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Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

By Jack Bowers
December 19, 2023
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2023 was another banner year for jazz of all shapes and sizes. It has been a pleasure to review so many splendid big-band albums along with wonderful enterprises by smaller groups, some of which were recording for the first time (hopefully, not the last). If this was a preview of things to come, we look forward with eagerness and enthusiasm to the coming year and what it may have to offer.

Millennium Jazz Orchestra
Bleeding Amazonia
ZenneZ Records

Neil Swainson
Fire In The West
Cellar Records

Santi Debriano
Ashanti
Jojo Records

Jim Self
My America 2: Destinations
Bassett Hound Records

Rodger Fox
Plays Hone Tuwhare
T-Bone Records

Jesse Davis
Live at Smalls Jazz Club
Cellar Records

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra
Voices: A Musical Heritage
Self Produced

Eric Alexander
The Heavy Hitters
Cellar Records

Wil Swindler
Space Bugs
OA2 Records

John Bailey
Time Bandits
Freedom Road Records

Steve Fidyk
Red Beats
Blue Canteen Music

Stan Kenton
Salute!
Sounds of Yesteryear

Scott Whitfield
Postcards from Hollywood
Summit Records

Doug MacDonald
Big Band Extravaganza
Self Produced

David Larsen
The Peplowski Project
Self Produced

Curt Miller
Sixty and Still Cookin'
Cellar Records

The Composers Collective Big Band
The Toronto Project
Self Produced

Mike Melito
To Swing Is The Thing
Cellar Music Group

Dave Askren
Denver Sessions
Tapestry Records

Bert Joris
Octet Sessions, Vol. 3
Jazz Master Tracks

Sébastien Parent
Projet Seb Parent
Self Produced

The Nimmons Tribute
Volume 2—Generational
Self Produced

Scott Hamilton
The Terry Gibbs Songbook
Whaling City Sound

Thomas Marriott
Coast to Coast
Origin Records

Noah Haidu
Standards
Sunnyside Records

Javier Nero
Kemet (The Black Land)
Outside in Music

Dan Bonsanti
Islands
Self-produced

Jon-Erik Kellso
Live at the Ear Inn
Arbors Records

Russell Scarbrough
Fun Times
Self Produced

Pete McCann
Without Question
Self Produced

Ted Piltzecker
Vibes on a Breath
OA2 Records

Steve Enos
Madd For Tadd
Self Produced

John La Barbera
Grooveyard
Origin Records

Ryan Haines
Emerald and Sapphire
Self Produced

Sherrie Maricle
"30": Live at Dizzy's Club
Diva Records

Remy Le Boeuf
Architecture of Storms
Soundspore Records

Jennifer Wharton
Grit & Grace
Sunnyside Records

Doug Richards
Through a Sonic Prism
Self Produced

Black Gold Orchestra
Genesis
Self Produced

Vanessa Perica
The Eye is the First Circle
Self Produced

UCF Flying Horse Big Band
A Message From
Flying Horse Records

Claire Daly with George Garzone
VuVu for Frances
Daly Bread

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