Best jazz songs of the 2020s
It opened with nobody able to tour, so records got finished in bedrooms and discovery moved to a feed. Drill turned up in every city with a postcode, and Afrobeats and Latin pop went mainstream worldwide without waiting to be translated.
Songs from the jazz albums of the 2020s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.
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I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This TimeAndré 3000 · New Blue Sun4.34.4 avg · 4 ratings
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The Slang Word P(*)ssy Rolls Off the Tongue With Far Better Ease Than the Proper Word Vagina. Do You Agree?André 3000 · New Blue Sun4.24.1 avg · 4 ratings
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BreatheMasego · Fix Your Face4.13.8 avg · 3 ratings
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DonguriMei Semones · Animaru4.13.9 avg · 5 ratings
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Dumb FeelingMei Semones · Animaru3.93.4 avg · 6 ratings
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PEARLKenny Beats · FATHERS3.82.5 avg · 3 ratings
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Silent NightGregory Porter · Christmas Wish3.73.1 avg · 7 ratings
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Bad HabitSteve Lacy · Gemini Rights2 ratings
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Sounds Like…Masego · Fix Your Face2 ratings
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PATCHWORKKenny Beats · FATHERS2 ratings
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EYE LEVELKenny Beats · FATHERS2 ratings
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WildfireThe Olympians · In Search of a Revival2 ratings
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Christmas WaltzGregory Porter · Christmas Wish2 ratings
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Lover GirlLaufey · A Matter of Time2 ratings
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SunshineSteve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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MercurySteve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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HelmetSteve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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StaticSteve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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The SongSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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DonchanoSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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Out of Me HeadSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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DazeSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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I Think I ShouldSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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4realSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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HummerSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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InfrunamiSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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Bars. 16Steve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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Jars of ItSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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UuuuSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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Cocky GirlSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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Thats No FunSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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When ISteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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Atomic VomitSteve Lacy · The Lo-Fis1 rating
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Give You the WorldSteve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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AmberSteve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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Cody FreestyleSteve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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2Gether (Enterlude)Steve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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ButtonsSteve Lacy · Gemini Rights1 rating
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Something HappensCory Henry · Devotion1 rating
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Lazy DaisyTara Clerkin Trio · Somewhere Good1 rating
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Lake WalkTara Clerkin Trio · Somewhere Good1 rating
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You Wanna Dance or What?Joshua Idehen · I know you're hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try.1 rating
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PantouflesMidva · musiques de chambre1 rating
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Strawberry KiwiThe Olympians · In Search of a Revival1 rating
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your FaceBarbra Streisand · The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 21 rating
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That Night in Hawaii When I Turned Into a Panther and Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Control… Sh¥t Was WildAndré 3000 · New Blue Sun1 rating
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My Favorite Things (Live in Avignon)Eberhard Weber · Once Upon A Time (Live in Avignon)
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Black meditationShabaka · Afrikan Culture
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Ain't ChaHelen Keane · I Want to Be Bad
One great song, one bad album
Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.
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