2024 in jazz

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

Events

=January=

January 27 – Domi and JD Beck tour in Singapore{{cite news |last1=Raeburn |first1=Brandon |title=Jazz Duo DOMI AND JD BECK To Hold Singapore Concert in January 2024 |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/jazz-duo-domi-jd-beck-to-hold-singapore-concert-in-january-2024-esplanade-singtel-waterfront-theatre-not-tight-now-live-tickets-sistic |access-date=January 19, 2024 |agency=Bandwagon |date=December 8, 2023}}

=February=

February 4 – The 2024 Grammy awards occur.
A new category, "Best Alternative Jazz Album" is added. The first winner is Meshell Ndegeocello for her 2023 album The Omnichord Real Book{{cite news |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Meshell Ndegeocello Wins Inaugural Best Alternative Jazz Album Award at 2024 Grammys |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/meshell-ndegeocello-wins-inaugural-best-alternative-jazz-album-award-at-2024-grammys/ |access-date=February 8, 2024 |agency=Pitchfork |date=February 4, 2024}}
"Best Jazz Instrumental Album" is awarded to Billy Childs for his 2023 album The Winds of Change{{cite web |title=Grammys 2024 Winners: See The Complete List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/arts/music/grammys-winners-list.html |website=The New York Times |date=February 4, 2024 |access-date=February 8, 2024}}
"Best Latin Jazz Album" is awarded to Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo for their 2023 album El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2
"Best Vocal Jazz Album" is awarded to Nicole Zuraitis for her 2023 album How Love Begins,
"Best Traditional Pop Vocal album is awarded to Laufey for her 2023 album “Bewitched,”
"Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" is awarded to the Count Basie Orchestra for their 2023 album Basie Swings The Blues
"Best Jazz Performance" is awarded to Samara Joy for her song Tight

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=July=

July 9 – Kamasi Washington starts his first ever UK tour, at a bar in Herne Hill, UK[https://www.jazziz.com/kamasi-washington-play-intimate-night-herne-hill-uk-july-9/ Kamasi Washington to play an intimate night at Herne Hill, UK on July 9] accessdate: January 17, 2024

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=October=

October 11–20 – Headliners at the Stockholm Jazz Festival include Bill Frisell, Julius Rodriguez, Sona Jobarteh, Gogo Penguin and The Headhunters.{{cite web|url=https://www.europejazz.net/news/stockholm-jazz-festival-2024|website=Europe Jazz Network|title=Stockholm Jazz Festival 2024|date=October 4, 2024 |access-date=November 10, 2024}}

