Best jazz of 2019

  1. Ill Considered

  2. NÉRIJA

  3. James Brandon Lewis

  4. Alfa Mist

  5. Kokoroko

  6. Marquis Hill

  7. Ezra Collective

  8. Cykada

  9. Soweto Kinch

  10. Charles Owens

  11. Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

  12. Blue Lab Beats

  13. Snarky Puppy

  14. London Afrobeat Collective

  15. Theon Cross

  16. Joel Ross

  17. Tomeka Reid Quartet

  18. Joe Armon-Jones

  19. Black Flower

  20. Nubiyan Twist

  21. The Matthew Herbert Big Band

  22. PYJÆN

  23. Tenesha The Wordsmith

  24. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

  25. Terri Lyne Carrington, Social Science

  26. Angel Bat Dawid

  27. Kris Davis

  28. Robert Glasper

  29. Yazz Ahmed

  30. Fire! Orchestra

  31. Jelly Cleaver

  32. Ashley Henry

  33. Kneebody

  34. Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble

  35. Rosie Turton

  36. Resavoir

  37. SEED Ensemble

  38. Steve Lehman

  39. Kendrick Scott

  40. Abdullah Ibrahim

  41. Melissa Aldana

  42. Branford Marsalis Quartet

  43. Ash Walker

  44. Afro Social Club

  45. Konstrukt, Ken Vandermark

  46. Amirtha Kidambi, Elder Ones

  47. Sunny Side Up

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