EPISODE · Dec 27, 2017 · 1H 1M
JAZZ 2017
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This mix is less of a best jazz recordings of 2017 and more of a mix of jazz that I enjoyed in 2017. I don't listen to nearly as much jazz as I do ambient and indie music. But I liked enough releases to come up with an end of the year jazz mix. So here it is. The year was anchored by two spectacular recordings - Aytche by Joseph Shabason and All This I Do For Glory by Colin Stetson. I saw Stetson at a small club and was blown away by his sound and technique. If you get the chance to see him up close definitely go. There are two albums that I discovered while compiling tracks for my mix, Rhythm of the Rails. Those two are Eternal Stories by Michel Portal & Quator Ebene and Simultonality by Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society. Both excellent recordings. Another highlight of 2017 was ECM records putting their entire catalog up on Spotify. I listened to nothing by ECM for a few weeks this fall. This will probably be my last mix for 2017. I've already started on a guest mix for liftedicons.com that will be fun to put together. Music definitely helped me get through a messed up 2017. Here's to a great 2018. Cheers! T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Joseph Shabason - Aytche(Aytche) 03:40 Vijay Iyer Sextet - Wake(Far From Over) 08:03 Ben Allison - Magic Number(Layers of the City) 14:38 Bjorn Meyer - Provenance(Provenance) 20:30 Quatuor Ebene - City Birds(Eternal Stories) 27:55 Colin Stetson - Spindrift(All This I Do For Glory) 33:36 Portico Quartet - Endless(Art in the Age of Automation) 37:46 Kamasi Washington - Desire(Harmony Of Difference) 42:07 Phronesis - Ok Chorale(The Behemoth) 45:50 Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Maroon Dune(Simultonality) 54:48 Dorothy Ashby - Pawky(Hip Harp/In A Minor Groove) 51:55 end
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This mix is less of a best jazz recordings of 2017 and more of a mix of jazz that I enjoyed in 2017. I don't listen to nearly as much jazz as I do ambient and indie music. But I liked enough releases to come up with an end of the year jazz mix. So here it is. The year was anchored by two spectacular recordings - Aytche by Joseph Shabason and All This I Do For Glory by Colin Stetson. I saw Stetson at a small club and was blown away by his sound and technique. If you get the chance to see him up close definitely go. There are two albums that I discovered while compiling tracks for my mix, Rhythm of the Rails. Those two are Eternal Stories by Michel Portal & Quator Ebene and Simultonality by Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society. Both excellent recordings. Another highlight of 2017 was ECM records putting their entire catalog up on Spotify. I listened to nothing by ECM for a few weeks this fall. This will probably be my last mix for 2017. I've already started on a guest mix for liftedicons.com that will be fun to put together. Music definitely helped me get through a messed up 2017. Here's to a great 2018. Cheers! T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Joseph Shabason - Aytche(Aytche) 03:40 Vijay Iyer Sextet - Wake(Far From Over) 08:03 Ben Allison - Magic Number(Layers of the City) 14:38 Bjorn Meyer - Provenance(Provenance) 20:30 Quatuor Ebene - City Birds(Eternal Stories) 27:55 Colin Stetson - Spindrift(All This I Do For Glory) 33:36 Portico Quartet - Endless(Art in the Age of Automation) 37:46 Kamasi Washington - Desire(Harmony Of Difference) 42:07 Phronesis - Ok Chorale(The Behemoth) 45:50 Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Maroon Dune(Simultonality) 54:48 Dorothy Ashby - Pawky(Hip Harp/In A Minor Groove) 51:55 end
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