Top Jazz for 2022

  1. Terri Lyne Carrington: New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid Records)
  2. Tyshawn Sorey: The Off-Off Guide to Synergism (Contemporary Jazz)
  3. Jon Irabagon: Rising Sun (Irrabagast Records)
  4. Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade: LongGone (Nonesuch)
  5. Jon Patitucci Trio: Live in Italy (Three Faces Music)
  6. Marquis Hill: New Gospel Revisited (Contemporary Jazz)
  7. Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band: Liver From the Archives (Stoner Hill)
  8. Nduduzo Makhathini: In the Spirit of Ntu ( Blue Note) 
  9. Avram Fefer Quartet: Juba Lee (Clean Feed Records)
  10. Melissa Aldana: 12 Stars (Blue Note)
  11. Immanuel Wilkins: The 7th Hand (Blue Note)
  12. Roxy Coss: Disparate Parts (Outside In Music)
  13. Samara Joy: Linger Awhile (Verve)
  14. Joel Ross: The Parable of the Poet (Blue Note)
  15. Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes (In & Out Records)
  16. Geof Bradfield, Scott Burns, John Wojciechowski (AFAR)
  17. Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis (Nonesuch)
  18. The Jon Cowherd Trio & Jon Cowherd: Pride & Joy (Le Coq Records)
  19. Johannes Wallmann: Precarious Towers (Shifting Paradigm Records)
  20. Caleb Wheeler Curtis: Heatmap (Imani Records) 
  21. Timo Vollbrecht: Givers & Takers (BERTHOLD Records)
  22. Somi: Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (Salon Africana)
  23. Alexander Claffy: Good Spirts (Contemporary Jazz)
  24. Dennis Mitcheltree: Golden Rule (Dengor)
  25. Michael Dease: Best Next Thing (Posi-Tone)

Legacy/Historical:

Charles Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scotts (Resonance)

Ornette Coleman: Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums (2-LP Box Set) (Craft Recordings)

Keith Jarrett: Budapest Concert (ECM)

Oscar Peterson: On a Clear Day (Mack Ave)

Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-64 (Live) (Jazz Detective)

Best Beyond Jazz:

Tedeschi-Trucks Band: I Am the Moon-A Four Album Set (Fantasy)