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Geoffrey Himes

18 Dec 2023 8:27 AM | Geoffrey Himes

BEST JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2023:

 

  • 1.      Piernick Pedron & Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Pedron & Rubalcaba (Gazebo)
  • 2.      Lafayette Gilchrist:  Undaunted (Morphius) 
  • 3.      Allison Miller: Rivers in Our Veins (Royal Potato Family)
  • 4.      Ivo Perelman-Matthew Shipp: Triptych (ESP-Disk)
  • 5.      Rudy Royston: Day (Greenleaf)
  • 6.      Johnathan Blake: Passages (Blue Note)
  • 7.      Cecile McLorin Salvant: Melusine (Nonesuch)
  • 8.      Koppel Colley Blade  Perspective (Nu)
  • 9.      Orrin Evans: The Red Door (Smoke Sessions)
  • 10.  James Brandon Lewis & the Red Lily Quintet: For Mahalia with Love (Tao Forms)
  • 11.  Tyshawn Sorey Trio: Continuing (Pi)
  • 12.  John Scofield: Uncle John's Band (ECM)
  • 13.  Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)
  • 14.  Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread (ECM)
  • 15.  Walter Smith III: Return to Casual (Blue Note)
  • 16.  Dan Weiss Trio: Dedication (Cygnus)
  • 17.  Magos Herrera: Aire (Sunnyside)
  • 18.  Bela Fleck-Zakir Hussain-Edgar Meyer: As We Speak (Thirty Tigers)
  • 19.  Susan Alcorn & Septeto del Sur: Canto (Relative Pitch)
  • 20.  Christian McBride's New Jawn: Prime (Mack Avenue)

 

BEST NON-JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2023:

 

  • 1.      Jon Dee Graham: Only Dead for a While (Strollin’ Bones)
  • 2.      Jerry Joseph: Baby, You're the Man Who Would Be King (Cosmo Sex School)
  • 3.      Charley Crockett: Live from the Ryman Auditorium  (Son of Davy)
  • 4.      SZA: SOS (Top Dawg, RCA)
  • 5.      boygenius: The Record (Matador)
  • 6.      Ashley McBryde: The Devil I Know (Warner Nashville)
  • 7.      Zach Bryan: Zach Bryan (Warner Nashville)
  • 8.      Buddy & Julie Miller: In the Throes (New West)
  • 9.      Olivia Rodrigo: Guts (Geffen)
  • 10.  Martin Hayes & the Common Ground Ensemble: Peggy’s Dream (251)
  • 11.  The Nude Party: The Nude Party Rides On (New West)
  • 12.  Low Cut Connie: Art Dealers (Contender)
  • 13.  Martin Zellar: Head West (Owen Lee)
  • 14.  Iris DeMent: Workin’ on a World (Flariella)
  • 15.  Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Weathervanes (Southeastern)
  • 16.  The Young Fathers: Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
  • 17.  Lucero: Should’ve Learned by Now (Liberty & Lament)
  • 18.  Ray Bonneville: On the Blind Side  (Stonefly)
  • 19.  Joy Oladokun: Proof of Life (Amigo/Republic/Verve Forecast)
  • 20.  Robbie Fulks: Bluegrass Vacation (Compass)
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