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20 Jazz Albums You Might Have Missed in 2020

20 Jazz Albums You Might Have Missed in 2020

During the new-year season of best-of-the-year lists, I find myself looking backward—even at a year as difficult as 2020. Time was dilated—I thought I had too much of it but, as usual, there was too little for all the great music.

The Blue Note All-Stars: Our Point of View

The Blue Note All-Stars: Our Point of View

A sextet of current Blue Note Recording artists releases a kind of thesis statement on how daring jazz mixes seamlessly with groove-based music, with a noted nod to the Blue Note past.

Aziza: Aziza

Aziza: Aziza

Aziza, a jazz supergroup featuring Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, and Eric Harland, mostly avoids supergroup pitfalls and plays strong on its eponymous new LP.

Jack DeJohnette: Sound Travels

Lionel Loueke: Mwaliko

Kenny Barron: The Traveler

Lionel Loueke: Karibu

The Best Jazz of 2007

Avishai Cohen with Lionel Loueke: After the Big Rain

Herbie Hancock: River