With the past year has been filled with lost-tapes, fresh strains of fusion, and textural richness - the jazz genre is 2019 continues to explode, shooting off in various directions. To tie those ends together, we look back at the monumental releases of the year, and pick our fave jazz bangers from the year that's been.

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Ivan Conti - Encontro 

Natural Lateral - Bossa Blue 

Javier Santiago - King Klave's Return 

Silentjay - Eternal / Internal Peace 

Yelfris Valdes - After Sly 

Ruby Rushton - Triceratops / The Caller 

Nerija - Unbound 

Abase - Align