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Hrayr Attarian's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

By Hrayr Attarian
December 15, 2023
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There are many best of year lists that cover the essential releases of 2023. In order not to repeat what others have done, more eloquently than me, I might add, I decided to list ten albums that personally "spoke" to me over the past year. They cover wide range of styles and feature an international cast of artists.

Ivo Perelman
Molten Gold
Fundacja Słuchaj!

Shawn Maxwell
Story At Eleven
Cora St Records

Margherita Fava
Tatatu
Self Produced

Lesley Mok
The Living Collection
American Dreams

Kaisa Mäensivu
Taking Shape
Greenleaf Music

Christian Dillingham
Cascades
Greenleaf Music

Allison Miller
Rivers In Our Veins
Royal Potato Family

Artemis
In Real Time
Blue Note

Brandee Younger
Brand New Life
Verve Music Group

Hedvig Mollestad
Maternity Beat
Rune Grammofon

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