2021 in jazz

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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2021.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Albums

MonthDayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
March26Daring MindJihye Lee Orchestra Motema Music [8]
26 Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album) Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra Luaka Bop [9]
April9 Uneasy (album) Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey ECM Records [10] [11]
May14 Black To The Future Sons Of Kemet Impulse! Records [12] [13]
June11Squint Julian Lage Blue Note Records [14]
August27Sounds from the Ancestors Kenny Garrett Mack Avenue Records [15]
September3Kinds of Love Renee Rosnes Smoke Sessions Records [16] [17]
10Side-Eye (V1. IV) Pat Metheny BMG Modern Recordings [18]
14The Cave Of Winds Tony Malaby Pyroclastic [19]
October8SuperBlue Kurt Elling Edition Records [20]
November12Crisis Louis Hayes Savant Records [21]
19A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday Jack DeJohnette, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith TUM Records [22]
December3New Standards Kenny G Concord Records [23]

Deaths

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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2022.

References

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  2. ↑ 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List: 2020 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  3. ↑ 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show: Chick Corea Wins Best Improvised Jazz Solo & Best Jazz Instrumental Album | 2021 GRAMMY Awards Show, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  4. ↑ Music Week: Sons Of Kemet's Shabaka Hutchings on his new label | Labels | Music Week, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  5. ↑ Paul Robicheau (August 3, 2021). "Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical Affirmation". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Midnight Crisp, by Takuya Kuroda". Takuya Kuroda. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  7. ↑ Chow, Andrew R.; Lang, Cady (4 December 2021). "The 10 Best Albums of 2021". Time . Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  8. ↑ Morgan Enos (April 12, 2021). "Jihye Lee: Daring to Lead". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  9. ↑ Shaffer, Claire (16 February 2021). "Pharoah Sanders Announces First Album in a Decade With Floating Points". Rolling Stone . Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  10. ↑ Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-07-01
  11. ↑ Jazz, All About (2021-04-29). "Vijay Iyer: Uneasy album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  12. ↑ Allnutt, Chris (28 April 2021). "Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings: 'If I stop playing, I feel that physical yearning'". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Black to the Future by Sons of Kemet". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  14. ↑ Julian Lage - Squint Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-07-01
  15. ↑ Sounds from the Ancestors - Kenny Garrett | Releases | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-07-01
  16. ↑ Renee Rosnes - Kinds Of Love, 2021-09-03, retrieved 2023-07-01
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  18. ↑ John Fordham (December 19, 2021). "The 10 best jazz albums of 2021". The Guardian. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  19. ↑ Mike Shanley (December 31, 2021). "Tony Malaby's Sabino: The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic)". Jazz Times. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  20. ↑ SuperBlue - Kurt Elling | Releases | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-07-01
  21. ↑ Crisis - Louis Hayes | Releases | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-07-01
  22. ↑ A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday - Jack DeJohnette, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith | Releases | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-07-01
  23. ↑ "New Standards Out Now". kennyg.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
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  41. ↑ "Polish jazz pioneer passes away aged 93". Poland In. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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  43. ↑ "George Mraz,consummate jazz bassist, dies at 77". New York Times. 25 September 2021.
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