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Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023

By Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2024
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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 were the only ones not letting us down. They kept delivering us the goods. In increasing amounts and without compromising on quality.

The list below is just the shiny tip of the iceberg of music I had the privilege of listening to in the past twelve mounts, deriving from it endless delight, and encouragement that, maybe, possibly, with a bit of luck, everything will be fine after all. Hopefully!

With so much great music going on, coming up with a list of just 10, or even 20, albums feels artificial. Even more so to declare some of them "the best of the year." All I know is that those listed below, according to various criteria, are albums I will get back to over and over again.

If you have not listened to the albums listed here yet... give them a spin, or listen to my radio show focusing on some of the best songs of 2023 contained in some of these albums, in eight installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, and Part 8. My guess is that you'll like them too!

Must Haves

Idris Ackamoor

saxophone
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
Afro Futuristic Dreams
Strut Records

Ralph Alessi

trumpet
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Ralph Alessi
It's Always Now
ECM Records

Darcy James Argue

composer / conductor
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
Dynamic Maximum Tension
Nonesuch Records

Steve Arguelles

drums
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Arguelles,

Francesco Bigoni

saxophone, tenor
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Francesco Bigoni,

Benoit Delbecq

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Benoit Delbecq,

Francesco Diodati

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Francesco Diodati
Weave 4
Parco della Musica

Kenny Barron

piano
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Barron
The Source
Artwork Records

Will Bernard

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Will Bernard,

Beth Custer

clarinet

" data-original-title="" title="">Beth Custer
Sky
Dreck to Disk Records

Michael Blake

saxophone, tenor
b.1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Blake
Dance of the Mystic Bliss
P&M Records

Bright Magus
Jungle Corner
Irma Records

Lucia Cadotsch

vocals
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Lucia Cadotsch
Aki
Heartcore Records

Enzo Carniel

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Enzo Carniel,

Hermon Mehari

trumpet
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Hermon Mehari,

Damien Varaillon

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Damien Varaillon,

Stephane Adsuar

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Stephane Adsuar
No(w) Beauty
Menace

Mário Costa

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Mário Costa
Chromosome
Clean Feed Records

Sylvie Courvoisier

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvie Courvoisier
Chimaera
Intakt Records

Laurent Cugny

keyboards

" data-original-title="" title="">Laurent Cugny Tentet
Zeitgeist
Frémeaux & Associés

Kris Davis

piano
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Kris Davis
Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard
Pyroclastic

Aaron Diehl

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Aaron Diehl & The Knights
Zodiac Suite
Mack Avenue Records

Sam Eastmond

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Sam Eastmond
John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 16
Tzadik Records

Rachel Eckroth

piano and vocals
b.1976

" data-original-title="" title="">Rachel Eckroth
Humanoid
Sam First Records

Kurt Elling

vocals
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Elling,

Charlie Hunter

guitar
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Hunter
SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
Edition Records

Andy Emler

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Emler
No Rush!
La Bouissonne

Espen Eriksen

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Espen Eriksen Trio with

Andy Sheppard

saxophone
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Sheppard
As Good As It Gets
Rune Grammofon

Fire! Orchestra

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Fire! Orchestra
Echoes
Rune Grammofon

Sullivan Fortner

piano
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Sullivan Fortner
Solo Game
Artwork Records

Larry Goldings

organ, Hammond B3
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Larry Goldings,

Kaveh Rastegar

bass, electric

" data-original-title="" title="">Kaveh Rastegar,

Abe Rounds

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Abe Rounds
Better
Ropeadope

Miho Hazama

composer / conductor
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Miho Hazama
m_unit: Beyond Orbits
Edition Records

Magos Herrera

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Magos Herrera
Aire
Sunnyside Records

Nitai Hershkovits

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Nitai Hershkovits
Call on the Old Wise
ECM Records

Alex Hitchcock

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Alex Hitchcock
Dream Band Live in London
Whirlwind

