Redaksjonene i de viktigste, europeiske jazzmagasinene har avsagt sin dom. Og her er deres kåring av de fem beste jazzutgivelsene i 2024:
Jacek Brun, www.jazz-fun.de:
RED HERING Butter bei die Fische (Double Moon Records)
MICHAEL ARBENZ Classicism (Self Release)
STEFAN SCHÖLER TRIO Folklore (Double Moon)
MAIK KRAHL The Magic of Consistency (Challenge Records)
BIRGITTA FLICK, ANTJE RÖßELER Sending a Phoenix (wismART)
Paweł Brodowski, Jazz Forum:
MILTON NASCIMENTO & ESPERANZA SPALDING Milton + esperanza (Concord)
MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO No More Water (Blue Note)
VIJAY IYER/LINDA MAY HAN OH/TYSHAWN SOREY Compassion (ECM)
CHARLES LLOYD The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
MOŻDŻER DANIELSSON FRESCO Beamo (TT, Poland)
Mike Flynn, Jazzwise:
MILTON NASCIMENTO AND ESPERANZA SPALDING Milton + Esperanza (Concord Jazz)
PAT METHENY MoonDial (BMG/Modern Recordings)
SAMARA JOY Portrait (Verve)
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS Transfiguration (Intakt)
TIGRAN HAMASYAN The Bird Of A Thousand Voices (Believe Recordings)
Krzysztof Komorek, Donos kulturalny:
JOACHIM KÜHN FRENCH TRIO The Way (ACT)
MAREK POSPIESZALSKI OCTET & ZOH AMBA Now (Instant Classic)
NORMA WINSTONE, KIT DOWNES Outpost of Dreams (ECM)
TYSHAWN SOREY FEAT. AARON DIEHL & HARISH RAGHAVAN The Susceptible Now (Pi Recordings)
TOMASZ DABROWSKI AND THE INDIVIDUAL BEINGS Better (April Records)
Jan Granlie, salt-peanuts.eu:
JESSICA ACKERLEY All Of the Colours Are Singing, (AKP Recordings)
LARS-GÖRAN ULANDER Öppet 02 | Två (Caprice)
NILS ØKLAND BAND Gjenskinn, (Hubro Records)
ANDREA GROSSI BLEND 3 + JIM BLACK Axes (We Insist Records)
SUE RYNHART / HUW WARREN / DAN BODWELL say pluto (Mrsuesue Records)
Dick Hovenga, Written in Music:
SURYA BOTOFASINA Ashram Sun ((Spiritmuse)
JAKE LONG Swamp City (New Soil)
SHABAKA Percive Its Beauty, Ackowledge Its Grace (Impulse)
ARILD ANDERSEN/DANIEL SOMMERS/ROB LUFT As Time Passes (April Music)
RUTH GOLLER Skyllumina (International Anthem)
Christine Stephan, JAZZTHETIK:
KRIS DAVIS’ DIATOM RIBBONS Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
ORBIT KID Orbit Kid Society (Berthold Records)
LAURIE ANDERSON Amelia (Nonesuch)
NUBYA GARCIA Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
TIGRAN HAMASYAN The Bird of a Thousand Voices (Naïve)
Viktor Bensusan, jazzdergisi.com:
JOHN ZORN Nothing Is As Real As Nothing (Tzadik)
ARVE HENRIKSEN & HARMEN FRAANJE Touch of Time (ECM)
SÖNDÖRGŐ FEAT. CHRIS POTTER Gyezz (GroundUP)
WADADA LEO SMITH & AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook Records)
BEN WENDEL Understory Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition Records)
Nuno Catarino, jazz.pt:
VIJAY IYER Compassion (ECM)
AMARO FREITAS Y’y (Psychic Hotline)
OLD MOUNTAIN Another State Of Rhythm (Clean Feed)
MARY HALVORSON Cloudware (Nonesuch)
MOVE Free Baile (Clean Feed)
Patrik Sandberg, Jazz:
VIJAY IYER Compassion (ECM)
JONI MITCHELL Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (Rhino)
ROY HARGROVE CRISOL Grande-Terre (Verve)
