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Mark Corroto’s Best Releases of 2012

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Mark Corroto

Mark Corroto

Senior Contributor since 1999

Mark misses his large dog Louie, but endeavors daily to find and listen to new and interesting sounds.

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Published: December 25, 2012

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of jazz have been greatly exaggerated. 2012 has been an outstanding year for jazz and improvised music. Here is a list of some of the best.



Stephen Gauci
Thunk!

(Not Two Records)

Matt Wilson/Arts & Crafts
Attitude For Gratitude

(Palmetto)

Rivers/Holland/Altschul
Reunion: Live In New York

(Pi Recordings)


Angles 5
By Way Of Deception
(Clean Feed)

Steve Lehman
Dialect Fluorescent

(Pi Recordings)

New Zion Trio
Fight Against Babylon

(Veal Records)


Smith/Moholo-Moholo
Ancestors

(TUM Records)

Federico Ughi
Songs For Four Cities

(Skycap Records)

Elliott Sharp
Aggregat

(Clean Feed)


Rodrigo Amado
Burning Live

( JACC)

Trio M
The Guest House

(Enja Records)

Aram Shelton
Everything for Somebody

( Singlespeed)


Jason Stein Quartet
The Story This Time

( Delmark)

Neneh Cherry/The Thing
The Cherry Thing

(Smalltown Superjazzz)

Rich Halley 4
Back From Beyond

(Pine Eagle)


Zanussi 13
Live

( Moserobie)

Ivo Perelman
The Foreign Legion

(Leo Records)

Kullhammar/Aalberg
Basement Sessions Vol.1
(Clean Feed)


Harris Eisenstadt
Canada Day III

( Songlines)

Josh Berman/His Gang
There Now

(Delmark)
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