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Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

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By Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024
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Have you noticed how many "best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" "it's all subjective;" "tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" "I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a vast artistic ecosystem by selecting a "fateful ten" out of thousands of albums, a choice that, supposedly, should provide readers with a balanced, fair, and comprehensive snapshot of a scene that, year after year, becomes more intricate and vaster. Oh my...

I can relate to that discomfort. I have been there. The pleasure of including ten favorites in the year-end listicle is rendered painfully meaningless by the inescapable awareness of having left out so many equally deserving albums. Ouch...

This year—I think—I have turned a corner. How have I come around? By focusing on how I approach the "year in review" articles as a reader. If I look forward to reading these articles, with the prescribed grain of salt, there must be something good about them, right? At the very least, there has got to be something fun about them. What is it? What is it?

Since music is not sport, it cannot possibly be the competitive compulsion to find out which album received the most accolades. How many masterpieces were disregarded and misunderstood at the time of their release? What these listicles really do is offer an opportunity not to oversee albums well worth listening to. At least for me. Yes, because at the end of every year I realize that, despite having devoted an inordinate amount of time to scavenging all the corners of the jazzosphere, there are still hundreds of records I did not listen to, for all sorts of reasons. I didn't know they had been released. They fell through the cracks. They were set aside for a moment and were then buried by the avalanche of daily new releases, etc...

So what listicles really do, at least for me, is to remind me to stop looking forward, for a change. They make me look back and bask in the sunshine of all?the aural beauty the year brought. And that, my friends, is the best way to rebuild the energy for the new year. Well aware that, as jazz fans, we can rely on a jazz world that feels friendlier than the real world, a place where progressive and conservative music, music played by people of all persuasions and backgrounds, jazz performed by musicians of all ages from all over the world come together to build something greater than the sum of its parts, like the ultimate ensemble cast. And that is why for a year retrospective to be significant one has to cast the net wide (I tried to cast it as wide as I could, but I am fully aware it is still not as wide as it should be, as both trad and fully improvised albums rarely made it to the my pile of CDs).

In that vein, I've listed the many albums that I will be happy to return to in the future. Because another aspect of these listicles is that they act like breadcrumbs, through which—down the road—we can retrace our steps and remind ourselves how we were, and how our world sounded like.

If you have not had a chance to check out these albums—give them a spin. If you don't have enough time, listen to the episodes of my radio show compiling some of the best songs of 2024 cherry-picked from these albums (and more): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6. As always, my hope is that you'll like them too!

Must Haves

Melissa Aldana

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Melissa Aldana
Echoes of the Inner Prophet
Blue Note Records

Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

Steve Cardenas

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Cardenas

Ted Nash

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Ted Nash

Karl-Martin Almqvist

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Karl-Martin Almqvist

Nduduzo Makhathini

keyboards
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Nduduzo Makhathini

Roxana Amed

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Roxana Amed

Mulatu Astatke

percussion

" data-original-title="" title="">Mulatu Astatke

Adam Ba?dych

violin

" data-original-title="" title="">Adam Ba?dych

Leszek Mozdzer

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Leszek Mozdzer

Jamie Baum

flute

" data-original-title="" title="">Jamie Baum

Francesco Bearzatti

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Francesco Bearzatti

Federico Casagrande

guitar
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Federico Casagrande

Francesco Bearzatti

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Francesco Bearzatti

Stefano Risso

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Stefano Risso

Matthieu Bordenave

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthieu Bordenave

Stephan Crump

bass, acoustic
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Stephan Crump

