Episode 307: Nine Favourite Discoveries from 2024

Of the albums that reviewers and jazz aficianados placed on their "Best of 2024" list---here are what I feel right now are my nine favourites.

Kenny Barron: Beyond This Place
Danae Olano: Children's Corner
Bria Skonberg: What It Means
Matt Wilson's Good Trouble: Good Trouble
Alex Tuomarilla Trio: Departing The Wasteland
Verneri Pohjola: Monkey Mind
Oded Tzur Quartet: My Prophet
Jeremy Ledbetter Trio: Gravity.

And my all-time favourite: A 4 cd set (with booklet) by Allen Lowe called Louis Armstrong's America.