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Best Jazz Albums of 2025: All-Star Break Edition

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By AAJ Staff
July 2, 2025
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As we hit the halfway mark of 2025, All About Jazz has adopted Major League Baseball's All-Star break approach but swapping homers for albums. Our team of 55 writers convened to name their top three albums of the year so far, with Mary Halvorson's About Ghosts (Nonesuch) emerging as the clear favorite and an early contender for album of the year. Her collaboration with Sylvie Courvoisier (Bone Bells, Pyroclastic Records), also earned spots on a few lists. Other notables include Branford Marsalis' Belonging (Blue Note Records), Anouar Brahem's After the Last Sky (ECM Records), Artemis' Arboresque (Blue Note Records) and Hiromi's OUT THERE (Telarc Records).

The list below also includes a few albums released in late 2024 but reviewed in 2025.

Staff picks in order by first name...

Adam Beaudoin's Picks

Arboresque

Artemis

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Artemis
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

Ones & Twos

Gerald Clayton

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerald Clayton
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

Woven

Jeremy Pelt

trumpet
b.1976

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeremy Pelt
HighNote Records
Year: 2025

Alberto Bazzurro's Picks

Homage

Joe Lovano

drums
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Lovano
ECM Records
Year: 2025

After the Last Sky

Anouar Brahem

oud
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Anouar Brahem
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Resonance

Massimo De Mattia

flute

" data-original-title="" title="">Massimo De Mattia
Aut Records
Year: 2025

Angelo Leonardi's Picks

About Ghosts

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

For These Streets

Adam O'Farrill

trumpet
b.1994

" data-original-title="" title="">Adam O'Farrill
Out Of Your Head Records
Year: 2025

Shades of Sound

Ryan Truesdell

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Ryan Truesdell
Outside in Music
Year: 2025

C. Andrew Hovan's Picks

Survival of the Fittest

Jordan VanHemert

saxophone
b.1988

" data-original-title="" title="">Jordan VanHemert
Origin Records
Year: 2025

Unleashed

Altin Sencalar

trombone

" data-original-title="" title="">Altin Sencalar
Posi-Tone Records
Year: 2025

Crossing Paths

Renee Rosnes

piano
b.1962

" data-original-title="" title="">Renee Rosnes
Smoke Sessions Records
Year: 2024

Carl Medsker's Picks

Live at the Jazz Standard

George Colligan

multi-instrumentalist
b.1969

" data-original-title="" title="">George Colligan
Whirlwind Recordings
Year: 2025

Abstraction Is Deliverance

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis
Intakt Records
Year: 2025

Pivot Point

Behn Gillece

vibraphone
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Behn Gillece
Posi-Tone Records
Year: 2025

Dan Bilawsky's Picks

High Standards

Ted Rosenthal

piano
b.1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Ted Rosenthal
TMR Music
Year: 2025

The Call

Frank Kimbrough

piano
1956 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Kimbrough
Sunnyside Records
Year: 2025

Rio Fantasia

Duduka Da Fonseca

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Duduka Da Fonseca
Sunnyside Records
Year: 2025

Dan McClenaghan's Picks

Porgy

Atzko Kohashi

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Atzko Kohashi
Jazz In Motion Records
Year: 2025

Rendezvous -Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More

Jo-Yu Chen

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Jo-Yu Chen
Sony Music
Year: 2025

East by Midwest

Charlie Ballantine

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Ballantine
Origin Records
Year: 2025

Dean Nardi's Picks

Just

Billy Hart

drums
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Hart
ECM Records
Year: 2025

The Cave

Michala Østergaard-Nielsen

drums
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Michala ?stergaard-Nielsen
ILK Music
Year: 2025

After the Last Sky

Anouar Brahem

oud
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Anouar Brahem
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Doug Collette's Picks

BEATrio

BEATrio

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">BEATrio
Thirty Tigers
Year: 2025

Defiant Life

Vijay Iyer

piano
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Vijay Iyer,

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith
ECM Records
Year: 2025

The Surrounding Green

Fred Hersch

piano
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Fred Hersch
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Francesco Varriale's Picks

