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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.
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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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