2023 in jazz

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Samara Joy, who won Best New Artist in the 2023 Grammy Awards
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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2023.

Contents

Events

February

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Domi and JD Beck performing at History in Toronto, Canada

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

December

Albums

MonthDayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
January6 Alive at the Village Vanguard Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding Palmetto Records Live album [26]
27Portrait Of A DogJonah Yano Innovative Leisure [27]
Letters to GeorgeGeorge [note 1] Out of Your Head [28]
Where You Wish You Were Bill Laurance and Michael League ACT [29]
Phoenix Lakecia Benjamin Whirlwind Recordings [30]
February3Dance Kobina Joe Chambers Blue Note Records [31]
Carmen Rhapsody Aki Takase BMC [32]
17Transmissions From Total Refreshment CentreTotal Refreshment Centre Blue Note Records [33] [34]
Guilty Pleasures Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, Nate Smith Edition Records EP [35]
Zurich Concert Joëlle Léandre Intakt Records Live album [32]
By The Way Theo Croker, Ego Ella May, D'LEAU Sony Masterworks EP [36]
24Travel The Necks Northern Spy Records [37]
Prime Christian McBride's New Jawn Mack Avenue [38]
March3 London Brew London Brew Concord Jazz [39]
TherapyBrendan Eder EnsembleNo label [40] [41]
10 Moving On Skiffle Van Morrison Virgin Music [42]
Jasmine on a Night in July Scree Ruination [43]
17The Layers Julian Lage Blue Note Records EP [44]
24Requiem For Jazz Angel Bat Dawid International Anthem Recording Company [45]
Mélusine Cécile McLorin Salvant Nonesuch Records

[46]

31Lightning Dreamers Rob Mazurek and the Exploding Star Orchestra International Anthem Recording Company [47]
Fire Illuminations Wadada Leo Smith Kabell Records [48]
April7return to casual Walter Smith III Blue Note Records [49]
KAL (Real World) Sarathy Korwar The Leaf Label [50]
14EchoesThe Fire! Orchestra Rune Grammofon [51]
Variables Alfa Mist Anti- Records [52]
Everything Is Going To Be Okay GoGo Penguin XXIM Records [53]
Enigmatic SocietyDinner Party [note 2] Sounds of Crenshaw, Empire Records [54]
Brand New Life Brandee Younger Impulse! Records [55]
21All One Ben Wendel Edition Records [56]
Loyal ReturnsDavid Cook Sunnyside Records [56]
Stage & ScreenJohn Pizzarelli Palmetto Records [49]
28Always on my Mind Rebekka Bakken Sony Music [57]
Pieces of Treasure Rickie Lee Jones BMG [58]
Savoy Taj Mahal Stony Plain Records [59]
May7In Real Time ARTEMIS Blue Note Records [60]
12Routes Samuel Blaser Enja Records/Yellowbird Records [61]
In Search Of A Better TomorrowEabs Meets JaubiAstigmatic Records [62]
16Oedipe Redux Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri Sunnyside Records [63]
19Lean In Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke Edition Records [49]
26Animals Kassa Overall Warp Records [64] [65]
The New Standard (Reissue) Herbie Hancock
Dance of the Mystic Bliss Michael Blake and Chroma NovaP&M [66] [49]
The Sport Of LoveAsma Maroof, Patrick Belaga, Tapiwa SvosvePAN Records [67] [68]
June2Beloved! Paradise! Jazz?! McKinley Dixon City SlangJazz-rap [69]
9When the Poems Do What They Do Aja Monet Drink Sum Wtr [70] [71]
Rituals + Routines Marquis Hill Edition Records [72]
16The Omnichord Real Book Meshell Ndegeocello Blue Note Records [73] [74]
Dream Box Pat Metheny Modern Recordings [75]
DolphinGreg Foat / Gigi Masin Strut Records [76]
A Time to Remember Elina Duni ECM Records [77]
I Want More Donny McCaslin Edition Records [78]
23Sun ArcsBlue LakeTonal Union [79]
30Blowout John Carroll Kirby Stones Throw Records [80]
July14Connection Ceramic Dog, Marc Ribot Knockwurst Records [81]
28 Joni Mitchell At Newport Joni Mitchell Rhino Records [82]
August25Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die Jaimie Branch [note 3] International Anthem Recording Company [83] [84] [85]
September1Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard Kris Davis Pyroclastic Records [86]
7TalànRaphael RogińskiInstant Classic [87]
8 Come with Fierce Grace Alabaster DePlume International Anthem Recording Company [88] [89]
Black Classical Music Yussef Dayes Brownswood Recordings / Nonesuch Records [90]
For Mahalia With Love James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet Tao Forms [91]
15Ex Machina Steve Lehman and Orchestre National De JazzONJ Records [92]
Where Are We Joshua Redman Blue Note Records [93]
The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp Matthew Shipp Mahakala [86]
22Afro Futuristic Dreams Idris Ackamoor & The PyramidsStrut Records [94]
29 Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden Matana Roberts Constellation Records [95]
FluXkit Vancouver (its suite but sacred) Darius Jones Saltern/Universal [86]
October6Next Door Leo Takami Unseen Worlds [96]
20Shimmer WinceAnna WebberIntakt [86]
Vol. 1 Chris Botti Blue Note Records, UMG [97]
November17 New Blue Sun André 3000 Epic Records, Sony Music [98]
The Near North Side Calvin Keys & Terrace Martin Sounds of Crenshaw, BMG [99]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

