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Attarian's Dozen: Twelve Superb Releases That Made 2021 Tolerable
Featured are the two mammoth and stimulating boxsets from saxophonist and improviser par excellence Ivo Perelman and ingenious composer and bassist William Parker, the late organ giant Dr. Lonnie Smith's swan song, and drummer Gustavo Cortiñas's musical exploration of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America." In addition, from the United Kingdom, Sons of Kemet's provocative and timely album made the list as well as saxophonist Jon Raskin's socially conscious collaboration with Flatland Quartet. Others include innovative bandleader and saxophonist Anna Webber's masterpiece, ingenious composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's celebration of Chicago and saxophonist Kenny Garrett's exploration of musical roots. Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson's intimate and adventurous duet and two very personal works by saxophonist Maria Grand and vocalist Jen Shyu round up the list.
Anna Webber Idiom
Pi Recordings
Ivo Perelman Brass and Ivory Tales
Fundacja Slucha
Sons of Kemet Black to the Future
Impulse!
Dr. Lonnie Smith Breathe
Blue Note
Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary HalvorsonSearching for the Disappeared Hour
Pyroclastic
Gustavo Cortiñas Desafio Candente
Woolgathering
Wadada Leo Smith The Chicago Symphonies
TUM
Kenny GarrettSongs From The Ancestors
Mack Avenue
William Parker Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World
AUM Fidelity
The Flatlands Collective Songs From the Urban Forest
Gold Lion
Maria Grand Reciprocity
Biophilia
Jen Shyu Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses
Pi Recording
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