The Best Jazz Albums of 2024

Another list? Another list! But this time… it’s personal.

Making a list, checking it twice: ‘Tis the season, as they say. Earlier this month, I reflected on our Year of the Soft Radicals, which was one lens through which to view the sonic landscape we’ve just traversed. Last week, for NPR Music, I compiled a year-ender with a carefully bifurcated focus: The Essential Jazz Discoveries of 2024.

I’m looking forwa…