Kris Davis

piano
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Kris Davis

Eric McPherson

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Eric McPherson

Patricia Brennan

vibraphone

" data-original-title="" title="">Patricia Brennan

Rosa Brunello

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Rosa Brunello

Anna Butterss

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Anna Butterss

Frank Carlberg

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Carlberg

Layale Chaker

violin

" data-original-title="" title="">Layale Chaker

Etienne Charles

trumpet
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Etienne Charles

Trish Clowes

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Trish Clowes

Ross Stanley

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Ross Stanley

Natalie Cressman

trombone

" data-original-title="" title="">Natalie Cressman

Franco D'Andrea

piano
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Franco D'Andrea

Gabriele Evangelista

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Gabriele Evangelista

Roberto Gatto

drums
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Roberto Gatto

Emiliano D'Auria

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Emiliano D'Auria

Kris Davis

piano
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Kris Davis

Dave Douglas

trumpet
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Douglas

Julieta Eugenio

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Julieta Eugenio

Orrin Evans

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Orrin Evans

Peter Evans

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Evans

Paolo Fresu

trumpet
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Paolo Fresu

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell

Larry Goldings

organ, Hammond B3
b.1968

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

John Sneider

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">John Sneider

Arve Henriksen

trumpet
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Arve Henriksen

Harmen Fraanje

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Harmen Fraanje

Robin Holcomb

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Robin Holcomb

Wayne Horvitz

keyboards
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Horvitz

Abdullah Ibrahim

piano
b.1934

" data-original-title="" title="">Abdullah Ibrahim

Ayumi Ishito

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Ayumi Ishito

Vijay Iyer

piano
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Vijay Iyer

The Jazz Passengers

" data-original-title="" title="">The Jazz Passengers

Josh Johnson

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Josh Johnson

Goran Kajfes

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Goran Kajfes

Ryan Keberle

trombone
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Ryan Keberle

Oan Kim

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Oan Kim

Cassie Kinoshi

saxophone
b.1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Cassie Kinoshi

Julian Lage

guitar, electric

" data-original-title="" title="">Julian Lage

Timo Lassy

saxophone
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Timo Lassy

Bill Laurance

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Laurance

Michael League

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael League

Sean Lennon

guitar
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Sean Lennon

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

piano
b.1963

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

Charles Lloyd

saxophone
b.1938

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Lloyd

Godwin Louis

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Godwin Louis

Fergus McCreadie

piano
b.1997

" data-original-title="" title="">Fergus McCreadie

Brad Mehldau

piano
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Brad Mehldau

Elan Mehler

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Elan Mehler

The Messthetics

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">The Messthetics

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis

Riley Mulherkar

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Riley Mulherkar

Wolfgang Muthspiel

guitar
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Wolfgang Muthspiel

Milton Nascimento

guitar and vocals
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Milton Nascimento

Esperanza Spalding

bass
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Esperanza Spalding

MeShell NdegeOcello

bass, electric
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">MeShell NdegeOcello

Elsa Nilsson

flute
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Elsa Nilsson

Matt Pavolka

bass
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Pavolka

Audrey Powne

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Audrey Powne

Joel Ross

vibraphone

" data-original-title="" title="">Joel Ross

Julie Sassoon

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Julie Sassoon

Jenny Scheinman

violin
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Jenny Scheinman

Brad Shepik

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Brad Shepik

Harry Skoler

clarinet

" data-original-title="" title="">Harry Skoler

Simona Severini

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Simona Severini

Giulio Corini

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Giulio Corini

Ches Smith

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Ches Smith

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith

Amina Claudine Myers

piano
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Amina Claudine Myers

Walter Smith III

saxophone, tenor
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Walter Smith III

Tyshawn Sorey

drums
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Tyshawn Sorey

Kika Sprangers

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Kika Sprangers

John Surman

saxophone
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">John Surman

Jacky Terrasson

piano
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Jacky Terrasson

Luzia von Wyl

piano
b.1985

" data-original-title="" title="">Luzia von Wyl

Immanuel Wilkins

saxophone, alto
b.1997

" data-original-title="" title="">Immanuel Wilkins

Kathrine Windfeld

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Kathrine Windfeld

Lucy Woodward

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Lucy Woodward

Debut albums

• Altus

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Altus: Mythos (Biophilia Records)
• 

  Nicola Caminiti

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Nicola Caminiti: Vivid Tales of a Blurry Self-Portrait (Self-produced)
• 

  Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez: A Letter to the Earth (Orenda Records)
• divr: Is This Water (We Jazz)
• 

  Alden Hellmuth

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Alden Hellmuth: Good Intentions (Fresh Sound/New Talent)
• Anni Kiviniemi Trio: Eir (We Jazz)
• Julian Knowles: As Many as One (Biophilia Records)
• 

