Best 2018 jazz albums - JMA collabs

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I succeeded to listen to few hundreds of some thousands jazz album released this year trying to catch up everything what looked like potentially interested (according to my very personal taste). There are a short list of releases which somehow stayed in my memory till now:
1. Akira Sakata - "Proton Pump"    -    Japanese avant garde jazz at its best (with another living legend pianist Masahiko Satoh on board)

2. Phronesis - "We Are All"             -  one of the leaders of British contemporary jazz at last released an album which is chamber enough for music halls and hip enough  for younger listeners      

3. Andrew Cyrille - "Lebroba"         -   American avant-garde jazz super trio with guitarist Bill Frisell and reedist Wadada Leo Smith

4. Henry Threadgill - "Dirt...And More Dirt"     -    probably brightest figure of AACM still active today  plays with big combo

5. Henry Threadgill - "Double Up Plays Double Up Plus"   -  same as above just with his smaller regular  band

6. Roman Filiu - "Quarteria"            -  Cuban sax player and member of Henry Threadgill band comes   with his third album  as leader; new name of the year

7. Sons Of Kemet - "Your Queen Is A Reptile"     -   good representative of burgeoning British new jazz  scene, Caribbean rhythms rooted and socially sharp

8. Sarathy Korwar - My East Is Your West"  -  US-born but part of English new jazz scene, "Shakti" of   a New Millenium

9. Cecile McLorin Salvant - "The Window"     -    jazz vocalist's album - tradition-rooted and fresh sounding at the same time, it makes an old-fashion jazz vocals albums modern again

for jazz-related:

Kirk Knuffke - "Witness"     -   one of leading reeds player of younger generation recorded an unusual and fascinating album of jazz trio and operatic baritone singer Steven Herring

Blues singer Shemekia Copeland with excellent Americana-blues album "America's Child" -  socially sharp, sensitive and very  informal

Bobby Previte   -    "Rhapsody"        -   Absolute success of modern composition mixed with jazz arrangements

Edited by snobb - 26 Dec 2018 at 4:23am

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snobb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site Admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Vilnius Status: Offline Points: 28443	Post Options Post Reply Quote snobb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Best 2018 jazz albums - JMA collabs Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 10:36am
	I succeeded to listen to few hundreds of some thousands jazz album released this year trying to catch up everything what looked like potentially interested (according to my very personal taste). There are a short list of releases which somehow stayed in my memory till now: 1. Akira Sakata - "Proton Pump" - Japanese avant garde jazz at its best (with another living legend pianist Masahiko Satoh on board) 2. Phronesis - "We Are All" - one of the leaders of British contemporary jazz at last released an album which is chamber enough for music halls and hip enough for younger listeners 3. Andrew Cyrille - "Lebroba" - American avant-garde jazz super trio with guitarist Bill Frisell and reedist Wadada Leo Smith 4. Henry Threadgill - "Dirt...And More Dirt" - probably brightest figure of AACM still active today plays with big combo 5. Henry Threadgill - "Double Up Plays Double Up Plus" - same as above just with his smaller regular band 6. Roman Filiu - "Quarteria" - Cuban sax player and member of Henry Threadgill band comes with his third album as leader; new name of the year 7. Sons Of Kemet - "Your Queen Is A Reptile" - good representative of burgeoning British new jazz scene, Caribbean rhythms rooted and socially sharp 8. Sarathy Korwar - My East Is Your West" - US-born but part of English new jazz scene, "Shakti" of a New Millenium 9. Cecile McLorin Salvant - "The Window" - jazz vocalist's album - tradition-rooted and fresh sounding at the same time, it makes an old-fashion jazz vocals albums modern again for jazz-related: Kirk Knuffke - "Witness" - one of leading reeds player of younger generation recorded an unusual and fascinating album of jazz trio and operatic baritone singer Steven Herring Blues singer Shemekia Copeland with excellent Americana-blues album "America's Child" - socially sharp, sensitive and very informal Bobby Previte - "Rhapsody" - Absolute success of modern composition mixed with jazz arrangements Edited by snobb - 26 Dec 2018 at 4:23am

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34122	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 4:33pm
	Some more good albums that came out this year: Me'Shell Ndegeocello "Ventriloquist" John Daversa Big Band "American Dreamers" Preservation Hall Jazz Band "So It Is" Edited by snobb - 25 Dec 2018 at 5:51am

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34122	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Dec 2018 at 7:21am
	Also "Zero" by Matthew Shipp. Edited by snobb - 25 Dec 2018 at 7:29am

lunarston Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: 23 Apr 2017 Location: Kazakhstan Status: Offline Points: 2772	Post Options Post Reply Quote lunarston Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 2019 at 3:29pm
	This year has been very fruitful. This year I have more than 300 albums. Of these, I have identified 30 favorite albums that I always have close at hand. This is my the first TOP 10: 1. Flat Earth Society - Untitled #0 2. Far Corner - Risk 3. Romain Baret - Naissance de l'horizon 4. Bobby Previte - Rhapsody 5. Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin - Awase 6. Forgas Band Phenomena - L’Oreille Électrique 7. Henri Texier - Sand Woman 8. Paier Valcic Quartet - Cinema Scenes 9. João Vieira Group - Hypnotic 10. Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vågan - Happy Endlings

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Brussels Status: Offline Points: 789	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sean Trane Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 2019 at 2:33am
	^^^^ There are a few albums common, even if in my different lists Prog: 1- VAK - Budo 2- All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light 3- Far Corner - Risk 4- Aquaserge - Déjà vous? 5- Alco Frisbass - Le Bateleur 6- Forgas Band Phenomena - L’Oreille Électrique 7- Malady - Toinen Toista 8- Basta - Vertigo 9- Gleb Kolyadin - Gleb Kolyadin 10- Methexis - Topos 11- Manna/Mirage - The Rest of the World 12- The Wrong Object - Zappa Jawaka 13- Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Smells Funny 14- Soft Machine - Hidden Details 15- Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth 16- Gryphon - Reinvention 17- Scherzoo - 04 18- The Necks – Body 19- Tunng - Dreams You Make At Night 20- Zwoyld - Zgond Also deserve a mention for this year Bubu - El Eco Del Sol Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance Lazuli - Saison 8 Stop Motion Orchestra - Lightworks All Them Witches - ATW4 Weedpecker - III JM Jarre - Equinoxe Infinity Jazz (& related): 1- Maisha - There Is A Place 2- Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Awase 3- Romain Baret - Naissance de l'horizon 4- Gogo Penguin - A Humdrum Star 5- Nat Birchall - Cosmic Language 6- Idriss Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel fell 7- Flat Earth Society - Untitled #0 8- Antoine Pierre Urbex - Sketches of Nowhere 9- Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth 10- Vervloesem, Pierre - Silence Science 11- Son Of Kemeth - Your Queen is a reptile 12- Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings 13- Kamaal Williams - The Return 14- Chip Wickham - Shamal Wind 15- Dinosaur - Wonder Trail Posthumous or reissue: Coltrane - Both Directions At Once Jordsjo - their archives Marc Moulin Placebo Years - Lost & Found Evohé - s/t Edited by Sean Trane - 29 Jan 2019 at 2:37am
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