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Katchie Cartwright's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

By Katchie Cartwright
December 23, 2024
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2024 was another great year for jazz, and here are a dozen more reasons to think so...

Hermeto Pascoal
Pra você, Ilza
Rocinante Records

"I saw heaven on earth doing this work." —Hermeto Pascoal

Rhiannon Giddens
American Railroad: A Musical Journey of Reclamation
Nonesuch Records

"And we say never forget who you are or where you come from." —Pura Fé Crescioni

Jamie Baum
What Times Are These
Sunnyside Records

"The thing worth doing has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident." —Marge Piercy

Renee Rosnes
Crossing Paths
Smoke Sessions

"Quem canta o mal espanta." —Vinicius De Moraes

Delia Fischer
Beyond Bossa
Origin Records

"Have a heart and give to the lemon jugglers of Rio if you are a real patron of the arts." —Allen Morrison

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

"A narrative of hope." —Brad Shepik

Christopher Zuar
Exuberance
Tonal Conversations

"A collaborative project that charts the last seven years of our lives." —Christopher Zuar

Ada Rovatti
The Hidden World Of Piloo
Piloo Records and Productions LLC

That moment when one is among strangers on a train and wonders about their lives. —"Hey You (Scintilla of Sonder)"

Anat Cohen
Bloom
Anzic Records

A head-spinning miniature masterpiece. —"The Night Owl"

Hamilton de Holanda
Collab
Sony Music

This date it is all about compatibility. —"Incompatibilidade de Gênios"

Dani Gurgel
DDG19 Big Band
Self Produced

"No suor que coloquei minha fé." —Dani Gurgel

Nancy Reed
Happying
Self Produced

A musical partnership that has become synonymous with the best in homegrown Pocono jazz for nearly 50 years.

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