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Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

By Doug Collette
December 7, 2025
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In no order but that which they come to mind to play again...

Vijay Iyer
Defiant Life
ECM Records

BEATrio
BEATrio
Thirty Tigers

Fred Hersch
The Surrounding Green
ECM Records

Miguel Zenon
Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard
Miel Music

Dino Saluzzi
El Viejo Caminante
ECM Records

Matt Schofield
Many Moons Vol. 1
Number 7 Records

Will Bernard
Moving Target
Losen Records

Belonging
Branford Marsalis
Blue Note Records

Consentrik Quartet
Nels Cline
Blue Note Records

Words Fall Short
Joshua Redman
Blue Note Records

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