The 13 Best Jazz Albums of 2021
Creative, improvised music in the Black American tradition remains in a state of wonder and genre-crossing excitement in the best jazz albums of 2021.
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Adam O’Farrill’s Stranger Days Groove Across Musical Landscapes on ‘El Maquech’
Trumpeter Adam O'Farrill' is back with his piano-less quartet, putting together a set of tunes that groove across varied musical landscapes, and showing a trumpet technique that is expressively brilliant.
No Piano, Please!
Four recent releases demonstrate the stylistic range and power of jazz that isn't hemmed in by chords.