2024 in jazz

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

Contents

Events

January

February

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Albums

MonthDayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
January19Cloudward Mary Halvorson Nonesuch Records [6] [7]
Foreverland Keyon Harrold Concord Jazz
Technically Acceptable Ethan Iverson Blue Note Records
26The Room Sam Gendel and Fabiano do NascimentoReal World [8]
26Trust the processFilippo Ieraci, Simone Serafini and Jacopo ZanetteAmerio Stefano edizioni musicali
February2Compassion Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey ECM Records [9]
9 Nublues Joel Ross Blue Note Records [10]
March1 Speak to Me Julian Lage [11]
8 Visions Norah Jones [12]
Eagle's Point Chris Potter with Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, and John Patitucci Edition Records [13]
April5Echoes of the Inner Prophet Melissa Aldana Blue Note Records [14]
12 Who Killed AI? Kenny Garrett and Svoy Mack Avenue Records [15]
May3 Fearless Movement Kamasi Washington Young [16]
31 Night Reign Arooj Aftab Verve Records [17]
August9 Milton + Esperanza Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding Concord Records [18]
September20 50 Herb Alpert Herb Alpert Presents [19]
27Planetarium Ben Monder [20]
Against the Fall of Night Sungazer [21]
October24Portrait of Right Now Jocelyn Gould [22]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

NumberArtistAlbumAverage scoreNumber of reviewsReference
1 Charles Lloyd The Sky Will Be There Tomorrow956 [23]
2 Julian Lage Speak to Me 914 [24]
3 Arooj Aftab Night Reign8912 [25]
4 Blue Lab Beats Blue Eclipse874 [26]
5 Vijay Iyer Compassion866 [27]
6 Mary Halvorson Cloudward848 [28]
Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento Milton + Esperanza 845 [29]

Deaths

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Eleanor Collins

See also

References

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    2. Minsker, Evan (February 4, 2024). "Meshell Ndegeocello Wins Inaugural Best Alternative Jazz Album Award at 2024 Grammys". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Grammys 2024 Winners: See The Complete List". The New York Times . February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
    4. Kamasi Washington to play an intimate night at Herne Hill, UK on July 9 accessdate: January 17, 2024
    5. "Stockholm Jazz Festival 2024". Europe Jazz Network. October 4, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
    6. Ingallis, Chris (January 18, 2024). "MARY HALVORSON'S 'CLOUDWARD' IS A SOPHISTICATED ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION". PopMatters . Retrieved January 19, 2024.
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    15. "CD review: Kenny Garrett & Svoy - Who Killed AI? - 2024: Video, CD cover". Jazz Blues News. February 18, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
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    17. "Night Reign, by Night Reign". Night Reign. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
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    20. "Planetarium, by Ben Monder". Ben Monder. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
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    32. "Le vibraphoniste Michel Hausser est décédé" (in French). Retrieved February 1, 2024.
    33. "Jazz musician Tony Cedras dies". Times Live. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
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    38. Trommeslager Alex Riel er sovet ind efter uhelbredelig sygdom (in Danish)
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