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Jerome Wilson's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

By Jerome Wilson
December 11, 2024
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The ten recordings on this list made up some of the most stimulating and breathtaking work I heard all year. There was intelligence, emotion and daring laced all through this music and the title of the Charles Lloyd album provided a comforting sentiment to take into the uncertain future of 2025.

Fay Victor
Life Is Funny That Way
Tao Forms

The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Charles Lloyd
Blue Note Records

Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye)
Darius Jones
AUM Fidelity

Orchestras
Bill Frisell
Blue Note Records

Frank Carlberg
Elegy for Thelonious
Sunnyside Records

Breaking Stretch
Patricia Brennan
Pyroclastic Records

Francesca
David Murray
Intakt Records

Anchors
Jason Stein
Tao Forms

Run the Gauntlet
Kris Davis
Pyroclastic Records

Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
Wadada Leo Smith
Red Hook Records

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