Belonging

Branford Marsalis

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

After the Last Sky

Anouar Brahem

oud
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Anouar Brahem
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores

John Daversa

trumpet
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">John Daversa
Greenleaf Music
Year: 2025

Geno Thackara's Picks

Sierra Tracks

Milo Fitzpatrick

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Milo Fitzpatrick
Gondwana Records
Year: 2025

The Playful Abstract

KALI Trio

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">KALI Trio
Ronin Rhythm Records
Year: 2025

An Incomplete Encyclopedia of Gentle Emotions

Kristoffer Rosing-Schow

saxophone, alto
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Kristoffer Rosing-Schow
Zachs Music
Year: 2025

Giuseppe Segala's Picks

For These Streets

Adam O'Farrill

trumpet
b.1994

" data-original-title="" title="">Adam O'Farrill
Out Of Your Head Records
Year: 2025

About Ghosts

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

A Tree in the Mist

Matteo Bortone

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Matteo Bortone
Onze Heures Onze
Year: 2025

Glenn Astarita's Picks

Consentrik Quartet

Nels Cline

guitar, electric
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Nels Cline
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

Away Towards the Light

Moe Staiano

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Moe Staiano
Edgetone Records
Year: 2024

The Gathering

Mark Wingfield

guitar, electric

" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Wingfield
MoonJune Records
Year: 2024

Hrayr Attarian's Picks

The Crisis Knows No Borders

Gustavo Cortiñas

drums
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Gustavo Corti?as
Desafio Candente Records
Year: 2025

Parallel Aesthethics

Ivo Perelman

saxophone, tenor
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Ivo Perelman
Fundacja Sluchaj
Year: 2025

A Story Left Untold

Georgia Mancio

vocals
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Georgia Mancio and

Alan Broadbent

piano
b.1947

" data-original-title="" title="">Alan Broadbent
Roomspin Records
Year: 2025

Ian Patterson's Picks

Ebb and Flow

Michael Buckley

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Buckley
Livia Records
Year: 2025

Home
Hayeli:

Khachatur Savzyan

bass, acoustic
b.1976

" data-original-title="" title="">Khachatur Savzyan,

Donna Khalife

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Donna Khalife
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Butterfly Effect

Izumi Kimura

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Izumi Kimura
Codama Records
Year: 2025

Jack Bowers' Picks

Peter and Will Anderson
The Best of Berlin
Arbors Records
Year: 2025

80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note, March 26, 2005

James Moody

woodwinds
1925 - 2010

" data-original-title="" title="">James Moody
Origin Records
Year: 2025

Vagabond

Royce Campbell

guitar
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">Royce Campbell
Max Frank Music
Year: 2025

Jack Kenny's Picks

New Vienna

Keith Jarrett

piano
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Keith Jarrett
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Nocturne

Gerry Mulligan

saxophone, baritone
1927 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerry Mulligan
Red Records
Year: 2025

Bone Bells

Sylvie Courvoisier

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvie Courvoisier and

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Pyroclastic Records
Year: 2025

Jerome Wilson's Picks

Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores

John Daversa

trumpet
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">John Daversa
Greenleaf Music
Year: 2025

Every Journey

Claire Cope

piano
b.1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Claire Cope
Adhyâropa Records
Year: 2025

Belonging

Branford Marsalis

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

John Chacona's Picks

Honey From A Winter Stone

Ambrose Akinmusire

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ambrose Akinmusire
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

Solace of the Mind

Amina Claudine Myers

piano
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Amina Claudine Myers
Red Hook Records
Year: 2025

Consentrik Quartet

Nels Cline

guitar, electric
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Nels Cline
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

John Ephland's Picks

Bone Bells

Sylvie Courvoisier

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvie Courvoisier
Pyroclastic Records
Year: 2025

Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project

Tessa Souter

vocals
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Tessa Souter
NOANARA Records
Year: 2025

