Stereogum's 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2019

This wasn’t a year of radical transformation in the world of jazz. There was no single breakout star, and no explosion like the sudden realization last year that some really major shit was going down in London. But a tremendous amount of extraordinarily good music was released, and there was something for just about every […]

Published: December 09, 2019 20:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise Jaimie Branch Oct-11-2019, Avant-Garde Jazz
#2 Polyhymnia Yazz Ahmed Oct-11-2019, Spiritual Jazz
#3 Jeremy Pelt The Artist Jeremy Pelt Feb-08-2019, Post-Bop
#4 Fyah Theon Cross Feb-15-2019, Afro-Jazz
#5 Ancestral Recall Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Mar-22-2019, Jazz Fusion
#6 Thoughts Become Things Victor Gould Jul-12-2019, Jazz
#7 Driftglass SEED Ensemble Feb-08-2019, Jazz
#8 COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis Matana Roberts Oct-18-2019, Avant-Garde Jazz
#9 The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul Branford Marsalis Mar-01-2019, Post-Bop
#10 Glitter Wolf Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom Feb-01-2019, Jazz Fusion
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise | Jaimie Branch | Album, Oct-11-2019, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #2 | Polyhymnia | Yazz Ahmed | Album, Oct-11-2019, Spiritual Jazz |
| #3 | Jeremy Pelt The Artist | Jeremy Pelt | Album, Feb-08-2019, Post-Bop |
| #4 | Fyah | Theon Cross | Album, Feb-15-2019, Afro-Jazz |
| #5 | Ancestral Recall | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Album, Mar-22-2019, Jazz Fusion |
| #6 | Thoughts Become Things | Victor Gould | Album, Jul-12-2019, Jazz |
| #7 | Driftglass | SEED Ensemble | Album, Feb-08-2019, Jazz |
| #8 | COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis | Matana Roberts | Album, Oct-18-2019, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #9 | The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul | Branford Marsalis | Album, Mar-01-2019, Post-Bop |
| #10 | Glitter Wolf | Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom | Album, Feb-01-2019, Jazz Fusion |