NumberArtistAlbumAverage scoreNumber of reviewsReference
1 Jaimie Branch [note 3] Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die (world war)968 reviews [100]
2 The Necks Travel915 reviews [101]
3 Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years 1972-19759011 reviews [102]
4 Cécile McLorin Salvant Melusine 894 reviews [103]
5 James Brandon Lewis For Mahalia With Love875 reviews [104]
6 Matana Roberts Coin Coin: Chapter Five in The Garden867 reviews [105]
7 Yussef Dayes Black Classical Music865 reviews [106]
8 Brad Mehldau Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles864 reviews [107]
9 Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily Love in Exile 855 reviews [108]
10 London Brew London Brew 846 reviews [109]
11 Alfa Mist Variables846 reviews [110]
12 Rob Mazurek Lightning Dreamers844 reviews [111]
13 Natural Information Society Since Time Is Gravity 845 reviews [112]
14 Idris Ackamoor Afro Futuristic Dreams 845 reviews [113]
15 Taj Mahal Savoy836 reviews [114]
16 Alabaster DePlume Come with Fierce Grace835 reviews [115]
17 Irreversible Entanglements Protect Your Light817 reviews [116]
18 Thandi Ntuli Rainbow Revisited816 reviews [117]
19 John Carroll Kirby Blowout815 reviews [118]
20 Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell at Newport 8011 reviews [119]
21 Kassa Animals805 reviews [120]
22 Rickie Lee Jones Pieces of Treasure796 reviews [121]
23High PulpDays in the Desert794 reviews [122]
24James Brandon LewisEye of I787 reviews [123]
25Damon LocksNew Future City Radio784 reviews [124]
26 Sam Gendel COOKUP784 reviews [125]
27Jonah YanoPortrait of a Dog784 reviews [126]
28 Joe Chambers Dance Kobina774 reviews [127]
29 Adrian Younge Tony Allen JID018774 reviews [128]
20 Pat Metheny Dream Box765 reviews [129]
31Sissoko Segal Parisien PeiraniLes Égarés764 reviews [130]
32 André 3000 New Blue Sun7512 reviews [131]
33 Angel Bat Dawid Requiem for Jazz745 reviews [132]
34Dinner Party [note 2] Enigmatic Society705 reviews [133]

AnyDecentMusic

NumberArtistAlbumAverage scoreNumber of reviewsReference
1 Van Morrison Moving on Skiffle 7.57 reviews [134]
2 Alfa Mist Variables7.56 reviews [135]

Deaths

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Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian vocalist, who died in June
Peter Brotzmann, an influential Free Jazz saxophonist, who died in June Peter Broetzmann 05N2754.jpg
Peter Brötzmann, an influential Free Jazz saxophonist, who died in June

January

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March

April

May

June

July

October

November

December

See also

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