2022 in jazz

Template:Year in jazz Template:Year in music Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Dynamic list This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2022.

Events

April

• April 3 - The 64th Annual Grammy Awards occur. Jazz award winners include:
  • Esperanza Spalding wins Best Jazz Vocal Album for her 2021 album Songwrights Apothecary Lab<ref name="grammy awards">2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List: 2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List, accessdate: June 1, 2023</ref>
  • Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba win Best Jazz Instrumental Album for their 2021 album Skyline<ref name="grammy awards"></ref>
  • Christian McBride Big Band wins Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for their 2021 album For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver<ref name="grammy awards"></ref>
  • Eliane Elias, Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés win Best Latin Jazz Album for their 2021 album Mirror Mirror<ref name="grammy awards"></ref>
  • Arooj Aftab was nominated for Best New Artist<ref name="grammy awards"></ref>
• April 29 - After being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, JazzFest reopens<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• April 29 - Domi and JD Beck sign a contract with Anderson .Paak's label APESHIT in partnership with Blue Note Records and release their debut single "SMiLE"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• April 30 - International Jazz Day occurs with a concert at the United Nations directed by Herbie Hancock<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

May

• May 26 - Subgenre MUMBLE JAZZ is invented with Unc D's single HPHCPH.MMBL. MUMBLE JAZZ mixes jazz scatting with autotune modern hip hop flow.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

June

• June 1 - Sons of Kemet announced the band would be dispanding after their final live tours this year, making Black To The Future from 2021 their final studio album<ref name="pitchfork.com">Pitchfork: Sons of Kemet Breaking Up After Final Shows | Pitchfork, accessdate: May 23, 2023</ref>

July

• July 26 - Geri Allen is inducted into the DownBeat hall of fame<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• July 29 - July 31 - The 2022 Blue Note Jazz Festival occurs hosted by Dave Chappelle.<ref>Template:Cite magazine/</ref>

August

• Jon Batiste wins top Jazz Artist in the 70th Annual DownBeat critics poll, Charles Lloyd & The Marvels wins top Jazz group<ref>url=https://archive.maherpublications.com/view/331464720/ |access-date=August 18, 2022</ref>

September

• The 65th Monterey Jazz Festival Occurs<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

October

• October 1 to November 12 - Snarky Puppy set to go on tour in Europe to support their September 30th Album Empire Central<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• October 6 to November 12 - French Kiwi Juice set to go on a North American tour<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• October 10 - Domi and JD Beck start their first ever live tour in their hometown of Dallas, Texas and quickly sell out<ref name="liveforlivemusic.com">DOMi & JD Beck Sell Out First Show Of First Tour In Dallas [Photos/Videos]: DOMi & JD Beck Sell Out First Show Of First Tour In Dallas [Photos/Videos], accessdate: June 3, 2023</ref>
• October 20 - Fergus McCreadie wins the Scottish Album of the Year Award for his album Forest Floor
• October 21 - Finding The Right Notes, a PBS documentary about the life of Ron Carter, releases<ref name="bassmagazine.com">The Future of Bass: Ron Carter Documentary "Finding The Right Notes" Premieres on PBS October 21st - Bass Magazine - The Future of Bass, accessdate: May 26, 2023</ref>
• October 28 - Black And Blues, a documentary about the life of Louis Armstrong, releases<ref name="variety.com">Variety: Sacha Jenkins on Depicting Louis Armstrong in New 'Black & Blues' Doc - Variety, accessdate: May 26, 2023</ref>

November

• November 30 - The New York Times ranks Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ghost Song as the best jazz album of 2022, followed by Immanuel Wilkins' The 7th Hand in #2<ref name="nytimes.com">The New York Times: Best Jazz Albums of 2022 - The New York Times, accessdate: May 23, 2023</ref>

December

• December 21 - NPR Music ranks Domi and JD Beck's NOT TiGHT in the top 10 albums of 2022 at #10<ref name="npr.org">The Best Music Of 2022: NPR Staff Picks : NPR: The Best Music Of 2022: NPR Staff Picks : NPR, accessdate: May 23, 2023</ref>
• December 30 - The Guardian ranks Charles Lloyd's Trios: Sacred Thread as the best jazz album of 2022, followed by Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis/Belladonna (treated as one album) in #2<ref name="theguardian.com">The Guardian: The 10 best jazz albums of 2022 | Music | The Guardian, accessdate: May 23, 2023</ref>
• December 30 - Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force's 2021 album Dear Love ends off the year at the #1 spot with most radio airplay of the year as documented by JazzWeek.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Albums

File:Bobby Broom Trio - INNtöne Jazzfestival 2013 Makaye McCraven.jpg

Makaya McCraven, who released In These Times, one of the most acclaimed albums of 2022. Photo taken in 2013

