Metacritic Aggregate: 2024 New Music: Jazz

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Ranking

  1. Arooj Aftab: Night Reign (Verve) {29}: BPM:*, BV:+, CS:+, FO:*, G:*, IT:*, Mj:39*, Ne:*, NT:*, Pf:*, PM:*+, Qt:+, RS:*+, S:*, Sl:+, Spk:*, U:4*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:86/14, TH:***
  2. Shabaka: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) {24}: AD:*, Al:*, BV:+, G:+, LBF:*, LW:*+, Mj:12*, NT:*, O:*, Pf:*+, S:*, Sk:*, SSt:+, U:18*; am:*, vu:+ -- A:79/14, TH:**
  3. Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement (Young) {23}: Cl:*, G:+, LBF:*, Mj:44*, NME:*, NT:*+, O:*, PM:*+, RC:*, S:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, SSt:+, U:62, UR:*; am:* -- A:82/20, TH:***
  4. Charles Lloyd: The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) {17}: AAJ:+, G:*, LW:*+, Mj:29*, S:*, Sp:*, U:46*; am:*, tms_j:+, ysp:* -- A:93/7, TH:A-
  5. Ezra Collective: Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan) {14}: AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, FO:*, I:*, Mj:33*, MO:*, NME:*, O:*, RC:*, T:*, U:*; am:* -- A:84/13
  6. Mary Halvorson: Cloudward (Nonesuch) {13}: AAJ:+, CM:+, G:*, Mj:*, PM:*, Qt:+, Sg:+, Tr:+, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:81/7, TH:**
  7. Madeleine Peyroux: Let's Walk (Just One Recording/Thirty Tigers) {13}: Mj:*, MO:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:81/6, RX:***, TH:***
  8. Nala Sinephro: Endlessness (Warp) {13}: BPM:*, G:*, O:*, Pf:*, Sk:*, StL:*, U:25*; am:*, bp:9 -- A:82/10, TH:***
  9. The Messthetics/James Brandon Lewis: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) {12}: CM:+, LW:*, Mj:*, S:*, Tr:+, XCI:*; xjdc:*, ysp:* -- A:81/5, RX:**, TH:***
  10. Amaro Freitas: Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) {11}: Cl:*, G:*, Mj:*, Pf:*, PO:+, SpL:**, U:*; am:* -- A:84/6, TH:**
  11. Vijay Iyer: Compassion (ECM) {11}: G:*, IT:*, Pf:*, PM:*, SC:*; am:*, wrti:+, ysp:* -- A:82/6, TH:***
  12. Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werlin: Ghosted II (Drag City) {10}: CM:+, Mj:59*, Qt:+, S:*, U:50* -- A:80/4, TH:***
  13. Nubya Garcia: Odyssey (Concord Jazz) {10}: Al:*, Cl:*, FO:*, IT:*, LBF:*, Mj:45*, O:*, Pf:*, U:* -- A:82/11, TH:B
  14. James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration (Intakt) {10}: CM:+, IT:*, O:*, PM:*+; ysp:* -- TH:A-
  15. David Murray Quartet: Francesca (Intakt) {9}: ysp:* -- RX:A-, TH:A-
  16. O.: WeirdOs (Speedy Wunderground) {9}: Cl:*, DIY:*, FO:*, LQ:*, Mj:*, NME:*, XCI:*; am:* -- A:80/9, TH:*
  17. Joel Ross: Nublues (Blue Note) {9}: AAJ:+, CM:+; tms_j:+, wrti:+, ysp:* -- TH:A-
  18. Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) {8}: CM:+, PO:+, SpL:** -- TH:A-
  19. SML: Small Medium Large (International Anthem) {8}: CM:+, S:*, SC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/5, TH:***
  20. Rafael Toral: Spectral Evolution (Moikai) {8}: Mj:*, Pf:*+, Qt:+, SC:*+, U:* -- A:86/4, TH:*
  21. Emmeluth's Amoeba: Nonsense (Moserobie) {7}: CM:+, SpL:** -- TH:A-
  22. Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly: Mestizk (International Anthem) {7}: PM:*, RC:*, Tr:+; am:* -- A:79/4, TH:***
  23. Lady Gaga: Harlequin (Interscope) {7}: Al:*, IT:*, Spk:*, XCI:**; am:* -- A:71/12, TH:*
  24. Julian Lage: Speak to Me (Blue Note) {7}: S:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:90/5, TH:*
