Лучшие джазовые альбомы 2019 по версии AllMusic / Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019
Jazz as a genre remained as unpredictable as its music in 2019, with some of the year's best recordings drawing inspiration from sources like Rodin's sculptures (Jeremy Pelt) or watching a loved one suffer from Parkinson's disease (Jim Snidero), while also offering tributes to icons like Django Reinhardt (James Carter) and John Coltrane (Poncho Sanchez, Teodross Avery).
Allison Miller / Jenny Scheinman
Parlour Game
The two bandleaders team up on a relaxed and effortlessly creative quartet album of winsome folk-jazz.
Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom / Allison Miller
Glitter Wolf
An exuberant road trip of an album cross-pollinated with Latin and New Orleans grooves, klezmer harmonies, and far-eyed jazz modalism.
Black Monument Ensemble / Damon Locks
Where Future Unfolds
The Chicago ensemble led by Damon Locks weds poetry to prewar African-American gospel, spiritual jazz, and politics into a sublime whole.
Branford Marsalis / Branford Marsalis Quartet
The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
The saxophonist pays homage to his late mother, balancing moments of ruminative sadness with buoyant evocations of joy.
Bremer/McCoy
Utopia
Enveloping Luaka Bop debut from the Danish instrumental duo that begs to be listened to in one sitting.
Brian Krock
Liddle
The dynamic solo debut from saxophonist Krock that plays like a small group version of his Big Heart Machine big-band album.
Brooklyn Rider / Joshua Redman
Sun on Sand
Composer Patrick Zimmerli's engaging, hybridized jazz and classical suite features saxophonist Joshua and chamber ensemble Brooklyn Rider.
Carmen Sandim
Play Doh
The Brazilian-born, Colorado-based pianist's second album of harmonically sophisticated jazz.
Christian Scott
Ancestral Recall
A culturally aware, musically expansive dreamscape of an album from the New Orleans-born trumpeter.
Dave Meder
Passage
The jazz pianist's engaging debut balances post-bop harmonies with a soulful gospel warmth and contemporary classical sophistication.
Ethan Iverson
Common Practice
A deeply engaging, often playful live concert featuring the former Bad Plus pianist's quartet and trumpeter Tom Harrell.
Hiromi
Spectrum
On the eve of her 40th birthday, the virtuoso pianist surveys what she's learned and integrated into her music over the last decade.
Idan Morim
I.M.
A warmly intimate, yet still harmonically expansive debut from the Israeli-born jazz guitarist.
Itamar Borochov
Blue Nights
An enveloping, nocturnal third album from the Israeli jazz trumpeter, further exploring his post-bop, Sephardic, and North African influences.
James Carter / James Carter Organ Trio
Live from Newport Jazz
The Detroit saxophonist and his organ trio offer soul-jazz reworkings of Django Reinhardt songs on this ebullient live concert.
Jazzmeia Horn
Love and Liberation
The award-winning jazz vocalist offers an ebullient, deeply soulful sophomore album.
Jeremy Pelt
The Artist
A warmly evocative album inspired by the work of French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
Jim Snidero
Waves of Calm
A dusky, sophisticated album from the saxophonist influenced by his father's struggle with Parkinson's disease.
Joe Lovano
Trio Tapestry
A richly atmospheric set featuring the saxophonist's trio with pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Carmen Castaldi.
Joe Lovano / Enrico Rava
Roma
An engaging live performance featuring the two jazz masters recorded in Italy in 2018.
Joey DeFrancesco
In the Key of the Universe
The organist/trumpeter is joined by Pharoah Sanders on a quartet album that evokes the spiritual jazz movement of the late 1960s.
Jon Batiste
Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard
The bandleader's second album of joyous, soulful jazz recorded during his 2018 residency at the Village Vanguard.
Julian Lage
Love Hurts
Cut at Wilco's studio with bassist Jorge Roeder and the Bad Plus' Dave King, this killer set of mostly covers traverses rock, jazz, country, and pop.
Kneebody
Chapters
The Los Angeles jazz outfit collaborates with several vocalists on this accessible, yet still boundary-pushing outing.
Larry Grenadier
The Gleaners
The veteran musician's solo double bass project is remarkably accessible with its diversity, ambition, and direct, accessible approach.
Marilyn Crispell / Tyshawn Sorey
The Adornment of Time
This hour-plus live encounter is imaginative, poetic, and far reaching in both communication and discovery.
Matana Roberts
Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis
Utilizing a new band, the artist digs further into her family's history, and American and cultural mythology, delivering a necessary entry in her large project.
Mats Eilertsen / Harmen Fraanje / Thomas Strønen
And Then Comes the Night
A beautiful, beguiling album with an almost spiritual grace, by three players at the top of their game.
Muriel Grossmann
Reverence
With a Hammond B-3 organist added to her distinctive quartet, the saxophonist explores a spiritual intersection between modal jazz and African polyrhythms.
Nérija
Blume
An earthy debut from the London jazz group that sounds like a mix of the Jazz Messengers and Hugh Masekela.
Poncho Sanchez
Trane's Delight
The conguero's first album in seven years is a masterful tribute to the influence of saxophonist John Coltrane on his own career.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
A Tuba to Cuba
The jubilant soundtrack to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's tour documentary film of Cuba.
Imaginary Friends
Evocative third ECM date from the trumpeter, and first to feature his This Against That group with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane.
Snarky Puppy
Immigrance
A cinematic blend of funky grooves that marry '80s new age flow with earthy blues-rock riffage and contemporary jazz sophistication.
Steve Lehman / Steve Lehman Trio / Craig Taborn
The People I Love
With his longtime rhythm section and pianist Craig Taborn, the saxophonist urgently revisits his own compositions, his peers', and Autechre's.
Teodross Avery
After the Rain: A Night for Coltrane
A dynamic live tribute to Coltrane recorded by the Bay Area saxophonist and his quartet.
Terri Lyne Carrington / Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science
Waiting Game
Showcasing her new band, the drummer offers many articulations of modern jazz as they intersect with topical protest and pop culture.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
We Are on the Edge: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
On its first studio recording in 15 years, the ensemble and friends declare that their creative ethos will be carried forward into a sixth decade.
The Bad Plus
Activate Infinity
Here the trio provides ample, canny evidence that they are a fully integrated persona whose collective heart is full of jazz imagination.
The Comet Is Coming
Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
On its Impulse! debut, the the U.K.'s futurist trio create an evolutionary new jazz music from traditions past and present.
Theo Croker
Star People Nation
A cosmic fusion of jazz, electronic traditions, hip-hop, and R&B inform the trumpeter's elevated fifth album produced by Karriem Riggins.
Todd Marcus
Trio+
The Baltimore bass clarinetist offers a textured mix of trio and quartet performances.
Tomeka Reid / Tomeka Reid Quartet
Old New
The second offering by this all-star quartet crisscrosses jazz styles and traditions while remaining exceptionally accessible.
Wallace Roney
Blue Dawn-Blue Nights
The trumpeter collaborates with his younger band, as well as veteran drummer Lenny White, on this expansive set.
Whit Dickey / The Tao Quartets
Peace Planet/Box of Light
With two bands comprised of longtime associates, the drummer and composer illustrates a union of free jazz players past and present.
Yazz Ahmed
Polyhymnia
Accompanied by more than 30 players, the British-Bahraini composer and instrumentalist delivers a tribute suite to iconic women.
Yonathan Avishai / Avishai Cohen
Playing the Room
A lyrical, deeply rhapsodic duo collaboration between trumpeter Avishai Cohen and pianist Yonathan Avishai.
Joe Lovano
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