My ten favourite CDs from 2016: 10 Jakob Bro Streams (ECM) Review HERE 9 Herlin Riley New Direction (Mack Avenue) Review HERE 8 Dinosaur Together, As One (Edition) Review HERE 7 Jasper Høiby Fellow Creatures (Edition) Review HERE 6 The… Read More ›
Festive 50
2016 Festive Fifty – 20-11
My second favourite group of 10 CDs from 2016: 20 Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano Heritage (Qwest Records/Membran) Review HERE 19 Birmingham Jazz Orchestra Rough Boundaries (Jacky Naylor) Review HERE 18 Wolfgang Muthspiel Rising Grace (ECM) Review HERE 17 Renato… Read More ›
2016 Festive Fifty – 30-21
Here are my third favourite 10 CDs from 2016: 30 Yellowjackets Cohearence (Mack Avenue) Review HERE 29 Yelena Eckemoff Quartet Leaving Everything Behind (L&H Production) Review HERE 28 Donny McCaslin Beyond Now (Motema) Review HERE 27 Ingrid & Christine Jensen… Read More ›
2016 Festive Fifty – 40-31
My fourth favourite 10 CDs from this year: 40 Theo Croker Escape Velocity (Okeh) Review HERE 39 Phronesis Parallax (Edition) Review HERE 38 Steps Ahead & WDR Big Band Cologne Steppin’ Out (Jazzline) Review HERE 37 Andrew Cyrille Quartet The… Read More ›
2016 Festive Fifty – 50-41
Well, here we go again. A reminder that these lists are subtly different from those “best of the year” ones. These are my favourites from this year’s releases. You will have different ones. And who’s to say which – or… Read More ›
2015 Festive 50 – 10-1
These are all albums that have measured up to lots of listening and just seem to get better and better. They are the ones I will treasure for many years to come. With some the listening experience is enhanced by memories… Read More ›
2015 Festive 50 – 20-11
Up into the top 20 and included are a fascinating double album debut from a young Norwegian saxophonist, the best of the Billie Holiday tributes in her centenary year, and separate albums from a tuba player and saxophonist who have often… Read More ›
2015 Festive 50 – 30-21
A further mix of jazz with myriad influences, from folk to soul to classical, and with a few U.S. discs in among the Europeans. I realise it is slightly strange to see a young band from Denmark’s second largest city… Read More ›
2015 Festive 50 – 40-31
The next ten of 2015’s favourites includes more from Germany and Norway as well as a couple of prime examples of the excellent jazz being recorded by young London-based musicians. Two of the ten are ones I haven’t reviewed on this site… Read More ›
2015 Festive 50 – 50-41
And so we begin the countdown… These are the first of 50 of the albums released this year (mostly) which I reviewed (mostly) on this site and which I enjoyed the most (that’s an important proviso: I don’t claim these… Read More ›
2014 Festive 50 – Numbers 10-1
Here they are – my favourite 10 CDs of 2014. I hope you have found something in the Festive 50 to interest you. And if there are some you don’t know maybe you’ll be tempted to find out more about them…. Read More ›
2014 Festive 50 – Numbers 20-11
We’re getting close now… The second best 10 of the 50 CDs I have most enjoyed listening to in 2014, in ascending order. The top 10 tomorrow: 20 Marcin Wasilewski Trio w/ Joakim Milder Spark Of Life (ECM 379 2957) Full review here 19 Keith Jarrett,… Read More ›
2014 Festive 50 – Numbers 30-21
The next 10 of the 50 CDs I have most enjoyed listening to in 2014, in ascending order. Numbers 20-11 tomorrow: 30 Michael Wollny Trio Weltentraum (ACT 9563-2) Full review here 29 Mark Turner Quartet Lathe Of Heaven (ECM 378 0663) Full review… Read More ›
2014 Festive 50 – Numbers 40-31
The next 10 of the 50 CDs I have most enjoyed listening to in 2014, in ascending order. Another 10 tomorrow: 40 Jean Toussaint 4 Tate Song (Lyte Records LR022) Full review here 39 Chick Corea Trio Trilogy (Stretch Records/Concord Jazz CJA3568502) Full review… Read More ›
2014 Festive 50 – Numbers 50-41
Here we go – the 50 CDs I have most enjoyed listening to in 2014, in ascending order. They’ll be 10 a day over the next five days: 50 Arabella Sprot Quintet Kafka’s Dance (Arabella Sprot) Full review here 49 The Nels Cline… Read More ›
thejazzbreakfast 