Albums

class="wikitable"
Month !Day !Album !Artist !Label !Notes !Ref.
rowspan="5" \|January \| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\|19 \| Cloudward \|Mary Halvorson \|Nonesuch Records \| \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.popmatters.com/mary-halvorson-cloudward-review \|title=MARY HALVORSON'S 'CLOUDWARD' IS A SOPHISTICATED ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION \|last=Ingallis \|first=Chris \|date=January 18, 2024 \|website=PopMatters \|publisher= \|access-date=January 19, 2024 \|quote=}} {{cite news \|last1=Fordham \|first1=John \|title=Mary Halvorson: Cloudward review – compositions fuse with improv to wondrous ends \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/19/mary-halvorson-cloudward-review-nonesuch \|access-date=January 19, 2024 \|agency=The Guardian \|work=The Guardian}}
Foreverland \|Keyon Harrold \|Concord Jazz \| \|
Technically Acceptable \|Ethan Iverson \|Blue Note Records \| \|
rowspan="1"\|26 \|The Room \|Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento \|Real World \| \|{{cite web \|last1=Kalia \|first1=Ammar \|title=Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento: The Room review – a tender, complex modern classic \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/26/sam-gendel-and-fabiano-do-nascimento-the-room-review-a-tender-complex-modern-classic \|website=theguardian \|date=January 26, 2024 \|publisher=The Guardian \|access-date=February 15, 2024}}
26 \|Trust the process \|Filippo Ieraci, Simone Serafini and Jacopo Zanette \|Amerio Stefano edizioni musicali \| \|
rowspan="2"\|February \|rowspan="1"\|2 \|Compassion \|Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey \|ECM Records \| \|{{cite web \|last1=Felsenthal \|first1=Daniel \|title=Compassion Pitchfork Review \|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/vijay-iyer-linda-may-han-oh-tyshawn-sorey-compassion/ \|publisher=Pitchfork \|access-date=February 15, 2024}}
rowspan="1"\|9 \|Nublues \|Joel Ross \| rowspan="3" \|Blue Note Records \| \|{{cite web \|last1=Spencer \|first1=Neil \|title=Joel Ross: Nublues review – vibraphonist's innovative homage to tradition \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/11/joel-ross-nublues-review-vibraphonist-innovative-homage-to-tradition \|website=theguardian \|date=February 11, 2024 \|publisher=The Guardian \|access-date=February 15, 2024}}
rowspan="3" \|March \|1 \|Speak to Me \|Julian Lage \| \|{{Citation \|title=Speak to Me - Julian Lage {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic \|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/speak-to-me-mw0004168147 \|access-date=December 27, 2024 \|language=en}}
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|8 \| Visions \|Norah Jones \| \|{{cite web \| last=Peacock \| first=Tim \| title=Norah Jones Announces New Album 'Visions'; Spring U.S Tour Dates \| website=uDiscover Music \| date=January 18, 2024 \| url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/norah-jones-album-visions-spring-dates/ \| access-date=January 19, 2024}}
Eagle's Point \|Chris Potter with Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, and John Patitucci \|Edition Records \| \|{{Citation \|title=Eagle's Point - Chris Potter {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic \|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eagles-point-mw0004186957#credits \|access-date=December 27, 2024 \|language=en}}
rowspan="2" \|April \|5 \|Echoes of the Inner Prophet \|Melissa Aldana \|Blue Note Records \| \|{{Citation \|title=Echoes of the Inner Prophet - Melissa Aldana {{!}}... {{!}} AllMusic \|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/echoes-of-the-inner-prophet-mw0004168154 \|access-date=December 27, 2024 \|language=en}}
12 \|Who Killed AI? \|Kenny Garrett and Svoy \|Mack Avenue Records \| \|{{Cite web \|date=February 18, 2024 \|title=CD review: Kenny Garrett & Svoy - Who Killed AI? - 2024: Video, CD cover \|url=https://jazzbluesnews.com/2024/02/18/cd-review-kenny-garrett-svoy-who-killed-ai-2024-video-cd-cover/ \|work=Jazz Blues News \|access-date=December 27, 2024 \|language=en-US}}
rowspan="2" \|May \|3 \|Fearless Movement \|Kamasi Washington \|Young \| \|{{Cite web \|title=Fearless Movement, by Kamasi Washington \|url=https://kamasiwashington.bandcamp.com/album/fearless-movement \|access-date=December 28, 2024 \|website=Kamasi Washington \|language=en}}
31 \|Night Reign \|Arooj Aftab \|Verve Records \| \|{{Cite web \|title=Night Reign, by Night Reign \|url=https://nightreign.bandcamp.com/album/night-reign \|access-date=December 28, 2024 \|website=Night Reign \|language=en}}
August \|9 \|Milton + Esperanza \|Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding \|Concord Records \| \|{{Cite web \|date=May 16, 2024 \|title=Milton + esperanza - Concord - Label Group \|url=https://concord.com/concord-albums/milton-esperanza/ \|access-date=December 27, 2024 \|website=concord.com \|language=en-US}}
rowspan="2" \|September \| rowspan="2" \|27 \|Planetarium \|Ben Monder \| \| \|{{Cite web \|title=Planetarium, by Ben Monder \|url=https://benmonder.bandcamp.com/album/planetarium \|access-date=December 28, 2024 \|website=Ben Monder \|language=en}}
Against the Fall of Night \|Sungazer \| \| \|{{Cite web \|title=Against the Fall of Night, by sungazer \|url=https://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com/album/against-the-fall-of-night \|access-date=December 28, 2024 \|website=sungazer \|language=en}}
October \|24 \|Portrait of Right Now \|Jocelyn Gould \| \| \|{{Cite web \|date=October 26, 2024 \|title=Jocelyn Gould: Portrait of Right Now \|url=https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/jocelyn-gould-portrait-of-right-now/ \|access-date=December 27, 2024 \|website=Rhythm Changes \|language=en}}

class="wikitable"

