I usually listen to jazz at work while doing some computer maintenance or slogging through emails. I don't keep as close track of standout albums like I do with ambient and indie. So this is a collection of tracks that I happened to enjoy this year and of course they had to fit with the vibe of the whole mix.
My top 5 jazz albums are:
- Charles Lloyd - Trio Of Trios
- Makaya McCraven - In These Times
- Vega Trails - Tremors in the Static
- Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola - Open
- Oren Ambarchi - Shebang & Oren Ambarchi - Ghosted
I cheated on number 5 and included two Oren Ambarchi albums, both of which aren't exactly jazz but I don't really know what genre they are so they get plopped into jazz. I absolutely love both albums and it's my list so I can do whatever I want. Number 4 on the list may not be jazz either as I had it in my top 10 for ambient albums. It's the perfect melding of the two genres. Makaya McCraven - In These Times has gotten a lot of mainstream attention and has shown up on a lot of year-end lists and it deserves it. The album by Vega Trails is essentially bass & wind instruments so it's nice and sparse which why I love it. Charles Lloyd - Trio of Trios is the most straightforward jazz and it's fantastic.
This is the last mix of 2022. Here's to another good musical year in 2023.
Cheers!
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T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Omri Ziegele, Where's Africa - Sunflowerpower (That Hat)
- 05:02 Makaya McCraven - High Fives (In These Times)
- 08:40 Vega Trails - Train To Kyoto (Tremors In The Static)
- 11:28 Charles Lloyd - Ay Amor(Live) (Trio Of Trios)
- 18:38 Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano - Pause (Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian)
- 24:17 Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola - Brevity (Open)
- 28:31 Dexter Story - Kalimba, Then Space (Feel Recordings Volume 1)
- 30:55 The Arteries of New York City - The Arteries of New York City (The Arteries of New York City)
- 33:50 Akusmi - Fleeting Future (Fleeting Future)
- 38:28 Oren Ambarchi - II (Shebang)
- 48:50 Carlos Nino - Youwillgetthroughthis, I promise (Extra Presence)
- 55:15 Ralph Heidel - SOII (Modern Life)
- 59:10 Bill Frisell - Dear Old Friend(for Alan Woodard) (Four)
- 61:34 end
Nice mix.
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