  Neta Raanan

  saxophone, tenor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Neta Raanan: Unforeseen Blossom (Giant Step Arts)
• 

  Willy Rodriguez

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Willy Rodriguez: Seeing Sounds (Self-produced)

• SLIDERS

  trombone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">SLIDERS: Sliders (Hora Records)
• Marco Ullstein: Detached Views (Emme Records)
• 

  April Varner

  vocals
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">April Varner: April (Cellar Music)
• Debby Wang: Aftertaste (Self-produced)
• 

  Amy Aileen Wood

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Amy Aileen Wood: The Heartening (Colorfield Records)

Revelations (for me, at least)

• 

  Andrew Bird

  violin
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Bird Trio: Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista)
• 

  Devin Daniels

  saxophone, alto
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Devin Daniels: LesGo! (Sam First)
• 

  Amy Gadiaga

  bass
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Amy Gadiaga: All Black Everything (Jazz Re:freshed)
• 

  Louise Knobil

  bass
  b.1988
  " data-original-title="" title="">Louise Knobil: KnoBisous (Unit Records)

• Peter Lenz

  composer / conductor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Peter Lenz: Breathe (gambsART)

• Enzo Pietropaoli

  " data-original-title="" title="">Enzo Pietropaoli, Andrea Viterbini: Gorgo (Parco della Musica Records)
• S?ren Skov Orbit: Adrift (Frederiksberg Records
• Staples Jr. Singers: Searching (Luaka Bop)
• 

  Joe Webb

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Joe Webb: Collblanc (Edition Records)

Previously unreleased (including reissues with extra material)

• 

  Cannonball Adderley

  saxophone
  1928 - 1975
  " data-original-title="" title="">Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Poppin In Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (Elemental Music)
• 

  Gato Barbieri

  saxophone
  1934 - 2016
  " data-original-title="" title="">Gato Barbieri: Standards Lost and Found 1 (Red Records)
• 

  Ran Blake

  piano
  b.1935
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ran Blake,

  Dave Fabris

  guitar
  b.1967
  " data-original-title="" title="">Dave Fabris: Live Amsterdam 2006—First Visit (ezz-thetics)
• 

  Jakob Bro

  guitar
  b.1978
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jakob Bro:

  Lee Konitz

  saxophone, alto
  1927 - 2020
  " data-original-title="" title="">Lee Konitz,

  Bill Frisell

  guitar, electric
  b.1951
  " data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell,

  Jason Moran

  piano
  b.1975
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jason Moran,

  Thomas Morgan

  bass, acoustic
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Thomas Morgan,

  Andrew Cyrille

  drums
  b.1939
  " data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns (ECM Records)
• 

  Alice Coltrane

  piano
  1937 - 2007
  " data-original-title="" title="">Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert (Impulse! Records)
• 

  Miles Davis

  trumpet
  1926 - 1991
  " data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis: Quintet Miles In France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Columbia/Legacy)
• 

  Roy Hargrove

  trumpet
  1969 - 2018
  " data-original-title="" title="">Roy Hargrove's Crisol Grande-Terre (Verve Records)
• 

  Andrew Hill

  piano
  1931 - 2007
  " data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Hill: A Beautiful Day, Revisited (Palmetto Records)
• 

  Al Jarreau

  vocals
  1940 - 2017
  " data-original-title="" title="">Al Jarreau: Wow! Live at the Childe Harold (Resonance Records)
• 

  Ron Miles

  cornet
  1963 - 2022
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ron Miles: Old Main Chapel (Blue Note)
• 

  Joni Mitchell

  vocals
  b.1943
  " data-original-title="" title="">Joni Mitchell: Archives -Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) (Rhino Records)
• 

  Emily Remler

  guitar
  1957 - 1990
  " data-original-title="" title="">Emily Remler: Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 (Resonance Records)
• 

  Kurt Rosenwinkel

  guitar
  b.1970
  " data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Rosenwinkel: The Next Step Band (Live at Smalls, 1996) (Heartcore Records)

