Лучшие джазовые альбомы 2018 по версии AllMusic / Favorite Jazz Albums of 2018
The jazz world remained unpredictable and fascinating as ever in 2018, including the virtuosic, meticulously-edited latest from Makaya McCraven, drummer Jamison Ross' nuanced sophomore release, and the unveiling of a lost album from John Coltrane.
Andy Sheppard Quartet / Andy Sheppard
Romaria
An essential addition to the saxophonist's catalog and a fine extension of 2015's Surrounded by the Sea.
Bill Frisell
Music IS
The guitarist's second album of intimate, layered solo performances, featuring new songs and reworked favorites.
Bobo Stenson / Bobo Stenson Trio
Contra la Indecisión
On their first effort in six years, the trio traverse folk songs, classical pieces, and a slew of originals with lyricism and brilliant colors.
Brad Mehldau / Brad Mehldau Trio
Seymour Reads the Constitution!
A warmly rendered set of originals and unexpected cover songs from the lauded pianist and his trio.
Brandon Coleman
Resistance
Joyous, Herbie-inspired electronic funk from a musician heard on releases from Kamasi Washington, Flying Lotus, and Boney James.
Brian Blade / Scott Colley / Ron Miles / Joshua Redman
Still Dreaming
A thoughtful yet still adventurous celebration of Dewey Redman and Ornette Coleman's Old and New Dreams band.
Chris Lightcap
Superette
Chris Lightcap returns with a great new band and his most rock-influenced outing to date.
Christian McBride / Christian McBride's New Jawn
Christian McBride's New Jawn
An adventurous pianoless quartet session from the bassist.
Cyrus Chestnut
Kaleidoscope
An expansive trio date featuring jazz reworkings of several classical pieces.
Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Window
A dusky, intimate, and yet virtuosic duo session featuring the singer and pianist Sullivan Fortner.
Electric Squeezebox Orchestra / Erik Jekabson
The Falling Dream
This Bay area big band uses Latin jazz as its muse for this kaleidoscopic travelog through swing, salsa, post-bop and more.
Elephant9
Greatest Show on Earth
Returning to the trio format after working with guitarists, the Norwegian organ trio deliver jazz-rock with deft imagination and an often dazzling intensity.
Eliane Elias
Music from Man of La Mancha
From the vault comes this previously unissued set of music from the iconic musical featuring two all-star rhythm sections.
Elina Duni
Partir
On her first solo outing, the Albanian-Swiss singer/songwriter delivers 12 songs in nine languages about love, leaving, and loss.
GoGo Penguin
A Humdrum Star
The British trio's second Blue Note album finds them diving even deeper into a flowing, atmospheric, electronic-influenced sound.
Jack DeJohnette / Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock
After the Fall
The pianist's standards trio captured live in 1998; this double disc ranges from ballads to bop and beyond in an exhilarating performance.
Jakob Bro
Returnings
The Danish guitarist's third ECM album is an atmospheric set featuring trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg.
Jamison Ross
All for One
An exuberant, deeply felt sophomore album of genre-bending jazz, gospel, and R&B from the award-winning vocalist and drummer.
Joey DeFrancesco / Van Morrison
You're Driving Me Crazy
On his third album in seven months, the Celtic soul man teams with Joey DeFrancesco for a set of jazz standards and redone catalog jams.
John Coltrane
Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
Originally thought to be lost, an adventurous, invigorating album culled from a March 1963 session by Coltrane's classic quartet.
Jon Hassell
Listening to Pictures
On his first album in nine years, the octogenarian trumpeter/theorist extrapolates on his Fourth World concept as he moves toward new sonic frontiers.
Julian Lage
Modern Lore
The guitarist returns to his Telecaster and Arclight trio to explore the rootsy rhythms and textures of rock on this intimate, carefree outing.
Kamasi Washington
Heaven & Earth
On his sophomore full-length, the Los Angeles-based saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader retains his maximalist aesthetic to excellent effect.
Kenny Barron / Kenny Barron Quintet
Concentric Circles
The acclaimed jazz pianist marks his 75th birthday by expanding his trio to a quintet for his engaging Blue Note debut.
