FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2020

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio featuring Johnathan Blake. Without Deception. Dare2

Lakecia Benjamin. Pursuance: The Coltranes. Ropeadope

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Just Coolin'. Blue Note

Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow. Life Goes On. ECM

Blue Note Re:Imagined. Blue Note

John Coltrane. Giant Steps: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Rhino

Wayne Escoffery. The Humble Warrior. Smoke Sessions Records

Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band. The Intangible Between. Smoke Sessions Records

Ella Fitzgerald. The Lost Berlin Tapes. Verve

Bill Frisell. Valentine. Blue Note Records

Jacob Garchik. Clear Line. Yestereve Records

Kely García y Rubén Reinaldo. Acuarel. Free Code Jazz Records

Lafayette Gilchrist. Now. Lafayette Gilchrist

Mary Halvorson's Code Girl. Artlessly falling. Firehouse 12

Tigram Hamasyan. The Call Within. Nonesuch Records

Stan IB Trio. Confluences. Records DK

Ahmad Jamal. AHMAD JAMAL At The Pershing' And Other 'Live' Recordings 1958-59". Acrobat

Keith Jarrett. Budapest Concert. ECM

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The Music of Wayne Shorter. Blue Engine

The JCA Orchestra. Live at the BPC. JCA Recordings

Jyoti. Mama, you can bet! Georgia Anne Muldrow / eOne

Nick Keeling. Queensgate. Torn Light

Charles Lloyd. 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero). Blue Note Records

Rudresh Mahanthappa. Hero trio. Whirlwind Recordings

Pablo Martín Caminero. Bost. Bost

Baldo Martínez, Juan Saiz, Lucía Martínez. Frágil Gigante. Leo Records

Christian McBride Big Band. For Jimmy Wes and Oliver. Mack Avenue Records

Zara McFarlane. Songs of an Unknown Tongue. Brownswood Recordings

Pat Metheny. From This Place. Nonesuch Records

Ron Miles. Rainbow Sign. Blue Note Records

Thelonious Monk. Palo Alto. Impulse!

Enrique Oliver & Jaume Llombart. Everything I Love. Underpool

Jeff Parker. Suite for Max Brown. International Anthem

Ester Quevedo Quintet. Trabalenguas. Underpool

Redman Mehldau McBride Blade. RoundAgain (Nonesuch)

Sonny Rollins. Rollins in Holland. Resonance Records

Felix Rossy Quintet Live. Looking At The Surroundings. Underpool

Chema Saiz. Solo Album. Volumen Dos. Errabal Jazz

Miguel Salvador Quartet. Hamar Urte Geroago. Diez Años Después. Errabal Jazz

Moisés P. Sánchez Project. There's Always Madness. Uno / Moisés P. Sánchez

Maria Schneider Orchestra. Data Lords. ArtistShare

Shabaka And The Ancestors. We Are Sent Here By History. Impulse!

Sergi Sirvent & David Viñolas. Recreacions tímbriques. De Mompou a Bartók Vol. II. Selfish Records

Neil Swainson Quintet. 49th Parallel. Real to Reel

The Tiptons Sax Quartet & Drums. Wabi Sabi. Sowiesound

María Toro. Fume. María Toro

Gonzalo del Val. Cancionero. Fresh Sound New Talent

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