• Slow Poke

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Slow Poke: At Home (P&M)
• 

  Ryuichi Sakamoto

  composer / conductor
  1952 - 2023
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (WEWANTSOUNDS)
• 

  Tomasz Sta��ko

  trumpet
  1942 - 2018
  " data-original-title="" title="">Tomasz Sta��ko: September Night (ECM Records)
• 

  Sun Ra

  piano
  1914 - 1993
  " data-original-title="" title="">Sun Ra: Pink Elephants on Parade (Modern Harmonic)
• 

  Charles Tolliver

  trumpet
  b.1942
  " data-original-title="" title="">Charles Tolliver Music Inc: Live at the Captain's Cabin (Reel to Real)
• 

  McCoy Tyner

  piano
  1938 - 2020
  " data-original-title="" title="">McCoy Tyner,

  Joe Henderson

  saxophone
  1937 - 2001
  " data-original-title="" title="">Joe Henderson: Forces Of Nature: Live at Slugs' (Blue Note Records)
• 

  Mal Waldron

  piano
  1925 - 2002
  " data-original-title="" title="">Mal Waldron,

  Steve Lacy

  saxophone, soprano
  1934 - 2004
  " data-original-title="" title="">Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors -Live in Antwerp (Elemental Music)
• 

  Frank Zappa

  guitar, electric
  1940 - 1993
  " data-original-title="" title="">Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (Zappa Records)

Reissues

• 

  John Coltrane

  saxophone
  1926 - 1967
  " data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (Impulse! Records)
• 

  Harold Land

  saxophone, tenor
  1928 - 2001
  " data-original-title="" title="">Harold Land: Choma (WEWANTSOUNDS/Mainstream)
• 

  Eric Person

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Eric Person: Rhythm Edge (Distinction Records)
• 

  Patrice Rushen

  keyboards
  b.1954
  " data-original-title="" title="">Patrice Rushen: Prelusion (Prestige Records)
• Spirits Rejoice: Spirits Rejoice! (Frederiksberg Records)
• 

  Ryuichi Sakamoto

  composer / conductor
  1952 - 2023
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (WEWANTSOUNDS)

Ubridled Fun

• 

  Fabrizio Bosso

  trumpet
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Fabrizio Bosso,

  Julian Oliver Mazzariello

  saxophone, tenor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Julian Oliver Mazzariello: Il Cielo �� Pieno di Stelle (Warner Italia)
• Massimiliano Cignitti: Quella stanza segreta (Dodicilune Records)
• Cotonete: Victoire de la musique (Heavenly Sweetness)
• 

  Bela Fleck

  banjo
  b.1958
  " data-original-title="" title="">Bela Fleck: Rhapsody in Blue (Thirty Tigers)
• Sam Fribush: Organ Trio Please People (Flybird Music)
• 

  Ghost-Note

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ghost-Note: Mustard n'Onions (Artistry Music/Mack Avenue)
• 

  Larry Goldings

  organ, Hammond B3
  b.1968
  " data-original-title="" title="">Larry Goldings,

  Melinda Sullivan

  dancer
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Melinda Sullivan: Big Foot (Colorfield Records)
• 

  Les Hommes

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Les Hommes: Sì, così (Sudden Hunger Records)

• The Jazz Defenders

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">The Jazz Defenders: Memory in Motion (Haggis Records)
• Pedro Kouyat��: Following (Quai Son Records)

• Nation Beat

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Nation Beat: Archaic Humans (Ropeadope)
• 

  New Jazz Underground

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  b.2020
  " data-original-title="" title="">New Jazz Underground: cook/swing/work/relax (Self-produced)
• 

  Nout

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Nout: Live Album (Trost Records)
• Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp: Ventre Unique (Bongo Joe)
• 

  Luke Carlos O'Reilly

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Luke Carlos O'Reilly: Leave the Gates Open (e: Imani Records)

• Fred Pallem

  composer / conductor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Fred Pallem: & Le Sacre du Tympan Cartoons (Le Retour) (Train Fant?me)

• Parlor Greens

  " data-original-title="" title="">Parlor Greens: In Green / We Dream (Colemine Records)
• 

