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Jazz was all over the place in 2022. I mean that as a compliment, and with an intended double meaning: We saw some great examples of improvisers flowing through the culture, and we also heard ...

In a year of growth and reflection, the music stretched and relocated in often unpredictable ways. By Giovanni Russonello At the end of the seventh album on this list (no spoilers), the poet and ...

2022 started off really well. A bunch of great albums came out in January, including alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins’ The 7th Hand; bassist Luke Stewart’s The Bottom; the Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio ...