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James Nadal's Best of 2015

By James Nadal
December 24, 2015
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These selections start out heavy into the blues, in appreciation to those that are still playing and producing this important American art form. Gospel and soul tinged vocals as well as a Latin dance oriented orchestra are represented, as is African derived world music featuring native acoustic instrumentation. We round it out by offering a trio of jazz releases which cover the spectrum from an innovative take on the music of Miles Davis, a dynamic Spanish piano trio and a hot trumpeters stunning debut. Thank you to the musicians, producers, publicists and friends who sent the music, making it all possible.

Muddy Waters Muddy Waters 100 (Raisin Music)	Bey Paule Band Not Goin' Away (Blue Dot Records)	Wee Willie Walker If Nothing Ever Changes (Little Village Foundation)
Shemekia Copeland Outskirts of Love (Alligator Records)	Lizz Wright Freedom & Surrender (Concord Music Group)	Jesse Fischer Nomads (Ropeadope records)
Spanglish Fly New York Boogaloo (Chico World Music)	BOLO Bolo (Self-Produced)	Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal Musique De Nuit (Six Degrees Records)
Racha Fora Racha S'Miles (Jazz Tokyo)	Sumrrá 5 Journeys (Clermont Music)	Freddie Hendrix Jersey Cat (Sunnyside Records)

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