W. Royal Stokes
Nota bene: All of my choices are in alphabetical order by artist and thus are equally rated.10 BEST NEW RELEASESMichael Gibbs & the NDR Big Band, Play A Bill Frisell Set List (CUNEIFORM...
View ArticleBob Protzman
Just a brief comment. In what has been arguably the most violent year in many of our lifetimes, there seems to have been at least a slight trend in jazz toward making more melodic, orchestral-like,...
View ArticleRick Mitchell
This past spring, I began doing a radio program called Jazz In the New Millennium, based on the title of the book I published in 2014. Each one-hour show focuses on an individual living jazz artist....
View ArticleSteve Monroe
My Best of List for 2015:J.D. Allen, "Graffiti"Amina Figarova, "Blue Whisper"Rudresh Mahanthappa, "Bird Calls"Gil Evans, "Lines of Color"Charles McPherson, "The Journey"Todd Marcus, "Blues for...
View ArticleScott Yanow
Here is my list of the Top 30 Jazz Recordings Of 2015. Of course there were many more than 30 rewarding CDs released in the past year and even a list of 300 would still only tell part of the story....
View ArticleTravis Rogers, Jr.
The Jazz Owl Favorites of 2015It was an amazing year of great music from astonishing musicians. So many great vocalists and so very many great debut albums. This was the most difficult year, so far. If...
View ArticleMirian Arbalejo
10 Favorites Of 201510 works that dignify music and therefore the existence of those who listen:THE THOMSON FIELDS. Maria Schneider Orchestra. ArtistShareTO DUKE. Matthew Shipp Trío. RogueArtAHMAD...
View ArticleLaurence Donohue-Greene
Laurence Donohue-Greene, Managing Editor (The New York City Jazz Record)BEST NEW RELEASES (2015)*Charles Lloyd - Wild Man Dance (Blue Note)*Jack DeJohnette - Made in Chicago (ECM)*Mary Halvorson -...
View ArticlePerry Tannenbaum
The Best of 2015New Releases1. Terell Stafford – Brotherlee Love (Capri)2. Harold Mabern – Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions)3. The Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble – Circulation: The Music of Gary...
View ArticleAdam Baruch
2015 New Releases BALDYCH, ADAM / LIEN, HELGE / TRIO - BRIDGES - ACT 9591 CD BODTKER, ELLEN / VOLD, JAN ERIK - SOMMEREN DER UTE - LOSEN 150 CD BONES - BONES - LEO 743 CD CHOJNACKI, ZBIGNIEW -...
View ArticleHrayr Attarian
Top 5 New Releases of 20151. Rudresh Mahanthappa “Bird Calls” (ACT) 2. Vijay Iyer “Break Stuff” (ECM) 3. Kris Davis Infrasound “Save Your Breath” (Clean Feed) 4. Amir ElSaffar and the...
View ArticleKen Franckling
The 10 best new jazz releases of 20151. Maria Schneider Orchestra, The Thompson Fields (artistShare) 2. Jason Miles/Ingrid Jensen, Kind of New (Whaling City Sound) 3. Jimmy Greene, Beautiful...
View ArticleHoward Mandel
These are the "best" records of 2015 for me in that they continue to hold and repay my interest. They're all superbly realized, expressive and conceptualized in ways that appeal to me personally, but I...
View ArticleJohn Szwed
Best New Releases:Ran Blake. Ghost Tones: Portraits of George Russell. A-SideVijay Iyer. Break Stuff. ECMRudresh Mahanthappa. Bird Calls. ACTNate Wooley. Dance to the Early Music. Clean...
View ArticleAlex W. Rodriguez
New ReleasesVijay Iyer, Break StuffKamasi Washington, The EpicJosh Nelson, Exploring MarsAmir El Saffar, CrisisJohn Hollenbeck, Songs We Like a LotSteve Coleman, Synovial JointsJ.D. Allen,...
View ArticleKarl Ackermann
10 best New ReleasesPLS.trio: East River (Echo Chamber)Rob Mazurek: Alternate Moon Cycles (International Anthem RecordingCompany)Wayne Horvitz: Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (Songlines...
View ArticleDavid R. Adler
New Releases: 1. Maria Schneider Orchestra, The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)2. Vijay Iyer Trio, Break Stuff (ECM)3. Julian Lage, World’s Fair (Modern Lore) 4. Matt Mitchell, Vista Accumulation (Pi)5....
View ArticleMarcela Breton
New Releases:Leny Andrade and Roni Ben-Hur “Alegria de Vivir” (Motema)Tony Bennett w/Bill Charlap, “The Silver Lining : the Songs of Jerome Kern” (RPM/Columbia)Eliane Elias, “Made in Brazil”...
View ArticleSteve Feeney
1) Matt Mitchell - Vista Accumulation (PI)2) Kamasi Washington- The Epic (Brainfeeder)3) Maria Schneider Orchestra - The Thompson Fields (artistShare)4) Dave Douglas - Brazen Heart (Greenleaf)5) Brad...
View ArticleRalph A. Miriello
My Ten Best This YearChris Dingman’s : The Subliminal and the SublimeJD Allen’s : GraffittiCharlie Hunter Trio : Let the Bells Ring OnJose James : Yesterday I Had the BluesJohn Fedchock New York Big...
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