Doug Anders' Favorite Jazz Recordings of 2021 (in no particular order of preference.)
- Anaïs Reno - Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn
- Marbin - Fernweh
- Bill Cunliffe, John Patitucci and Vinnie Colaiuta - Trio
- Todd Cochrane’s TC3 - Then and Again, Here and Now
- Perry Smith - Peace
- Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future
- Out to Dinner - Play On
- Idit Shner - Live at the Jazz Station
- Andrew Cyrille - The News
- John Moulder - Metamorphosis
Other Jazz albums released in 2021 I really liked:
Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm - Not a Novelty, Steve Coleman - Live at the Village Vanguard, vol 2, Adrian Younge - The American Negro, Cameron Graves - Seven, Dan McCarthy - A Place Where We Once Lived, Emmet Cohen - Future Stride, Yaniv Tabenhouse - Moments in Trio, Vol. 3, Mike Clark & Mike Zilber - Mike Drop
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