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Mike Jurkovic's Best Albums Of 2023

By Mike Jurkovic
December 14, 2023
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Led by Veronica Swift and Lakecia Benjamin, 2023 spotlighted some brilliantly moving new music in a year of previously unheard masterpieces. If music soothes the savage beast, this was a great year to be listening.

John Coltrane
Evenings At The Village Gate
Impulse! Records

Veronica Swift
Veronica Swift
Mack Avenue Records

Kris Davis
Diatom Ribbons Live At The Village Vanguard
Self Produced

Lakecia Benjamin
Phoenix
Whirlwind Recordings

Bob Dylan
Fragments -Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17
Columbia Records

Various Artists
Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Stax Records

Chick Corea
Sardinia
Candid Records

Esbjorn Svensson
HOME.S.
ACT Music

Brad Mehldau
Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles
Nonesuch Records

Christian McBride
Prime
Brother Mister Productions

Matt Wilson
Live at The Cafe Bohemia
Giant Step Arts

Artemis
In Real Time
Blue Note Records

Joe Lovano
Our Daily Bread
ECM Records

Orrin Evans
The Red Door
Smoke Sessions Records

Rachel Eckroth
Humanoid
Sam First Records

Joni Mitchell
Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)
Elektra / WEA

Lafayette Gilchrist
Undaunted
Morphius Records

Oscar Peterson
Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio Live in Lugano, 1964
Mack Avenue Records

Miles Davis
The Electric Years Box Set
Columbia Records / VMP Anthology

Bill Evans
Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964)
Elemental Music

Ivo Perelman
Seven Skies Orchestra
Fundacja Sluchaj

Dave Brubeck
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Live From The Northwest, 1959
Brubeck Editions

Ahmad Jamal
Emerald City Nights: Live at The Penthouse, 1966-1968
Jazz Detective

Giuseppe Millaci
Double Portrait
Hypnote Records

Mette Henriette
Drifting
ECM Records

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