  25. Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 2 (ESP-Disk -2CD) {7}: SpL:** -- TH:A
  26. Zara McFarlane: Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan (Universal) {7}: AD:*, G:*, Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:84/5, TH:**
  27. Fay Victor: Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms -2CD) {7}: CM:+, PO:+ -- TH:A
  28. Beings: There Is a Garden (No Quarter) {6}: Mj:*, U:* -- A:80/2, TH:A-
  29. Alan Braufman: Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) {6}: CM:+, PO:+; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:***
  30. Alfredo Colón: Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) {6}: SpL:** -- TH:A-
  31. The Core: Roots (Moserobie) {6}: SpL:** -- TH:A-
  32. Dave Douglas: Gifts (Greenleaf Music) {6}: PM:*+ -- TH:A-
  33. Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) {6}: PO:+; ysp:* -- TH:A-
  34. Bill Frisell: Orchestras (Blue Note) {6}: IT:*, Mj:*; am:*, tms_j:+ -- A:78/5, TH:**
  35. Darius Jones: Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) {6}: CM:+, PO:+ -- TH:A-
  36. Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) {6}: -- A:83/7
  37. Nubiyan Twist: Find Your Flame (Strut) {6}: LW:*+; am:*, odb:*, ysp:* -- A:73/3, TH:*
  38. ØKSE: ØKSE (Backwoodz Studioz) {6}: CM:+, XCI:* -- TH:A-
  39. Chris Potter/Brad Mehldau/John Patitucci/Brian Blade: Eagle's Point (Edition) {6}: tms_j:+, ysp:* -- TH:A-
  40. Tomeka Reid Quartet: 3+3 (Cuneiform) {6}: AAJ:+, CM:+ -- TH:A-
  41. Advancing on a Wild Pitch: Disasters Vol 2 (Hot Cup) {5}: SpL:* -- TH:A-
  42. Andrew Bird Trio: Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista) {5}: LBF:*, Mj:*, SC:*, Sp:*; am:* -- A:77/8
  43. I Am Three: In Other Words (Leo) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
  44. Kirk Knuffke: Super Blonde (SteepleChase) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
  45. Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland (Enja/Yellowbird) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
  46. Nduduzo Makhathini: Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) {5}: O:*; am:* -- A:85/2, TH:***
  47. Milton Nascimento/Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza (Concord) {5}: G:*, IT:*, Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:77/9
  48. Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel: The Room (01-26) {5}: G:*, Mj:*, U:* -- A:82/5, TH:**
  49. Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet: Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) {5}: PO:+ -- TH:A-
  50. Ivo Perelman/Mark Helias/Tom Rainey: Truth Seeker (Fundacja Sluchaj) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
  51. QOW Trio: The Hold Up (Ubuntu Music) {5}: PO:+ -- TH:A-
  52. Dave Rempis/Jason Adasiewicz/Joshua Abrams/Tyler Damon: Propulsion (Aerophonic) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
  53. Matthew Shipp Trio: New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) {5}: ysp:* -- TH:A-
  54. Luke Stewart Silt Trio: Unknown Rivers (Pi) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
  55. Dan Weiss: Even Odds (Cygnus) {5}: SpL:* -- TH:A-
  56. Matt Wilson: Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
  57. Norma Winstone/Kit Downes: Outpiost of Dreams (ECM) {5}: G:*; am:* -- A:80/2, TH:***
