We are nearing the end of 2025 and are compiling lists that may take several different forms throughout the month of December.
This first list was compiled by 15 EU Bureau staff members, led by myself, no committee, no survey.
These are just a few of the countless exceptional jazz releases of 2025; we plan to shed light on many more.
Warm Regards, Olivia Pievas, Brussels – Belgium, EU
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the European Jazz and European Blues Festivals
Editor-in-Chief of the Jazz Blues European Union website
Brad Mehldau – Ride into the Sun
Avishai Cohen Quintet Little Big Beat Studios
Charles LLoyd – Figure in Blue
Maja Jaku – Blessed & Bewitched
Goro Ito, Paula Morelenbaum, Jacques Morelenbaum TREE, FORESTS tribute to RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
Joshua Redman – Words Fall Short
Yoko Yates – ETERNAL MOMENTS
Anouar
Brahem – Awake
Simona De Rosa with Confusion Project – Feathers
Michael Waldrop – Native Son
Benjie Porecki – All That Matters
Michika Fukumori – Eternity and a Day
Rex Richardson – Elegy
Ellen Rowe Quartet Vinton’s Cove
Mika Stoltzman – Memories of Tomorrow
