Best jazz of 2022

  1. Ezra Collective

  2. Kokoroko

  3. Village of the Sun

  4. Tom Skinner

  5. Kahil El'Zabar Quartet

  6. Nat Birchall Unity Ensemble

  7. Keith Lamar & Albert Marquès

  8. JAMES BRANDON LEWIS QUARTET with Aruan Ortiz, Brad Jones and Chad Taylor

  9. Shabaka

  10. Matthew Halsall

  11. Julian Lage

  12. Binker and Moses

  13. Moor Mother

  14. Camilla George

  15. Avram Fefer, Marc Ribot, Eric Revis, Chad Taylor

  16. The Comet Is Coming

  17. Robert Glasper

  18. Blue Lab Beats

  19. Chip Wickham

  20. Makaya McCraven

  21. Tyshawn Sorey

  22. Black Flower

  23. Szun Waves

  24. Simon Spang-Hanssen, Matthias Petri, David Besiakov

  25. Vooo

  26. Maridalen

  27. Greg Foat

  28. Revelators Sound System

  29. Alabaster DePlume

  30. Snarky Puppy

  31. Nok Cultural Ensemble

  32. Dezron Douglas

  33. Jas Kayser

  34. Sun Ra Arkestra

  35. Ben Marc

  36. Nick Walters

  37. The Bad Plus

  38. Marquis Hill

  39. Bruut

  40. Bill Laswell

  41. Joshua Redman Brad Mehldau Christian McBride Brian Blade

  42. Terri Lyne Carrington

  43. arun ghosh

  44. Alpacas Collective

  45. Sarathy Korwar

  46. Nduduzo Makhathini

  47. Theo Croker

  48. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

  49. Immanuel Wilkins

  50. In Common: Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens

  51. Felamusic, Rodrigo Gentillón, Camilo Carramiñana

  52. Lydian Collective

  53. Flock

  54. Alexander Flood

  55. Mark Guiliana

  56. Various Artists

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