  58. أحمد [Ahmed]: Giant Beauty (Fönstret) {5}: CM:+ -- TH:A-
  59. Acceleration Due to Gravity: Jonesville: Music by and for Sam Jones (Hot Cup -EP) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
  60. Melissa Aldana: Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) {4}: PM:*; ysp:* -- A:80/1, TH:**
  61. The Attic & Eve Risser: La Grande Crue (NoBusiness) {4}: -- TH:A-
  62. Basic: This Is Basic (No Quarter) {4}: Mj:*, SC:*, U:52* -- A:79/4, TH:***
  63. Pat Bianchi: Three (21H) {4}: tms_j:+ -- TH:***
  64. Blue Lab Beats: Blue Eclipse (Decca) {4}: Cl:*, O:*, T:*; am:* -- A:85/4, TH:B
  65. Jonas Cambien: Jonas Cambien's Maca Conu (Clean Feed) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  66. James Carter: Un (Unaccompanied Baritone Saxophone) (JMI) {4}: PO:+; ysp:* -- TH:**
  67. The Choir Invisible [Charlotte Greve/Vinnie Sperazza/Chris Tordini]: Town of Two Faces (Intakt) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  68. Amalie Dahl's Dafnie: Står Op Med Solen (Aguirre) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  69. The Kris Davis Trio: Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  70. Signe Emmeluth: Banshee (Motvind) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  71. Fire!: Testament (Rune Grammofon) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  72. Flukten: Flukten (Odin) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  73. Friends & Neighbors: Circles (Clean Feed) {4}: ysp:* -- TH:***
  74. Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black (Libra) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
  75. Frode Gjerstad Trio: Unknown Purposes (Circulasione Totale) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  76. Rich Halley 4: Dusk and Dawn (Pine Eagle) {4}: -- TH:A-
  77. Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni: Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies (Solid Jackson/Palmetto) {4}: -- TH:A-
  78. Joel and the Neverending Sextet: Marbled (Motvind) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  79. Anni Kiviniemi Trio: Eir (We Jazz) {4}: ysp:* -- TH:***
  80. Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is to Love (Cuneiform) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  81. Frank London/The Elders: Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  82. Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 1 (ESP-Disk -2CD) {4}: -- TH:A-
  83. Charles McPherson: Reverence (Smoke Sessions) {4}: tms_j:+ -- TH:***
  84. The Necks: Bleed (Northern Spy) {4}: Mj:*, SC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:81/5
  85. Dafnis Prieto: 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) {4}: -- TH:A-
  86. Rich Ruth: Water Still Flows (Third Man) {4}: LQ:*, Mj:*, U:*; am:* -- A:82/5
  87. Catherine Russell/Sean Mason: My Ideal (Dot Time) {4}: -- TH:A-
  88. Adam Schroeder/Mark Masters: CT! Adam Schroeder & Mark Masters Celebrate Clark Terry (Capri) {4}: tms_j:+ -- TH:***
  89. Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) {4}: CM:+, G:+, U:78 -- A:74/1, TH:*
  90. Walter Smith III: Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) {4}: -- TH:A-
  91. Sulida: Utos (Clean Feed) {4}: CM:+ -- TH:***
  92. Sunny Five [Tim Berne/David Torn/Ches Smith/Devin Hoff/Marc Ducret]: Candid (Intakt) {4}: ysp:* -- TH:***
  93. Cyrille Aimee: À Fleur De Peau (Whirlwind) {3}: odb:* -- TH:**
