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Cheryl K's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

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Being asked to list my "Best Of" releases of 2025 for AAJ was more torturous to my soul than cleaning the grout of my bathtub walls. I'm one of those folks who only needs a few dishes listed on a restaurant menu or I begin to get light-headed. And just like last year, I struggled with which recordings stuck with me and which ones were but brief dalliances—but remembering that all are part of the tight-knit fabric of jazz and improvised music that keeps us all engaged and together and swingin.'

So, without further ado...

Griot Songs 
Omar Thomas 
Omar Thomas Music






Black Thunder
Brittany Davis
Loosegroove






For Dinah
Ledisi
Listen Back Entertainment







Through The Storm
Carole Nelson
Livia Records







Of the Near and Far
Patricia Brennan
Pyroclastic Records







Solace of the Mind
Amina Claudine Myers
Red Hook Records







Elemental
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Mack Avenue Records







Créole Renaissance
Aruán Ortiz
Intakt Records







Ebb And Flow
Michael Buckley
Livia Records







Murmurations
Kate Wyatt
Self Produced







Speaking In Tongues
Rachel Eckroth
Adhyâropa Records







Painter Of The Invisible
Jaleel Shaw
Changu Records







Trio!
Dabin Ryu
Self Produced







Damage Control
Gary Bartz
OYO Records







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