The New York Times' Best Jazz Albums of 2021
In a year of continued uncertainty, musicians held their colleagues, and listeners, close.
Published: December 02, 2021 12:36
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Promises | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders | Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #2 | The Sound Will Tell You | Jason Moran | Jan-15-2021, Jazz |
| #3 | Jesup Wagon | James Brandon Lewis | May-07-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #4 | Maquishti | Patricia Brennan | Jan-15-2021, Free Improvisation |
| #5 | Visions of Your Other | Adam O'Farrill | Nov-12-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #6 | Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar More Songs | Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes | Jul-21-2021, Nu Jazz |
| #7 | Trencadis: a selection from Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World | William Parker | Jan-29-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #8 | Intimate Strangers | Sara Serpa, Emmanuel Iduma | Dec-03-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #9 | Sun Beans of Shimmering Light | Wadada Leo Smith, Douglas Ewart, Mike Reed | Apr-16-2021, Free Jazz |
| #10 | SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB | Esperanza Spalding | Sep-24-2021, Vocal Jazz |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #2 | The Sound Will Tell You | Jason Moran | Album, Jan-15-2021, Jazz |
| #3 | Jesup Wagon | James Brandon Lewis | Album, May-07-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #4 | Maquishti | Patricia Brennan | Album, Jan-15-2021, Free Improvisation |
| #5 | Visions of Your Other | Adam O'Farrill | Album, Nov-12-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #6 | Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar More Songs | Sam GendelSam Wilkes | Album, Jul-21-2021, Nu Jazz |
| #7 | Trencadis: a selection from Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World | William Parker | Album, Jan-29-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #8 | Intimate Strangers | Sara SerpaEmmanuel Iduma | Album, Dec-03-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #9 | Sun Beans of Shimmering Light | Wadada Leo SmithDouglas EwartMike Reed | Album, Apr-16-2021, Free Jazz |
| #10 | SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB | Esperanza Spalding | Album, Sep-24-2021, Vocal Jazz |