CHARLES LLOYD The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
GORAN KAJFEŠ TROPIQUES Tell Us (We Jazz)
Lars Mossefinn, Dag og tid:
EIRIK HEGDAL EKLEKTISK SAMBAND Turnchest (Particular Recordings Collective)
NORMA WINSTONE/KIT DOWNES Outpost of Dreams (ECM)
MARI KVIEN BRUNVOLL & STEIN URHEIM M/ MOSKUS Barefoot in Bryophyte (Hubro)
ATLE NYMO TRIO Circle Steps (Arc Recordings)
JOHN SURMAN Words Unspoken (ECM)
Axel Stinshoff, Jazz thing:
CHARLES LLOYD The Sun Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
NUDUDZO MAKHATINI uNomkhubulwane (Blue Note)
FLORIAN WEBER Imaginary Cycle (ECM)
IIRO RANTALA HEL TRIO Tough Stuff (ACT)
AROOJ AFTAB Night Reign (Verve)
Luca Vitali, Giornale della Musica:
ALEXANDER HAWKINS – SOFIA JERNBERG Musho (INTAKT Records)
SIGNE EMMELUTH Banshee (Motvind Records)
ØKSE (Rasmussen/Jeanty/Eldh/Harris) Økse (Backwoodz Studioz)
JORDINA MILLA, BARRY GUY Live in Munich (ECM Records)
SIDSEL ENDRESEN, JAN BANG, ERIK HONORE Punkt Live Remixes Vol. 2 (PUNKT EDITIONS – Jazzland Recordings)
Yves Tassin, JazzMania:
ELEPHANT9 WITH TERJE RYPDAL Catching Fire (Rune Grammofon)
JEANFRANCOIS PRINS Blue Note Mode (GAM Records);
FELIX ZURSTRASSEN NOVA Elusive (Igloo Records)
THE VERGE The Verge (Is It Jazz Records)
ROBIN VERHEYEN TRIO Zabonprés Sessions (Flak Records)
Jos Demol, jazzhalo.be:
ALBERT VILA Reality is Nuance (Fresh Sound New Talent)
RENAUD GARCIA-FONS Cinematic Double Bass (Cézame)
TGB Room 4 (Clean Feed)
CARLOS BARRETTO SOLO Lonely Dog (self-produced)
ALEXANDRE FRAZÀO Quintessência (self-produced)
Christof Thurnherr, Jazz’n’More:
KAMASI WASHINGTON Fearless Movement (Young)
TIGRAN HAMASYAN The Bird of a Thousand Voices (Naïve)
ASHER GAMEDZE & BLACK LUNGS Constitution (International Anthem)
TOMEKA REID QUARTET 3+3 (Cuneiforme)
IMMANUEL WILKINS Blues Blood (Blue Note)
Kaspars Zavileiskis, jazzin.lv:
KUBA Laukumi (self-released)
THE NECKS Bleed (Northern Spy Records)
FERGUS MCCREADIE Stream (Edition Records)
VADIMS DMITRIJEVS QUINTET Integration! (Jersika Records)
NUBYA GARCIA Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
Matthieu Jouan, citizenjazz.com:
AVA MENDOZA The Circular Train (Palilalia Records)
JOSÉ SOARES Soma (Carimbo Porta-Jazz)
INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN (EXIT) KNARR Breezy (Sonic Transmissions Records)
MARGAUX OSWALD COLLATERAL DAMAGE In time, hollow oaks become chapels (Clean Feed)
TREEN Baob (Self Released)
Tony Dudley-Evans, UK Jazz News:
FAYE VICTOR Herbie Nichols Sung (Tao Forms)
PAT THOMAS The Solar Model of Inb Al-Shatir (Otoroku)
ALEX BONNEY / PAUL DUNMALL / MARK SANDERS The Beholder’s Share (Bead Records)
KIT DOWNES Dr. Snap (Bimhuis Records)
JOHN HOLLENBECK & NDR BIG BAND Colouring Hockets (NDR Records)
Begoña Villalobos, In&OutJazz:
GREG OSBY Minimalism (Inner Circle)
RODRIGO AMADO The Bridge (Trost Records)
MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO New Concepts in Piano Trio (ESP Disk)
BALDO MARTINEZ SEXTET Música Imaginaria (Karonte)
GIUSEPPE DORONZO Futuro Ancestrale (Clean Feed Records)
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