Month	Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
January	21	Flow of Everything	Michael Bisio & Matthew Shipp	Fundacja Słuchaj
		2 Blues for Cecil	Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Enrico Rava	TUM Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	28	The 7th Hand	Immanuel Wilkins	Blue Note Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
February	4	Father's Wing	Rob Mazurek Quartet	Rogueart		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	25	Feed The Machine	Binker and Moses	Gearbox Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March	4	Ghost Song	Cécile McLorin Salvant	Nonesuch Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Pray For Me, I Don't Fit In	Melt Yourself Down	Universal International Music		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	8	Four Brothers	Tony Monaco	Chicken Coup Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	11	Live at GroundUP Music Festival	Snarky Puppy	GroundUP Music		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
April	1	GOLD	Alabaster DePlume	International Anthem Recording Company		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	4	Forest Floor	Fergus McCreadie	Edition Records
	15	Pursuit of Ends	High Pulp	ANTI-records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May	6	John Scofield	John Scofield	ECM Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	13	Amaryllis	Mary Halvorson	Nonesuch Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Belladonna	Mary Halvorson	Nonesuch Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Red Balloon	Tank and the Bangas	Verve Forecast		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	20	Origin	Joey Alexander	Mack Avenue Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	27	In The Spirit Of Ntu	Nduduzo Makhathini	Blue Note Records		<ref>Blue Note Records: NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI "IN THE SPIRIT OF NTU" - Blue Note Records, accessdate: May 31, 2023</ref>
		Bluesthetic	Steve Davis	Smoke Sessions Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June	10	Vincent	French Kiwi Juice	Mom + Pop Music		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	15	Holding Space, Live In Berlin	Lizz Wright	Blues & Greens Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	17	Pink Dolphins	Anteloper	International Anthem Recording Company		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Golden Hour	Jocelyn Gould			<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
July	1	Jazz Codes	Moor Mother	Anti- Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	15	Elastic Wave	Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, André Roligheten, Petter Eldh	ECM Records		<ref>Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond: Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity: Elastic Wave (ECM 2724) – Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond, accessdate: May 31, 2023</ref><ref>Best Jazz Albums Of 2022: Best Jazz Albums Of 2022, accessdate: May 31, 2023</ref>
	29	Not Tight	Domi and JD Beck	Blue Note Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August	26	Everything I Know About Love	Laufey	AWAL		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
September	9	LongGone	Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Brian Blade	Nonesuch Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	16	Linger Awhile	Samara Joy	Verve Records		<ref name="ververecords.com">Verve Records: Samara's Linger Awhile - Verve Records, accessdate: May 23, 2023</ref>
		View with a Room	Julian Lage	Blue Note Records		<ref>Blue Note Records: JULIAN LAGE'S "VIEW WITH A ROOM" - Blue Note Records, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
	23	Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam	The Comet Is Coming	Impulse Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		In These Times	Makaya McCraven	International Anthem, Nonesuch, XL		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Weather Alive	Beth Orton	Partisan Records		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Secrets of Inanna	Connie Han	Mack Avenue Records	Quintet with Bill Wysaske (drums), John Patitucci (bass, acoustic), Rich Perry (tenor sax), Katisse Buckingham (flute)	<ref>Connie Han: Secrets of Inanna album review @ All About Jazz: Connie Han: Secrets of Inanna album review @ All About Jazz, accessdate: June 16, 2023</ref>
		Sparkle Beings	Angelica Sanchez Trio	Sunnyside Records		Angelica Sanchez Trio | Sunnyside Records], accessdate: May 23, 2023</ref>
	30	Empire Central	Snarky Puppy	GroundUP Music		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October	21	Nikki by Starlight	Nikki Yanofsky	MNRK Music Group		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
November	4	Voices of Bishara	Tom Skinner	Template:Hlist
		Where I'm Meant to Be	Ezra Collective	Partisan Records		<ref name="ezracollective.com">Where I'm Meant to Be. Ezra Collective.: Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant to Be. Ezra Collective., accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
	11	KALAK	Sarathy Korwar	The Leaf Label	Produced by Photay
	18	Trios: Sacred Thread	Charles Lloyd	Blue Note Records		<ref>Blue Note Records: CHARLES LLOYD "TRIOS: SACRED THREAD" - Blue Note Records, accessdate: May 23, 2023</ref>

