locatelli, A Decent Run (We Insist!)
- Nat Reeves, Now in Time (The Side Door)
- The Tomeka Reid Quartet, Dance! Skip! Hop! (Out of Your Head)
- Remergency, Wave Benders (Squid Note)
- Reverso, Between Two Silences (Alternate Side)
- Mariam Rezaei - Sakina Abdou - Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, 1984 [I IX VIII IV]: The Forward Process (Dropa Disc)
- Lisa Rich, I Still Rise (Tritone)
- Jim Robitaille Trio, Sonic (Whaling City Sound)
- Willy Rodriguez, In the Unknown (I Will Find You) (Sunnyside)
- Yvonne Rogers, The Button Jar (Pyroclastic)
- Kemuel Roig, 3Discovery (Life in Music)
- Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project, The Longest Way Round (One Trick Dog)
- Ted Rosenthal Trio, The Good Old Days (TMR Music)
- Joel Ross, Gospel Music (Blue Note)
- Jorge Rossy & Michael Kanan, Red on Maroon (UnderPool)
- Adam Rudolph - Alexis Marcelo - Kaoru Watanabe, Sunrise (Meta)
- Olaf Rupp, Berlin Eiskeller (Scatter Archive)
- Catherine Russell, Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center (Dot Time)
- The Ali Ryerson Quartet (ARC Music)
- Jamie Saft, Rhodes Scholar (Veal/Team Love)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, With Every Breath I Take (Nonesuch)
- Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall (Jazzheads)
- David Sanchez, Tambó (Ropeadope)
- Marta Sanchez, For the Space You Left (Out of Your Head)
- Brandon Sanders, Lasting Impression (Savant '25)
- Arturo Sandoval, Sangú (TM)
- Jeremy Sassoon, Older and Wiser (ECN Music)
- Adam Schatz, Civil Engineering Vol. 1 (Jealous Butcher)
- Philipp Schiepek & Lorenz Widauer, Bangers & Ballads (Wooden Waggon/Galileo)
- Udo Schindler & Paul Rogers, Ephemeral Essences of LowTone Studies (for Duo) (FMR '25)
- Maria Schneider Orchestra, American Crow (ArtistShare)
- Loren Schoenberg and His Jazz Orchestra, So Many Memories (Turtle Bay '25)
- Fie Schouten - Vincent Courtois - Sofia Borges - Pierre Baux, Open Space (Relative Pitch)
- Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Agua Con Gas (Cubeye Music)
- John Scofield & Dave Holland, Memories of Home (ECM '25)
- Brandon Seabrook, Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic)
- Shabaka, Of the Earth (Shabaka)
- Shake Stew, Ten One Two (Traumton)
- Sharada Shashidhar, A Foot on the Ground (Colorfield)
- Aaron Shaw, And So It Is (Leaving)
- Susana Santos Silva & Vasco Trilla, Mushin (Defkaz)
- Edward Simon, Venezuela: Latin American Songbook Vol. 2 (ArtistShare)
- Skerik, Skerik 061725 (Loosegroove)
- Harry Skoler, Echoes (Red Brick Hill)
- Bria Skonberg, Brass (Cellar)
- The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Corbett vs. Dempsey '25)
- Walter Smith III, Twio Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
- Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Ellington Masterworks (MCG Jazz)
- SML, Spontaneous Music Live (International Anthem)
- Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest, Somni (GroundUP Music '25)
- Soft Machine, Thirteen (MoonJune)
- Claudia Solal & Benoît Delbecq, Honour Oxygen! (Jazzdor)
- Emilio Solla & La Inestable De Brooklyn, Handmade (Club Del Disco)
- Tyshawn Sorey, Members . . . Don't! (Pi)
- Omar Sosa - Joo Kraus - Diego Pinera, Vibe Factor (Music Hub)
- Simon Spang-Hanssen, Afrolantic (Spangster/Alisio Music)
- Tommaso Starace Organ Trio, Live at the Beaver Inn (Dodicilune)
- Lo Steele, Only a Drop (Side Hustle/Little Village)
- Elias Stemeseder & Thomas Morgan, Io Pur Respiro (Squama)
- Colin Stetson - Greg Fox - Trevor Dunn, Nethering (Envision)
- Matthew Stevens, Matthew Stevens (Candid)
- Lisa Stick, Live at Loft (Unit)
- Dave Stryker, Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session (Strikezone)
- Jonathan Suazo, Ricano Vol. 2: Fruto De Mi Corazón (Miel Music)
- Soojin Suh, Prism of Existence (Endectomorph Music)