Ron Horton

trumpet
b.1948

" data-original-title="" title="">Ron Horton
A Prayer for Andrew
Newvelle Records

Per Texas Johansson

woodwinds

" data-original-title="" title="">Per Texas Johansson
Den s?msta l?sningen av alla
Moserobie

Darren Johnston

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Darren Johnston
Wild Awake
Diskonife

Koma Saxo
Post Koma
WeJazz

Laura Karpman
American Fiction—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks

Kula Jula, Gangbé Brass Band
Asro
Buda musique

The

Peggy Lee

vocals
1920 - 2002

" data-original-title="" title="">Peggy Lee Band
A Giving Way
Songlines Recordings

Steve Lehman

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Lehman,

Orchestre National de Jazz

" data-original-title="" title="">Orchestre National de Jazz
Ex Machina
PI Recordings

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis with the Red Lily Quintet and Lutoslawki Quartet
For Mahalia, With Love
Tao Forms

London Brew
London Brew
Concord Records

Joe Lovano

drums
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry
Our Daily Bread
ECM Records

Jean-Marie Machado

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Jean-Marie Machado & Danzas
Cantos brujos
La Bouissonne

Magic Malik

flute

" data-original-title="" title="">Magic Malik Fanfare
XP Vol. 3
Onze Heures Onze

Wynton Marsalis

trumpet
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Wynton Marsalis,

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
The Jungle
Blue Engine

Cecile McLorin Salvant

vocals
b.1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Cecile McLorin Salvant
Mélusine
Nonesuch Records

Brad Mehldau

piano
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Brad Mehldau
Your Mother Should Know
Nonesuch Records

Federica Michisanti

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Federica Michisanti
Afternoons
Parco della Musica

Allison Miller

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Allison Miller
Rivers in Our Veins
Royal Potato Family

Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns
Weejuns
Rune Grammofon

Jason Moran

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Moran
From the Dancehall to the Battlefield
Yes Records

Roy Nathanson

saxophone
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Roy Nathanson
82
Enja Records

The Necks

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">The Necks
Travel
Northern Spy Records

Gard Nilssen

drums
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra
Family
WeJazz

Emile Parisien

saxophone, soprano
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Emile Parisien,

Roberto Negro

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Roberto Negro
Les Métanuits
ACT Music

Pierrick Pedron

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Pierrick Pedron,

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

piano
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Pédron Rubalcaba
Gazebo

Mick Rossi

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Mick Rossi,

Peter Hess

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Hess,

Matt Moran

vibraphone

" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Moran
You Break You Pay
Diskonife

Todd Sickafoose

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Todd Sickafoose
Bear Proof
Secret Hatch Records

Ballaké Sissoko

kora
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Ballaké Sissoko,

Vincent Ségal

cello

" data-original-title="" title="">Vincent Ségal,

Vincent Peirani

accordion
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Vincent Peirani,

Emile Parisien

saxophone, soprano
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Emile Parisien
Les ?garés
ACT Music

Vinnie Sperrazza

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Vinnie Sperrazza,

Ethan Iverson

piano
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Ethan Iverson,

Michael Formanek

bass, acoustic
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Formanek
Saturday
Fresh Sound/New Talent

Loren Stillman

saxophone, alto
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Loren Stillman
Time and Again
Sunnyside Records

Samuele Strufaldi
Davorio
Musica Macondo

Xavi Torres

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Xavi Torres
Quarantena Songs
Dox Records

Micah Thomas

piano
b.1997

" data-original-title="" title="">Micah Thomas
Reveal
Artwork Records

Billy Valentine

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Valentine
Billy Valentine and the Universal Truth
Flying Dutchman

Marike van Dijk

saxophone
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Marike van Dijk
Stranded
Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records

Elio Villafranca

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Elio Villafranca
Standing at the Crossroads
ArtistShare

Daniel Villarreal

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Daniel Villarreal
Lados B
International Anthem

David Virelles

piano
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">David Virelles
Carta
Intakt Records

