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The Best Third Stream Albums of the 2020s

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1. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises

March 26, 2021

Post-Minimalism, Third Stream

Progressive Electronic, Ambient, Minimalism

Critic Score

88

26 reviews

2. Nubya Garcia - ODYSSEY

Nubya Garcia - ODYSSEY

September 20, 2024

Spiritual Jazz, Third Stream, Jazz Fusion

Critic Score

82

11 reviews

3. Mary Halvorson & MIVOS Quartet - Belladonna

Mary Halvorson & MIVOS Quartet - Belladonna

May 13, 2022

Avant-Garde Jazz, Chamber Jazz, Third Stream

Critic Score

84

4 reviews

4. Marshall Allen - New Dawn

Marshall Allen - New Dawn

February 14, 2025

Cool Jazz, Third Stream

Critic Score

81

5 reviews

5. William Parker - Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Volumes 1–10)

William Parker - Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Volumes 1–10)

January 29, 2021

Avant-Garde Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Third Stream, Modern Creative

Chamber Jazz, Free Improvisation, Spiritual Jazz, Impressionism, Jazz Poetry

Critic Score

85

2 reviews

6. Miroslav Vitous - Mountain Call

Miroslav Vitous - Mountain Call

March 27, 2026

Third Stream, ECM Style Jazz

Critic Score

80

3 reviews

7. Mocky - Overtones for the Omniverse

Mocky - Overtones for the Omniverse

July 30, 2021

Critic Score

90

1 review

8. Pat Metheny - From This Place

Pat Metheny - From This Place

February 21, 2020

Jazz Fusion, Third Stream

Critic Score

76

5 reviews

9. Brad Mehldau - Ride Into The Sun

Brad Mehldau - Ride Into The Sun

August 29, 2025

ECM Style Jazz, Third Stream

Critic Score

75

5 reviews

10. Angel Bat Dawid - Requiem for Jazz

Angel Bat Dawid - Requiem for Jazz

March 24, 2023

Third Stream, Gospel

Critic Score

73

4 reviews

11. Duval Timothy & Carlos Niño - rain music

Duval Timothy & Carlos Niño - rain music

May 22, 2026

Post-Minimalism, Third Stream

New Age, ECM Style Jazz

Critic Score

74

1 review

12. Esperanza Spalding - SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB

Esperanza Spalding - SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB

September 24, 2021

Vocal Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Third Stream, Spiritual Jazz

Critic Score

72

3 reviews

13. Jon Batiste - Beethoven Blues

Jon Batiste - Beethoven Blues

November 15, 2024

Western Classical Music, Third Stream

Critic Score

70

2 reviews

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