Year in Review
Attarian's Dozen: The Twelve Best Recordings from 2018
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The year 2018 was, musically speaking, a good year. The label Pi Recordings did it again with six magnificent albums, three of which made it in my top twelve. In addition, two feminist themed gems are included as well as four by master pianists. An intimate and adventurous duet, a meeting of great minds and a unique genre-bender round up the list. Below are the releases in no particular order.
Henry Threadgill
Dirt... And More Dirt
Pi Recordings
Henry Threadgill
Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus
Pi Recordings
Steve Coleman
Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets)
Pi Recordings
Kenny Barron
Concentric Circles
Blue Note
Monika Herzig
Sheroes
Whaling City Sound
Roxy Coss
The Future Is Female
Posi-Tone
Andrew Cyrille
Lebroba
ECM
Keith Jarrett
La Fenice
ECM
Carol Liebowitz and Birgitta Flick
Malita-Malika
Leo
Satoko Fujii
Solo
Libra
Makaya McCraven
Universal Beings
IARC
Sylvie Courvoisier
D'Agala
Intakt

Dirt... And More Dirt
Pi Recordings

Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus
Pi Recordings

Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets)
Pi Recordings

Concentric Circles
Blue Note

Sheroes
Whaling City Sound

The Future Is Female
Posi-Tone

Lebroba
ECM

La Fenice
ECM

Malita-Malika
Leo

Solo
Libra

Universal Beings
IARC

D'Agala
Intakt
About Henry Threadgill
Instrument: Woodwinds
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