Greg Ward

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Ward's Rogue Parade
Dion's Quest
Sugar Hoof Records

Dhafer Youssef

oud

" data-original-title="" title="">Dhafer Youssef
Streets of Minarets
Black Beat Edition

Zenophilia
Come on Down
Hora

John Zorn

saxophone, alto
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">John Zorn
New Masada Quartet -Vol. 2
Tzadik Records

Debut albums

Vicente Archer
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Vicente Archer: Short Stories (Cellar Live)
Jeremy Dutton
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Jeremy Dutton: Anyone Is Better Than Here (Self Produced)
Christina Galisatus
" data-original-title="" title="">Christina Galisatus: Without Night (Slow & Steady)
Anthony Hervey
trumpet
b.1996
" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Hervey: Words from My Horn (Outside In Music)
Simon Lucaciu
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Simon Lucaciu Trio: STRG + X (ezz-thetics)
Mama Terra: The Summoned (Acid Jazz)
Astghik Martirosyan
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Astghik Martirosyan: Distance (Self Produced)
Sean Mason
trumpet
b.1987
" data-original-title="" title="">Sean Mason: Southern Suite (Blue Engine)
Dora Morelenbaum: Vento de Beirada (Mr. Bongo)
Roman Norfleet: Roman Norfleet and Be Present Art Group (Mississippi Records)
Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen
guitar
b.1978
" data-original-title="" title="">Valtteri Laurell P?yh?nen: Tigers Are Better Looking (WeJazz)
Fergus Quill
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Fergus Quill: Ferg's Imaginary Big Band (Tight Lines)
Selma Savolainen
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Selma Savolainen: Horror Vacui (Whirlwind)
Jonathan Suazo
saxophone
b.1989
" data-original-title="" title="">Jonathan Suazo: Ricano (Ropeadope)
ThoughtCast: Nimbus in Motion (Shifting Paradigm Records)
Ella Zirina
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">Ella Zirina: Intertwined (BimHuis)
Tima Volozh
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Tima Volozh: Jubilee (Shifting Paradigm Records)

Revelations

Richard Baratta
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Richard Baratta: Off the Charts (Savant Records)
Ana Frango Elétrico: Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua (Mr. Bongo)
Enji: Ulaan (Squama)
Amaury Faye
piano
b.1990
" data-original-title="" title="">Amaury Faye Ensemble: Arise (Hypnote Records)
l a d y y b i r d d: Tomorrow's Yesterday (Innova Recordings)
Gabriela Martina
vocals
b.1984
" data-original-title="" title="">Gabriela Martina: Homage to Gr?mlis (Self Produced)
Alessia Obino
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Alessia Obino: A Sound's a Million Shapes (Domanda)
RDLplus
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2014
" data-original-title="" title="">RDLplus: Bay Area Bridges Compilation (Self Produced)
Malika Zarra
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Malika Zarra: Rwa (The Essence) (D. Zel)
Ze in the Clouds: Oportet 475 (Tuk Music)

Previously unreleased (including reissues with extra material)

Jason Adasiewicz
vibraphone
" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Adasiewicz: Roy's World (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
Geri Allen
piano
1957 - 2017
" data-original-title="" title="">Geri Allen,
Kurt Rosenwinkel
guitar
b.1970
" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Rosenwinkel: A Lovesome Thing (Motéma Music)
Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals
1929 - 1988
" data-original-title="" title="">Chet Baker: Blue Room (Jazz Detective)
John Coltrane
saxophone
1926 - 1967
" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane,
Eric Dolphy
woodwinds
1928 - 1964
" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate (Impulse! Records)
Matt Munisteri
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Munisteri and Brock Mumford: It's Been Swell: The Hillside Recordings (Self produced)
Joni Mitchell
vocals
b.1943
" data-original-title="" title="">Joni Mitchell: Archives Volume 3 -The Asylum Years 1972-1975 (Rhino)
Shirley Scott
organ, Hammond B3
1934 - 2002
" data-original-title="" title="">Shirley Scott: Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (Reel to Real)
Louis Stewart
guitar
b.1944
" data-original-title="" title="">Louis Stewart: Out on His Own (Livia Records)
Bernie Worrell
keyboards
1944 - 2016
" data-original-title="" title="">Bernie Worrell,
Cindy Blackman Santana
drums
b.1959
" data-original-title="" title="">Cindy Blackman Santana,
John King
guitar
1953 - 2009
" data-original-title="" title="">John King: Spherical (Infrequent Seams)
Frank Zappa
guitar, electric
1940 - 1993
" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Zappa: Funky Nothingness (Zappa Records)
Frank Zappa: Over-Nite Sensation—50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Zappa Records)

