2025 in jazz
| 2025 in jazz | |
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| Decade | 2020s in jazz |
| Music | 2025 in music |
| Standards | List of jazz standards |
| See also | 2024 in jazz – 2026 in jazz |
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| List of years in jazz |
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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2025.
Events
- January 29 – February 1 – The Bodø Jazz Open takes place in Norway, featuring Solveig Slettahjell, Arve Henriksen. Rebekka Bakken and others.[1]
Albums
| Month | Day | Artist | Album | Label | Subgenres | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | Xhosa Cole | On a Modern Genius Vol 1 | Stoney Lane Records | [2] | ||
| 17 | Mac Miller | Balloonerism | Warner | ||||
| 31 | Ambrose Akinmusire | Honey from a Winter Stone | Nonesuch | avant-garde jazz | [3] | ||
| Damon Locks | List of Demands | International Anthem | [4] | ||||
| February | 28 | Yazz Ahmed | A Paradise in the Hold | Night Time Stories | Arabic influenced Spiritual jazz | [5] | |
| March | 14 | Nels Cline | Consentrik Quartet | [6] | |||
| 28 | Sasha Berliner | Fantôme | [7] | ||||
| Maya Delilah | The Long Way Round | Blue Note, Capitol | [8] | ||||
| April | 4 | Hiromi Uehara | OUT THERE | Concord Records | [9] | ||
| May | 30 | Brad Turner | It's All So | Cellar Music | [10] | ||
| June | 13 | Mary Halvorson | About Ghosts | Nonesuch Records | [11] | ||
| 14 | Daniel Carter | Stream of a Dream | 577 Records | Featuring Matthew Putman and Federico Ughi | [12] | ||
| 20 | Joshua Redman | Words Fall Short | Blue Note Records | [13] | |||
| August | 22 | Caity Gyorgy and Mark Limacher | Caity Gyorgy with Strings: Arranged and Conducted by Mark Limacher | [14] | |||
| 29 | Brad Mehldau | Ride into the Sun | Nonesuch Records | Featuring the music of Elliott Smith. Features Daniel Rossen and Chris Thile. | [15] | ||
| September | 19 | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Oh Snap | Nonesuch Records | [16] | ||
| October | 3 | Bill Coon | Standard Elegance | Cellar Music | [17] |
Awards
Grammy Awards
The 67th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 2, 2025 honoring the best recordings, compositions, and artists from September 16, 2023, to August 30, 2024, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy.
All critically reviewed albums ranked
Metacritic
| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimi Tenor Band | Silver In Seattle: Live At The Penthouse | 90 | 5 | [18] |
| 2 | Yazz Ahmed | A Paradise In The Hold | 89 | 4 | [19] |
| 3 | Ambrose Akinmusire | Honey From a Winter Stone | 88 | 4 | [20] |
| 4 | Charles Lloyd | Figure In Blue | 87 | 4 | [21] |
| 5 | Donny McCaslin | Lullaby For The Lost | 86 | 5 | [22] |
| 6 | Brad Mehldau | Ride into the Sun | 86 | 4 | [23] |
| 7 | Emma-Jean Thackray | Weirdo | 85 | 9 | [24] |
| 8 | Marshall Allen | New Dawn | 85 | 6 | [25] |
| 9 | Damon Locks | List of Demands | 85 | 5 | [26] |
| 10 | Mulatu Astatke | Mulatu Plays Mulatu | 85 | 4 | [27] |
| 11 | Mary Halvorson | About Ghosts | 84 | 7 | [28] |
| 12 | James Brandon Lewis | Apple Cores | 84 | 6 | [29] |
| 13 | JJJJJerome Ellis | Vesper Sparrow | 84 | 6 | [30] |
| 14 | SML | How You Been | 84 | 6 | [31] |
| 14 | Branford Marsalis Quartet | Belonging | 84 | 4 | [32] |
| 15 | Rafael Toral | Traveling Light | 84 | 4 | [33] |
| 16 | [Ahmed] | [Sama'a] (Audition) | 84 | 4 | [34] |
| 17 | Makaya McCraven | Off The Record | 83 | 7 | [35] |
| 18 | Ben LaMar Gay | Yowzers | 83 | 5 | [36] |
| 19 | Nels Cline | Consentrik Quartet | 82 | 7 | [37] |
| 20 | Alabaster DePlume | A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole | 81 | 10 | [38] |
