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Best Jazz Releases of 2020

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Best Jazz Releases of 2020: Best Jazz Releases of 2020
Time Magazine has dubbed 2020 "The Worst Year Ever," but as All About Jazz's Karl Ackermann affirms, "Yet, amid doom-scrolling, the creative music community did its best to adjust to the chaos, uncertainty, and isolation and produced more excellent recordings than in any year in recent memory." And with that we present our Best Releases of 2020.

I'll append to this post as we publish new lists.



Chris May's Best Releases Of 2020




Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases Of 2020




Karl Ackermann's Best Releases of 2020




Friedrich Kunzmann's Best Releases Of 2020




Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2020




Mark Corroto's Best Releases Of 2020




Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases Of 2020




C. Michael Bailey's Best Releases of 2020




John Chacona's Favorite Releases Of 2020




R.J. DeLuke's Best Releases of 2020




Jack Bowers' Best Releases Of 2020




John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2020




John Pietaro's "Test" Of 2020




Jerome Wilson's Best Releases of 2020




Nenad Georgievski's Best Releases of 2020




Skip Heller's 2020 and Me




Geno Thackara's Best Releases of 2020




Mark Sullivan's Best Releases of 2020




Ian Patterson's Best Releases Of 2020




Peter J. Hoetjes' Best Releases of 2020




Doug Hall's Best Releases Of 2020




La-Faithia White's Best Releases of 2020




Doug Collette's Best Releases Of 2020


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