This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2022.

Events

January

February

March

April

• April 3 - The 64th Annual Grammy Awards occur. Jazz award winners include:
  • Esperanza Spalding wins Best Jazz Vocal Album for her 2021 album Songwrights Apothecary Lab^[1]
  • Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba win Best Jazz Instrumental Album for their 2021 album Skyline^[1]
  • Christian McBride Big Band wins Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for their 2021 album For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver^[1]
  • Eliane Elias, Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés win Best Latin Jazz Album for their 2021 album Mirror Mirror^[1]
  • Arooj Aftab was nominated for Best New Artist^[1]
• April 29 - After being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, JazzFest reopens^[2]
• April 29 - Domi and JD Beck sign a contract with Anderson .Paak's label APESHIT in partnership with Blue Note Records and release their debut single "SMiLE"^[3][4]
• April 30 - International Jazz Day occurs with a concert at the United Nations directed by Herbie Hancock^[5]

May

• May 26 - Subgenre MUMBLE JAZZ is invented with Unc D's single HPHCPH.MMBL. MUMBLE JAZZ mixes jazz scatting with autotune modern hip hop flow.^[6]

June

• June 1 - Sons of Kemet announced the band would be dispanding after their final live tours this year, making Black To The Future from 2021 their final studio album^[7]

July

• July 26 - Geri Allen is inducted into the DownBeat hall of fame^[8]
• July 29 - July 31 - The 2022 Blue Note Jazz Festival occurs hosted by Dave Chappelle.^[9]

August

• Jon Batiste wins top Jazz Artist in the 70th Annual DownBeat critics poll, Charles Lloyd & The Marvels wins top Jazz group^[10]

September

• The 65th Monterey Jazz Festival Occurs^[11]

October

• October 1 to November 12 - Snarky Puppy set to go on tour in Europe to support their September 30 Album Empire Central^[12][13]
• October 6 to November 12 - French Kiwi Juice set to go on a North American tour^[14]
• October 10 - Domi and JD Beck start their first ever live tour in their hometown of Dallas, Texas and quickly sell out^[15]
• October 20 - Fergus McCreadie wins the Scottish Album of the Year Award for his album Forest Floor
• October 21 - Finding The Right Notes, a PBS documentary about the life of Ron Carter, releases^[16]
• October 28 - Black And Blues, a documentary about the life of Louis Armstrong, releases^[17]

November

• November 30 - The New York Times ranks Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ghost Song as the best jazz album of 2022, followed by Immanuel Wilkins' The 7th Hand in #2^[18]

December

• December 21 - NPR Music ranks Domi and JD Beck's NOT TiGHT in the top 10 albums of 2022 at #10^[19]
• December 30 - The Guardian ranks Charles Lloyd's Trios: Sacred Thread as the best jazz album of 2022, followed by Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis/Belladonna (treated as one album) in #2^[20]
• December 30 - Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force's 2021 album Dear Love ends off the year at the #1 spot with most radio airplay of the year as documented by JazzWeek.^[21]

Albums