This month Mike counts down the Jazzwise critics’ choice top 10 albums of the year, as published in the bumper December 2024 / January 2025 issue.
John Surman – Pebble Dance [Words Unspoken]
Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers – Albert Ayler, A Meditation On Light [Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths, and Gardens]
Pat Metheny – Shōga [MoonDial]
David Murray Quartet – Shenzhen [Francesca]
James Brandon Lewis Quartet – Transfiguration [Transfiguration]
Mary Halvorson – Tailhead [Cloudward]
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding – A Day in the Life [Milton + esperanza]
Charles Lloyd – The Water Is Rising [The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow]
Samara Joy – No More Blues [Portrait]