Stereogum's 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2023
Plus: Picks from some of the best jazz musicians today.
Published: December 13, 2023 17:23
Source
Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
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#1 | Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden... | Matana Roberts | Sep-29-2023, Avant-Garde Jazz |
#2 | Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) | Jaimie Branch | Aug-25-2023, Avant-Garde Jazz |
#3 | Protect Your Light | Irreversible Entanglements | Sep-08-2023, Avant-Garde Jazz |
#5 | Fire Illuminations | Wadada Leo Smith, Orange Wave Electric | Mar-31-2023, Jazz Fusion |
#6 | Love in Exile | Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily | Mar-24-2023, Ghazal |
#7 | Eye of I | James Brandon Lewis | Feb-03-2023, Spiritual Jazz |
#8 | Echoes | Fire! Orchestra | Apr-14-2023, Experimental Big Band |
#9 | Dynamic Maximum Tension | Darcy James Argue's Secret Society | Sep-08-2023, Progressive Big Band |
#10 | Phoenix | Lakecia Benjamin | Jan-27-2023, Post-Bop |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden... | Matana Roberts | Album, Sep-29-2023, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #2 | Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) | Jaimie Branch | Album, Aug-25-2023, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #3 | Protect Your Light | Irreversible Entanglements | Album, Sep-08-2023, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #5 | Fire Illuminations | Wadada Leo SmithOrange Wave Electric | Album, Mar-31-2023, Jazz Fusion |
| #6 | Love in Exile | Arooj AftabVijay IyerShahzad Ismaily | Album, Mar-24-2023, Ghazal |
| #7 | Eye of I | James Brandon Lewis | Album, Feb-03-2023, Spiritual Jazz |
| #8 | Echoes | Fire! Orchestra | Album, Apr-14-2023, Experimental Big Band |
| #9 | Dynamic Maximum Tension | Darcy James Argue's Secret Society | Album, Sep-08-2023, Progressive Big Band |
| #10 | Phoenix | Lakecia Benjamin | Album, Jan-27-2023, Post-Bop |