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Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

Mike Jurkovic By Mike Jurkovic

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It has been, to say the least, one hell of fright night year. But here is the music that stayed with me, through thick and thin, and all manner of human foible and political upheaval.


Vijay Iyer
Compassion
ECM Records






Kris Davis
Run the Gauntlet
Pyroclastic Records






Patricia Brennan
Breaking Stretch
Pyroclastic Records






Mary Halvorson
Cloudward
Nonesuch Records






Nduduzo Makhathini
uNomkhubulwane
Blue Note Records






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






Wayne Shorter
Celebration Volume 1
Blue Note Records






David Murray
Francesca
Intakt Records






Lakecia Benjamin
Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Ropeadope






The Bad Plus
Complex Emotions
Mack Avenue Records






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






Micah Thomas
Mountains
Artwork Records






Matthieu Bordenave
The Blue Land
ECM Records






John Surman
Words Unspoken
ECM Records






Cannonball Adderley
Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969
Elemental Music






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






Emmet Cohen
Vibe Provider
Mack Avenue Records






Ivo Perelman
Truth Seeker
Self Produced






Marilyn Crispell
Forest
FSR Records






Oscar Peterson
City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet—Live in Munich, 1994
Mack Avenue Records






Joe Fonda
Eyes On The Horizon
Long Song Records






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






Julie Sassoon
Inside Colours Live
Jazzwerkstatt






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Year in Review Mike Jurkovic Irrabagast Records Rising Sun Jon Irabagon From Out Here Music Here Now Soren Bebe Nonesuch Records Cloudward Mary Halvorson Artwork Records Reveal Micah Thomas Self Produced Causa y Efecto, Vol. 2 Francisco Mela ECM Records The Blue Land Matthieu Bordenave Novoa / Gress / Gray Trio, Vol. 1 Eva Novoa Blue Note Records The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow charles lloyd Hot Cups Jonesville Moppa Elliott Compassion Vijay Iyer Smoke Sessions Records Witness To History Eddie Henderson Words Unspoken John Surman Mack Avenue Records But Who's Gonna Play The Melody? Christian McBride Cygnus Recordings Even Odds Dan Weiss Echoes Of The Inner Prophet Melissa Aldana jazz&people Spring Sings Aaron Goldberg Rhythm 'n' Flow Records To the Surface Lawrence Fields JAZZWERKSTATT Inside Colours Duo/Trio Live Julie Sassoon Elemental Music Cannonball Adderley Truth Seeker Ivo Perelman Silent, Listening Fred Hersch Red Hook Records Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens Wadada Leo Smith Impulse! Records The Carnegie Hall Concert Alice Coltrane Northern Spy Power Vibe Steph Richards uNomkhubulwane Nduduzo Makhathini Intakt Records Francesca David Murray My Prophet Oded Tzur 577 Records Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 2 Daniel Carter September Night tomasz stanko Stream of a Dream A Letter To The Earth Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez Ropeadope Phoenix Reimagined (Live) Lakecia BENJAMIN Iladi Linda Sikhakhane Gateway John Abercrombie Live In Munich Jordina Millà Shifting Paradigm Records Fables Kavyesh Kaviraj Pyroclastic Records Run the Gauntlet Kris Davis Breaking Stretch Patricia Brennan Seeing Tord Gustavsen Celebration Volume 1 Wayne Shorter Mountains Vibe Provider Emmet Cohen Little Big III Aaron Parks Breaking the Shell Bill Frisell Complex Emotions Reid Anderson McCoy Tyner Ruby Slippers Productions Lucky All Along Lisa Hilton Keith Jarrett ears&eyes Records Atlas Of Sound - Quila Quina Elsa Nilsson FSR Records Forest Marilyn Crispell Samares Colin Vallon Motion I Gerald Clayton oscar peterson Long Song Records Eyes On The Horizon Joe Fonda

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