Month

!Day

!Album

!Artist

!Label

!Notes

!Ref.

rowspan="5" |January

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|19

| Cloudward

|Mary Halvorson

|Nonesuch Records

|{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/mary-halvorson-cloudward-review |title=MARY HALVORSON'S 'CLOUDWARD' IS A SOPHISTICATED ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION

|last=Ingallis |first=Chris |date=January 18, 2024 |website=PopMatters |publisher= |access-date=January 19, 2024 |quote=}}

{{cite news |last1=Fordham |first1=John |title=Mary Halvorson: Cloudward review – compositions fuse with improv to wondrous ends |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/19/mary-halvorson-cloudward-review-nonesuch |access-date=January 19, 2024 |agency=The Guardian |work=The Guardian}}

Foreverland

|Keyon Harrold

|Concord Jazz

Technically Acceptable

|Ethan Iverson

|Blue Note Records

rowspan="1"|26

|The Room

|Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento

|Real World

|{{cite web |last1=Kalia |first1=Ammar |title=Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento: The Room review – a tender, complex modern classic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/26/sam-gendel-and-fabiano-do-nascimento-the-room-review-a-tender-complex-modern-classic |website=theguardian |date=January 26, 2024 |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=February 15, 2024}}

|Trust the process

|Filippo Ieraci, Simone Serafini and Jacopo Zanette

|Amerio Stefano edizioni musicali

rowspan="2"|February

|rowspan="1"|2

|Compassion

|Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey

|ECM Records

|{{cite web |last1=Felsenthal |first1=Daniel |title=Compassion Pitchfork Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/vijay-iyer-linda-may-han-oh-tyshawn-sorey-compassion/ |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=February 15, 2024}}

rowspan="1"|9

|Nublues

|Joel Ross

| rowspan="3" |Blue Note Records

|{{cite web |last1=Spencer |first1=Neil |title=Joel Ross: Nublues review – vibraphonist's innovative homage to tradition |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/11/joel-ross-nublues-review-vibraphonist-innovative-homage-to-tradition |website=theguardian |date=February 11, 2024 |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=February 15, 2024}}

rowspan="3" |March

|Speak to Me

|Julian Lage

|{{Citation |title=Speak to Me - Julian Lage {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/speak-to-me-mw0004168147 |access-date=December 27, 2024 |language=en}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |8

| Visions

|Norah Jones

|{{cite web | last=Peacock | first=Tim | title=Norah Jones Announces New Album 'Visions'; Spring U.S Tour Dates | website=uDiscover Music | date=January 18, 2024 | url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/norah-jones-album-visions-spring-dates/ | access-date=January 19, 2024}}

Eagle's Point

|Chris Potter with Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, and John Patitucci

|Edition Records

|{{Citation |title=Eagle's Point - Chris Potter {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eagles-point-mw0004186957#credits |access-date=December 27, 2024 |language=en}}

rowspan="2" |April

|Echoes of the Inner Prophet

|Melissa Aldana

|Blue Note Records

|{{Citation |title=Echoes of the Inner Prophet - Melissa Aldana {{!}}... {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/echoes-of-the-inner-prophet-mw0004168154 |access-date=December 27, 2024 |language=en}}

|Who Killed AI?

|Kenny Garrett and Svoy

|Mack Avenue Records

|{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2024 |title=CD review: Kenny Garrett & Svoy - Who Killed AI? - 2024: Video, CD cover |url=https://jazzbluesnews.com/2024/02/18/cd-review-kenny-garrett-svoy-who-killed-ai-2024-video-cd-cover/ |work=Jazz Blues News |access-date=December 27, 2024 |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" |May

|Fearless Movement

|Kamasi Washington

|Young

|{{Cite web |title=Fearless Movement, by Kamasi Washington |url=https://kamasiwashington.bandcamp.com/album/fearless-movement |access-date=December 28, 2024 |website=Kamasi Washington |language=en}}

|Night Reign

|Arooj Aftab

|Verve Records

|{{Cite web |title=Night Reign, by Night Reign |url=https://nightreign.bandcamp.com/album/night-reign |access-date=December 28, 2024 |website=Night Reign |language=en}}

