Stereogum's 10 Best Jazz Albums Of 2020
Looking back at the year in jazz.
Published: December 10, 2020 16:08
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | on the tender spot of every calloused moment | Ambrose Akinmusire | Jun-12-2020, Post-Bop |
| #2 | Who Sent You? | Irreversible Entanglements | Mar-20-2020, Jazz Poetry |
| #3 | The Unidentifiable | Matthew Shipp Trio | Sep-18-2020, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #4 | Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds | Nduduzo Makhathini | Apr-03-2020, Afro-Jazz |
| #5 | The Vagabond | Aaron Diehl | Feb-14-2020, Post-Bop |
| #6 | Ascension | Black Art Jazz Collective | Jun-26-2020, Post-Bop |
| #7 | Queen Nandi: The African Symphony | Ndabo Zulu, Umgidi Ensemble | Nov-17-2020, |
| #8 | We Are Sent Here By History | Shabaka and the Ancestors | Mar-13-2020, Afro-Jazz |
| #9 | Axiom | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Aug-28-2020, Jazz Fusion |
| #10 | Molecular | James Brandon Lewis, Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones, Chad Taylor | Oct-16-2020, Avant-Garde Jazz |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | on the tender spot of every calloused moment | Ambrose Akinmusire | Album, Jun-12-2020, Post-Bop |
| #2 | Who Sent You? | Irreversible Entanglements | Album, Mar-20-2020, Jazz Poetry |
| #3 | The Unidentifiable | Matthew Shipp Trio | Album, Sep-18-2020, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #4 | Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds | Nduduzo Makhathini | Album, Apr-03-2020, Afro-Jazz |
| #5 | The Vagabond | Aaron Diehl | Album, Feb-14-2020, Post-Bop |
| #6 | Ascension | Black Art Jazz Collective | Album, Jun-26-2020, Post-Bop |
| #7 | Queen Nandi: The African Symphony | Ndabo ZuluUmgidi Ensemble | Album, Nov-17-2020, |
| #8 | We Are Sent Here By History | Shabaka and the Ancestors | Album, Mar-13-2020, Afro-Jazz |
| #9 | Axiom | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | Album, Aug-28-2020, Jazz Fusion |
| #10 | Molecular | James Brandon LewisAruán OrtizBrad JonesChad Taylor | Album, Oct-16-2020, Avant-Garde Jazz |