| 21 | The Necks | Disquiet | 81 | 5 | [39] |
| 22 | Chicago Underground Duo | Hyperglyph | 81 | 5 | [40] |
| 23 | Xhosa Cole | On A Modern Genius, Vol.1 | 81 | 5 | [41] |
| 24 | Jimi Tenor Band | Selenites, Selenites! | 81 | 4 | [42] |
| 25 | Tom Skinner | Kaleidoscopic Visions | 80 | 4 | [43] |
| 26 | GoGo Penguin | Necessary Fictions | 79 | 4 | [44] |
| 27 | Pino Palladino and Blake Mills | That Wasn't A Dream | 79 | 4 | [45] |
| 28 | Kokoroko | Tuff Times Never Last | 79 | 7 | [46] |
| 29 | Brandee Younger | Gadabout Season | 77 | 4 | [47] |
| 30 | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Oh Snap | 71 | 4 | [48] |
Radio Airplay Charts
Radio airplay statistics from 2025 collected by JazzWeek[49]
| Number | Artist | Album | Peak | Weeks on the Charts | Number of Spins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyrus Chestnut | Rhythm, Melody and Harmony | 1 | 26 | 4383 |
| 2 | Artemis | Arboresque | 1 | 26 | 4011 |
| 3 | Jeremy Pelt | Woven | 1 | 26 | 3992 |
| 4 | Renee Rosnes | Crossing Paths | 1 | 26 | 3973 |
| 5 | Tyreek McDole | Open Up Your Senses | 1 | 24 | 3955 |
| 6 | Dave Stryker | Stryker With Strings Goes To The Movies | 2 | 26 | 3817 |
Deaths
- January 12 – Mark Izu, American double bass player and composer, 70[50]
- January 14 – Teddy Osei, Ghanaian saxophone player, drummer and vocalist, leader of Osibisa, 87[51]
- March 4 – Roy Ayers, American jazz-funk vibraphonist, record producer, and composer, 84[52]
- March 8 – Bill Ashton, British saxophonist, band leader and composer, 88[53]
- March 14 – Bruno Romani, Italian saxophonist, flutist and composer, 65[54]
- April 1 – George Freeman, American guitarist, 97[55]
- April 22 – Odd Magne Gridseth, Norwegian bassist, 65[56]
- April 26
- May 12 – Yasunao Tone, Japanese jazz composer, 90[59]
- May 23 – Lillian Boutté, American jazz singer, 75[60]
- May 25 – Joe Ford, American jazz saxophonist, 78[61]
- May 28 – Al Foster, American jazz drummer, 82[62]
- June 13 – Louis Moholo, South African jazz drummer (The Blue Notes, Brotherhood of Breath, Assagai), 85[63]
- June 17 – Charles Burrell, American bassist, 104[64]
- July 22 – Chuck Mangione, American flugelhornist, trumpeter and composer, 84[65]
- July 24 – Cleo Laine, English jazz singer, 97[66]
- August 5 – Nancy King, American jazz singer, 85[67]
- August 6 – Eddie Palmieri, American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, 88[68]
- August 11 – Sheila Jordan, American jazz singer, 96[69]
- September 13 – Akiko Tsuruga, Japanese jazz organist, 58[70]
- September 26 – Jim McNeely, American jazz pianist and composer, 76[71]
- October 19 – Anthony Jackson, American electric bass player, 73[72]
- October 26 – Jack DeJohnette, American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer, 83[73]
See also
References
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- ^ "Off The Record by Makaya McCraven". Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ "Yowzers by Ben LaMar Gay". Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ "Consentrik Quartet by Nels Cline". Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ "A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole by Alabaster DePlume". Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ "Disquiet by The Necks". Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ "Hyperglyph by Chicago Underground Duo". Retrieved 9 March 2026.
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- ^ "Necessary Fictions by GoGo Penguin". Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ "That Wasn't A Dream by Pino Palladino And Blake Mills". Retrieved 9 March 2026.
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