Joel Ross

KingMaker

Joel Ross · 2019

Omega

Immanuel Wilkins · 2020

Joel RossJoel Rossジョエル・ロス and Immanuel WilkinsImmanuel Wilkinsイマニュエル・ウィルキンス both debuted on Blue Note around 2020 — vibraphone and alto saxophone from the same generation. They carry both the openness of the Glasper era and a deep respect for the hard bop tradition. OmegaOmegaImmanuel Wilkins · 2020 was named the New York Times's top jazz album of 2020.

— New York Times Jazz Albums of 2020, Giovanni Russonello, 2020

Universal Beings

Makaya McCraven · 2018

Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery

The Comet Is Coming · 2019

The London jazz scene of the 2010s produced a generation unbothered by American jazz orthodoxy. Shabaka HutchingsShabaka Hutchingsシャバカ・ハッチングス led three simultaneous bands — Sons of Kemet (founded 2013), The Comet Is Coming, and Shabaka and the Ancestors. Nubya GarciaNubya Garciaヌバイア・ガルシア brought warmth and directness to the tenor saxophone.

— We Out Here: A LDN Jazz Story (documentary), Fabrice Bourgelle, 2018

Deciphering the Message

Makaya McCraven · 2021

Contours

Sam Rivers · 1967

Speak No Evil

Wayne Shorter · 1966

Straight Life

Freddie Hubbard · 1970

The bass intro that defines Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay (1970) wasn't Hubbard's — bassist Ron Carter invented it on the spot because Freddie never brought the part. "Luckily, the right note hit at the right time," Carter said. The hook that became the song's signature was an improvisation forced by a missing chart.

— Statement stmt-ron-carter-on-freddie-hubbard