- Helen Sung Big Band, Oracles (Sunnyside)
- Skúli Sverrisson & Bill Frisell, For All Your Flowers (Newvelle)
- Steve Swallow, Winter Songs (ECM)
- Sweet Megg, Massive Negroni (self-released)
- Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet, A Blue Time (Circle 9)
- Craig Taborn - Nels Cline - Marcus Gilmore, Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic '25)
- Craig Taborn, Dream Archives (ECM)
- Alexa Tarantino, The Roar and the Whisper (Blue Engine '25)
- Hound Dog Taylor's Hand and Joe Paradiso, The Structure and Dynamics of Disordered Systems (HDTH)
- Teiku, Klang (Gingko)
- Stephan Thelen, Fractal Guitar 4 (MoonJune)
- Håkon Thelin, Echoes and Traces, Together (Peninsula Audio)
- These Things Happen, A Gentle Reminder (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
- Jean-Luc Thomas Quartet, Sillons (Hirustica)
- Micah Thomas, Lucid (Birdwatcher)
- Pat Thomas & XT, Strata, Act (Joy Contemporary) (We Jazz)
- Vance Thompson, Lost and Found (Moondo)
- Tyler "Twerk" Thomson, Plays in Bands (self-released)
- Henry Threadgill Zooid, Cut You Where You Was (Pi)
- Henry Threadgill - Vijay Iyer - Dafnis Prieto, Fifteen (Nonesuch)
- Thundercat, Distracted (Brainfeeder)
- TOC + Jean-Luc Guionnet, Quelques Idées D'Un Vert Incolore Dorment Furieusement (Circum-Disc '25)
- Álvaro Torres Trio, Mairena (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- Samuel Torres, Trio Libre (Blue Conga)
- Tino Tracanna, Panorchestra (Flying Robert Music '25)
- Triple Blind, Cold Walk (self-released)
- Juanma Trujillo - Kenneth Jiménez - Vasco Trilla, Nada Es Nada (Ramble)
- Harriet Tubman & Georgia Muldrow, Electical Field of Love (Pi)
- Mark Turner, Patternmaster (ECM)
- Udeigwe, Four Lemmas (LU Factors)
- Kalia Vandever, Mana (International Anthem)
- Peter Van Huffel - Rieko Okuda - Sofia Borges, Lagrangian Points (4DaRecord)
- April Varner, Ella (Cellar)
- Angela Verbrugge & Ray Gallon, In the Wonder of the Night (G2 '25)
- Miroslav Vitous, Mountain Call (2003-10, ECM)
- Karsten Vogel, Late Night Ballads (Storyville)
- Mark Wade Trio, New Stages (Dot Time)
- Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band, Treasury Volume 3 (Turtle Bay)
- Brad Walker, A Sliver of Catharsis (self-released '25)
- Mariam Wallentin & Vestnorsk Jazzensemble, Spring Flood (Hubro)
- Alicia Waller, Louder, Then (Frente)
- Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, Non Sonett (Aspen Edities)
- Marta Warelis, Still Life With Lemons (Relative Pitch)
- Trevor Watts - Barry Guy - Ramon Lopez, The First Touch (Fundacja Słuchaj)
- WDR Big Band & John Goldsby, Big Band Bass (Bass Lion '25)
- Joe Webb, Neath Beat (Edition)
- Ben Wendel, Barcode (Edition)
- Lis Wessberg Featuring Veronika Rud, In the Wake of Blue (April)
- The Westerlies, Have You Heard? The Music of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1 (Westerlies)
- What You May Call It, Da Qi (MechaBenzaiten)
- Joshua White, Flora and Fauna: 9 Preludes for Solo Piano (Orenda '25)
- Håvard Wiik - Antonio Borghini - Tim Daisy, One Brief Cure (Relay)
- Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
- Rich Willey, Laid Back Vol. 1 (Boptism)
- Steve Wilson, Enduring Sonance (Smoke Sessions)
- Martin Wind, Stars (Newvelle)
- Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra & Sean Irvine, Forgotten Stories Suite (Chronograph)
- Michael Winograd, Plays Tanz! Live in New York City (Borscht Beat '25)
- Ben Wolfe, Any Time After Now (Resident Arts)
- Work Money Death, A Portal to Here (ATA)
- Wrens, Live @ NUBLU (Out of Your Head)
- Jack Wright and Ben Bennett, Tourne (self-released)
- @xcrswx, Moodboard (Feedback Moves '25)
- Your Brother's Keeper & Gary Bartz, Where Rivers Meet (Brownswood)
- Zanja All Stars, Cuban Jam Session Volume 2 (Zanja '25)
- Zu, Ferrum Sidereum (House of Mythology)
Album count: 460.