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Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

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by Doug Collette

These may not have been the only titles that provided respite from the inane insanity (insane inanity?) around us this year, but each in its own way commanded deep and abiding attention in and of itself. Mary Halvorson Cloudward Nonesuch Records Satoko Fujii Jet Black ...

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Chris May's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

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by Chris May

In case you missed the sad news, our dear friend and compatriot, Chris May, passed away in November (read our tribute). Below are the albums he considered extraordinary in 2024--a final testament to his discerning taste and love of sound. -mR Rob LuftDahab Days Edition Records

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Best Jazz Albums of 2024: All-Star Break Edition

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by AAJ Staff

As we hit the halfway mark of 2024, All About Jazz has adopted Major League Baseball's All-Star break approach but with albums instead of homers. Our team gathered to pick their top three albums of the year so far, and Charles Lloyd's The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow along with Vijay Iyer's Compassion, Tomeka Reid's ...

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Dave Linn's Favorite Albums Of 2023

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by Dave Linn

My list began in March when I joined the All About Jazz staff. Over the ten months, I have had the wonderful opportunity to sample and listen to in depth, a wealth of great new music, running the gamut of styles now found under the jazz umbrella. My choices are releases I've listened to many times ...

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Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023

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by Ludovico Granvassu

If it is true that, like The Police once put it, “when the world is going down you make the best of what's still around," then throughout 2023 jazz fans were better off than most other social groups. In a year in which everyday news brought ever more inconceivable disappointments, jazz musicians, labels, festivals and venues ...

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Popular Jazz Songs: 2023

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by Michael Ricci

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2023. Of course these lists tend to favor songs featured earlier in the year so we identified five hard chargers (in the comments section) that would have cracked this list with more time. Click the album covers ...

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Most Read Articles: 2023

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by Michael Ricci

All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our top viewed in 2023. Of course these lists tend to favor articles published earlier in the year so it should be noted that Robert Middletown's 72 Jazz Thrillers--a 12-part series which began its publication run on October 2--has been ...

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Mark Sullivan's Favorite Albums Of 2023

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by Mark Sullivan

2023 was a very good year for creative music recordings of all sorts. My list includes eclectic music with no specific genre identifier; contemporary jazz; Latin jazz; and reissues of classic jazz and fusion. It would have been easy to create a list three or four times longer. Mata AtlanticaRetiro e Ritmo

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Most Read Album Reviews: 2023

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by Michael Ricci

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top viewed in 2023. Though All About Jazz generates mostly organic traffic (i.e. via search and from within), results can be skewed by heavy social sharing. Still, most of the albums listed below align with staff favorites.

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John Sharpe's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

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by John Sharpe

From the 200 or so discs that I heard in 2023, here are ten new issues and one archival release, which gave me the most pleasure. As always these picks are entirely subjective. And take no account of the many other albums that I would no doubt have loved if I had heard them. So perhaps ...


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