Reissues

Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison: Action Refraction (Sonic Camera)
Dorothy Ashby
harp
1932 - 1996
" data-original-title="" title="">Dorothy Ashby: With Strings Attached (New Land Records)
Michael Blake
saxophone, tenor
b.1964
" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Blake: Hellbent (P&M Records)
Betty Davis
vocals
1944 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Davis: Crashin' from Passion (Light in the Attic)
Vusi Mahlasela
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu, Jive Connection: Face to Face (Strut Records)
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus: Changes -The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recording (Atlantic Records)
Marden Hill: Blown Away (Acid Jazz)
Abdul Wadud
cello
b.1947
" data-original-title="" title="">Abdul Wadud: By Myself (Gotta Groove Records)
John Zorn
saxophone, alto
b.1953
" data-original-title="" title="">John Zorn: Masada—30th Anniversary Edition (Tzadik Records)

Remarkable

Joshua Abrams
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Joshua Abrams: Natural Information Society: Since Time Is Gravity (Eremite)
Chief Xian Atunde Adjuah: Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope)
Aka Moon
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1992
" data-original-title="" title="">Aka Moon: Quality of Joy (Outhere)
Ambrose Akinmusire
trumpet
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Ambrose Akinmusire: Beauty Is Enough (Origami Harvest)
Ambrose Akinmusire: Owl Song (
Nonesuch
bass, acoustic
b.1987
" data-original-title="" title="">Nonesuch)
Costanza Alegiani
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Costanza Alegiani: Folkways Lucio dove sei? (Parco della Musica)
Sophie Alour
saxophone
b.1974
" data-original-title="" title="">Sophie Alour: Le temps virtuose (Music from Source)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Art Ensemble Of Chicago: The Sixth Decade (RogueArt)
Artemis
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Artemis: In Real Time (Blue Note Records)
Jeff Babko
keyboards
" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Babko,
David Piltch
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">David Piltch: The Libretto Show (Self Produced)
Lucian Ban
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Lucian Ban,
Mat Maneri
viola
b.1969
" data-original-title="" title="">Mat Maneri: Oedipus Redux (Sunnyside Records)
Lakecia Benjamin
saxophone, alto
" data-original-title="" title="">Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix (Whirlwind)
Camille Bertault
vocals
b.1986
" data-original-title="" title="">Camille Bertault: Bonjour mon amour (Vita)
Johnathan Blake
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Johnathan Blake: Passage (Blue Note Records)
Samuel Blaser
trombone
b.1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Samuel Blaser: Routes (Enja Records)
Celine Bonacina
saxophone
b.1975
" data-original-title="" title="">Celine Bonacina: Jump (Cristal Records)
Jaimie Branch
trumpet
1983 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Jaimie Branch: Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die (World War) (International Anthem)
Jamie Breiwick
trumpet
b.1978
" data-original-title="" title="">Jamie Breiwick: Awake: Volume 2 -The Music of Don Cherry (Shifting Paradigm Records)
Vilhelm Bromander
bass, acoustic
b.1988
" data-original-title="" title="">Vilhelm Bromander: In This Forever Unfolding Moment (Thanatosis)
Peter Brötzmann
woodwinds
1941 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Br?tzmann,
Majid Bekkas
lute
" data-original-title="" title="">Majid Bekkas,
Hamid Drake
drums
b.1955
" data-original-title="" title="">Hamid Drake: Catching Ghosts (ACT Music)
Francesco Chiapperini
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Francesco Chiapperini: Transmigration (Splasc(H) Records)
Billy Childs
piano
b.1957
" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Childs: The Winds of Change (Mack Avenue Records)
Rob Clearfield
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Rob Clearfield: Ashes and Diamonds (ears&eyes Records)
