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I’ve only heard like 2 of these. Looking forward to checking out some of the stuff I’m unfamiliar with.

The Best Jazz Albums of 2020

 

I've listened to 1 and skimmed another. But then again, that's been the same for all of the best of jazz lists. Though they tend to be filled with more trad jazz albums and I tend to steer clear of most of that. Although Bandcamps jazz list last year was pretty eclectic, so i'll definitely give some of those a listen.

 

This is bloody great

 

Surprised no one has posted their own top albums yet. Gonna post mine later.

 

I’ll try and post mine later. Looking forward to seeing what others enjoyed this year.

 

I've always hated making eoty lists. Last year was the first time in years I forced myself to do it and I didnt do it til mid Jan lol. I still have a lot to catch up on too, but once I do I'll do my best

 

New Muriel Grossman album just came out.

 

Here’s what I liked best this year.

1. Alabaster DePlume - To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals, Vol 1
2. Nubya Garcia - Source
3. Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network - Ballet of Apes
4. Jeff Parker - Suite For Max Brown
5. Asher Gamedze - Dialectic Soul
6. Martin Rude & Jakob Scott Duo - The Discipline of Ascent
7. Lemon Quartet - Crestless
8. Jermey Cunningham - The Weather Up There
9. Irreversible Entanglements - Who Sent You?
10. Angel Bat Dawid - LIVE
11. Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
12. Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl - Artlessly Falling
13. Muriel Grossman - Quiet Earth
14. Idris Ackamoor - Shaman!
15. Sun Ra Arkestra - Swirling
16. Waaju - Grown
17. Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
18. Badge Epoque Ensemble - Self Help
19. Ambrose Akinmusire - on the tender spot...
20. Sauce and Dogs - Sauce and Dogs

 

Tried the Ambrose Akinmusire album and it was a little too far out there for me. It might make me a plebe, but there is only a certain level of avant-garde melodically I can do.

 

Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes - Heritage of the Invisible II
The Heliocentrics - Infinity Of Now/Telemetric Sounds
Sparkle Division - To Feel Embraced
Ambrose Akinmusire - on the tender spot of every calloused moment
Jahari Massamba Unit - Pardon My French
Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings E&F Sides
Kamaal Williams - Wu Hen
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music
Kassa Overall - I Think I'm Good
Jeremy Cunningham - The Weather Up There
Rob Mazurek - Dimensional Stardust
Melt Yourself Down - 100% Yes
Black Nile - The Further Side
Yussef Dayes Trio - Welcome to the Hills
Sam Gendel - Satin Doll
Oscar Jerome - Breathe Deep
Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
Kahil El'Zabar - Kahil El’Zabar’s America the Beautiful
Gil Scott-Heron - We're New Again (A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven)
Jaga Jazzist - Pyramid
Shabaka & The Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
Irreversible Entanglements - Who Sent You?

Not really in any order. Top one are obviously ones I enjoyed most, but they're all great.

 

As someone who can’t stand Christmas music, these really helped this year. Can’t believe it took me so long too finally listen to the Charlie Brown album...

 

did any of y'all listen to the christian scott live record from this year? i think it may be my favorite thing he's ever done

 

oh lol there it is, just upthread. i haven't seen it get any play on jazz year-end lists but maybe everyone's sleeping bc it's live

 

Yeah that’s prob the my main excuse for not really checking it out, though it’s not a very good excuse since that Angel Bat Dawid record is also live and it’s great.

 

Yeah, not sure why I haven’t gone back to it. I think I said at the time that the length was a bit daunting, maybe it’s that. It is a bloody great record, though. And I’m not normally a fan of live albums. Modern ones, anyway.

I think the album flew under the radar for a lot of people. Although Ancestral Recall got a lot of attention when it came out, as did the trilogy and Stretch Music. So I’m stumped haha

 

https://pitchfork.com/news/eugene-wright-jazz-bassist-dead-at-97/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

RIP to a legend

 

This came out on 1/1. Pretty nice improv jazz with some funk mixed in.

Electric Octopus - Inclinations

 

New Binker and Moses live album...

Stream Binker and Moses' new live album 'Escape The Flames'

 

Been listening to a lot of George Duke these past couple of days. Although they obviously don't play the same instrument, you can tell that jazz fusion/funk style was a big influence on Thundercat.

 

New Alfa Mist in April

 

Finally given Birth of the Cool and Porgy & Bess a proper listen these past couple of days. I don't normally listen to much 50's jazz, but recently I've been finding stuff I like. Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck. All the cool stuff basically haha

 

Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain are just staggering. Miles and Gil Evans were one of the greatest teams ever.

For some reason, this is all I want to hear today:

 

Been on a smooth jazz/jazz funk vibe recently. Bit of Bob James. Bit of David Axelrod. Good stuff.

 

I guess this was out on Bandcamp for a while but it just hit streaming services last week and it is unsurprisingly awesome.

 

This is fantastic.