JAZZ 2017

  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