DownBeat International Critics Poll II
August 25, 202573rd Annual
Albums of the Year
Ken Waxman’s Ballot
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
(April 1, 2024-March 31, 2025)
Patricia Brennan, Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) 4
James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Transfiguration (Intakt) 3
Wadada Leo Smith/Amina Claudine Myers, Central Park’s Mosaics (Red Hook) 2
HISTORICAL ALBUM
(April 1, 2024– March 31, 2025)
Don Ellis How Times Passes (ezz-thetics) 5
Lazro/Lovens/Nozati/Van Hove Resumé of The Century (Fou) 5