2024 in jazz

2024 in jazz
Decade2020s in jazz
Music2024 in music
StandardsList of jazz standards
See also2023 in jazz2025 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2024.

Events

January

February

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Albums

Month Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
January 19 Cloudward Mary Halvorson Nonesuch Records [4][5]
Foreverland Keyon Harrold Concord Jazz
Technically Acceptable Ethan Iverson Blue Note Records
26 The Room Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento Real World [6]
26 Trust the process Filippo Ieraci, Simone Serafini and Jacopo Zanette Amerio Stefano edizioni musicali
February 2 Compassion Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey ECM Records [7]
9 Nublues Joel Ross Blue Note Records [8]
March 1 Speak to Me Julian Lage [9]
8 Visions Norah Jones [10]
Eagle's Point Chris Potter with Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, and John Patitucci Edition Records [11]
April 5 Echoes of the Inner Prophet Melissa Aldana Blue Note Records [12]
12 Who Killed AI? Kenny Garrett and Svoy Mack Avenue Records [13]
May 3 Fearless Movement Kamasi Washington Young [14]
31 Night Reign Arooj Aftab Verve Records [15]
August 9 Milton + Esperanza Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding Concord Records [16]
September 20 50 Herb Alpert Herb Alpert Presents [17]
27 Planetarium Ben Monder [18]
Against the Fall of Night Sungazer [19]
October 11 Portrait Samara Joy Verve [20]
24 Portrait of Right Now Jocelyn Gould [21]

Awards

Grammy Awards

The 66th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 4, 2024 honoring the best recordings, compositions, and artists from October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy.

Jazz

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Charles Lloyd The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow 95 6 [22]
2 Julian Lage Speak to Me 91 4 [23]
3 Arooj Aftab Night Reign 89 12 [24]
4 Blue Lab Beats Blue Eclipse 87 4 [25]
5 Vijay Iyer Compassion 86 6 [26]
6 Ezra Collective Dance, No One's Watching 85 10 [27]
7 Out Of/Into Motion 1 85 5 [28]
8 Mary Halvorson Cloudward 84 8 [29]
9 Meshell Ndegeocello No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin 84 7 [30]
Sun Ra Arkestra Lights On a Sattelite 84 7 [31]
Amaro Freitas Y’Y 84 7 [32]
10 Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento Milton + Esperanza 84 5 [33]
Bill Frisell Orchestras 84 5 [34]
Madeleine Peyroux Let's Walk 84 5 [35]
11 Placenta Carlos Niño 84 4 [36]
Joel Ross Nublues 84 4 [37]
Orquesta Akokán Caracoles 84 4 [38]
Zara McFarlane Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan 84 4 [39]
12 Nala Sinephro Endlessness 83 13 [40]
13 Shabaka Hutchings Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace 83 9 [41]
14 Nubya Garcia Odyssey 83 9 [42]
15 Kamasi Washington Fearless Movement 82 16 [43]
16 Wendy Eisenberg Viewfinder 82 7 [44]
17 Mary Halvorson Cloudward 81 9 [45]
18 The Necks Bleed 81 6 [46]
SML Small Medium Large 81 6 [47]
19 Anna Butterss Mighty Vertebrate 81 5 [48]
20 Pat Metheny MoonDial 80 4 [49]
21 Fievel Is Glauque Rong Weicknes 77 7 [50]

Deaths

See also

References

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