New jazz albums: May 2026

30 jazz albums released in May 2026, including Songbook (Allen Toussaint), Paramount Quartet (Joe Lovano, Julian Lage, Santi Debriano & Will Calhoun) and MPBossa 2 (Roberto Menescal, Luciano Magno & André Rio). Tracklists and line-ups.

Songbook 2026 · Craft Recordings Paramount Quartet 2026 · ECM Records MPBossa 2 2026 · Mins Música Hip Hop tout sAmplement 2026 now i imagine a place not the same 2026 · Kou Records Rhodes Scholar 2026 · [no label] Members… Don’t! 2026 · Pi Recordings Quiet Lights 2026 Norah Jones in London 2007 2026 · Live · The Webengine 2 MIRACLE NIGHT LIVE 〜SOUND VERSION〜 2026 · Live · HATS UNLIMITED Spider-Noir: Prime Original Series Soundtrack 2026 · Sony Classical Frankenstein: The True Story 2026 · Intrada Shine (Live at Teatro Estense, Ferrara, 1987) 2026 · Live · Red Records Ao Vivo 2026 · Candid Records, Inc. On the Edges 4 2026 Entangled 2026 Red Nose Hymn 2026 · Sauajazz nen 2026 · We Jazz

Date	Album	Artist
29 May 2026	Songbook Allen Toussaint	Allen Toussaint Craft Recordings
29 May 2026	Paramount Quartet Joe Lovano, Julian Lage, Santi Debriano & Will Calhoun	Joe Lovano, Julian Lage, Santi Debriano & Will Calhoun ECM Records
29 May 2026	MPBossa 2 Roberto Menescal, Luciano Magno & André Rio	Roberto Menescal, Luciano Magno & André Rio Mins Música
29 May 2026	Hip Hop tout sAmplement Médéric Collignon	Médéric Collignon
29 May 2026	now i imagine a place not the same David Torn	David Torn Kou Records
29 May 2026	Rhodes Scholar Jamie Saft	Jamie Saft [no label]
29 May 2026	Members… Don’t! Tyshawn Sorey	Tyshawn Sorey Pi Recordings
29 May 2026	Quiet Lights Florian Arbenz, Greg Osby & Bill Frisell	Florian Arbenz, Greg Osby & Bill Frisell
29 May 2026	The Fiddle and the Drum Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck	Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck
27 May 2026	Norah Jones in London 2007 Live Norah Jones	Norah Jones The Webengine 2
27 May 2026	MIRACLE NIGHT LIVE 〜SOUND VERSION〜 Live Casiopea	Casiopea HATS UNLIMITED
27 May 2026	Spider-Noir: Prime Original Series Soundtrack Kris Bowers & Michael Dean Parsons	Kris Bowers & Michael Dean Parsons Sony Classical
25 May 2026	Frankenstein: The True Story Gil Mellé	Gil Mellé Intrada
22 May 2026	Shine (Live at Teatro Estense, Ferrara, 1987) Live Chet Baker	Chet Baker Red Records
22 May 2026	Ao Vivo Eliane Elias	Eliane Elias Candid Records, Inc.
22 May 2026	On the Edges 4 Hans Lüdemann TransEuropeExpress Ensemble & Burcu Karadağ	Hans Lüdemann TransEuropeExpress Ensemble & Burcu Karadağ
22 May 2026	Entangled Boi Akih	Boi Akih
22 May 2026	Red Nose Hymn Røed Quartet	Røed Quartet Sauajazz
22 May 2026	nen Kiri Ra!	Kiri Ra! We Jazz
15 May 2026	Zappa ’66, Vol. 1: Live at TTG Studios Live Frank Zappa	Frank Zappa
15 May 2026	Seven Sonnets John Zorn	John Zorn
15 May 2026	Les deux pieds dans le plat Sanseverino & Lise Cabaret	Sanseverino & Lise Cabaret
15 May 2026	The Punisher: One Last Kill (Original Soundtrack) Kris Bowers	Kris Bowers
8 May 2026	In Darkness and Light Vijay Iyer, Beethoven, Feldman; Sarah Rothenberg	Vijay Iyer, Beethoven, Feldman; Sarah Rothenberg
8 May 2026	Alive With Ghosts Today Chris Potter	Chris Potter
8 May 2026	In the Still of the Night Scott Hamilton	Scott Hamilton
1 May 2026	Sangú Arturo Sandoval	Arturo Sandoval
1 May 2026	Shards Jason Moran - BlankFor.ms - Marcus Gilmore	Jason Moran - BlankFor.ms - Marcus Gilmore
1 May 2026	They Came Like Swallows Bonner Kramer & Thurston Moore	Bonner Kramer & Thurston Moore
1 May 2026	Live in Europe 1968 & 1972 Live Marion Brown, Gunter Hampel, Barre Phillips & Steve McCall	Marion Brown, Gunter Hampel, Barre Phillips & Steve McCall