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The Winners: Ezra Collective, Patricia Brennan, Chris Bangs, Galliano, And More

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Twelve tracks from Jazz First's Favourite Albums Of 2024... Dance, No One's Watching! that reflects the Jazz First manifesto that is as much about dance and groove as it is about improvised music. The playlist features tracks that fuse jazz with hip-hop, house, Afrobeat, dub, spiritual, world and other genres that have been dancing with each other amiably for decades. Most reflect, in part, music for the dancehall, away from the concert hall where something got lost mid-way during the 20th century. Here's to hope for 2025 and how jazz can help speak toward the unifying power of dance in these uncertain times.

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  • Ezra Collective "God Gave Me Feet For Dancing" from Dance, No One's Watching (Partizan Records)
  • Patricia Brennan Septet "Palo de Oros (Suit of Coins)" from Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic Records)
  • Chris Bangs "My Soul" from Dream World (Acid Jazz Records)
  • Galliano "Jazz" from Halfway Somewhere (Brownswood)
  • Les Hommes "Hallucinations" from Si, Cosi (Sudden Hunger Records)
  • Warren Wolf "Vibrations" from History Of The Vibraphone (Cellar Music Group)
  • Caixa Cubo "Jureta" from Modo Aviao (Far Out Recordings)
  • David Lyn "Maria Juana" from The World I Hear (Essence Of Life) (DWL Productions)
  • COPASALVO "Hasta La Victria Siempre" from Paul Murphy Presents Copa Salvo (Jazz Room Records)
  • Roy Hargrove's Crisol "Afreaka" from Grande- Terre (Verve Records)
  • Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra "Hutula" from Tension (Batov Records)
  • Vibration Black Finger "Now Is The Time" from Everybody Cryin' Mercy (Enid Records)

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