  Fergus Quill

  bass
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Fergus Quill: Up Yours! Fergus Quill Plays Xero Slingsby (Tight Line Records)
• Qwalia: Abbreviations (Albert's Favourite)
• 

  Ben Sidran

  piano and vocals
  b.1943
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ben Sidran: Rainmaker (Bonsai Music/Nardi)
• 

  Mike Stern

  guitar
  b.1953
  " data-original-title="" title="">Mike Stern: Echoes and Other Songs (Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Records)

• Joe Tatton

  " data-original-title="" title="">Joe Tatton: Trio Gal��ctico (Rodina Music)

Remarkable

• 

  Franco Ambrosetti

  trumpet
  b.1941
  " data-original-title="" title="">Franco Ambrosetti: Sweet Caress (Enja Records)
• AuB: Folk Devils (Whirlwind Recordings)
• 

  Yonathan Avishai

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Yonathan Avishai: Trio Shapes and Sounds (Jazz&People)
• 

  Reinier Baas

  guitar
  b.1985
  " data-original-title="" title="">Reinier Baas: Relief Party (Dox Records)
• 

  Reinier Baas

  guitar
  b.1985
  " data-original-title="" title="">Reinier Baas,

  Rudy Van Gelder

  various
  1924 - 2016
  " data-original-title="" title="">Rudy Van Gelder: This Is Water (Do You Mind Records)
• 

  Camilla Battaglia

  vocals
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Camilla Battaglia: ELEkTRA (Ropeadope)
• 

  The Beat Freaks

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">The Beat Freaks,

  Ralph Alessi

  trumpet
  b.1963
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ralph Alessi: Mechanics of Nature (Jazz Generator)
• B��vort 3: Northbound (Self-produced)
• 

  Jasper Blom

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jasper Blom: Polyphony 3 (Whirlwind Recordings)
• 

  Owen Broder

  saxophone
  b.1989
  " data-original-title="" title="">Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center: Vol. Two (Outside In Music)
• 

  Vinicius Cantuaria

  guitar and vocals
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Vinicius Cantuaria: Psychedelic Rio (Sunnyside Records)

• The Choir Invisible

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">The Choir Invisible: Town of Two Faces (Intakt Records)
• Church Chords: Elvis, He Was Schlager (Otherly Love Records)
• 

  Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli

  bass, acoustic
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli,

  Anais Drago

  violin
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Anais Drago, Riccardo Angelo Strano: Shake Your Duty (Parco della Musica)
• Cinema Paradiso: Empty Empty (Challenge Records)
• 

  Anat Cohen

  clarinet
  b.1975
  " data-original-title="" title="">Anat Cohen's Quartetinho: Bloom (Anzic)
• 

  Steve Coleman

  saxophone, alto
  b.1956
  " data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman and Five Elements: PolyTropos / Of Many Turns (PI Recordings)
• 

  Isaiah Collier

  saxophone
  - 1998
  " data-original-title="" title="">Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few: The Almighty (Division 81)
• 

  Mederic Collignon

  cornet
  b.1970
  " data-original-title="" title="">Mederic Collignon: Arsis Thesis (Le Triton)
• 

  Stephan Crump

  bass, acoustic
  b.1972
  " data-original-title="" title="">Stephan Crump: Slow Water (Papillon Sounds)

• Amalie Dahl

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Amalie Dahl's Dafnie: St?r op med solen (Aguirre Records)
• 

  Josephine Davies

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Josephine Davies: Satori: Weatherwards (Whirlwind Recordings)
• 

  Caroline Davis

  saxophone
  b.1981
  " data-original-title="" title="">Caroline Davis: Portals, Volume 2 : Returning (Intakt Records)
• 

  Benoit Delbecq

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

  Etienne Renard

  bass, acoustic
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Etienne Renard,

  Guilhem Flouzat

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Guilhem Flouzat: Triple (dStream)
• 

  Kit Downes

  keyboards
  b.1986
  " data-original-title="" title="">Kit Downes: Dr. Snap (BimHuis)

