2024 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2024.
| 2024 in jazz | |
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| Decade | 2020s in jazz |
| Music | 2024 in music |
| Standards | List of jazz standards |
| See also | 2023 in jazz – 2025 in jazz |
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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[3]
- "Best Vocal Jazz Album" is awarded to Nicole Zuraitis for her 2023 album How Love Begins,[3]
- "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[3]
- "Best Jazz Performance" is awarded to Samara Joy for her song Tight[3]
July
- July 9 – Kamasi Washington starts his first ever UK tour, at a bar in Herne Hill, UK[4]
Albums
| Month | Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 | Cloudward | Mary Halvorson | Nonesuch Records | [5][6] | |
| Foreverland | Keyon Harrold | Concord Jazz | ||||
| Technically Acceptable | Ethan Iverson | Blue Note Records | ||||
| 26 | The Room | Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento | Real World | [7] | ||
| 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 | [8] | |
| 9 | Nublues | Joel Ross | Blue Note Records | [9] | ||
| March | 8 | Visions | Norah Jones | Blue Note Records | [10] | |
All critically reviewed albums ranked
Metacritic
| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Halvorson | Cloudward | 84 | 8 | [11] |
AnyDecentMusic
| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
Deaths
- January 25 – Bruno Amstad, Swiss jazz singer, 59 (cancer)[12]
- January 26
- Dean Brown, American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician, 68 (cancer)[13]
- Michel Hausser, French jazz vibraphonist, 96[14]
- January 29 – Tony Cedras, South African jazz musician, 71[15]
- March 3 – Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer and TV host[16]
- April 7 – Joe Viera, German saxophonist and festival founder, 91[17]
- May 7 – Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger, 88[18]
References
- Raeburn, Brandon (8 December 2023). "Jazz Duo DOMI AND JD BECK To Hold Singapore Concert in January 2024". Bandwagon. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- Minsker, Evan (4 February 2024). "Meshell Ndegeocello Wins Inaugural Best Alternative Jazz Album Award at 2024 Grammys". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- "Grammys 2024 Winners: See The Complete List". nytimes. New York Times. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- Kamasi Washington to play an intimate night at Herne Hill, UK on July 9 accessdate: January 17, 2024
- Ingallis, Chris (January 18, 2024). "MARY HALVORSON'S 'CLOUDWARD' IS A SOPHISTICATED ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION". PopMatters. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- Fordham, John. "Mary Halvorson: Cloudward review – compositions fuse with improv to wondrous ends". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- Kalia, Ammar. "Sam Gendel and Fabiano do Nascimento: The Room review – a tender, complex modern classic". theguardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- Felsenthal, Daniel. "Compassion Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- Spencer, Neil. "Joel Ross: Nublues review – vibraphonist's innovative homage to tradition". theguardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- Peacock, Tim (January 18, 2024). "Norah Jones Announces New Album 'Visions'; Spring U.S Tour Dates". uDiscover Music. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- "Cloudward Metacritic". Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- Stefan Künzli (28 January 2024). "Der Schweizer Vokalakrobat Bruno Amstad hat seinen langjährigen Kampf gegen Krebs verloren". Tagblatt.
- "Jazz guitarist Dean Brown has passed away". Maxazine. January 27, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- "Le vibraphoniste Michel Hausser est décédé" (in French). Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- "Jazz musician Tony Cedras dies". Times Live. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- "Canadian jazz legend Eleanor Collins passes away at age 104 | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- "Gründer der Jazzwoche Burghausen Joe Viera ist gestorben". PNP. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- "Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski nie żyje". Pap. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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