Лучшиее джазовые альбомы 2023 по версии Allmusic / Favorite jazz albums of 2023
В 2023 году не было недостатка в выдающихся джазовых исполнителях: Элисон Браун (на фото) напомнила нам, что банджо имеет богатую историю в джазе, потрясающие живые сеты от Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding и The Art Ensemble of Chicago, в то время как влияние хип-хопа сильно отразилось на ярких альбомах Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Alfa Mist и Kassa Overall.
Aaron Diehl / Aaron Diehl & the Knights Orchestra / The Knights - Zodiac Suite
The jazz pianist brings Mary Lou Williams' ambitious, often overlooked 1945 suite into sharp focus.
Alfa Mist - Variables
Reflective yet optimistic album from the multi-talented London musician, melding fusion jazz, R&B, hip-hop, and other genres.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Lonnie Liston Smith / Adrian Younge - Lonnie Liston Smith JID017
Following a 25-year hiatus, Jazz Is Dead's bosses coax the great jazz and fusion pianist back into the studio to record a sublime funky jazz and R&B set.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Phil Ranelin / Adrian Younge / Wendell Harrison - Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison JID016
Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad bring Detroit's Tribe founders into the Linear Labs studio and realize a dream.
Alison Brown - On Banjo
On her first recording in eight years, the restlessly creative banjoist, quintet, and special guests deliver an innovative, wildly diverse set.
Allison Miller - Rivers in Our Veins
An ecstatic celebration of America's vital waterways mixing jazz, folk, and tap-dancing traditions.
Artemis - In Real Time
The vibrant sophomore album of post-bop jazz from the all-star jazz sextet.
Arturo O'Farrill - Legacies
On his first piano trio date in nearly 20 years, the great bandleader and his trio reinvent standards and a couple of complex originals.
Asher Gamedze - Turbulence and Pulse
On his second full-length, the South African drummer and composer leads his quintet through an exploration of time.
Billy Childs - The Winds of Change
A nuanced quartet album that evokes the moody atmosphere of West Coast film noir.
Bokani Dyer - Radio Sechaba
The South African musician's Brownswood debut album weds township traditions to jazz, soul, funk, Latin, and slinky Afrobeat.
Brandee Younger - Brand New Life
The harpist blends '70s-style soul-jazz with her own boldly contemporary aesthetic.
Brian Blade / Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band - Kings Highway
Original guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel rejoins the drummer's band for a warm, '70s fusion-inspired seventh album.
Buster Williams - Unalome
The legendary bassist showcases vocalist Jean Baylor on this gorgeous quintet album.
Butcher Brown - Solar Music
The Virginia-based quintet and a number of first-call guests deliver what is arguably the most elegant, soulful party album of the year.
Carlos Niño - (I'm just) Chillin', on Fire
Meditative, poetic reflections and improvisations with guest appearances by Kamasi Washington, André 3000, Laraaji, and many others.
Christian Dillingham - Cascades
The organic and creatively engaging debut album from the Ohio-born bassist.
Christian McBride / Christian McBride's New Jawn - Prime
The sophomore album from the bassist's exploratory, avant-garde quartet.
Cécile McLorin Salvant - Melusine
The singer imbues the folktale of a half-serpent maiden with layered meaning and blends French chanson, jazz, Baroque music, and Afro-Latin traditions.
Emily Kuhn - Ghosts Of Us
The twilight-textured sophomore album from the Chicago jazz trumpeter.
Fred Hersch / Esperanza Spalding - Alive at the Village Vanguard
An intimate yet dazzlingly playful and improvisatory duo performance captured at the iconic Greenwich Village club.
GoGo Penguin - Everything Is Going to Be OK
The British jazz trio reflect on tragedy and loss while producing some of their most comforting and optimistic music.
Harold López-Nussa - Timba a la Americana
On his Blue Note debut, the Cuban pianist and a killer band weave Latin jazz, post-bop, blues, French chanson, and global funk.
High Pulp - Days in the Desert
The Seattle collective conjures a dreamscape of fractalized electronic grooves and improvisatory jazz.
Idris Ackamoor / Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids - Afro Futuristic Dreams
The saxophonist's and bandleader's largest lineup to date joins musical traditions from past and present in a new, boundaryless direction
Irreversible Entanglements - Protect Your Light
The band's Impulse! debut is at once fierce and focused, as they've learned to use the recording studio as a musical instrument.
Itamar Borochov - Arba
The Israeli-born trumpeter's boldly realized fourth album and debut for Greenleaf Records.
Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
The posthumous final album from the maverick trumpeter and singer is an exuberant encapsulation of her punk-jazz ethos.
James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet - For Mahalia, with Love
The saxophonist reunites his Red Lily Quintet to explore the music and example of iconic gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
Joe Chambers - Dance Kobina
On his third Blue Note leader date, the veteran drummer/composer links jazz, Latin, and African music by focusing his attention on guaguancó.
Joey Alexander - Continuance
The pianist continues to come into his own on this soulful album with trumpeter Theo Croker.
John Carroll Kirby - Blowout
Written in Costa Rica, the keyboardist's album weds contemporary jazz-funk, electronics, and Caribbean sounds in this exotic mélange.
Jovia Armstrong - Inception
The drummer blends '70s fusion sounds with contemporary funk and hip-hop grooves.
Kaisa's Machine - Taking Shape
A dreamlike blend of post-bop jazz and contemporary fusion mark the sophomore album from the bassist's group.
Kassa Overall - Animals
On his WARP debut, the Seattle-based drummer and rapper assembles an excellent cast to showcase his illuminating jazz-hop.
Kofi Flexxx - Flowers in the Dark
The provocative long-player by Shabaka Hutchings' futurist jazz-hop quintet includes guests from North America, South Asia, and South Africa.
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix
The composer and saxophonist returns with a provocative, insightful, musically adventurous album centering on feminism and spirituality.
Linda May Han Oh - The Glass Hours
The bassist leads a virtuosic, vocal-centric ensemble on her third album for Biophilia.
London Brew - London Brew
Inspired by Miles Davis' seminal Bitches Brew, this collective of London jazz musicians met and improvised for three days in realizing this set.
Marc Ribot / Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - Connection
The powerfully unhinged fifth album from the maverick guitarist's trio.
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden
The composer reflects on reproductive rights, chronicling inequality in Black women's pregnancies from an ancestor's tragic story to the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Max Light - Henceforth
The guitarist evokes the crisp style of Pat Martino on this luminous quartet date.
Melanie Charles / Mark de Clive-Lowe / Shigeto - Hotel San Claudio
Loose, spontaneous, and uplifting cross-genre collaboration guided by the spirit of Pharoah Sanders.
Michael Blake - Dance of the Mystic Bliss
The saxophonist's harmonically vibrant blend of jazz, string music, and globally minded rhythms.
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques, Vol. 1
The Los Angeles-based musical polymath took 14 years and dozens of musicians to record his triple-length debut studio album.
Natural Information Society - Since Time Is Gravity
The Chicago-based ensemble with tenor great Ari Brown as a special guest deliver a trancelike exercise in modal jazz and circular rhythm.
Pascal Le Boeuf - Ritual Being
A boldly realized, conceptually thought-provoking blend of orchestral classical strings and chamber jazz.
Pat Metheny - Dream Box
Covers and originals recorded solo over several years have been re-envisioned and re-edited to create a canny set of electric guitar ballads.
Rachael & Vilray - I Love a Love Song!
The duo's sophomore album of romantic 1940s- and '50s-inspired jazz and traditional pop.
Rez Abbasi / Josh Feinberg / Naya Baaz - Charm
The debut album from the genre-bending jazz guitar and Indian sitar quartet.
Rob Mazurek / Exploding Star Orchestra / Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble - Lightning Dreamers
Paring the Exploding Star Orchestra down to an octet with new members opens sonic, musical, and experimental possibilities for the group.
Rudy Royston - Day
The drummer's second album with his rustically cinematic chamber jazz group.
Sam Gendel - COOKUP
The experimental saxophonist applies his deconstructed approach to R&B hits of the 1990s and 2000s.
Simon Moullier - Isla
An engagingly rapturous quartet album from the French vibraphonist.
SLUGish Ensemble - In Solitude
An atmospheric blend of modal jazz and post-rock influences marks the Bay Area group's third album.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris
Recorded at the Sons d'hiver Festival in 2020, this amazing gig featuring 21 musicians commemorates AEC's arrival in Paris in 1968.
The Necks - Travel
The trio's 19th studio album showcases a new m.o. recording the 20-minute jams they commence rehearsals with.
Tyshawn Sorey / Tyshawn Sorey Trio - Continuing
The drummer/composer/educator and collaborators present a brilliantly pointillistic, polymetric, authoritatively evolved language for jazz piano trio.
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
The drummer/composer's debut studio album is a sprawling 19-track musical autobiography wedding electric jazz to R&B, funk, reggae, and Afrobeat.