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Marco Iacoboni's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

By Marco Iacoboni
January 7, 2026
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2025 has gifted me with deep and rich listening experiences, diverse inspiration, and fulfilling encounters. From the American scene, I will especially remember Johnathan Blake 's concert with his quintet project My Life Matters and the Paul Cornish in trio, two remarkable projects and artists, both heard in the small italian city of Siena at Untubo, a small club always at the forefront of avant-garde programming.

Regarding international European music, I'll cherish the wonderful interviews with Yazz Ahmed (Yazz Ahmed: un suono che unisce mondi) and Kit Downes (Kit Downes: The Art Of Sonic Curiosity), and among the many high-quality works and listening experiences of the past twelve months, I would like to highlight the following albums solely for their poetry and an intensity that remains undiminished with every listen. A special mention as an artist goes to Joëlle Léandre.

A Paradise In The Hold
Yazz Ahmed
Night Time Stories
2025

Brahm Dreams Still
Dino Betti van der Noot
Audissea
2025

Fiend
Enemy
Edition Records
2025

Flint
Joëlle Léandre
Fundacja Ensemblage
2025

Honey From A Winter Stone
Ambrose Akinmusire
Nonesuch Records
2025

Is that Jazz?
Silvia Bolognesi
Self Produced
2025

Stefano Battaglia
Lyra
Artesuono
2025

Tobia Bondesan
The Hidden Idea
Barly Records
2025

Uno spazio, quattro oggetti.
myLab
2025

Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time
Jacob Garchik
Yestereve Records
2025

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