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Binker And Moses	Feeding The Machine	89	8 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2	Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Brian Blade	LongGone	88	4 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3	Makaya McCraven	In These Times	87	11 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4	Sarathy Korwar	KALAK	87	6 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5	Immanuel Wilkins	The 7th Hand	87	4 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
6	Cécile McLorin Salvant	Ghost Song	87	4 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
7	Mary Halvorson	Belladonna	86	6 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
8	Jeff Parker	Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy	85	5 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
9	Brian Jackson	This Is Brian Jackson	85	4 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
10	The Revelators	Revelators Sound System	85	5 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Revelators Sound System by The Revelators Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
11	Ezra Collective	Where I'm Meant to Be	84	8 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Where I'm Meant to Be by Ezra Collective Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
12	Flora Purim	If You Will	84	5 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: If You Will by Flora Purim Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
13	Charles Lloyd	Trios: Ocean	84	4 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Trios: Ocean by Charles Lloyd Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
14	Keith Jarrett	Bordeaux Concert	84	4 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Bordeaux Concert by Keith Jarrett Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
15	Melt Yourself Down	Pray for Me I Don't Fit In	83	5 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Pray for Me I Don't Fit In by Melt Yourself Down Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
16	The Comet Is Coming	Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam	82	8 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam by The Comet Is Coming Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
17	Laufey	Everything I Know About Love	82	4 reviews	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
18	Mary Halvorson	Amaryllis	82	6 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Amaryllis by Mary Halvorson Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
19	Oren Ambarchi	Shebang	82	6 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Shebang by Oren Ambarchi Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
20	DOMi & JD BECK	NOT TiGHT	82	5 reviews	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
21	Bruce Hornsby	'Flicted	82	5 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: 'Flicted by Bruce Hornsby Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
22	The Bad Plus	The Bad Plus	82	4 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: The Bad Plus [2022 by The Bad Plus Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic], accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
23	Alabaster DePlume	Gold	81	6 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Gold by Alabaster DePlume Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
24	Anteloper	Pink Dolphins	81	6 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Pink Dolphins by Anteloper Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
25	Tyshawn Sorey	Mesmerism	81	4 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Mesmerism by Tyshawn Sorey Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
26	Sun Ra Arkestra	Living Sky	80	7 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Living Sky by Sun Ra Arkestra Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
27	Charles Lloyd	Trios: Sacred Thread	80	4 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Trios: Sacred Thread by Charles Lloyd Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
28	Ben Marc	Glass Effect	79	5 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Glass Effect by Ben Marc Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
29	Bill Frisell	Four	79	4 reviews	<ref>Metacritic: Four by Bill Frisell Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic, accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>

AnyDecentMusic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Binker And Moses	Feeding The Machine	8.3	6 reviews	Any Decent Music], accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
2	Sarathy Korwar	KALAK	8.0	5 reviews	Any Decent Music], accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
3	Makaya McCraven	In These Times	7.9	7 reviews	Any Decent Music], accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
4	Ezra Collective	Where I'm Meant to Be	7.8	9 reviews	Any Decent Music], accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
5	Melt Yourself Down	Pray For Me I Don't Fit In	7.8	5 reviews	Any Decent Music], accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
6	The Comet Is Coming	Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam	7.5	10 reviews	Any Decent Music], accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>
7	Kokoroko	Could We Be More	7.1	8 reviews	Any Decent Music], accessdate: May 27, 2023</ref>

Deaths

January

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Fred Van Hove, who died January 13

• January 13 – Fred Van Hove, 84, Belgian jazz musician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

February

• February 21 – Ernie Andrews, Jazz and R&B singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

March

• March 8 - Ron Miles, 58, jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and composer<ref name=Chinen>Template:Cite news</ref>

June

• June 3 – Grachan Moncur III, 85, American jazz musician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• June 14 – Meghan Stabile, 39, American jazz producer/marketer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

July

• July 9 – Barbara Thompson, 77, British jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• July 19 – Michael Henderson, 71, American jazz fusion bassist<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• July 25 – Milenko Stefanović, 92, Serbian classical and jazz clarinetist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

August

• August 9 – Della Griffin, 100, American jazz vocalist and drummerTemplate:Fact
• August 10 – Abdul Wadud, 75, American jazz cellist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• August 18 – Rolf Kühn, 92, German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• August 22 – Fredy Studer, 74, Swiss percussionist<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• August 22 – Jaimie Branch, 39, American jazz trumpeter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• August 25 - Joey DeFrancesco, 51, Jazz Organist and Multi Instrumentalist <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Sebtember

• September 12 - Ramsey Lewis, 87, Jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=NYTobit>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NPR-Obit">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="WaPoObit">Template:Cite news</ref>
• September 24 - Pharoah Sanders, 81, Tenor Saxophonist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

October

• October 30 - Anthony Ortega, 94, clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist. <ref name="sandiegouniontribune.com">The San Diego Union-Tribune: Jazz in 2022: A year of resurgence and renewed caution, triumphant returns and major losses - The San Diego Union-Tribune, accessdate: May 25, 2023</ref><ref>Sax great Anthony Ortega dies at 94; from Sinatra to Zappa, he played with them all</ref>

November

• November 16 - Mick Goodrick, 77, jazz guitarist and music teacher <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• List of 2022 albums
• List of jazz festivals
• List of years in jazz
• 2022 in music