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Since 2014, the category has been dominated by previously unreleased music, mostly live shots.
While the intent of this category was to prod critics into exploring Latin Jazz, it has been dominated by a small number of artists.
It takes a peculiar combination of talent and luck to win this category. By luck, I mean getting your one-and-only shot at a debut album enough promotion to be recognized.
By far, the hardest part of this job is rounding up voters.
By Andrey Henkin For 2025, my Jazz Passings website accumulated 1,028 entries, with 242 receiving detailed write-ups, far shy of 1,211 and 308 from 2024. That said, it did feel, purely subjectively, like there were so many more major passings in 2025 than in recent memory. Statistical analysis doesn’t back that up, but people’s feelings…
In recent years, the category has been dominated by Cécile McLorin Salvant, who won handily again this year, her seventh time, one for each of her albums.
Bob Weir protected the integrity and idealism of the Grateful Dead’s music, playing the band’s songs year after year with a sense of wonder that he never lost touch with.
Given the current administration’s attacks on independent journalism, “Cover-Up” couldn’t be timelier.
David Szalay’s novel focuses on a current type of western male: one whose emotional growth and adult development are stunted or limited by his inability to express himself and understand who he is.
The 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll: New Jazz Albums
This was one of the closest New Jazz Albums contests ever.
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