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.
Albums MonthDayArtistAlbumLabelSubgenresNotesRef.January10 Xhosa Cole On a Modern Genius Vol 1Stoney Lane Records 17 Mac Miller Balloonerism Warner 31 Ambrose Akinmusire Honey from a Winter Stone Nonesuchavant-garde jazz Damon Locks List of Demands International Anthem February28 Yazz Ahmed A Paradise in the Hold Night Time StoriesArabic influenced Spiritual jazz March14Nels ClineConsentrik Quartet28Sasha BerlinerFantôme Maya Delilah The Long Way Round Blue Note, Capitol April4Hiromi UeharaOUT THEREConcord RecordsMay30Brad TurnerIt's All SoCellar MusicJune13Mary HalvorsonAbout GhostsNonesuch Records14Daniel CarterStream of a Dream 577 Records Featuring Matthew Putman and Federico Ughi20Joshua RedmanWords Fall ShortBlue Note RecordsAugust22Caity Gyorgy and Mark LimacherCaity Gyorgy with Strings: Arranged and Conducted by Mark Limacher29Brad MehldauRide into the SunNonesuch RecordsFeaturing the music of Elliott Smith. Features Daniel Rossen and Chris Thile.September19Cécile McLorin SalvantOh SnapNonesuch RecordsOctober3Bill CoonStandard EleganceCellar Music
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. + "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" – Samara Joy featuring Sullivan Fortner "Walk with Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT)" – The Baylor Project "Phoenix Reimagined (Live)" – Lakecia Benjamin featuring Randy Brecker, Jeff "Tain" Watts & John Scofield "Juno" – Chick Corea & Béla Fleck "Little Fears" – Dan Pugach Big Band featuring Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts A Joyful Holiday – Samara Joy Journey in Black – Christie Dashiell Wildflowers Vol. 1 – Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner Milton + Esperanza – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding My Ideal – Catherine Russell & Sean Mason Remembrance – Chick Corea & Béla Fleck Owl Song – Ambrose Akinmusire featuring Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley Beyond This Place – Kenny Barron feat. Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson Phoenix Reimagined (Live) – Lakecia Benjamin Solo Game – Sullivan Fortner | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence – Dan Pugach Big Band Returning to Forever – John Beasley & Frankfurt Radio Big Band And So It Goes – The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Walk a Mile in My Shoe – Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band Golden City – Miguel Zenón |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Cubop Lives! – Luques Curtis, Zaccai Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus Spain Forever Again – Michel Camilo & Tomatito COLLAB – Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba Time and Again – Eliane Elias El Trio: Live in Italy – Horacio "El Negro" Hernández, John Beasley & José Gola Cuba and Beyond – Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet As I Travel – Donald Vega featuring Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin –'' Meshell Ndegeocello Night Reign – Arooj Aftab New Blue Sun – André 3000 Code Derivation – Robert Glasper Foreverland –'' Keyon Harrold
All critically reviewed albums ranked
Metacritic Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference 1Jimi Tenor BandSilver In Seattle: Live At The Penthouse9052Yazz AhmedA Paradise In The Hold894 3Ambrose AkinmusireHoney From a Winter Stone884 4Charles LloydFigure In Blue874 5Donny McCaslinLullaby For The Lost865 6Brad MehldauRide into the Sun864 7Emma-Jean ThackrayWeirdo859 8Marshall AllenNew Dawn856 9Damon LocksList of Demands855 10Mulatu AstatkeMulatu Plays Mulatu854 11Mary HalvorsonAbout Ghosts847 12James Brandon LewisApple Cores846 13JJJJJerome EllisVesper Sparrow846 14SMLHow You Been846 14Branford Marsalis QuartetBelonging844 15Rafael ToralTraveling Light844 16[Ahmed][Sama'a] (Audition) 844 17Makaya McCravenOff The Record837 18Ben LaMar GayYowzers835 19Nels ClineConsentrik Quartet827 20Alabaster DePlumeA Blade Because a Blade Is Whole8110 21The NecksDisquiet815 22Chicago Underground DuoHyperglyph815 23Xhosa ColeOn A Modern Genius, Vol.1815 24Jimi Tenor BandSelenites, Selenites!814 25Tom SkinnerKaleidoscopic Visions804 26GoGo PenguinNecessary Fictions794 27Pino Palladino and Blake MillsThat Wasn't A Dream794 28KokorokoTuff Times Never Last 797 29Brandee YoungerGadabout Season774 30Cécile McLorin SalvantOh Snap714
Radio Airplay Charts Radio airplay statistics from 2025 collected by JazzWeek Number Artist Album Peak Weeks on the Charts Number of Spins 1Cyrus ChestnutRhythm, Melody and Harmony12643832ArtemisArboresque1264011 3 Jeremy Pelt Woven1263992 4Renee Rosnes Crossing Paths1263973 5Tyreek McDole Open Up Your Senses1243955 6Dave Stryker Stryker With Strings Goes To The Movies2263817
Deaths January 12 – Mark Izu, American double bass player and composer, 70 January 14 – Teddy Osei, Ghanaian saxophone player, drummer and vocalist, leader of Osibisa, 87 March 4 – Roy Ayers, American jazz-funk vibraphonist, record producer, and composer, 84 March 8 – Bill Ashton, British saxophonist, band leader and composer, 88 March 14 – Bruno Romani, Italian saxophonist, flutist and composer, 65 April 1 – George Freeman, American guitarist, 97 April 22 – Odd Magne Gridseth, Norwegian bassist, 65Memorial page for Odd Magne Gridseth. hovdengravferdsbyra.vareminnesider.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 May 2025. April 26 Andy Bey, American singer and pianist, 85 Rigmor Newman, Swedish-born jazz concert producer and talent manager resident in the USA, 86 May 12 – Yasunao Tone, Japanese jazz composer, 90 May 23 – Lillian Boutté, American jazz singer, 75 May 25 – Joe Ford, American jazz saxophonist, 78Tait Manning: "The musicians' musician: Celebrating the life and legacy of Joe Ford". capitalbop.com, 24 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025. May 28 – Al Foster, American jazz drummer, 82 June 13 – Louis Moholo, South African jazz drummer (The Blue Notes, Brotherhood of Breath, Assagai), 85 June 17 – Charles Burrell, American bassist, 104 July 22 – Chuck Mangione, American flugelhornist, trumpeter and composer, 84 July 24 – Cleo Laine, English jazz singer, 97 August 5 – Nancy King, American jazz singer, 85 August 6 – Eddie Palmieri, American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, 88 August 11 – Sheila Jordan, American jazz singer, 96 September 13 – Akiko Tsuruga, Japanese jazz organist, 58 September 26 – Jim McNeely, American jazz pianist and composer, 76 October 19 – Anthony Jackson, American electric bass player, 73 October 26 – Jack DeJohnette, American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer, 83
See also List of 2025 albums List of jazz festivals List of years in jazz 2025 in music
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