Isaiah Collier
saxophone
- 1998
" data-original-title="" title="">Isaiah Collier: Parallel Universe (Night Dreamer)
Franco D'Andrea
piano
b.1941
" data-original-title="" title="">Franco D'Andrea: Sketches of the 20th Century (Parco della Musica)
Caroline Davis
saxophone
b.1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Caroline Davis's Alula: Captivity (Ropeadope)
Deadeye: Live (Dox Records)
Maria Pia De Vito
vocals
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Maria Pia De Vito: This Woman's Work (Parco della Musica)
Cettina Donato
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Cettina Donato, Zoe Pia: Mito (Alfa Music)
Enemy
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Enemy: The Betrayal (WeJazz)
Peter Epstein
saxophone, sopranino
b.1967
" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Epstein: Two Legs Bad (Shifting Paradigm Records)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Spirit Gatherer -A Tribute to Don Cherry (Spiritmuse)
Alan Ferber
trombone
" data-original-title="" title="">Alan Ferber Nonet: Up High, Down Low (Sunnyside Records)
Sammy Figueroa
percussion
" data-original-title="" title="">Sammy Figueroa: Searching for a Memory (Ashé Records)
Michael Formanek
bass, acoustic
b.1958
" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Formanek: Elusion Quartet As Things Do (Intakt Records)
Erik Friedlander
cello
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Erik Friedlander: She Sees (Skitpstone)
Anat Fort
piano
b.1970
" data-original-title="" title="">Anat Fort Trio: The Berlin Sessions (Sunnyside Records)
Asher Gamedze
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Asher Gamedze: Turbulence and Pulse (International Anthem)
Miha Gantar: Amsterdam (Clean Feed Records)
Leo Genovese
keyboards
b.1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Leo Genovese,
Demian Cabaud
bass, acoustic
b.1977
" data-original-title="" title="">Demian Cabaud,
Marcos Cavaleiro
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Marcos Cavaleiro: Estrellero (Sunnyside Records)
Luigi Grasso
saxophone, baritone
" data-original-title="" title="">Luigi Grasso: Dantesca (LP3 45)
John Hadfield
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">John Hadfield: Drum of Stories (In a Circle Records)
Roy Hargrove
trumpet
1969 - 2018
" data-original-title="" title="">Roy Hargrove: The Love Suite: In Mahogany (Blue Engine)
Benjamin Herman
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Benjamin Herman: Nostalgia Blitz (Dox Records)
Alexander Hawkins
piano
b.1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Alexander Hawkins Trio: Carnival Celestial (Intakt Records)
Mette Henriette
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Mette Henriette Drifting (ECM Records)
Hiromi
piano
b.1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Hiromi: Sonicwonderland (Telarc)
Ikiru: Plays Satie (Collectif surnatural)
Illegal Crowns: Unclosing (Out of your Head Records)
Naïssam Jalal
flute
" data-original-title="" title="">Na?ssam Jalal Healing Rituals (Les couleurs du son)
Kenneth Jimenez
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Kenneth Jimenez Sonnet to Silence (WeJazz)
Jim & The Schrimps Ain't No Saint (Intakt Records)
Kaisa's Machine: Taking Shape (Greenleaf Music)
Logan Kane
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Logan Kane: Floor Plans (Ghost Note Records)
Guillermo Klein
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Guillermo Klein: Quinteto Telmo's Tune (Sunnyside Records)
Andrew Krasilnikov
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Krasilnikov: Bloody Belly Comb Jelly (Rainy Days Records)
Marie Kruttli
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Marie Kruttli: Transparence (Intakt Records)
Bill Laurance
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Laurance,
Michael League
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Michael League: Where You Wish You Were (ACT Music)
Rickie Lee Jones
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Rickie Lee Jones: Pieces of Treasure (Modern Recordings)
Legraux Tobrogo?: Barbarismes (Freddy Morezon)
James Brandon Lewis
saxophone, tenor