• Henriette Hvidsted Eilertsen

  flute
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Henriette Hvidsted Eilertsen: Om t?lmodighet (Nice Things Records)
• 

  Kurt Elling

  vocals
  b.1967
  " data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Elling: Wildflowers, Vol. 2 (Edition Records)
• 

  Moppa Elliott

  bass
  b.1978
  " data-original-title="" title="">Moppa Elliott's Acceleration Due to Gravity: Jonesville (Hot Cup Records)
• 

  John Ellis

  saxophone, tenor
  b.1974
  " data-original-title="" title="">John Ellis: Bizet: Carmen in Jazz (Blue Room Music)
• 

  John Escreet

  piano
  b.1984
  " data-original-title="" title="">John Escreet: The Epicenter of Your Dreams (Blue Room Music)
• 

  Alon Farber

  saxophone
  b.1974
  " data-original-title="" title="">Alon Farber: The Magician: Live in Jerusalem (Origin Records)
• 

  Flat Earth Society

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Flat Earth Society: The One (Zonk Records)
• Flash Pig: The Mood for Love (Ast��rie)
• 

  Amaro Freitas

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Amaro Freitas: Y'Y (Psychic Records)
• 

  Elin Forkelid

  saxophone, tenor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Elin Forkelid: Songs to Keep You Company on a Dark Night (Sail Cabin Records)
• 

  Erik Friedlander

  cello
  b.1960
  " data-original-title="" title="">Erik Friedlander: Dirty Boxing (Skipstone Records)
• 

  Bill Frisell

  guitar, electric
  b.1951
  " data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell,

  Andrew Cyrille

  drums
  b.1939
  " data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Cyrille,

  Kit Downes

  keyboards
  b.1986
  " data-original-title="" title="">Kit Downes: Breaking the Shell (Red Hook Records)
• The Fury: Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts)
• 

  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 2 (Sunnyside Records)
• 

  Volker Goetze

  trumpet
  b.1972
  " data-original-title="" title="">Volker Goetze,

  Guy Klucevsek

  accordion
  1948 - 2025
  " data-original-title="" title="">Guy Klucevsek: Little Big Top (Motema)
• 

  Phillip Golub

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Phillip Golub: Abiding Memory (Berthold Records/Endectomorph Music)
• 

  Andrea Grossi

  bass, acoustic
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Andrea Grossi Blend 3 +

  Jim Black

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jim Black: Axes (We Insist)
• 

  Mary Halvorson

  guitar
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson: Cloudward (Nonesuch)
• 

  Tom Harrell

  trumpet
  b.1946
  " data-original-title="" title="">Tom Harrell: Alternate Summer (HighNote)
• 

  Gilad Hekselman

  guitar
  b.1983
  " data-original-title="" title="">Gilad Hekselman: Life, at the Village Vanguard (La Reserve)
• 

  Alexander Hawkins

  piano
  b.1981
  " data-original-title="" title="">Alexander Hawkins,

  Sofia Jernberg

  vocals
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Sofia Jernberg: Musho (Intakt Records)
• Enrique Herdia Trio: Plays Herbie Nichols (Fresh Sound/New Talent)
• 

  Christopher Hoffman

  cello
  b.1978
  " data-original-title="" title="">Christopher Hoffman: Vision Is the Identity (Out of Your Head Records)

• Gilbert Holmstrom

  " data-original-title="" title="">Gilbert Holmstrom: Peak (Moserobie)

• Jasper Høiby

  bass
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jasper H?iby's 3Elements: Like Water (Edition Records)
• 

  Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

  bass
  b.1971
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ingebrigt H?ker Flaten: Breezy (Sonic Transmissions)
• 

  Randy Ingram

  piano
  b.1978
  " data-original-title="" title="">Randy Ingram: Aries Dance (Sounderscore)
• 

  Paul Jarret

  guitar
  b.1985
  " data-original-title="" title="">Paul Jarret: Pj5 Triads (Helicon)
• Paul Jarret: Solo 2024 (Helicon)
• 

  Chris Jennings

  bass, acoustic
  b.1978
  " data-original-title="" title="">Chris Jennings' 5 Ways Home: Boy, She's the Dandy (Eden River Recordings)
• 