  94. Erlend Albertsen Basspace: Name of the Wind (Dugnad Rec) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
  95. Andrew Barker/William Parker/Jon Irabagon: Bakunawa (Out of Your Head) {3}: -- TH:***
  96. Geoff Bradfield: Colossal Abundance (Calligram) {3}: -- TH:***
  97. Olie Brice/Rachel Musson/Mark Sanders: Immense Blue (West Hill) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
  98. Gunhild Carling: Jazz Is My Lifestyle! (Jazz Art) {3}: -- TH:***
  99. Bill Charlap Trio: And Then Again (Blue Note) {3}: -- TH:***
  100. Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few: The Almighty (Division 81) {3}: PM:* -- A:90/1, TH:**
  101. Stephan Crump: Slow Water (Papillon Sounds) {3}: -- A:70/1, TH:***
  102. The Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Sob Story (Relative Pitch) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
  103. Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy: Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: wrti:+ -- TH:**
  104. Noah Haidu: Standards II (Sunnyside) {3}: ysp:* -- TH:**
  105. Alden Hellmuth: Good Intentions (Fresh Sound New Talent) {3}: -- TH:***
  106. Fred Hersch: Silent, Listening (ECM) {3}: am:*, tms_j:+ -- A:75/2, TH:*
  107. Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) {3}: tms_j:+ -- TH:**
  108. Keefe Jackson/Raoul van der Weide/Frank Rosaly: Live at de Tanker (Kettle Hole) {3}: -- TH:***
  109. Ariel Kalma/Jeremiah Chiu/Marta Sofia Honer: The Closest Thing to Silence (International Anthem) {3}: Mj:*, Pf:*; am:* -- A:80/4
  110. Cassie Kinoshi's SEED.: Gratitude (International Anthem) {3}: Mj:65* -- A:80/1, TH:*
  111. Bill Laurance/The Untold Orchestra: Bloom (ACT Music) {3}: SC:+ -- TH:**
  112. David Leon: Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) {3}: AAJ:+ -- TH:**
  113. Rosemary Loar: Vagabond Heart/Curação Vagabundo (Atlor Music) {3}: -- TH:***
  114. John Lurie: Painting With John (Royal Potato Family) {3}: -- TH:***
  115. Terence McManus: Music for Chamber Trio (Rowhouse Music) {3}: -- TH:***
  116. Pat Metheny: MoonDial (BMG) {3}: Mj:*; am:* -- A:76/4, TH:*
  117. Nils Økland Band: Gjenskinn (Hubro) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
  118. One for All: Big George (Smoke Sessions) {3}: AAJ:+; tms_j:+ -- TH:*
  119. Ulysses Owens Jr and Generation Y: A New Beat (Cellar Music) {3}: AAJ:+ -- TH:**
  120. Ivo Perelman/Chad Fowler/Reggie Workman/Andrew Cyrille: Embracing the Unknown (Mahakala Music) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
  121. Ches Smith: Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) {3}: IT:*, PM:+ -- TH:*
  122. Superposition: II (We Jazz) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
  123. Aki Takase Japanic: Forte (Budapest Music Center) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
  124. Oded Tzur: My Prophet (ECM) {3}: AAJ:+ -- TH:**
  125. Jordan VanHemert: Deep in the Soil (Origin) {3}: AAJ:+ -- TH:**
  126. Piet Verbist: Flamenco Jazz Summit: El Mar Empieza Aquí (Origin) {3}: -- TH:***
  127. Luis Vicente Trio: Come Down Here (Clean Feed) {3}: CM:+ -- TH:**
  128. Friso van Wijck: Friso van Wijck's Candy Container (TryTone) {3}: -- TH:***
  129. Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood (Blue Note) {3}: G:* -- TH:**
  130. Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra (Red Hot +) {3}: ysp:* -- TH:**
