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Hrayr Attarian's Best Releases of 2016

By Hrayr Attarian
December 21, 2016
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Many other writers have submitted superb Best of/End of year lists, so another similar one would be redundant. As women instrumentalists in jazz have been historically underrepresented to great degree and remain a minority even today, below is a list with a feminist bent. These 12 exquisite albums are either by women or prominently feature women. An example of the latter is cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum's Enter the Plustet that showcases, among other masterful improvisers, guitarist Mary Halvorson, cellist Tomeka Reid, trumpeter Steph Richards and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.

Joëlle Léandre Can You Hear Me? (Ayler Records)	Satoko Fujii Peace (Libra)	Mary Halvorson Away With You (Firehouse 12)
Taylor Ho Bynum Enter the Plustet (Firehouse 12)	Eve Risser Les Deux Versants Se Regardent (Clean Feed)	Carol Liebowitz First Set (Line Art Records)
Ingrid Laubrock Serpentines (Intakt)	Julie Kjaer Dobbeltgaeenger (Clean Feed)	Catherine Sikora Jersey (Relative Pitch Records)
Jane Ira Bloom Early Americans (Outline)	Christine Corvisier First Takes (Unit Records)	Michala Oestergaard-Nielsen More Stories From the Village (Boogie Post)

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