Robert Bush’s Best Releases of 2013

By ROBERT BUSH
December 31, 2013
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2013 proved to be another banner year for recorded jazz—so much wonderful music—no one could argue that this is a dying art form. These ten recordings stood out in particular.

Mark Dresser
Nourishments
(Clean Feed)

Keith Jarrett
Somewhere
(ECM)

Wadada Leo Smith
Occupy The World
(TUM)

Nate Wooley
Sit In The Throne Of Friendship
(clean feed)

Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri
Transylvanian Concert
(ECM)

Mary Halvorson
Illusionary Sea
(Firehouse 12)

Michael Formanek
Small Places
(ECM)

Ches Smith
Hammered
(Clean Feed)

Tim Berne
Shadow Man
(ECM)

Michael Vlatkovich
You're too dimensional
(pfMENTUM)

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I love jazz because it's honest and it allows one to express oneself while working with others. I was first exposed to big band when I was a child. I first heard true jazz in college. I met Dee Dee Bridgewater last year as well as Harold Danko, Randy Brecker, Esperanza Spalding, and just this week, Carmen Bradford. The best show I ever attended was Esperanza Spalding at the Orange Peel in Asheville in 2016. I can't remember my first jazz album...I have so many now, but I THINK it was Sarah Vaughan's Crazy and Mixed Up. My advice to new listeners is to listen to everything and if you don't like it at first, come back a few months later (or a year later) and give it another try
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I love jazz because it's honest and it allows one to express oneself while working with others. I was first exposed to big band when I was a child. I first heard true jazz in college. I met Dee Dee Bridgewater last year as well as Harold Danko, Randy Brecker, Esperanza Spalding, and just this week, Carmen Bradford. The best show I ever attended was Esperanza Spalding at the Orange Peel in Asheville in 2016. I can't remember my first jazz album...I have so many now, but I THINK it was Sarah Vaughan's Crazy and Mixed Up. My advice to new listeners is to listen to everything and if you don't like it at first, come back a few months later (or a year later) and give it another try. Your tastes will change as you understand the genre more. Listen, listen and LISTEN.
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