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Jeff Dayton-Johnson's 2015 Mixtape
BySo many records! And if you're lucky, still the same excitement of discovering something new. Even if the thrill has changed in character. You're not so likely to be holding your newly-bought vinyl on the bus, in restless anticipation of playing the records once you got home; now, you're probably checking the mail every day for your new CDs. Or just listening to artists' Bandcamp sites the minute you hear about them. But there's still that excitement, and I'm grateful to have experienced it many times over this year, with the records arrayed below. These are organized in alphabetical order, by the way; but Kendrick and Kamasi are indisputably tied for the top spot in my book. Enjoy.
Steve Coleman & The Council of Balance Synovial Joints (Pi Recordings) | Dam-Funk Invite the Light (Stones Throw Records) | Miles Davis Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975 (The Bootleg Series, v.4) (Columbia/Legacy) |
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment Surf (Self-released) | The Edge Of Daybreak Eyes of Love (Numero Group) | Ghostface Killah & Badbadnotgood Sour Soul (Lex Records) |
Mary Halvorson Meltframe (Firehouse 12 Records) | The Internet Ego Death (Odd Future/Columbia) | Ata Kak Obaa Sima (Awesome Tapes from Africa) |
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly (Top Dawg Entertainment) | Mbongwana Star In Kinshasa (World Circuit Records) | Makaya McCraven In the Moment (International Anthem) |
Myra Melford Snowy Egret ( Enja/Yellowbird) | Nicole Mitchell / Tomeka Reid / Mike Reed Artifacts (482 Music) | Eve Risser Des pas sur la neige (Clean Feed Records) |
Cecile McLorin Salvant For One To Love (Mack Avenue Records) | The Maria Schneider Orchestra The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare) | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah aTunde Adjuah Stretch Music (Ropeadope Records) |
Sonny Sharrock Ask the Ages (M.O.D. Technologies) | Sly and the Family Stone Live at the Fillmore East (LP version) (Epic Records) | The The Souljazz Orchestra Resistance (Strut Records) | Vince Staples Summertime '06 (Def Jam) | Sun Ra and His Arkestra Gilles Peterson Presents: To Those of Earth... and Other Worlds (Strut Records) | Chucho Valdes Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac (Comanche Music) |
Kamasi Washington The Epic (Brainfeeder) | Charles X The Revolution... and the Day After (Tentacule Records) |
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