Stereogum's 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2021
As the second year of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic draws to a close, live music is slowly coming back. Bands are returning to the recording studio. And we’re all — artists, fans, and music industry folks alike — trying to predict what the future may hold. Jazz, a genre familiar with precarity even at the best of times, has been altered in fundamental ways by the events of 2020 and 2021.
Published: December 08, 2021 19:00
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Black To The Future | Sons Of Kemet | May-14-2021, Afro-Jazz |
| #2 | Jesup Wagon | James Brandon Lewis | May-07-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #3 | Promises | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders | Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #4 | Poof | Henry Threadgill | Sep-24-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #5 | Sacred Ceremonies | Wadada Leo Smith, Milford Graves, Bill Laswell | May-21-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #6 | Brass and Ivory Tales | Ivo Perelman | Sep-25-2021, |
| #7 | Mayan Space Station | William Parker | Jul-23-2021, Jazz Fusion |
| #8 | Seven | Cameron Graves | Feb-19-2021, Jazz Fusion |
| #9 | NOW | Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble | Apr-09-2021, Spiritual Jazz |
| #10 | Indaba Is | Various Artists | Jan-29-2021, Afro-Jazz |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Black To The Future | Sons Of Kemet | Album, May-14-2021, Afro-Jazz |
| #2 | Jesup Wagon | James Brandon Lewis | Album, May-07-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #3 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #4 | Poof | Henry Threadgill | Album, Sep-24-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #5 | Sacred Ceremonies | Wadada Leo SmithMilford GravesBill Laswell | Album, May-21-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #6 | Brass and Ivory Tales | Ivo Perelman | Album, Sep-25-2021, |
| #7 | Mayan Space Station | William Parker | Album, Jul-23-2021, Jazz Fusion |
| #8 | Seven | Cameron Graves | Album, Feb-19-2021, Jazz Fusion |
| #9 | NOW | Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble | Album, Apr-09-2021, Spiritual Jazz |
| #10 | Indaba Is | Various Artists | Album, Jan-29-2021, Afro-Jazz |