  131. Eric Chenaux Trio: Delilghts of My Life (Constellation) {2}: Qt:+, RC:* -- A:80/1
  132. Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & (Exit) Knarr: Breezy (Sonic Transmissions) {2}: CM:+, PO:+
  133. Ganavya: Like the Sky I've Been Too Quiet (Naive/Virgin) {2}: G:*, RC:* -- A:80/2
  134. Hilary Gardner: On the Trial With the Lonesome Pines (Anzic) {2}: tms_j:+ -- TH:*
  135. Jon Gordon: 7th Ave South (ArtistShare) {2}: tms_j:+ -- TH:*
  136. Morgan Guerin: Tales of the Facade (Candid) {2}: wrti:+ -- TH:*
  137. The Haas Company [Featuring Frank Gambale]: Vol. 2: Celestial Latitude (Psychiatric) {2}: -- TH:**
  138. Eirik Hegdal Eklektisk Samband: Turnchest (Particular) {2}: CM:+ -- TH:*
  139. Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra: Things Will Pass (Pacific Coast Jazz) {2}: -- TH:**
  140. Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) {2}: tms_j:+ -- TH:*
  141. Jasmine Myra: Rising (Gondwana) {2}: O:*; am:* -- A:80/2
  142. Alicia and Michael Olatuja: Olatuja (Whirlwind) {2}: odb:* -- TH:*
  143. Brandon Seabrook: Object of Unknown Function (Pyroclastic) {2}: PO:+ -- TH:*
  144. Patrick Shiroishi: Glass House (Otherly Love) {2}: PO:+ -- TH:*
  145. Something Else! [Featuring Vincent Herring]: Soul Jazz (Smoke Sessions) {2}: tms_j:+ -- TH:*
  146. Colin Stetson: The Love It Took to Leave You (Invada) {2}: Ex:*, U:* -- A:85/2
  147. Àbáse: Awakening (Oshu) {1}: Mj:* -- A:80/1
  148. Jessica Ackerley: All of the Colours Are Singing (AKP) {1}: CM:+
  149. Johnny Britt: After We Play (J-Jams) {1}: odb:*
  150. Vinicius Cantuaria: Psychedelic Rio (Sunnyside) {1}: ysp:*
  151. John Chin/Jeong Lim Yang/Jon Gruk Kim: Journey of Han (Jinsy Music) {1}: -- TH:*
  152. Chick Corea & Béla Fleck: Remembrance (Thirty Tigers) {1}: tms_j:+ -- TH:B
  153. Chris Corsano/Joe Baiza/Mike Watt: Corsano Baiza Watt Trio (Yucca Alta) {1}: CM:+
  154. Al Di Meola: Twentyfour (Ear Music) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
  155. Wendy Eisenberg: Viewfinder (American Dreams) {1}: CM:+
  156. Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band: Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani) {1}: -- TH:*
  157. Forq: Big Party (GroundUP) {1}: -- TH:*
  158. Sam Fribush Trio: People Please (Flybird Music) {1}: wrti:+
  159. Fuubutsushi: Meridians (Cached.Media) {1}: Spk:* -- A:90/1
  160. Miha Gantar: New York (Clean Feed) {1}: PO:+
  161. Charles Goold: Triptych Lespri (La Reserve) {1}: tms_j:+
  162. Josh Johnson: Unusual Object (Northern Spy) {1}: PM:* -- A:80/1
  163. Norah Jones: Visions (Blue Note) {1}: ysp:*
  164. Harald Lassen: Opplevelser Fra N (Jazzland) {1}: CM:+
  165. Jake Long: City Swamp (New Soil) {1}: O:* -- A:80/1
  166. Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Live at the Adler Planetarium (International Anthem) {1}: CM:+
  167. Fergus McCreadie: Stream (Edition) {1}: SC:* -- A:86/1
  168. Julius Rodriguez: Evergreen (Verve) {1}: tms_j:+
  169. Linda Sikhakhane: Iladi (Blue Note) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
  170. Thee Marloes: Perak (Big Crown) {1}: FO:* -- A:80/1
  171. Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein: Gershwin Rhapsody (Decca) {1}: tms_j:+
  172. Carl Winther/Richard Andersson/Jeff "Tain" Watts: Waw! (Hobby Horse) {1}: tms_j:+
  173. John Zorn: Her Melodious Lay (Tzadik) {1}: ysp:*