August

|Milton + Esperanza

|Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding

|Concord Records

|{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2024 |title=Milton + esperanza - Concord - Label Group |url=https://concord.com/concord-albums/milton-esperanza/ |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=concord.com |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" |September

| rowspan="2" |27

|Planetarium

|Ben Monder

|{{Cite web |title=Planetarium, by Ben Monder |url=https://benmonder.bandcamp.com/album/planetarium |access-date=December 28, 2024 |website=Ben Monder |language=en}}

Against the Fall of Night

|Sungazer

|{{Cite web |title=Against the Fall of Night, by sungazer |url=https://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com/album/against-the-fall-of-night |access-date=December 28, 2024 |website=sungazer |language=en}}

October

|24

|Portrait of Right Now

|Jocelyn Gould

|{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2024 |title=Jocelyn Gould: Portrait of Right Now |url=https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/jocelyn-gould-portrait-of-right-now/ |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=Rhythm Changes |language=en}}

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" \| Number ! scope="col" \| Artist ! scope="col" \| Album ! scope="col" \| Average score ! scope="col" \| Number of reviews ! scope="col" \| Reference
scope="row" \| 1 \|Charles Lloyd \|The Sky Will Be There Tomorrow \|95 \|6 \|{{cite web \|title=Sky Will Be There Tomorrow Metacritic \|website=Metacritic \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-sky-will-still-be-there-tomorrow/charles-lloyd \|access-date=July 17, 2024}}
2 \|Julian Lage \|Speak to Me \|91 \|4 \|{{Citation \|title=Speak To Me by Julian Lage \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/speak-to-me/julian-lage \|access-date=December 28, 2024 \|language=en}}
scope="row" \| 3 \|Arooj Aftab \|Night Reign \|89 \|12 \|{{cite web \|title=Night Rein Metacritic \|website=Metacritic \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/night-reign/arooj-aftab \|access-date=July 17, 2024}}
scope="row" \| 4 \|Blue Lab Beats \|Blue Eclipse \|87 \|4 \|{{cite web \|title=Blue Eclipse Metacritic \|website=Metacritic \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/blue-eclipse/blue-lab-beats \|access-date=July 17, 2024}}
scope="row" \| 5 \|Vijay Iyer \|Compassion \|86 \|6 \|{{cite web \|title=Compassion Metacritic \|website=Metacritic \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/compassion/vijay-iyer \|access-date=July 17, 2024}}
rowspan="2" scope="row" \| 6 \|Mary Halvorson \|Cloudward \|84 \|8 \|{{cite web \|title=Cloudward Metacritic \|website=Metacritic \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/cloudward/mary-halvorson \|access-date=February 8, 2024}}
Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento \|Milton + Esperanza \|84 \|5 \|{{Citation \|title=Milton + Esperanza by Milton Nascimento \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/milton-+-esperanza/milton-nascimento \|access-date=December 28, 2024 \|language=en}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

scope="col" | Number

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" | Album

! scope="col" | Average score

! scope="col" | Number of reviews

! scope="col" | Reference

scope="row" | 1

|Charles Lloyd

|The Sky Will Be There Tomorrow

|95

|{{cite web |title=Sky Will Be There Tomorrow Metacritic |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-sky-will-still-be-there-tomorrow/charles-lloyd |access-date=July 17, 2024}}

|Julian Lage

|Speak to Me

|91

|{{Citation |title=Speak To Me by Julian Lage |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/speak-to-me/julian-lage |access-date=December 28, 2024 |language=en}}

scope="row" | 3

|Arooj Aftab

|Night Reign

|89

|12

|{{cite web |title=Night Rein Metacritic |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/night-reign/arooj-aftab |access-date=July 17, 2024}}

scope="row" | 4

|Blue Lab Beats

|Blue Eclipse

|87

|{{cite web |title=Blue Eclipse Metacritic |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/blue-eclipse/blue-lab-beats |access-date=July 17, 2024}}

scope="row" | 5

|Vijay Iyer

|Compassion

|86

|{{cite web |title=Compassion Metacritic |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/compassion/vijay-iyer |access-date=July 17, 2024}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" | 6

|Mary Halvorson

|Cloudward

|84

|{{cite web |title=Cloudward Metacritic |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/cloudward/mary-halvorson |access-date=February 8, 2024}}

Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento

|Milton + Esperanza

|84

|{{Citation |title=Milton + Esperanza by Milton Nascimento |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/milton-+-esperanza/milton-nascimento |access-date=December 28, 2024 |language=en}}

Deaths

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January 25 – Bruno Amstad, Swiss jazz singer, 59 (cancer){{cite web | url=https://www.tagblatt.ch/kultur/bruno-amstad-ist-tot-ld.2572169 | title=Der Schweizer Vokalakrobat Bruno Amstad hat seinen langjährigen Kampf gegen Krebs verloren |author=Stefan Künzli |website=Tagblatt | date=January 28, 2024}}
January 26
Dean Brown, American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician, 68 (cancer){{cite web|url=https://maxazine.com/2024/01/27/jazz-guitarist-dean-brown-has-passed-away/|title=Jazz guitarist Dean Brown has passed away|date=January 27, 2024|website=Maxazine|access-date=February 1, 2024}}
Michel Hausser, French jazz vibraphonist, 96{{cite web|url=https://www.tsfjazz.com/jazznews/breve/le-vibraphoniste-michel-hausser-est-decede|title=Le vibraphoniste Michel Hausser est décédé|language=fr|access-date=February 1, 2024}}
January 29 – Tony Cedras, South African jazz musician, 71{{cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2024-01-30-jazz-musician-tony-cedras-dies/|title=Jazz musician Tony Cedras dies|website=Times Live|access-date=February 1, 2024}}
March 3 – Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer and TV host{{Cite web |title=Canadian jazz legend Eleanor Collins passes away at age 104 {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10332428/jazz-legend-eleanor-collins-passes-away/ |access-date=March 3, 2024 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}
April 5 – Phil Nimmons, Canadian jazz clarinetist, 100{{Cite news |date=April 10, 2024 |title=Phil Nimmons, 'dean of Canadian jazz,' dead at 100 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/phil-nimmons-canadian-jazz-musician-dead-at-100-1.7169598 |work=CBC News}}
April 7 – Joe Viera, German saxophonist and festival founder, 91{{cite news |title=Gründer der Jazzwoche Burghausen Joe Viera ist gestorben |url=https://www.pnp.de/lokales/landkreis-altoetting/gruender-der-jazzwoche-burghausen-joe-viera-ist-gestorben-15792825 |access-date=April 7, 2024 |publisher=PNP |date=April 7, 2024}}
May 7 – Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger, 88{{cite news |title=Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski nie żyje |url=https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/jan-ptaszyn-wroblewski-nie-zyje |access-date=May 7, 2024 |publisher=Pap |date=May 7, 2024}}
June 9 – Alex Riel, Danish jazz and rock drummer, 83[https://tidende.dk/ind-og-udland/indland-kriminal/trommeslager-alex-riel-er-sovet-ind-efter-uhelbredelig-sygdom/353856 Trommeslager Alex Riel er sovet ind efter uhelbredelig sygdom] {{in lang|da}}
August 3 – Shaun Martin, American jazz keyboardist from Snarky Puppy, 45{{cite web |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=Shaun Martin, Grammy-Winning Musician Known for His Work With Snarky Puppy, Kirk Franklin and Erykah Badu, Dies at 45 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/shaun-martin-dead-grammy-winning-musician-snarky-puppy-kirk-franklin-keyboardist-1236096559/ |website=Variety |date=August 6, 2024 |access-date=August 8, 2024}}
August 23 – Russell Malone, American jazz guitarist, 60{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Lyle|title=RIP Russell Malone 1963-2024|url=http://www.thejazzguitarlife.com/2024/08/23/rip-russell-malone-1963-2024/|website=The Jazz Guitar Life|date=August 23, 2024}}
November 12 – Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer, 99{{Cite news |date=November 12, 2024 |title=Roy Haynes, a Giant of Jazz Drumming, Is Dead at 99 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/arts/music/roy-haynes-dead.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241208083624/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/arts/music/roy-haynes-dead.html |archive-date=December 8, 2024 |access-date=December 28, 2024 |language=en |last1=Chinen |first1=Nate }}

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