  Lucien Johnson

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Lucien Johnson: Ancient Relics (Deluge)
• 

  Ryan Keberle

  trombone
  b.1980
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Music Is Connection (Alternate Side Records)
• 

  Amirtha Kidambi

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones: New Monuments (We Jazz)
• Lampen: Halogen (We Jazz)
• 

  Brian Landrus

  saxophone, baritone
  b.1978
  " data-original-title="" title="">Brian Landrus: Plays Ellington & Strayhorn (Palmetto)

• LATRALA

  " data-original-title="" title="">LATRALA: Latrala (Otherly Love Records)
• 

  Jihye Lee

  composer / conductor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jihye Lee: Infinite Connections (Motema)
• 

  Peggy Lee

  vocals
  1920 - 2002
  " data-original-title="" title="">Peggy Lee,

  Dylan van der Schyff

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Dylan van der Schyff,

  Julien Wilson

  saxophone, tenor
  b.1972
  " data-original-title="" title="">Julien Wilson,

  Theo Carbo

  guitar
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Theo Carbo: Open Thread (Earshift Records)
• Leiba Trio: Prohibido Andar en Sulky (ears&eyes Records)
• 

  Janel Leppin

  cello
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is to Love (Cuneiform Records)
• 

  James Brandon Lewis

  saxophone, tenor
  b.1983
  " data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis: Quartet Transfiguration (Intakt Records)
• 

  Mark Lockheart

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Mark Lockheart: Smiling (Edition Records)
• 

  John Lurie

  saxophone
  b.1952
  " data-original-title="" title="">John Lurie: Painting With John (Royal Potato Family)
• 

  Hayoung Lyou

  piano
  b.1992
  " data-original-title="" title="">Hayoung Lyou: The Myth of Katabasis (Endectomorph Music)
• 

  Brad Mehldau

  piano
  b.1970
  " data-original-title="" title="">Brad Mehldau: After Bach II (Nonesuch Records)
• 

  Andy Milne

  piano
  b.1967
  " data-original-title="" title="">Andy Milne: Time Will Tell (Sunnyside Records)
• 

  Nicole Mitchell

  flute
  b.1967
  " data-original-title="" title="">Nicole Mitchell,

  Ballaké Sissoko

  kora
  b.1968
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ballak�� Sissoko: Bamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE Records)
• 

  Nicole McCabe

  saxophone, alto
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Nicole McCabe: Mosaic (Ghost Note Records)
• 

  Tony Moreno

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Tony Moreno Trio: Ballads Volume 1 (Sunnyside Records)
• Johane Maryan: La marche du chien noir (Label Bleu)
• 

  Simon Moullier

  vibraphone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Simon Moullier: Elements of Light (Candid)
• 

  Kjetil Mulelid

  piano
  b.1991
  " data-original-title="" title="">Kjetil Mulelid: Agoja (Odin Records)
• 

  Youn Sun Nah

  vocals
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Youn Sun Nah,

  Jon Cowherd

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jon Cowherd: Elles (Nplug)
• 

  MeShell NdegeOcello

  bass, electric
  b.1968
  " data-original-title="" title="">MeShell NdegeOcello: Red Hot & Ra -The Magic City (Red Hot)
• 

  Miles Okazaki

  guitar
  b.1974
  " data-original-title="" title="">Miles Okazaki: Miniature America (Cygnus Recordings)
• 

  Adam O'Farrill

  trumpet
  b.1994
  " data-original-title="" title="">Adam O'Farrill: HUESO (FOOD)
• 

  Kresten Osgood

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Kresten Osgood: Live At H15 Studio (ILK Music)
• 

  Roberto Ottaviano

  saxophone, soprano
  b.1957
  " data-original-title="" title="">Roberto Ottaviano: People (Dodicilune)
• 

  Emile Parisien

  saxophone, soprano
  b.1982
  " data-original-title="" title="">Emile Parisien Quartet: Let Them Cook (Act)
• 

