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Katchie Cartwright's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

By Katchie Cartwright
December 19, 2023
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There were lots of fine new jazz albums in 2023. Too many for one to hear them all, much less try to rank them. So from among the excellent albums I reviewed on All About Jazz in 2023, here are 10 outstanding releases, projects that especially drew me in and kept me there. (Click the album title for a link to the review.)

Cecile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
Nonesuch Records

Darcy James Argue
Dynamic Maximum Tension
Nonesuch Records

Artemis
In Real Time
Blue Note Records

Rhiannon Giddens
You're The One
Nonesuch Records

Veronica Swift
Veronica Swift
Mack Avenue Records

Felipe Senna
Câmara Brasileira
Maritaca

Antonio Adolfo
Bossa 65
AAM Music

Luciana Souza
Cometa
Sunnyside Records

Colette Michaan
Earth Rebirth
Self Produced

Marco Antonio Santos
About: Silence
Ears And Eyes Records

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