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Mark Sullivan's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024

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This was an exceptional year for jazz albums of all sorts, as well as jazz-adjacent experimental music. The supply of previously unreleased live recordings seemed nearly inexhaustible! People discovered tapes right and left, presenting exceptional performances in good to excellent recording quality. My lists could easily have been much longer. Lists are unranked.

Lakecia Benjamin
Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Ropeadope






Jakob Bro
Taking Turns
ECM Records






Dave Douglas
Gifts
Greenleaf Music






Odyssey
Nubya Garcia
Concord Jazz






Andrew Hill
A Beautiful Day, Revisited
Palmetto Records






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






Etudes / Quietudes
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Clap Your Hands






e.s.t. 30
Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund
ACT Music






Brad Shepik
Human Activity: Dream of the Possible
Shifting Paradigm Records






Immanuel Wilkins
Blues Blood
Blue Note Records






Sky Full Of Hope
Fractal Sextet
RareNoiseRecords






Historical Recordings

Cannonball Adderley
Poppin In Paris: Live At L'Olympia 1972
Elemental Music






Miles Davis
Miles In France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
Legacy Recordings






Keith Jarrett
The Old Country: More from the Deer Head Inn
ECM Records






Emily Remler
Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988
Resonance Records






Art Tatum
Jewels In The Treasure Box
Resonance Records






McCoy Tyner
Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'
Blue Note Records






Soft Machine
Høvikodden 1971
Cuneiform Records






The Next Step Band (Live at Smalls, 1996)
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Heartcore Records




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