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April 2018: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Binker and Moses, Yazz Ahmed.
In April we discuss female vocalists and some well-reviewed 2017 releases.
Listen to Episode 137
Jazz Bastard has never focused exclusively on recent releases (note March's 'thirties-palooza) but we do try to touch on contemporary albums as well as legacy recordings. Best of year lists provide one tool for picking out music to cover, and over the years, we've learned to cherry-pick the best of year polls. Some focus almost exclusively on well-known and long-established artists—we prefer the ones that spotlight the young and hungry. Podcast 138 looks at four 2017 albums that pleased critics and introduced us to artists we hadn't listened to before. Courtney Pine is the only older musician discussed, while up and comers Yazz Ahmed, Binker Golding, and Jaimie Branch round out a show filled with excellent fresh music. Maybe it's our Chicago roots, but Branch's challenging Fly or Die takes top honors—thirty-eight minutes of not-to-be-missed music. A brief look at the Lemonhead's album It's a Shame About Ray and Keith Waters' book The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet concludes the episode.
Listen to Episode 138
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