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Nils Jacobson's Best of 2006
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Over the course of 2006, I listened to about 800 new recordings. The discs below represent the high points of this experience. A few releases from 2005 are also included (as noted) because they popped up on the radar after I made last year's list.
Jazz
Reissues/Compilations
Box Sets
Senegal
North Africa/Middle East
Southern Africa
Greater Mexico
Other
Spoofs
Jazz
Yosvany Terry Cabrera Metamorphosis (Kindred Rhythm) | Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet Husky (Hyena) | John Taylor Angel of the Presence (CamJazz) |
Thomas Chapin Trio Ride (Playscape) | Sound in Action Trio Gate (Atavistic) | Tomasz Stanko Quartet Lontano (ECM) |
Steve Lantner Quartet Paradise Road (Skycap) | John Ettinger Kissinger in Space (Ettinger Music) | Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet Memories of T (Concord) |
Reissues/Compilations
The Microscopic Septet Seven Men In Neckties[1980-85] Surrealistic Swing [1986-90] (Cuneiform) | David Murray Trio 3D Family [1978] (Hatology) | Nils Petter Molvaer An American Compilation [2004-05] (Thirsty Ear) |
Box Sets
Tortoise A Lazarus Taxon [1994-2005] (Thrill Jockey) | The Miles Davis Quintet The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions [1957-65] (Prestige) | John Coltrane Fearless Leader [1955-58] (Prestige) |
Senegal
Daby Balde Introducing Daby Balde [2005] (World Music Network) | Cheikh Lo Lamp Fall (Nonesuch) | Nuru Kane Sigil (Riverboat) |
North Africa/Middle East
Maurice El Médioni Meets Roberto Rodriguez Descarga Oriental (Piranha) | Souad Massi Mesk Elil (Honeysuckle) [2005] (Wrasse) | Marcel Khalifé Taqasim (Nagam) |
Southern Africa
Various Artists Hugh Masekela Presents The Chisa Years 1965-76 (BBE) | Lulendo Angola (Buda Musique) | The Green Arrows 4-Track Recording Session [Compilation 1974-79] (Alula) |
Greater Mexico
Fandango, Duende Y Taraf Las Tres Orillas del Atlántico (Producciones Alebrije) | Various Artists Rolas De Aztlán [2005] (Smithsonian Folkways) | Lila Downs La Cantina (Narada) |
Other
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Stoa (ECM) | Soothsayers Tangled Roots (Red Earth) | Novalima Afro (Quango) |
Son De La Frontera Son De La Frontera (World Village) | Ojos de Brujo Girando baritone [2005] (Diquela) | The Necks Chemist (ReR) |
Spoofs
Coleman Hawkins Body and Soul Remixed! (Verve) | Jimmy Smith Me and Mr. Johnson (Johnson & Johnson) | Madonna 'Bone Madonna (Blonde Dissolution) |