Best jazz of 2018

  1. Sons Of Kemet

  2. Wayne Shorter

  3. Ambrose Akinmusire

  4. Ezra Collective

  5. Moses Boyd

  6. Ill Considered

  7. R+R=NOW, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin

  8. Binker and Moses

  9. Kamasi Washington

  10. Makaya McCraven

  11. James Brandon Lewis, Chad Taylor

  12. Levitation Orchestra

  13. Onyx Collective

  14. Kamaal Williams

  15. 1000 Kings

  16. Joe Armon-Jones

  17. Ghost-Note

  18. Tom Misch

  19. Kenny Barron Quintet

  20. Enemy

  21. The Bad Plus

  22. Blue Lab Beats

  23. Nubya Garcia

  24. James Francies

  25. Abstract Orchestra

  26. Anteloper

  27. Mary Halvorson

  28. Hanna Paulsberg Concept, Magnus Broo

  29. William Parker

  30. Thought Gang

  31. Emma-Jean Thackray

  32. Hailu Mergia

  33. Thumbscrew [Michael Formanek / Tomas Fujiwara / Mary Halvorson]

  34. The Magic Lantern

  35. Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson

  36. Alma Afrobeat Ensemble

  37. The Necks

  38. Georgia Anne Muldrow

  39. Get The Blessing

  40. Andrew Cyrille, Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Frisell

  41. Cécile McLorin Salvant

  42. Bret Higgins’ Atlas Revolt

  43. Quin Kirchner

  44. Harriet Tubman

  45. Bobo Stenson Trio

  46. Kandace Springs

  47. John Surman, Nelson Ayres, Rob Waring

  48. Eli Keszler

  49. Chris Gall Trio

  50. GoGo Penguin

  51. Lucinda Williams, Charles Lloyd

  52. Nyeusi, Justin Brown

  53. Phronesis

  54. We Out Here

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