Beingness

Dave Liebman

saxophone
b.1946

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Liebman,

Billy Hart

drums
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Hart, and

Adam Rudolph

percussion
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Adam Rudolph
Meta Records
Year: 2025

John Sharpe's Picks

Bone Bells

Sylvie Courvoisier

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvie Courvoisier and

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Pyroclastic Records
Year: 2025

Armageddon Flower

Ivo Perelman

saxophone, tenor
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Ivo Perelman
Tao Forms
Year: 2025

Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (Sun Ra)

Sun Ra

piano
1914 - 1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Sun Ra
Strut Records
Year: 2025

Joshua Weiner's Picks

In Jazz We Trust

Posi-Tone Swingtet

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Posi-Tone Swingtet
Posi-Tone Records
Year: 2025

I Hear Echoes

George Cables

piano
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">George Cables
HighNote Records
Year: 2024

Open, to Love

Paul Bley

piano
1932 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Bley
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Jua Howard's Picks

Beneath the Skin

Nnenna Freelon

vocals
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Nnenna Freelon
Origin Records
Year: 2025

Best Life Now

Sachal Vasandani

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Sachal Vasandani
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Everybody Loves Johnny O'Neal

Johnny O'Neal

piano
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Johnny O'Neal
Cellar Music Group
Year: 2025

Katchie Cartwright's Picks

Watersong

Savina Yannatou

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Savina Yannatou
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Equilibrando no Acupe

Gabriela Machado

flute

" data-original-title="" title="">Gabriela Machado
Self Produced
Year: 2024

Overture

Felipe Senna

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Felipe Senna
Self Produced
Year: 2024

Konstantin Rega's Picks

Treasury, Volume 2

Terry Waldo

piano
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Terry Waldo
Turtle Bay Records
Year: 2025

Piano Music 3

Alessandro Sgobbio

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Alessandro Sgobbio
AMP Music & Records
Year: 2025

Arboresque

Artemis

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Artemis
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

Kyle Simpler's Picks

On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco

Freddie Hubbard

trumpet
1938 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Freddie Hubbard
Resonance Records
Year: 2025

Vibe Check

Joe Baione

vibraphone
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Baione
Joe Baione Music
Year: 2024

Refuge

Mitch Towne

organ, Hammond B3

" data-original-title="" title="">Mitch Towne
Cross Towne Records
Year: 2025

Lawrence Peryer's Picks

Bone Bells

Sylvie Courvoisier

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvie Courvoisier and

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Pyroclastic Records
Year: 2025

Purposing The Air

Ingrid Laubrock

saxophone
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Ingrid Laubrock
Pyrolastic Records
Year: 2025

Armageddon Flower

Ivo Perelman

saxophone, tenor
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Ivo Perelman
Tao Forms
Year: 2025

Libero Farne's Picks

The Crisis Knows No Borders

Gustavo Cortiñas

drums
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Gustavo Corti?as
Desafio Candente Records
Year: 2025

Lightside

Matteo Pastorino

clarinet

" data-original-title="" title="">Matteo Pastorino
A.MA Records
Year: 2025

Resta chi va

Antonio Borghini

bass
b.1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Antonio Borghini
We Insist! Records
Year: 2025

Luciano Rossetti's Picks

If You Can't Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth Pt. Two

Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1999

" data-original-title="" title="">Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber
Avant Groid Musica
Year: 2025

SoundScapes #4 Berlin 2023 Silent Green

Harri Sjostrom

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Harri Sjostrom
FSR
Year: 2025

After the Last Sky

Anouar Brahem

oud
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Anouar Brahem
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Ludovico Granvassu's Picks

Homage

Joe Lovano

drums
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Lovano
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Fiend

Enemy

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Enemy
Edition Records
Year: 2025

May This Be Love (Acoustic Guitar Takes on Jimi Hendrix)

Thomas Naïm

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Thomas Na?m
Rootless Blues
Year: 2025

Marek J. ?mieta��ski's Picks

Ones & Twos

Gerald Clayton

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerald Clayton
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

Spindrift

Benjamin Lackner

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Benjamin Lackner
ECM Records
Year: 2025

OUT THERE

Hiromi

piano
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Hiromi
Telarc Records
Year: 2025

Mark Corroto's Picks

The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill
The Hemphill Stringtet
Out Of Your Head Records
Year: 2025

Being-A-Ning

Silke Eberhard

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Silke Eberhard
Intakt Records
Year: 2025

Abstraction Is Deliverance

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis Quartet
Intakt Records
Year: 2025

Marco Iacoboni's Picks

Is that Jazz?

