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Chris May's Best of 2006

Chris May By Chris May

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21 toptastic albums, containing material recorded 1925-2006, from Britain, Congo, the US, Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Mali, Poland, Lebanon, South Africa, Austria and France.

New Releases


Marcel Khalifé
Taqasim

(Nagam)

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
Husky

(Hyena)

Huw Warren & Peter Herbert
Everything We Love And More

(Babel)



Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio
Bright Side

(Material)

John Ettinger
Kissinger in Space

(Ettinger Music)

Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Lontano

(ECM)



Charlie Hunter Trio
Copperopolis

(Ropeadope)

Wilton "Bogey Gaynair
Africa Calling

(Candid)

Papa Wemba
New Morning

(Synchronies)



Soothsayers
Tangled Roots

(Red Earth)

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Stoa

(ECM)

Son De La Frontera
Son De La Frontera

(World Village)


Reissues/Compilations


Various Artists
Righteousness

(Blue Note)

Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane: The Impulse Story

(Impulse!)

Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders: The Impulse Story

(Impulse!)



The Microscopic Septet
Seven Men In Neckties

(Cuneiform)

Gwigwi Mrwebi
Mbaqanga Songs

(Honest Jons)

Dexter Gordon
Gettin' Around

(Blue Note)



Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela Presents
The Chisa Years 1965-76

(BBE)

Various Artists
Rembetika: Songs Of The
Greek Underground 1925-1947

(Klang)

Super Rail Band
Super Rail Band
(aka New Dimensions In Rail Culture)

(Globestyle)



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Chris May is a senior editor of All About Jazz. He was previously the editor of the pioneering magazine Black Music & Jazz Review, and more recently editor of the style / culture / history magazine Jocks & Nerds.

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