To round out the year, we round up the best jazz of the year. We've done this every year for at least the last seven years.

Here are our 2020 picks:

• "Kurinji" by Jen Allen featuring Kris Allen, Marty Jaffe, and Kush Abadey, from Sifting Grace
• "The Sidewinder" by Artemis, from Artemis
• "Dream Without Me" by Noah Baerman & Friends, from Love Right
• "Inner Child" by Chris Dingman featuring Linda May Han Oh and Tim Keiper, from Embrace
• "The Well" by Endless Field, from Alive in the Wilderness
• "AKA Reggie" by Wayne Escoffery, from The Humble Warrior
• "I Can't Remember Love" by Anna Hauss, Robert Wienröder & William Horberg, from Music from the Netflix Limited Series The Queen's Gambit
• "La Mesha" by Jimmy Heath featuring Wynton Marsalis, from Love Letter
• "Spiral" by Dan Liparini, from Tessellations
• "Data Lords" by Maria Schneider Orchestra, from Data Lords
• "More?" by Joel Ross, from Who Are You?
• "Piggy Bank for Charity" by Sax & Taps, from Intersplosion! (Live at Dizzy’s Club)

GUESTS:

• Jen Allen - A pianist, composer, arranger, and educator; her new album is Sifting Grace
• Noah Baerman - A pianist, composer, and educator; his new album is Love Right
• Gene Seymour - A film, television, and music critic

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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