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The 18 Best Jazz Albums of 2024
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The 18 Best Jazz Albums of 2024

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This was another year of riches in the best jazz and creative music, with barriers between the tradition and the avant-garde melting away.

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Bassist Stephan Crump Conjures an Optimistic Flow on ‘Slow Water’
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Bassist Stephan Crump Conjures an Optimistic Flow on ‘Slow Water’

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 / 30 May 2024

Bassist and composer Stephan Crump’s ‘Slow Water’ is a reflection on the environment, using both New Music stalwarts and improvised jazz.

The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2022
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The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2022

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 / 8 December 2022

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.

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