2024 in jazz explained

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

Events

January

• January 27 – Domi and JD Beck tour in Singapore^[1]

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^[2]
  • "Best Jazz Instrumental Album" is awarded to Billy Childs for his 2023 album The Winds of Change^[3]
  • "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

July

• July 9 – Kamasi Washington starts his first ever UK tour, at a bar in Herne Hill, UK^[4]

October

• 11-20 October  - Headliners at the Stockholm Jazz Festival include Bill Frisell, Julius Rodriguez, Sona Jobarteh, Gogo Penguin and The Headhunters.^[5]

Albums

Month	Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
January	19	Cloudward	Mary Halvorson	Nonesuch Records		[6] [7]
		Foreverland	Keyon Harrold	Concord Jazz
		Technically Acceptable	Ethan Iverson	Blue Note Records
	26	The Room	Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento	Real World		[8]
	26	Trust the process	Filippo Ieraci, Simone Serafini and Jacopo Zanette	Amerio Stefano edizioni musicali
February	2	Compassion	Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey	ECM Records		[9]
	9	Nublues	Joel Ross	Blue Note Records		[10]
March	8	Visions	Norah Jones	Blue Note Records		[11]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Charles Lloyd	The Sky Will Be There Tomorrow	95	6	[12]
2	Arooj Aftab	Night Reign	89	12	[13]
3	Blue Lab Beats	Blue Eclipse	87	4	[14]
4	Vijay Iyer	Compassion	86	6	[15]
5	Mary Halvorson	Cloudward	84	8	[16]

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Deaths

• January 25 – Bruno Amstad, Swiss jazz singer, 59 (cancer)^[17]
  • • January 26 Dean Brown, American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician, 68 (cancer)^[18]
  • Michel Hausser, French jazz vibraphonist, 96^[19]
• January 29 – Tony Cedras, South African jazz musician, 71^[20]
• March 3 – Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer and TV host^[21]
• April 7 – Joe Viera, German saxophonist and festival founder, 91^[22]
• May 7 – Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger, 88^[23]
• June 9 – Alex Riel, Danish jazz and rock drummer, 83^[24]
• August 3 – Shaun Martin, American jazz keyboardist from Snarky Puppy, 45^[25]
• August 23 – Russell Malone, American jazz guitarist, 60^[26]

See also

• List of 2024 albums
• List of jazz festivals
• List of years in jazz
• 2024 in music

Notes and References

1. News: Raeburn . Brandon . Jazz Duo DOMI AND JD BECK To Hold Singapore Concert in January 2024 . 19 January 2024 . Bandwagon . 8 December 2023.
2. News: Minsker . Evan . Meshell Ndegeocello Wins Inaugural Best Alternative Jazz Album Award at 2024 Grammys . 8 February 2024 . Pitchfork . 4 February 2024.
3. Web site: Grammys 2024 Winners: See The Complete List . nytimes . New York Times . 8 February 2024.
4. 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
5. Web site: Stockholm Jazz Festival 2024. Europe Jazz Network. 10 November 2024.
6. Web site: MARY HALVORSON’S ‘CLOUDWARD’ IS A SOPHISTICATED ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION . Ingallis . Chris . January 18, 2024 . . January 19, 2024 .
7. News: Fordham . John . Mary Halvorson: Cloudward review – compositions fuse with improv to wondrous ends . January 19, 2024 . The Guardian . The Guardian.
8. Web site: Kalia . Ammar . Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento: The Room review – a tender, complex modern classic . theguardian . . 15 February 2024.
9. Web site: Felsenthal . Daniel . Compassion Pitchfork Review . Pitchfork . 15 February 2024.
10. Web site: Spencer . Neil . Joel Ross: Nublues review – vibraphonist’s innovative homage to tradition . theguardian . The Guardian . 15 February 2024.
11. Web site: Peacock . Tim . Norah Jones Announces New Album 'Visions'; Spring U.S Tour Dates . uDiscover Music . January 18, 2024 . January 19, 2024.
12. Web site: Sky Will Be There Tomorrow Metacritic . 17 July 2024.
13. Web site: Night Rein Metacritic . 17 July 2024.
14. Web site: Blue Eclipse Metacritic . 17 July 2024.
15. Web site: Compassion Metacritic . 17 July 2024.
16. Web site: Cloudward Metacritic . 8 February 2024.
17. Web site: Der Schweizer Vokalakrobat Bruno Amstad hat seinen langjährigen Kampf gegen Krebs verloren . Stefan Künzli . Tagblatt . 28 January 2024.
18. Web site: Jazz guitarist Dean Brown has passed away. January 27, 2024. Maxazine. February 1, 2024.
19. Web site: Le vibraphoniste Michel Hausser est décédé. fr. February 1, 2024.
20. Web site: Jazz musician Tony Cedras dies. Times Live. 1 February 2024.
21. Web site: Canadian jazz legend Eleanor Collins passes away at age 104 Globalnews.ca . March 3, 2024 . Global News . en-US.
22. News: Gründer der Jazzwoche Burghausen Joe Viera ist gestorben . 7 April 2024 . PNP . 7 April 2024.
23. News: Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski nie żyje . 7 May 2024 . Pap . 7 May 2024.
24. 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
25. Web site: Willman . Chris . Shaun Martin, Grammy-Winning Musician Known for His Work With Snarky Puppy, Kirk Franklin and Erykah Badu, Dies at 45 . Variety . Variety . 8 August 2024.
26. Web site: Robinson. Lyle. RIP Russell Malone 1963-2024. The Jazz Guitar Life. 23 August 2024.