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From Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders and Nala Sinephro's ambient jazz excursions, to Sons of Kemet and Damon Locks' Afrobeat-infused compositions, to Emma-Jean Thackray's electro-funk-psych-jazz opus, here are some the jazz albums that stood out to us most this year...

Pitchfork's list includes L'Rain, Jazmine Sullivan, Tyler the Creator, Low, Turnstile, Japanese Breakfast, Little Simz, Olivia Rodrigo, Moor Mother, Adele, and much more...

Zach has shared his 10 favorite albums of 2021, which is heavy on jazz and modern classical.

”The word ‘uneasy’ feels like a brutal understatement, too mild for cataclysmic times,” Vijay says of his first Trio album in over 5 years. ”But maybe, since the word contains its own opposite, it reminds us that the most soothing, healing music is often born of and situated within profound unrest.”

Plus Chance the Rapper, Sylvan Esso, Lydia Loveless, Tori Amos, Hamilton Leithauser, Waxahatchee, Margo Price, Bully, Phantogram, HAIM, Gary Numan, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

Additions include Mouse on Mars, Sam Amidon, Spank Rock, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Lisa Hannigan, and more.

Additions include Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) + Mats Gustafsson (The Thing), Paal Nilssen-Love (The Thing) + Arto Lindsay, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, Yuka C. Honda (Cibo Matto), and more.

The awesome lineup also includes Jenny Hval, Juana Molina, Julie Byrne, Kelly Lee Owens, Laurel Halo, Lightning Bolt, Rostam, Sam Amidon, Steve Gunn, and still much more.

Save $30 a ticket with our coupon for the NYU shows this weekend. Also: upcoming residencies at The Stone include Marc Ribot, Thurston Moore, Ikue Mori, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bill Frisell, Secret Chiefs 3, and more.

NYC's annual Ecstatic Music Festival returns to the Merkin Concert Hall this year with various shows happening from February through April, following the two free concerts at the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place in Janu...