This was another year of riches in the best jazz and creative music, with barriers between the tradition and the avant-garde melting away.
PopMatters presents the best new jazz recordings from March to May 2024 in the realm of piano jazz. We also reflect on the legacy of the late David Sanborn.
Jazz, born of the creative brilliance of Black American culture and now wonderfully global, is passionately alive in 2022. These are the year’s best jazz albums.
Marta Sanchez’s SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) is powerful without ever being loud, Spanish and American, complicated in its construction but clear as can be in its emotional power.
