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Giuseppe Segala's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

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Courtesy Luke Marantz

By Giuseppe Segala
January 7, 2025
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There is not much to add to this list, other than noting note that the order is alphabetical and, of course, does not reflect any ranking of merit. Without a doubt, 2024 has given us a wealth of wonderful music to listen to and revisit. Unfortunately, many noteworthy albums had to remain beyond the limit of ten CDs; in many cases, their inclusion or exclusion came down to highly subjective criteria, which could very well change in an hour or tomorrow. Music requires time. Long live those who create it and those who listen to it with passion and care.

Albert Ayler

saxophone, tenor
1936 - 1970

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Live Greenwich Village to Love Cry Revisited
ezz-thetics

Patricia Brennan

vibraphone

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Breaking Stretch
Pyroclastic Records

Franco D'Andrea

piano
b.1941

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Something Bluesy and More
Parco Della Musica

Alexander Hawkins

piano
b.1981

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Sofia Jernberg

vocals

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Musho
Intakt Records

Enrico Rava

trumpet
b.1939

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Fearless Five
Parco Della Musica

Brandon Ross

guitar

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Off the End
Sunnyside Records

Wayne Shorter

saxophone
1933 - 2023

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Celebration Volume 1
Blue Note Records

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

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Amina Claudine Myers

piano
b.1942

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Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
Red Hook Records

Sun Ra

piano
1914 - 1993

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At the Showcase (Live in Chicago, 1976-1977)
Jazz Detective

Cecil Taylor

piano
1929 - 2018

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Live At Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 First Visit
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