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Paul Rauch's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

By Paul Rauch
December 11, 2024
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It's been an eventful year in jazz, as the recording side of the music returned to full swing. Below are my top ten albums of the year, excluding re-issues and historic recordings. These selections represent what is happening creatively in the here and now in jazz, in some small way. The new music on today's scene is fresh and vibrant, providing the light of hope in the future of this art form. Dig in folks, enjoy the bounty.

Nicole Glover
Plays
Savant Records

Eric Jacobson
Heading Home
Origin Records

Caleb Wheeler Curtis
The True Story of Bears and the Invention of the Battery (Deluxe Edition)
Imani / 88 Keys Productions

Nublues

Joel Ross

vibraphone

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Blue Note Records

Run the Gauntlet

Kris Davis

piano
b.1980

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Pyroclastic Records

Walk A Mile In My Shoe

Orrin Evans

piano
b.1975

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Imani / 88 Keys Productions

You Think This Is America
Tarbaby
Giant Step Arts

Blues Blood

Immanuel Wilkins

saxophone, alto
b.1997

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Blue Note Records

The Almighty

Isaiah Collier

saxophone
- 1998

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Division 81

Portrait

Samara Joy

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Samara Joy
Verve Records

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