FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2020
Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio featuring Johnathan Blake. Without Deception. Dare2
Lakecia Benjamin. Pursuance: The Coltranes. Ropeadope
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Just Coolin'. Blue Note
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow. Life Goes On. ECM
Blue Note Re:Imagined. Blue Note
John Coltrane. Giant Steps: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Rhino
Wayne Escoffery. The Humble Warrior. Smoke Sessions Records
Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band. The Intangible Between. Smoke Sessions Records
Ella Fitzgerald. The Lost Berlin Tapes. Verve
Bill Frisell. Valentine. Blue Note Records
Jacob Garchik. Clear Line. Yestereve Records
Kely García y Rubén Reinaldo. Acuarel. Free Code Jazz Records
Lafayette Gilchrist. Now. Lafayette Gilchrist
Mary Halvorson's Code Girl. Artlessly falling. Firehouse 12
Tigram Hamasyan. The Call Within. Nonesuch Records
Stan IB Trio. Confluences. Records DK
Ahmad Jamal. AHMAD JAMAL At The Pershing' And Other 'Live' Recordings 1958-59". Acrobat
Keith Jarrett. Budapest Concert. ECM
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The Music of Wayne Shorter. Blue Engine
The JCA Orchestra. Live at the BPC. JCA Recordings
Jyoti. Mama, you can bet! Georgia Anne Muldrow / eOne
Nick Keeling. Queensgate. Torn Light
Charles Lloyd. 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero). Blue Note Records
Rudresh Mahanthappa. Hero trio. Whirlwind Recordings
Pablo Martín Caminero. Bost. Bost
Baldo Martínez, Juan Saiz, Lucía Martínez. Frágil Gigante. Leo Records
Christian McBride Big Band. For Jimmy Wes and Oliver. Mack Avenue Records
Zara McFarlane. Songs of an Unknown Tongue. Brownswood Recordings
Pat Metheny. From This Place. Nonesuch Records
Ron Miles. Rainbow Sign. Blue Note Records
Thelonious Monk. Palo Alto. Impulse!
Enrique Oliver & Jaume Llombart. Everything I Love. Underpool
Jeff Parker. Suite for Max Brown. International Anthem
Ester Quevedo Quintet. Trabalenguas. Underpool
Redman Mehldau McBride Blade. RoundAgain (Nonesuch)
Sonny Rollins. Rollins in Holland. Resonance Records
Felix Rossy Quintet Live. Looking At The Surroundings. Underpool
Chema Saiz. Solo Album. Volumen Dos. Errabal Jazz
Miguel Salvador Quartet. Hamar Urte Geroago. Diez Años Después. Errabal Jazz
Moisés P. Sánchez Project. There's Always Madness. Uno / Moisés P. Sánchez
Maria Schneider Orchestra. Data Lords. ArtistShare
Shabaka And The Ancestors. We Are Sent Here By History. Impulse!
Sergi Sirvent & David Viñolas. Recreacions tímbriques. De Mompou a Bartók Vol. II. Selfish Records
Neil Swainson Quintet. 49th Parallel. Real to Reel
The Tiptons Sax Quartet & Drums. Wabi Sabi. Sowiesound
María Toro. Fume. María Toro
Gonzalo del Val. Cancionero. Fresh Sound New Talent
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