Silvia Bolognesi

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Silvia Bolognesi
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Lyra

Stefano Battaglia

piano
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Stefano Battaglia
Artesuono
Year: 2025

The Hidden Idea

Tobia Bondesan

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Tobia Bondesan
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Mark Sullivan's Picks

Consentrik Quartet

Nels Cline

guitar, electric
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Nels Cline
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

After the Last Sky

Anouar Brahem

oud
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Anouar Brahem
ECM Records
Year: 2025

Belonging

Branford Marsalis

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

Maurizio Zerbo's Picks

The Call

Frank Kimbrough

piano
1956 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Kimbrough
Sunnyside Records
Year: 2025

Our Thing To In 'N Out Revisited

Joe Henderson

saxophone
1937 - 2001

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Henderson
Ezz-thetics
Year: 2025

Brahm Dreams Still

Dino Betti van der Noot

composer / conductor
b.1936

" data-original-title="" title="">Dino Betti van der Noot
Audissea
Year: 2025

Michael Ricci's Picks

Travelogue

Danny Grissett

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Danny Grissett
Savant Records
Year: 2025

Portrait of a Moment

Tommaso Perazzo

piano
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Tommaso Perazzo,

Marcello Cardillo

drums
b.1997

" data-original-title="" title="">Marcello Cardillo,

Buster Williams

bass, acoustic
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Buster Williams
Red Records
Year: 2025

Boreal

Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1999

" data-original-title="" title="">Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos
CARA
Year: 2025

Mike Jurkovic's Picks

The Cave

Michala Østergaard-Nielsen

drums
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Michala ?stergaard-Nielsen
ILK Music
Year: 2025

About Ghosts

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts

Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus
Resonance Records
Year: 2025

Neil Duggan's Picks

The Man I Love

Gabriel Latchin

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Gabriel Latchin
Alys Jazz
Year: 2025

Poems for Travellers

Emil Brandqvist

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Emil Brandqvist
Skip Records
Year: 2025

Solo: Miniatures & Tales

Shai Maestro

piano
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Shai Maestro
Naive
Year: 2025

Neri Pollastri's Picks

Relevé Live

Anais Drago

violin

" data-original-title="" title="">Anais Drago
Habitable Records
Year: 2025

Aesthetic of Prisms

Agusti Fernandez

piano
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Agusti Fernandez
Fundacja S?uchaj
Year: 2024

Altitude 1100 Meters

Satoko Fujii

piano
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Satoko Fujii
Libra Records
Year: 2025

Paul Rauch's Picks

Screen Time

Thomas Marriott

trumpet
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Thomas Marriott
Imani / 88 Keys Productions
Year: 2025

Belonging

Branford Marsalis

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

City Life: Music of Gregg Hill

Michael Dease

trombone
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Dease
Origin Records
Year: 2025

Paolo Peviani's Picks

About Ghosts

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

A Tree in the Mist

Matteo Bortone

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Matteo Bortone
Onze Heures Onze
Year: 2025

PUZZLE

Hélène Labarrière

" data-original-title="" title="">H��l��ne Labarri��re
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Pierre Giroux's Picks

Mixed Bag

Pete McGuinness

arranger
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Pete McGuinness
Summit Records
Year: 2025

With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers

Denny Zeitlin

piano
b.1938

" data-original-title="" title="">Denny Zeitlin
Sunnyside Records
Year: 2025

Shades of Sound

Ryan Truesdell

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Ryan Truesdell
Outside in Music
Year: 2025

