I was doing a lot of work around the house, like painting, back in October and I was growing tired of my usual playlists. So I was happy when I stumbled on some 2023 jazz releases I hadn't heard. That set me off on a jazz binge over the last three months of the year which was so fun because I discovered all sorts of new stuff, enough that I could make a year-end list and mix.
I hope to continue diving into new jazz artists and recordings next year. While I love all my old jazz albums from Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, etc., it was exciting to seek out new stuff the same way I am constantly on the lookout for new music in the ambient sphere or in the indie rock scene. I see so many people get hung up on the latest reissues of a classic jazz recordings that I wonder if they ever take the time to appreciate any of the excellent new music being released.
Full list of my favorite Jazz Albums of 2023 in alphabetical order:
Ambient Decades: 1970s
The Color of Space guest mix by Mike G of Ambient Music Guide
minimal tendencies
Sunday Morning Music vol. 13 - Silver Sunrise
dubscapes & seascapes
Unfurling Forces
Piano Moments
Guitar-scapes
Cinema Atmospherica
a quiet sea
2015 jAZZ
Best of 2015 Ambient
The moon plays the ocean like a violin
the healing piano
Slow Decay
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
breathe
dubby & rainy
Sunday Morning Music vol. 12 - September's Here Again
Hammock Music - tracks for relaxig in one
Create your
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It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
Immediately Kinfolk
Turned On
Resident by Hernan Cattaneo
Markus Schulz presents Global DJ Broadcast