b.1983
" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis Trio: Eye of I (Anti-)
Antti Lotjonen
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Antti Lotjonen Quintet East: Circus/Citadel WeJazz
Hannah Marks
bass, acoustic
b.1997
" data-original-title="" title="">Hannah Marks: Outside Outlier (Out of your Head Records)
Branford Marsalis
saxophone
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis: Rustin—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Netflix)
Terrace Martin
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Terrace Martin: Fine Tune (Sounds of Crenshaw)
Rob Mazurek
trumpet
b.1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra: Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem)
Christian McBride
bass
b.1972
" data-original-title="" title="">Christian McBride's New Jawn: Prime (Mack Avenue Records)
Tobias Meinhart
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Tobias Meinhart Berlin People: Dark Horse (Sunnyside Records)
Vince Mendoza
composer / conductor
b.1961
" data-original-title="" title="">Vince Mendoza,
Metropole Orkest
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Metropole Orkest: Olympians (Modern Recordings)
Billy Mohler
bass
b.1975
" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Mohler: Ultraviolet (Contagious Music)
MoonMot
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">MoonMot: 350 Million Herring (Enja Records)
Wolfgang Muthspiel
guitar
b.1965
" data-original-title="" title="">Wolfgang Muthspiel,
Scott Colley
bass
b.1963
" data-original-title="" title="">Scott Colley,
Brian Blade
drums
b.1970
" data-original-title="" title="">Brian Blade: Dance of the Elders (ECM Records)
MeShell NdegeOcello
bass, electric
b.1968
" data-original-title="" title="">MeShell NdegeOcello: The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note Records)
Clovis Nicolas
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Clovis Nicolas: The Contrapuntist (Sunnyside Records)
Thomas Naïm
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">Thomas Na?m: The Far Side (Rootless Blues)
Aruán Ortiz
piano
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Aruán Ortiz Trio: Serranías: Sketchbook for Piano Trio (Intakt Records)
Papanosh
" data-original-title="" title="">Papanosh: A Very Big Lunch (Enja Records)
Gretchen Parlato
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Gretchen Parlato,
Lionel Loueke
guitar
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Lionel Loueke: Lean In (Edition Records)
Tineke Postma
saxophone, alto
b.1978
" data-original-title="" title="">Tineke Postma: Aria (Edition Records)
Chris Potter
saxophone, tenor
b.1971
" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Potter: Got The Keys To The Kingdom -Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition Records)
Simona Premazzi
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Simona Premazzi: Wave in Gravity (Self Produced)
Zoe Rahman
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Zoe Rahman: Wave in Gravity (Manushi Records)
Andre Roligheten
saxophone
b.1985
" data-original-title="" title="">Andre Roligheten: Marbles (Odin Records)
Emma Rawicz
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Emma Rawicz: Chroma (ACT Music)
Roots Magic Sextet
" data-original-title="" title="">Roots Magic Sextet: Long Old Road (Clean Feed Records)
Charley Rose
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Charley Rose Trio: Dada Pulp (Menace)
Ben Rosenblum
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Rosenblum: Nebula Project A Thousand Pebbles (One Trick Dog Records)
Rudy Royston
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Rudy Royston: Flatbed Buggy Day (Greenleaf Music)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
piano
b.1963
" data-original-title="" title="">Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Borrowed Roses (Topo Stop)
Felipe Salles
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Felipe Salles: Interconnections Ensemble Home Is Here (Tapestry)
The
Angelica Sanchez
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Angelica Sanchez Nonet: Nighttime Creatures (Pyroclastic Records)
