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Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2013
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The annual rite of writing a "best of" list at All About Jazz is a most pleasurable and difficult task; pleasurable for the reflections on great art that come along with the task and difficult because of the need to make hard choices. I've been inspired by dozens of new jazz recordings this year, but I've whittled down the list to these eighteen albums. This year's list includes perennial favorites, critically acclaimed giants, oft-unheralded veterans, up-and-comers, virtual unknowns and more. As per usual, only albums that I reviewed at All About Jazz were up for consideration (Note: these albums are not ranked in order of preference):
Dave Holland Prism (Dare2 Records) | Tierney Sutton After Blue (BFM Jazz) | Alexis Cuadrado A Lorca Soundscape (Sunnyside) |
Nicky Schrire Space And TIme (Magenta Label Group) | Fred Hersch and Julian Lage Free Flying (Palmetto Records) | Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski ...Live At The Kitano (Victoria) |
Frank Wess Magic 101 (IPO Recordings) | David Ake Bridges (Posi-Tone Records) | Jim Snidero Stream Of Consciousness (Savant Records) |
Ryan Keberle + Catharsis Music Is Emotion (Alternate Side Records) | Marc Cary For The Love Of Abbey (Motéma Music) | Kait Dunton Mountain Suite (Self Produced) |
Heather Masse and Dick Hyman Lock My Heart (Red House) | Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra Bloom (19/8) | Nilson Matta Nilson Matta's Black Orpheus (Motema Music) |
Tommy Flanagan / Jaki Byard The Magic Of 2 (Resonance Records) | Duduka Da Fonseca Trio New Samba Jazz Directions (Zoho Music) | 3 Cohens Tightrope (Anzic Records) |
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Best of / Year End
Dan Bilawsky
Two for the Show Media
United States
Dave Holland
Tierney Sutton
Alexis Cuadrado
Nicky Schrire
Fred Hersch
Julian Lage
Dick Hyman
Ken Peplowski
Frank Wess
Jim Snidero
Ryan Keberle
Marc Cary
Kait Dunton
Heather Masse
Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra
Nilson Matta
Tommy Flanagan
Jaki Byard
Duduka Da Fonseca
3 Cohens