JMA best albums top 2015
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Topic: JMA best albums top 2015
Posted By: snobb
Subject: JMA best albums top 2015
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2015 at 7:15am
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As every December, it's time for summarizing year's results. 2015 was a great year in general, here is my personal list: 1. Pierre Dorge - Blui 2. Stephen Hayes - Pomegranate 3. Kris Davis - Save Your Breath 4. Steve Coleman - Synovial Joints 5. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 3: River Run Thee Rusresh Mahanthappa - Bird Calls Vijay Iyer - Break Stuff Masabumi Kikuchi/Ben Street/Thomas Morgan/Kresten Osgood - s/t John Hebert - Rambling Confessions Nonoko Yoshida - Lotus (and the best year's debut) |
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2015 at 9:18am
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I'm sure I missed some good albums, but here are some I didn't miss, in no particular order: Dave Douglas "Brazen Heart" Henry Threadgill "In for a Penny, In for a Pound" Walking Distance "Neighborhood" Matthew Shipp "To Duke" Christian Scott "Stretch Music" Jeff "Tain" Watts "Blue Vol 1" Vijay Iyer "Break Stuff"
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 3:56pm
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here's mine: Top 2015 Jazz: 1- Kamasi Washington - The Epic Kamasi revisits the Trane clan's heritage over three discs and four hours of exhilarating music, where you’ll find Pharoah, McCoy Tyner, Archie, John & Alice, the whole thing over great Santana-like rhythms. Some sung soul jazz and some trad-jazz spread throughout the three discs. You’d swear you’re back in the early 70’s on Impulse! 2- Ibrahim Maalouf – Red & Black Light Released in parallel to Kalthoum, but with a different band and a magical successor to the JR/F of his phenomenal Illusion album 3- Algiers – Algiers Difficult to describe this UFO,probably not anywhere close to jazz but it sounds fresh’n new 4- Ibrahim Maalouf –Kalthoum An homage to the great Egyptian singer, a typical pre-Illusion Maalouf album. 5- Tigran Hamasyan – Mockroot Though I prefer his live renditions of this album, Tigran climbs another rung on the ladder of true world fusion, sometimes slightly Zeuhl 6- Henry Threadgill Zooid - In for a Penny, In for a Pound Typical Threadgrill, but one of his best in almost two decades ===================== Jazz-related 2015 posted for the ProgArchives TOP 2015 (read JR/F, Zeuhl or Canterbury) 1- Scherzoo – 3 A real departure from the now-all-too-beaten-path Zeuhl… As fresh as Setnas two albums. 5- Alco Frisbass – s/t Good debut from a Canterbury-influenced duo, but a real drummer would’ve been a real plus 7- Unit Wail - Beyond Space Edges Not nearly as dark as their previous two, their best so far... from far... 9- Hooffoot - s/t Don't know how these Swedes/Scandics do it, but they're doing it again 10- Jaga Jazzist –Star Fire Still on a roll started a few years back, and still staying fresh , avoiding repetition 11- Elephant 9 – Silver Mountain Still as excellent, but too bad that Fiske doesn’t make himself more felt throughout the album, though 15- Ghost Rhythms - Madeleine 16- VAK - Aedividia ------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....  |
Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2016 at 3:25am
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Since I write on this forum, I consider 2015 to be the more disappointing year regarding the jazz I like. Although some of my favourite artist released new albums in 2015, there were no albums that knocked me over. I like the new albums by Vijay Iyer, Tigran Hamasyan, Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Avishai Cohen (bass),Giovanni Guidi Trio , Chucho Valdes and Roberto Fonseca. One special mention to a discovery I made this year-Brian Landrus Trio ------------- 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 |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2016 at 2:16am
| ^ Did you ever hear that big set that Brad Mehldau put out this year? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2016 at 1:46pm
 I just realized I forgot about Aka Moon's Scarlatti Book... I could've also mentioneed the double live AKa Moon with Alefba And if I had payed attention, I'd have put Slang's latest in my jazz 2015 tops as well SLANG & PURBAYAN CHATTERJEE - PACE OF MIND------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones.... |