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Bruce Lindsay's Best Releases of 2012
Christine TobinSailing To Byzantium
(Trail Belle)
A joy from first note to last, this is a majestic and beautiful work.
Ian ShawA Ghost In Every Bar
(Splash Point Records)
Just voice and piano—and some of the finest song lyrics in the English language.
Orrin EvansFlip The Script
(Posi-Tone Records)
New ways with an old lineup—Evans' piano trio album is stylish and lovely.
GoGo PenguinFanfares
(Gondwana Records)
Speaking of new ways with an old lineup... GoGo Penguin takes the piano, bass and drums trio to craft one of the year's finest debuts.
Joe AltermanGive Me The Simple Life
(Miles High Records)
Piano trio number three (with a little help from the mighty Houston Person on tenor sax). Old school, I guess. A great reminder of how marvelous old school can be.
Nils LandgrenChristmas With My Friends III
(ACT Music)
A Christmas album that'll bring joy throughout the whole year.
Larry StabbinsTranscendental
(Noetic Records)
Maybe the finest list of UK-based musicians to grace any album in 2012. The resulting music moves like a very groovy thing.
Iñaki SandovalMiracielos
(bebyne records)
Piano trio number four. Living and working in Barcelona, Sandoval is a wonderfully reflective and considered player and this album contains many moments of real beauty.
Nicky SchrireFreedom Flight
(Circavision Productions)
The debut album from Schrire, who's now based in New York. She's confident and inventive and not averse to drawing new writers into the jazz canon.
Neil WelchBoxwork
(Table and Chairs Music)
No Best Of list is complete without an album of solo saxophone improvisations. Welch's ability to take the saxophone to its limits is exceptional.
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