Ecm records4/1/2024 ![]() There were hundreds of jazz albums released in 2021, and we've put together a list of 12 great ones that we think everyone should hear (including a few that are also on our main year-end list). If you haven't been actively seeking out new music in the jazz realm, you might be surprised at what you'll find, and at how similar some of it is to the aforementioned styles of music. On top of all that, jazz itself is full of musicians who continue to innovate, push the genre forward, and blend it with other styles of music. ![]() ![]() It's constantly in the DNA of the music that does dominate the zeitgeist in the 21st century, including tons of today's best hip hop and electronic music, and it pops up in some of today's rock, pop, metal, folk, and other styles of music too. Despite what we're sometimes led to believe, jazz hasn't been relegated to the halls of academia, it isn't background music, and it certainly isn't dead. ![]()
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