Year in Review
Mark F. Turner's Best Releases of 2011
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It's been another terrific year of music and these are just a few that sparked something within and keep me coming back for more.
Jazz New Releases
Jazz New Releases
![]() Steve Coleman and Five Elements The Mancy of Sound (Pi Recordings) | ![]() James Carter Organ Trio At The Crossroads EmArcy) | ![]() Chris Dingman Waking Dreams (Between Worlds Music) |
![]() John Escreet The Age We Live In (Mythology Records) | ![]() Captain Black Big Band Captain Black Big Band Posi-Tone Records | ![]() Terri Lyne Carrington Album Title (Concord Music Group) |
![]() Harris Eisenstadt September Trio (Clean Feed Records) | ![]() Kaze Rafale (Circum-disc) | ![]() Harriet Tubman Ascension (Sunnyside Records) |
![]() Kevin Brow Dolls and Guns (Blackout Music) | ![]() Alexis Cuadrado Noneto Ibérico Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records | ![]() Craig Taborn Avenging Angel (ECM) |
New Discoveries | ||
![]() Le Boeuf Brothers In Praise of Shadows (Nineteen-Eight Records) | ![]() Florencia Ruiz Luz De La Noche (Adventure Music) | ![]() Vazytouille Vazytouille (Circum-disc) |
Beyond Jazz | ||
![]() Yo-Yo Ma/ Stuart Duncan / Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile The Goat Rodeo Sessions (Sony Masterworks) | ![]() Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin' (Columbia) | ![]() Little Dragon Ritual Union (Peacefrog) |
![]() The Roots undun (Def Jam) | ![]() Metronomy The English Riviera (Because Music) | ![]() Becca Stevens Band Weightless (Sunnyside Records) |