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La-Faithia White's Best Releases of 2020

By La-Faithia White
January 7, 2021
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Music is the gift that keeps on giving, especially during difficult times. Music also helps us navigate through our busy days and long nights. The artists included in my Best of 2020 list have shared their gifts and talents with these outstanding releases.

Charles Lloyd

saxophone
b.1938

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Kindred Spirits Live
Blue Note Records

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

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Giant Steps 60th Anniversary
Atlantic Records

Gregory Porter

vocals
b.1971

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All Rise
Blue Note Records

Pat Metheny

guitar
b.1954

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From This Place
Nonesuch Records

Joshua Redman

saxophone
b.1969

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Come What May
Nonesuch Records

Jeff Cosgrove

drums

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History Gets Ahead of Itself
Grizzley Music

Georgia Anne Muldrow

vocals
b.1983

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Mama, You Can Bet!
SomeOthaShip Connect

Ron Miles

cornet
1963 - 2022

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Rainbow Sign
Blue Note Records

Ella Fitzgerald

vocals
1917 - 1996

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The Lost Tapes Of Berlin
Verve Records

Shabaka and The Ancestors
We Are Sent Here By History
Impulse! Records

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