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Jack Kenny's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
The vintage albums from Gerry Mulligan, Paul Bley and Art Pepper are unalloyed pleasure. The special releases from Zev Feldman are an example of how jazz should be presented.
Xhosa ColeOn A Modern Genius (Vol.1)
Stoney Lane Records
Noah PremingerBallads
Chill Tone Records
Sylvie CourvoisierBone Bells
Pyroclastic Records
Mathias EickLullaby
ECM Records
Paul BleyOpen, to Love
ECM Records
Art PepperGeneva 1980
Omnivore Recordings
Freddie HubbardOn Fire—Live From The Blue Morocco
Resonance Records
Kenny DorhamBlue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco
Resonance Records
Jed LevyFaces and Places
Self Produced
Ryan TruesdellShades Of Sound
Outside in Music
Art PepperAn Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert
Elemental Music
Gerry MulliganNocturne
Red Records
Keith JarrettNew Vienna
ECM Records
Dave BassTrio Nuevo Vol 2
Dave Bass Music
Julian ShoreSub Rosa
Chill Tone
Cecil TaylorFlashing Spirits
Burning Ambulance Music
Fred HerschThe Surrounding Green
ECM Records
Joe Santa MariaOblique Rhyme
Orenda Records
Jon IrabagonSomeone to Someone
Irabbagast Records
Nels ClineTrio Of Bloom
Pyroclastic Records
Aruán OrtizCréole Renaissance
Intakt Records
Sylvie CourvoisierAngel Falls
Intakt Records
Pharoah SandersLove Is Here The Complete Paris 1975 ORTF Recordings
Transendence Sounds
McCoy TynerNew York Reunion
Chesky Records
Rahsaan Roland KirkSeek & Listen: Live At The Penthouse
Resonance Records
Charles LloydFigure In Blue
Blue Note Records
Art BlakeyArt Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Strasbourg 82
Gearbox Records
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