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5 Sleeper
Keith Jarrett
A previously unreleased live recording from the 1970s by a short-lived outfit that nonetheless managed to be one of the lastingly influential jazzgroups of the era – the "European quartet" of Keith Jarrett (above), with the young Jan Garbarek on sax. Loose, exuberant, tender and edgy, it's timeless.
4 Confirmation
Django Bates
The follow-up to last year's Charlie Parker tribute, Beloved Bird, and just as good, a set by freewheelingly virtuosic pianist Bates – this time mixing some poignant originals with Parker classics. Young Danish bass and drums team of Petter Eldh and Peter Bruun are flawless foils for their unpredictable boss.
3 Wasted & Wanted
Michael Wollny's 
One of German indie Act's most original pianists is Wollny, with the bass-and-drums trio he calls . Everyone makes genre hybrids now, but Wollny's improv treatments of Mahler and Schubert, his chord-punching funk playing, and the group's collective spirit are turning them into European stars.

2 Landing GroundLaura Jurd
British student trumpeter/composer Jurd stretched critics and musicians' repertoire of superlatives with this sophisticated and technically awesome session for her jazz group and a string quartet – on memorable originals with folk and contemporary-classical connections, delivered with the assurance of a budding trumpet-improv original.

1 All There, Ever OutAlexander Hawkins Ensemble
Ruggedly experimental free-jazz, classical, South African townships bop, Hammond-organ blues – Oxford pianist Hawkins splices it all, withidiosyncratic tributes to Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum thrown in.

Edited by idlero - 18 Dec 2012 at 1:21pm

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	5 Sleeper Keith Jarrett A previously unreleased live recording from the 1970s by a short-lived outfit that nonetheless managed to be one of the lastingly influential jazzgroups of the era – the "European quartet" of Keith Jarrett (above), with the young Jan Garbarek on sax. Loose, exuberant, tender and edgy, it's timeless. 4 Confirmation Django Bates The follow-up to last year's Charlie Parker tribute, Beloved Bird, and just as good, a set by freewheelingly virtuosic pianist Bates – this time mixing some poignant originals with Parker classics. Young Danish bass and drums team of Petter Eldh and Peter Bruun are flawless foils for their unpredictable boss. 3 Wasted & Wanted Michael Wollny's One of German indie Act's most original pianists is Wollny, with the bass-and-drums trio he calls . Everyone makes genre hybrids now, but Wollny's improv treatments of Mahler and Schubert, his chord-punching funk playing, and the group's collective spirit are turning them into European stars. 2 Landing Ground Laura Jurd British student trumpeter/composer Jurd stretched critics and musicians' repertoire of superlatives with this sophisticated and technically awesome session for her jazz group and a string quartet – on memorable originals with folk and contemporary-classical connections, delivered with the assurance of a budding trumpet-improv original. 1 All There, Ever Out Alexander Hawkins Ensemble Ruggedly experimental free-jazz, classical, South African townships bop, Hammond-organ blues – Oxford pianist Hawkins splices it all, withidiosyncratic tributes to Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum thrown in. Edited by idlero - 18 Dec 2012 at 1:21pm
	I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ... Ken Burns

Best Of Jazz 2012John Fordham(THe Guardian)'s list

5 SleeperKeith Jarrett

4 ConfirmationDjango Bates

3 Wasted & WantedMichael Wollny's

2 Landing Ground

Laura Jurd

1 All There, Ever Out

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble

5 Sleeper
Keith Jarrett

4 Confirmation
Django Bates

3 Wasted & Wanted
Michael Wollny's