By Means Of Rebirth

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Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla

Composer: Viper

Composer: Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick

Composer: Implore The Sky

Lyricist: Implore The Sky

Composer: Rory Jak Evers-Lee

Lyricist: Rory Jak Evers-Lee

Enjoy these highlights of the year in jazz -- from the striking new fusions of Terri Lyne Carrington, Shabaka Hutchings, Christian Scott, Robert Glasper and others, to brilliantly swinging acoustic jazz by Branford Marsalis and Jon Batiste, to revelatory 

Live jazz is jazz, period. Which made 2020 really unfortunate for serious jazzheads, who know that recordings function best as advertisements for the in-person heat generated on the bandstand. Still, the year produced a grip of great jazz albums, from vau

The most compelling tracks of the year in new and rediscovered improvised music, from swinging traditionalism through fusion and into the outer limits of the avant-garde. (Cover: Brandee Younger / Photo: Erin Patrice O'Brien/Universal Music)