The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'm just an old fig - can't afford horn rims and tweeds All old stuff on the jazz front for me this year, and for the third time in my life, jazz wasn't the largest kind of music I've got in the year - I got more Latin material this year.The most recent jazz album I got was Fred Anderson's 'On the run', which was done in 2000.I did get some of this year's new recordings (at least as far as I can tell they're this year's) from Africa, however. And at least one of this year's reissues of elderly material.So the African newies areKande Sy - Khabou - CK7 - Best of the year!Diaby Doua - Faba ndambe - CK7Thionne Ballago Seck - Diaga - TBSWally Ballago Seck - Voglio - TBSThis year's reissuesKemo Conde - Soumankoi - Syllart - Best of LOTS of years!Sayon Camara - Saramaya - SyllartMG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utevsky Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 I can't buy recorded music any more, unless I discard it, usually within a week. So I only bought one CD in 2014: Randy Weston and BIlly Harper, Roots of the Blues. So without any comparison to any other CD purchased in 2014 (but compared to what I heard during about six hours of radio listening a day), I'll say, "I liked Roots of the Blues". Well, if you had to choose only one, that was a good choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 My list of favorites changes somewhat every day, but Silver Cornet and The Great Lakes Suites and Force Majeure are always near the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Listed my favorites on the freejazzblog site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWayne Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) My listings for top new releases, top reissues. No real ranking. Looking forward to 2015: New releases: Artist Title Label 1 Nels Cline Singers Macrsoscope Mack Avenue 2 Steve Lehman Octet Mise en Abime Pi Recordings 3 Kenny Barron and Dave Holland The Art of Conversation Impulse Recordings 4 Adrian Legg Dead Bankers AL2 Records 5 Matt Wilson Quartet Gathering Call Palmetto Records 6 Frank Kimbrough Quartet Palmetto Records 7 Steve Wilson and Lewis Nash Duologue MCG Records 8 Mark Turner Quartet Lathe of Heaven ECM Records 9 Jason Adasiewicz & Sun Rooms From The Region Delmark Records 10 Michael Shipp I've Been To Many Places Thirsty Ear Recordings Reissues: Artist Title Label 1 Horace Tapscott The Giant Awakens Flying Dutchman/ Intl Phonograph 2 Miles Davis Quintet Live at the Fillmore Sony/ CBS 3 Sam Rivers Contrasts ECM Records 4 Jaki Byard The Late Show, Live at Keystone Korner, Vol 3 High Note 5 Various Artists The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions Mosaic Records Edited January 4, 2015 by LWayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Dr. Funkenstein, you reminded me that I need to go listen to Melissa Aldana on Spotify. You should, she's good (Crash Trio and/or Second Cycle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Here's my list of favorite 2014 historical jazz releases: http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/historical-releases-2014/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I don't know why, but this year I listened to only a small selection of albums. I did not go through my CDs of past years like I normally do, and I did not open up many new acquisitions either. Instead, I listened to the same music over and over. No complaints. These are my new albums of 2014 (in chronological order) which I can recommend to one and all:. Ian Carey & Ben Stolorow - Duocracy Miles - Live 1969 Bootleg The Beatles - Live at the BBC, vol. 2 Mike Longo - Step on It Bernie Worrell - Elevation Shirazette Tinnin - Humility Camille Thurman - Origins Mimi Jones - Balance Zan Stewart - The Street is Making Music Russ Nolan - Relentless Miles - Filmore Bootleg Sonny - Road Shows, vol. 3 Dick Dale - Surfers' Choice Jason Jackson - Inspiration Donald Fagen - Sunken Condo's Mike Longo - Celebrates Oscar Peterson Charles Lloyd - Manhattan Stories Peter Zak - The Disciple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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