Лучшие джазовые альбомы 2022 по версии AllMusic / Favorite Jazz Albums of 2022
Сосуществование традиционных звуков и новаторских направлений - отличительные черты жанра, и именно их мы приводим в пример в наших любимых джазовых альбомах года. Записи таких легенд, как Мэл Уолдрон и Вадада Лео Смит, наряду с пионерами The Comet is Coming и Ebi Soda, представляют собой одни из лучших альбомов этого года.
Alina Bzhezhinska & the HipHarpCollective / Alina Bzhezhinska / Hip Harp Collective - Reflections
Following Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and her ensemble deliver a tour de force of jazz past, present, and future.
Angelica Sanchez - Sparkle Beings
A maverick exploration of the pianist's influences, featuring two rhythm section icons.
Anteloper - Pink Dolphins
The duo of trumpeter jaimie branch and drummer Jason Nazary bring in producer Jeff Parker to sculpt an album of synth-adorned subaquatic free jazz.
Barney McAll - Precious Energy
After three decades as a bandleader, sideman, soloist, and composer, the Australian pianist delivers his sun-drenched, spiritual magnum opus.
Binker & Moses - Feeding the Machine
The English duo expands to a trio with electronicist Max Luthert, weaving an intoxicating, fully improvised meld of sounds, textures, and grooves.
Binker Golding - Dream like a Dogwood Wild Boy
The U.K.-based saxophonist crisscrosses jazz, blues, Americana, soul, and gospel, leading a quintet anchored by pianist Sarah Tandy.
Brandon Coleman - Interstellar Black Space
Vocoder-equipped keyboardist returns with his highly energetic, feel-good third LP as a leader, joined by a large cast including Kamasi Washington.
Brian Blade / Christian McBride / Brad Mehldau / Joshua Redman - LongGone
Organic, jovial interplay marks the second album from the saxophonist's reunited '90s quartet.
Charles Lloyd - Trios: Sacred Thread
The final offering in the saxophonist's Trio of Trios project features him in the company of percussionist Zakir Hussain and guitarist Julian Lage.
Charlie Gabriel - Eighty Nine
At 89 years of age, the Preservation Hall saxophonist makes his ebullient solo debut.
Ches Smith - Interpret It Well
The drummer/composer and co. explore eventual, non-linear musical narratives on this sophisticated set.
Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ghost Song
The Grammy-winning vocalist showcases her broad influences and poignant lyricism on her first album for the Nonesuch label.
Ebi Soda - Honk If You're Sad
The second studio album from the boundlessly creative British jazz quintet, whose influences include dub, ambient, post-punk, and U.K. drill.
Emile Parisien - Louise
The French saxophonist showcases his globally minded sextet with bold and hypnotic compositions.
Fred Hersch / Enrico Rava - The Song is You
An intimate and unpredictable duo album featuring the Italian trumpet icon and the acclaimed pianist.
Gerald Clayton - Bells on Sand
A deeply dreamlike and poetic album of duo and trio performances informed by the pianist's classical influences.
Harish Raghavan - In Tense
The New York bassist delivers an imaginative and reflexive therapeutic second outing as bandleader.
Immanuel Wilkins - The 7th Hand
On his sophomore offering, the alto saxophonist and composer asks and entertains an audacious question: What if God joined the band?
Jakob Bro / Joe Lovano - Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian
An homage to the boundaryless work of the late drummer Paul Motian, with whom Lovano and Bro worked.
Jameszoo -Blind
A challenging yet fascinating fusion of avant-jazz and experimental electronics, with guests including Evan Parker and Dorian Concept.
Janel Leppin -Ensemble Volcanic Ash
The cellist debuts her ensemble's deeply textural blend of avant-garde jazz, classical, and noise rock.
Jeff Parker - Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy
Recorded over three years during a club residency with a smoking ensemble, this is the guitarist's most mysterious and groove-laden offering.
Joel Ross - The Parable of the Poet
The vibraphonist leads his octet on this evocative, spiritually minded album-length suite.
Joey Alexander - Origin
The pianist comes into his own on this soulful and enveloping album of all-original post-bop.
John Beasley / Maria Mendes / Metropole Orkest - Saudade, Colour Of Love
A lush Brazilian jazz collaboration between the Portuguese vocalist, Walter Beasley, and the Dutch Metropole Orkest.
John Escreet - Seismic Shift
The first-ever trio album from the U.K.-born, L.A.-based pianist is bold and unpredictable.
Julia Hülsmann / Julia Hülsmann Quartet - The Next Door
This 12-track set offers evidence of the abundant musical and aesthetic growth of this quartet, without forsaking their sound signature.
Julian Lage - View With a Room
On his sophomore Blue Note leader date, the guitarist expands his longtime trio with guitarist Bill Frisell in a program of bracing originals.
Julius Rodriguez - Let Sound Tell All
Hypnotic jazz mixed with a post-modern, hip-hop, and electronic-influenced production distinguish the genre-bending pianist's Verve debut.