  Jeff Parker

  guitar
  b.1967
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem)
• 

  Enrico Pieranunzi

  piano
  b.1949
  " data-original-title="" title="">Enrico Pieranunzi: Hindsight (CAM Jazz)
• 

  Dafnis Prieto

  drums
  b.1974
  " data-original-title="" title="">Dafnis Prieto S�� o S�� Quartet: 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison)
• 

  Queen Esther

  vocals
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Queen Esther: Things Are Looking Up (EL Recordings)
• Quispel Quintet: dipsomania (racked enegg Records)
• 

  Enrico Rava

  trumpet
  b.1939
  " data-original-title="" title="">Enrico Rava: Fearless Five (Parco della Musica Records)
• 

  Tomeka Reid

  cello
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Tomeka Reid: 3+3 (Cuneiform Records)
• Reverso: Shooting Star -Etoile Filante (Alternate Side)
• 

  Steph Richards

  trumpet
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Steph Richards: Power Vibe (Northern Spy)
• 

  Marta Sanchez

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Marta Sanchez Trio: Perpetual Void (Intakt Records)
• 

  Jamie Saft

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Jamie Saft Trio: Plays Monk (Team Love Records)
• 

  Michael Sarian

  trumpet
  b.1985
  " data-original-title="" title="">Michael Sarian, Tom��s Kidd: Incoming (ears&eyes Records)

• Scheen Jazzorkester & Jon Oystein Rosland

  " data-original-title="" title="">Scheen Jazzorkester & Jon Oystein Rosland &

  Cortex

  band / ensemble / orchestra
  b.2011
  " data-original-title="" title="">Cortex: Frameworks (Clean Feed)
• 

  Louis Sclavis

  woodwinds
  b.1953
  " data-original-title="" title="">Louis Sclavis,

  Benjamin Moussay

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Benjamin Moussay: Unfolding (ECM Records)
• 

  Tom Skinner

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Tom Skinner: Voices of Bishara Live at "Mu" (International Anthem)
• Sol Sol: Almost All Things Considered (Sail Cabin)
• 

  Vinnie Sperrazza

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Vinnie Sperrazza: Apocryphal Sunday (Loyal Label)
• 

  Simon Spiess

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Simon Spiess: Quiet Tree Euphorbia (Intakt Records)
• 

  Ohad Talmor

  saxophone, tenor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ohad Talmor: Back to the Land (Intakt Records)

• Joe Tomino

  drums
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Joe Tomino: A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem)
• 

  Álvaro Torres

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">?lvaro Torres: Iris (Sunnyside Records)
• Tranpe feat.

  Rufus Cappadocia

  cello
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Rufus Cappadocia, Sheila Anozier: Twa F��y Twa Rasin (Self-produced)
• Rebecca Trascher: Tentet Character Pieces (Enja Records)
• 

  Alexi Tuomarila

  piano
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Alexi Tuomarila: Departing the Wasteland (Edition Records)
• 

  Oded Tzur

  saxophone, tenor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Oded Tzur: My Prophet (ECM Records)
• 

  Toine Thys

  saxophone, tenor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Toine Thys' Orlando: Betterlands (Hypnote Records)
• 

  Luzia von Wyl

  piano
  b.1985
  " data-original-title="" title="">Luzia von Wyl: Frakmont (Lu Records)
• 

  Ben Wendel

  saxophone, tenor
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ben Wendel: Understory: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition Records)
• 

  Lily White

  saxophone
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Lily White Quartet: Daugher of Fortune (Self-produced)
• 

  Ben Wolfe

  bass
  b.1962
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ben Wolfe: The Understated (Resident Arts Records)
• 

  Miguel Zenon

  saxophone, alto
  b.1976
  " data-original-title="" title="">Miguel Zenon: Golden City (Miel Music)
• 

  Ella Zirina

  guitar
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Ella Zirina: Boundless Blue, Sunset Hue (Dox Records)
• 

  Alice Zawadzki

  vocals
  
  " data-original-title="" title="">Alice Zawadzki,

  Fred Thomas

  piano
  b.1985
  " data-original-title="" title="">Fred Thomas, Mischa Mullov-Abbado: Za Górami (ECM Records)

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