This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2024.
Events
January January 27 – Domi and JD Beck tour in Singapore
February February 4 – The 66th Annual Grammy Awards occur.
April
May
June
July July 9 – Kamasi Washington starts his first ever UK tour, at a bar in Herne Hill, UKKamasi Washington to play an intimate night at Herne Hill, UK on July 9 accessdate: January 17, 2024
August
September
October October 11–20 – Headliners at the Stockholm Jazz Festival include Bill Frisell, Julius Rodriguez, Sona Jobarteh, Gogo Penguin and The Headhunters.
Albums MonthDayAlbumArtistLabelNotes Ref.January19 CloudwardMary HalvorsonNonesuch RecordsForeverlandKeyon HarroldConcord JazzTechnically AcceptableEthan IversonBlue Note Records17liveClown CoreRecorded November 17th 202326The RoomSam Gendel and Fabiano do NascimentoReal World26Trust the processFilippo Ieraci, Simone Serafini and Jacopo ZanetteAmerio Stefano edizioni musicaliFebruary 2CompassionVijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn SoreyECM Records9NubluesJoel RossBlue Note RecordsMarch1Speak to MeJulian Lage8 VisionsNorah JonesEagle's PointChris Potter with Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, and John PatitucciEdition RecordsApril5Echoes of the Inner ProphetMelissa AldanaBlue Note Records12Who Killed AI?Kenny Garrett and SvoyMack Avenue RecordsMay3Fearless MovementKamasi WashingtonYoung31Night ReignArooj AftabVerve RecordsAugust9Milton + EsperanzaMilton Nascimento and Esperanza SpaldingConcord RecordsSeptember2050Herb AlpertHerb Alpert Presents27PlanetariumBen MonderAgainst the Fall of NightSungazerOctober11PortraitSamara JoyVerve24Portrait of Right NowJocelyn Gould
Awards Grammy Awards The 66th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 4, 2024 honoring the best recordings, compositions, and artists from October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy. + "Tight" – Samara Joy "Movement 18' (Heroes)" – Jon Batiste "Basquiat" – Lakecia Benjamin "Vulnerable (Live)" – Adam Blackstone featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté "But Not For Me" – Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding How Love Begins – Nicole Zuraitis For Ella 2 – Patti Austin featuring Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Alive at the Village Vanguard – Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding Lean In – Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke Mélusine – Cécile McLorin Salvant The Winds of Change – Billy Childs The Source – Kenny Barron Phoenix – Lakecia Benjamin Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn – Adam Blackstone Dream Box – Pat Metheny | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Basie Swings The Blues – The Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – Ritmo – ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla Dynamic Maximum Tension – Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Olympians – Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions – Mingus Big Band |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | El Arte del Bolero Vol. 2 – Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo Quietude – Eliane Elias My Heart Speaks – Ivan Lins with the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra Vox Humana – Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band Cometa – Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | The Omnichord Real Book'' – Meshell Ndegeocello Love in Exile – Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily Quality Over Opinion – Louis Cole SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree – Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue Live at the Piano'' – Cory Henry
All critically reviewed albums ranked
Metacritic Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference 1Charles LloydThe Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow9562Julian LageSpeak to Me914 3Arooj AftabNight Reign8912 4Blue Lab BeatsBlue Eclipse874 5Vijay IyerCompassion866 6Ezra CollectiveDance, No One's Watching8510 7Out Of/IntoMotion 1855 8Mary HalvorsonCloudward848 9Meshell NdegeocelloNo More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin847Sun Ra ArkestraLights On a Satellite847Amaro FreitasY’Y847 10Esperanza Spalding and Milton NascimentoMilton + Esperanza845Bill FrisellOrchestras845Madeleine PeyrouxLet's Walk845 11PlacentaCarlos Niño844Joel RossNublues844Orquesta AkokánCaracoles844Zara McFarlaneSweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan844 12Nala SinephroEndlessness8313 13Shabaka HutchingsPerceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace839 14Nubya GarciaOdyssey839 15Kamasi WashingtonFearless Movement8216 16Wendy EisenbergViewfinder827 17Mary HalvorsonCloudward819 18The NecksBleed816SMLSmall Medium Large816 19Anna ButterssMighty Vertebrate815 20Pat MethenyMoonDial804 21Fievel Is GlauqueRong Weicknes777
Deaths
January 25 – Bruno Amstad, Swiss jazz singer, 59 (cancer) January 26 Dean Brown, American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician, 68 (cancer) Michel Hausser, French jazz vibraphonist, 96 January 29 – Tony Cedras, South African jazz musician, 71 March 3 – Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer and TV host April 5 – Phil Nimmons, Canadian jazz clarinetist, 100 April 7 – Joe Viera, German saxophonist and festival founder, 91 May 7 – Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger, 88 June 9 – Alex Riel, Danish jazz and rock drummer, 83Trommeslager Alex Riel er sovet ind efter uhelbredelig sygdom August 3 – Shaun Martin, American jazz keyboardist from Snarky Puppy, 45 August 23 – Russell Malone, American jazz guitarist, 60 November 12 – Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer, 99
See also List of 2024 albums List of jazz festivals List of years in jazz 2024 in music
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