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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2022.

Events

January

February

March

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May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Albums

Makaya McCraven, who released In These Times, one of the most acclaimed albums of 2022. Photo taken in 2013
Month Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
January 21 Flow of Everything Michael Bisio & Matthew Shipp Fundacja Słuchaj
2 Blues for Cecil Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Enrico Rava TUM Records [22]
28 The 7th Hand Immanuel Wilkins Blue Note Records [23]
February 4 Father's Wing Rob Mazurek Quartet Rogueart [24]
25 Feed The Machine Binker and Moses Gearbox Records [25][26][27]
March 4 Ghost Song Cécile McLorin Salvant Nonesuch Records [28]
Pray For Me, I Don't Fit In Melt Yourself Down Universal International Music [29]
8 Four Brothers Tony Monaco Chicken Coup Records [30]
11 Live at GroundUP Music Festival Snarky Puppy GroundUP Music [31]
April 1 GOLD Alabaster DePlume International Anthem Recording Company [32]
4 Forest Floor Fergus McCreadie Edition Records
15 Pursuit of Ends High Pulp ANTI-records [33]
May 6 John Scofield John Scofield ECM Records [34]
13 Amaryllis Mary Halvorson Nonesuch Records [35]
Belladonna Mary Halvorson Nonesuch Records [36]
Red Balloon Tank and the Bangas Verve Forecast [37][38]
20 Origin Joey Alexander Mack Avenue Records [39]
27 In The Spirit Of Ntu Nduduzo Makhathini Blue Note Records [40]
Bluesthetic Steve Davis Smoke Sessions Records [41]
June 10 Vincent French Kiwi Juice Mom + Pop Music [42]
15 Holding Space, Live In Berlin Lizz Wright Blues & Greens Records [43]
17 Pink Dolphins Anteloper International Anthem Recording Company [44]
Golden Hour Jocelyn Gould [45]
July 1 Jazz Codes Moor Mother Anti- Records [46]
15 Elastic Wave Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, André Roligheten, Petter Eldh ECM Records [47][48]
29 Not Tight Domi and JD Beck Blue Note Records [49]
August 26 Everything I Know About Love Laufey AWAL [50]
September 9 LongGone Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Brian Blade Nonesuch Records [51]
16 Linger Awhile Samara Joy Verve Records [52]
View with a Room Julian Lage Blue Note Records [53]
23 Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam The Comet Is Coming Impulse Records [54]
In These Times Makaya McCraven International Anthem, Nonesuch, XL [55]
Weather Alive Beth Orton Partisan Records [56]
Secrets of Inanna Connie Han Mack Avenue Records Quintet with Bill Wysaske (drums), John Patitucci (bass, acoustic), Rich Perry (tenor sax), Katisse Buckingham (flute) [57]
Sparkle Beings Angelica Sanchez Trio Sunnyside Records [58]
30 Empire Central Snarky Puppy GroundUP Music [59]
October 21 Nikki by Starlight Nikki Yanofsky MNRK Music Group [60]
November 4 Voices of Bishara Tom Skinner
Where I'm Meant to Be Ezra Collective Partisan Records [61]
11 KALAK Sarathy Korwar The Leaf Label Produced by Photay
18 Trios: Sacred Thread Charles Lloyd Blue Note Records [62]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Binker And Moses Feeding The Machine 89 8 reviews [63]
2 Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Brian Blade LongGone 88 4 reviews [64]
3 Makaya McCraven In These Times 87 11 reviews [65]
4 Sarathy Korwar KALAK 87 6 reviews [66]
5 Immanuel Wilkins The 7th Hand 87 4 reviews [67]
6 Cécile McLorin Salvant Ghost Song 87 4 reviews [68]
7 Mary Halvorson Belladonna 86 6 reviews [69]
8 Jeff Parker Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy 85 5 reviews [70]
9 Brian Jackson This Is Brian Jackson 85 4 reviews [71]
10 The Revelators Revelators Sound System 85 5 reviews [72]
11 Ezra Collective Where I'm Meant to Be 84 8 reviews [73]
12 Flora Purim If You Will 84 5 reviews [74]
13 Charles Lloyd Trios: Ocean 84 4 reviews [75]
14 Keith Jarrett Bordeaux Concert 84 4 reviews [76]
15 Melt Yourself Down Pray for Me I Don't Fit In 83 5 reviews [77]
16 The Comet Is Coming Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam 82 8 reviews [78]
17 Laufey Everything I Know About Love 82 4 reviews [79]
18 Mary Halvorson Amaryllis 82 6 reviews [80]
19 Oren Ambarchi Shebang 82 6 reviews [81]
20 DOMi & JD BECK NOT TiGHT 82 5 reviews [82]
21 Bruce Hornsby 'Flicted 82 5 reviews [83]
22 The Bad Plus The Bad Plus 82 4 reviews [84]
23 Alabaster DePlume Gold 81 6 reviews [85]
24 Anteloper Pink Dolphins 81 6 reviews [86]
25 Tyshawn Sorey Mesmerism 81 4 reviews [87]
26 Sun Ra Arkestra Living Sky 80 7 reviews [88]
27 Charles Lloyd Trios: Sacred Thread 80 4 reviews [89]
28 Ben Marc Glass Effect 79 5 reviews [90]
29 Bill Frisell Four 79 4 reviews [91]

AnyDecentMusic

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Binker And Moses Feeding The Machine 8.3 6 reviews [92]
2 Sarathy Korwar KALAK 8.0 5 reviews [93]
3 Makaya McCraven In These Times 7.9 7 reviews [94]
4 Ezra Collective Where I'm Meant to Be 7.8 9 reviews [95]
5 Melt Yourself Down Pray For Me I Don't Fit In 7.8 5 reviews [96]
6 The Comet Is Coming Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam 7.5 10 reviews [97]
7 Kokoroko Could We Be More 7.1 8 reviews [98]

Deaths

January

Fred Van Hove, who died January 13

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sebtember

October

November

See also

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