John Scofield
guitar
b.1951
" data-original-title="" title="">John Scofield: Uncle John's Band (ECM Records)
Sketchbook Quartet: Kekova (Waschsalon Records)
Walter Smith III
saxophone, tenor
b.1980
" data-original-title="" title="">Walter Smith III: Return to Casual (Blue Note Records)
Ken Stubbs
saxophone, alto
b.1961
" data-original-title="" title="">Ken Stubbs: Southern Soul (Cherry K Records)
Mark Solborg
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Solborg: Babel (Ilk Music)
Helen Svoboda
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Helen Svoboda: The Odd River (Earshift Music)
Yuhan Su
vibraphone
" data-original-title="" title="">Yuhan Su: Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside Records)
Dan Tepfer
piano
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Dan Tepfer,
Miguel Zenon
saxophone, alto
b.1976
" data-original-title="" title="">Miguel Zenon: Internal Melodies (Main Door Music)
Henry Texier
" data-original-title="" title="">Henry Texier: An Indian's Life (Label Bleu)
A Tonic for the Troops: Realm of Opportunities (Odin Records)
Tiziano Tononi
drums
b.1956
" data-original-title="" title="">Tiziano Tononi: Water Counts (Felmay)
Ralph Towner
guitar
b.1940
" data-original-title="" title="">Ralph Towner: At First Light (ECM Records)
Trickster: Live in Brooklyn (Self Produced)
Trio Grande
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Trio Grande: Urban Myth (Whirlwind)
Gianluigi Trovesi
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Gianluigi Trovesi, Stefano Montanari: Stravaganze consonanti (ECM Records)
Stephen Ulrich
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">Stephen Ulrich: Music from This American Life (Barbes Records)
The Vampires
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">The Vampires: Nightjar (Earshift Music)
Ken Vandermark
saxophone
b.1964
" data-original-title="" title="">Ken Vandermark,
Hamid Drake
drums
b.1955
" data-original-title="" title="">Hamid Drake: Eternal River (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
Ben Wendel
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Wendel: All One (Edition Records)
Gaia Wilmer
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Gaia Wilmer: Folia (Sunnyside Records)
Anthony Wilson
guitar
b.1968
" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Wilson: Collodion (Colorfield)
Ben Wolfe
bass
b.1962
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Wolfe: Unjust (Resident Arts)
Brandee Younger
harp
b.1983
" data-original-title="" title="">Brandee Younger: Brand New Life (Impulse! Records)
Miguel Zenon
saxophone, alto
b.1976
" data-original-title="" title="">Miguel Zenon,
Luis Perdomo
piano
b.1971
" data-original-title="" title="">Luis Perdomo: El arte del Bolero -Vol. 2 (Miel)

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Deadjazz: Plays the Music of the Grateful Dead (B-Flat)
Kait Dunton
piano
b.1983
" data-original-title="" title="">Kait Dunton: Keyboards Real and Imagined Music)
Kurt Elling
vocals
b.1967
" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Elling,
Charlie Hunter
guitar
b.1967
" data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Hunter: SuperBlue: Guilty Pleasures (Edition Records)
Nicole Johänntgen
saxophone
b.1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Nicole Joh?nntgen: Labyrinth (Selmabird)
Greg Joseph
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Joseph: Drop the Rock (Sunnyside Records)
Magic Carpet: Broken Compass (FPE)
Endea Owens
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Endea Owens: Feel Good Music (Self Produced)
Nicholas Payton
trumpet
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Nicholas Payton: Drip! (Paytone)
Leo Sidran
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Leo Sidran: What's Trending (Bonsai Music/(Nardis)
Erik Truffaz
trumpet
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Erik Truffaz: Clap (Blue Note Records)
Erik Truffaz: Rollin' (Blue Note Records)
Various Artists
various
" data-original-title="" title="">Various Artists: The Mexico City Experiment (Ropeadope)

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