The predictable 'best of' list

It's common to share a list of favourite music from the year at this point. I wasn't going to this year but since 2020 seemed to be happy to shake things up, why not? A lot of this music has it's roots in jazz, but is far enough away from an 'jazz' to annoy the purists.

Click the links, enjoy the wonderful sounds created by these creative, thoughtful and dedicated people.


Conspiracy – Terje Rypdal

 

Truce – Markus Reuter

 

Nothing is Sacred – Markus Reuter, Oculus

 

Little Big II – Aaron Parks

 

Malmo 1999 – Bazar Bla

 

Tetrahedron – Ernesto Cervini

 

Firma – Trey Gunn

 

Punkt 1 – Trey Gunn

 

Circles – Kibrom Birhane

 

On the Tender Spot… Ambrose Akinmusire 

 

The Call Within – Tigran Hamasyan

 

In the new year I'm putting the finishing touches to an album of my own and will be writing here about the process of making it.  Let's hope for a better year in 2021.

 

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