Kirk Knuffke - Gravity Without Airs
An artfully textural double album from the cornetist's trio with pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist Michael Bisio.
Kris Davis / Marcus Gilmore / Dave Holland / Harish Raghavan / Joel Ross / Walter Smith III / Matthew Stevens - In Common III
The collaboration between saxophonist Smith and guitarist Stevens takes on mutable atmospheres with bassist Dave Holland.
Makaya McCraven -In These Times
Seven years in the making, this cumulative effort enlists a dozen collaborators who recorded in five studios and four gigs.
Mal Waldron - Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert
A lost solo concert recording from France reveals the pianist at the very height of his improvising powers.
Mark Turner - Return from the Stars
The followup to the saxophonist's 2014 quartet album Lathe of Heaven also draws inspiration from a classic sci-fi novel.
Marta Sánchez / Marta Sánchez - SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum)
The Madrid-born, New York-based pianist explores the duality of identity with her boundary-pushing quintet.
Martin Bejerano - #CubanAmerican
The Miami pianist brings his kaleidoscopic world view into sharp focus, blending post-bop jazz, Cuban rhythms, and synthy fusion.
Mary Halvorson - Amaryllis
One of two simultaneously issued albums by the guitarist, this offers compelling new compositions for sextet alone and with a chamber ensemble.
Melissa Aldana - 12 Stars
The Chilean-born saxophonist joins Norwegian guitarist Lage Lund for this enveloping, sonically textured quintet album.
Miguel Zenón -Música de las Américas
The alto saxophonist and veteran quartet investigate the cultural history of pre-and post-colonial peoples and places on this ambitious outing.
Myra Melford / Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet - For the Love of Fire and Water
The recorded debut of the pianist's all-woman supergroup combines formal composition, scripted dialogue, and free improvisation.
Nduduzo Makhathini - In the Spirit of Ntu
On his tenth album, the South African pianist and composer sums up his musical philosophy thus far with a star-studded, homegrown cast and guests.
Noah Garabedian - Consider the Stars Beneath Us
The bassist's enveloping quartet album produced by electro-acoustic composer Samuel Adams.
Oded Tzur - Isabela
The second ECM album from the Israeli-born saxophonist and his quartet is brief, emotionally resonant, and revelatory.
Oren Ambarchi - Shebang
A constantly evolving piece divided into several movements, threading together post-minimalism, chamber jazz, ambient country, and more.
RedKoral Quartet / Wadada Leo Smith - Wadada Leo Smith: String Quartets Nos. 1-12
In celebration of the composer's 80th birthday, Finland's TUM issues this seven-disc box marking the inaugural recording of his work for strings.
Snarky Puppy - Empire Central
A tangible, infectiously funky homage to the group's Dallas-area roots.
Song Yi Jeon ~ Vinicius Gomes / Vinicius Gomes / Song-Yi Jeon - Home
The vocal and guitar duo weave together Brazilian traditions, classical, and ECM-style chamber jazz on their nuanced debut.
Steve Lehman / Sélébéyone - Xaybu: The Unseen
After six years, the provocative international outfit returns to deliver a more abstract, rhythmically intense, and confrontational second album.
Svaneborg Kardyb - Over Tage
Elliptical folk-jazz melodies and ambient soundscapes grounded in steady, IDM-inflected grooves.
The Comet Is Coming - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
The fourth album by this futurist electro-jazz trio was improvised over four days, then deconstructed and reassembled into apocalyptic party music.
Theo Croker - Love Quantum
The trumpeter continues to embrace a funky, spiritually minded blend of Afrofuturist jazz and hip-hop on his seventh album.
Timothy Norton - Visions of Phaedrus
The debut sextet album of smoky, enveloping post-bop from the New York bassist.
Tom Skinner - Voices of Bishara
The first album where this storied London drummer assumes a directorial role is subtle and otherworldly, using editing to bend strong jazz performances into unexpected shapes.
Trish Clowes - A View With a Room
The Greenleaf Music debut of the veteran English saxophonist and composer and her killer quartet, My Iris.
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews - Lifted
More than any of his previous albums, this set most closely resembles the unbridled energy of a Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue gig.
Tumi Mogorosi - Group Theory: Black Music
The South African drummer leads a jazz quintet, sextet, and a choir in juxtaposing post-bop, spiritual jazz, and vanguard gospel on this bracing date.
Tyler Mitchell - Dancing Shadows
A truly spirited session led by Sun Ra Arkestra bassist Tyler Mitchell and 97-year-old Marshall Allen, sounding energetic as ever.
Vadim Neselovskyi - Odesa
A loving, gorgeously evocative tribute to the Ukrainian jazz pianist's hometown.
Wadada Leo Smith - The Emerald Duets
TUM Records' final box set commemorating Wadada Leo Smith's 80th birthday includes duos with four spectacular drummers.
William Parker - Universal Tonality
2002 loft recording by the bassist with 16 musicians of varying cultures, ages, and musical comport "breathe together" as improvisers.