Scott Lichtman's Picks

New Vienna

Keith Jarrett

piano
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Keith Jarrett
ECM Records
Year: 2025

About Ghosts

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

OUT THERE

Hiromi

piano
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Hiromi
Telarc Records
Year: 2025

Stefano Merighi's Picks

Splash

Myra Melford

piano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Myra Melford Trio
Intakt Records
Year: 2025

Honey from a Winter Stone

Ambrose Akinmusire

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ambrose Akinmusire
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

Christopher Dammann Sextet

Christopher Dammann

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Christopher Dammann
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Richard J Salvucci's Picks

Explorations

Bill Evans

piano
1929 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans
Craft Recordings
Year: 2025

Confirmation

Mike Boone

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Mike Boone
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Mi Hogar II

Rachel Therrien

trumpet
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Rachel Therrien
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Troy Dostert's Picks

The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill
The Hemphill Stringtet
Out Of Your Head Records
Year: 2025

The Music of Anthony Braxton

Steve Lehman

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Lehman
Pi Recordings
Year: 2025

Bone Bells

Sylvie Courvoisier

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvie Courvoisier
Pyroclastic Records
Year: 2025

Vic Albani's Picks

Clone Row

Ches Smith

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Ches Smith
Otherly Love Records
Year: 2025

Song Unconditional

Alexander Hawkins

piano
b.1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Alexander Hawkins
Intakt Records
Year: 2025

Consentrik Quartet

Nels Cline

guitar, electric
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Nels Cline
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

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Bob Osborne's Picks

Armageddon Flower

Ivo Perelman

saxophone, tenor
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Ivo Perelman
Tao Forms
Year: 2025

About Ghosts

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

Unclassified Affections

Dan Weiss

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Dan Weiss
Pi Recordings
Year: 2025

Cheryl K's Picks

Griot Songs

Omar Thomas

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Omar Thomas
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Precondition

Vincenzo Virgillito

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Vincenzo Virgillito
Self Produced
Year: 2025

I Thought About You

Louis Stewart

guitar
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Louis Stewart
Livia Records
Year: 2025

Colin Muirhead's Picks

A Paradise in the Hold

Yazz Ahmed

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Yazz Ahmed
Night Time Stories
Year: 2025

Knats

Knats

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Gearbox Records
Year: 2025

A Story Left Untold

Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent

" data-original-title="" title="">Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent
Roomspin Records
Year: 2025

Hobart Taylor's Picks

Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith
Red Hook Records
Year: 2024

Honey from a Winter Stone

Ambrose Akinmusire

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ambrose Akinmusire
Nonesuch Records
Year: 2025

From What I Recall

Premazzi / Nasser Quartet

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Premazzi / Nasser Quartet
OA2 Records
Year: 2025

Larry Slater's Picks

Belonging

Branford Marsalis

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

Portraits

Adam Baldych

violin
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Adam Baldych
ACT Music
Year: 2025

Mare Nostrum IV

Paolo Fresu

trumpet
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Paolo Fresu
ACT Music
Year: 2025

Len Davis' Picks

Tides of Time

Josh Meader

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Josh Meader
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Quadra Spherium

Antoine Fafard

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Antoine Fafard
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Project Oracle

Anthony Papamichael

guitar
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Papamichael
Self Produced
Year: 2025

Mary Foster Conklin's Picks

Arboresque

Artemis

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Artemis
Blue Note Records
Year: 2025

Beneath the Skin

Nnenna Freelon

vocals
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Nnenna Freelon
Origin Records
Year: 2025

OUT THERE

Hiromi

piano
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Hiromi
Telarc Records
Year: 2025

Maurice Hogue's Picks

Splash

Myra Melford

piano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Myra Melford Trio
Intakt
Year: 2025

Paranoid II

Tom Weeks

saxophone
b.1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Tom Weeks
Wolfsblood
Year: 2025

Public Radio

Peter Ehwald

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Ehwald
Jazzwerkstatt
Year: 2025

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