Kristjan Randalu
Absence
This ECM debut from the Estonian pianist has a very modern sensibility that evokes a watery northern European light.
Kurt Elling
The Questions
Elling's second album with saxophonist Branford Marsalis is a deeply poetic, lyrical set.
Little Big / Aaron Parks
Little Big
A decade after Invisible Cinema, the journeyman pianist, bandleader and composer delivers a sequel performed by an illustrious new quartet.
Luciana Souza
The Book of Longing
The Brazilian vocalist/composer pairs poems by Leonard Cohen and others with sparse accompaniment and her tender vocals in a work of striking originality.
Makaya McCraven
Universal Beings
The drummer's "organic beat music" is articulated brilliantly by editing the music of four different ensembles improvising live in four cities.
Mary Halvorson
Code Girl
The guitarist and composer's new quintet juxtaposes and recontextualizes avant-jazz, rock, folk, and improvisation in 14 provocative songs.
Matthew Shipp
Zero
On this effort, the pianist simultaneously delivers his most accessible solo recording, and the one most densely packed with provocative information.
Nels Cline / Nels Cline 4
Currents, Constellations
The two guitarists expand the collective reach of their 2014 date Room with electricity and a rhythm section and the results are stunning.
Nelson Ayres / John Surman / Rob Waring
Invisible Threads
This trio with pianist Nelson Ayres and mallet percussionist Rob Waring explores melodic improvisation and group interplay with verve and elegance.
Nicola Conte / Spiritual Galaxy
Let Your Light Shine On
The Italian composer and bandleader with his live band and guests deliver a captivating exercise in what he calls "Cosmic Afro Soul."
Nicole Mitchell
Maroon Cloud
A diverse, major new work from the flutist-composer examines the numerous possibilities a developed imagination provides for personal and societal transformation.
Nik Bärtsch / Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Awase
Reconvening Ronin for the first time since 2012, the composer and pianist builds out his brand of pulsing, improvisatory Zen funk.
Norma Winstone
Descansado: Songs for Films
The iconic British jazz singer delivers a poignant and provocative collection of songs by film composers -- some with original lyrics.
R+R=Now
Collagically Speaking
The debut album of progressive, thought-provoking, groove-based jazz from keyboardist Robert Glasper's supergroup.
Samuel Blaser / Samuel Blaser Quartet
Early in the Mornin'
An earthy evocation of blues and folk traditions spun through with the trombonist's mystic free jazz energy.
Sons of Kemet
Your Queen Is a Reptile
The ensemble led by Shabaka Hutchings debuts on Impulse! with a political album that sounds like a street party in the making.
Steve Tibbetts
Life Of
On his first recording in eight years, the guitarist/pianist, with percussion and cello, gently examines the episodic nature of life along.
Supersilent
14
Fourteen albums in, Norway's mysterious improv trio strip their sound to its essences, delivering a musical language without boundaries.
Tangents
New Bodies
Australian quintet Tangents continue to display their "post-everything" approach to improvisation on their third full-length.
Terence Blanchard
Live
The trumpeter leads his fusion group the E-Collective in a series of impactful live shows in cities that have suffered tragic deaths from gun violence.
Till Brönner / Günter Sommer
Baby's Party
A surprisingly warm and relaxed set of trumpet and percussion improvisations between the German jazz luminaries.
Tord Gustavsen / Tord Gustavsen Trio
The Other Side
The pianist returns to the trio format for the first time in 11 years in a program of compelling originals, classical adaptations, and traditional songs.
Trygve Seim
Helsinki Songs
Leading his first conventional jazz quartet in two decades, the Norwegian saxophonist pays tribute to many sources of inspiration.
Wayne Shorter
Emanon
A conceptual four-part studio suite with orchestra, a graphic novel (enclosed), and two live discs showcasing a vital quartet, make this a compelling package.
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Where the River Goes
Most of the quintet from the guitarist's Rising Grace returns -- with Eric Harland on drums -- delivering original tunes in deeply intuitive interplay.
Yellowjackets
Raising Our Voice
A warm, stylistically varied set from the veteran crossover jazz ensemble featuring Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza.