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Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025

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This program contains my choices for the best jazz albums of 2025. The artists heard include Claire Cope with Ensemble C, Arturo O'Farrill, Branford Marsalis, Jason Kao Hwang, and Patricia Brennan.

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  • Henry Threadgill Sextett "I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00
  • Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith "Kite" from Defiant Life (ECM) 1:02
  • Paul Cornish "5AM" from You're Exaggerating! (Blue Note) 9:19
  • Host Speaks 14:33
  • Nicole Glover "Resilience" from Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Savant) 15:45
  • Branford Marsalis Quartet "Long As You Know You're Living Yours" from Belonging (Blue Note) 21:09
  • Host Speaks 29:57
  • The Hemphill Stringtet "Revue" from The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out of Your Head) 32:07
  • Jimmy Farace "Ferson Creek" from Hours Fly, Flowers Die (Shifting Paradigm) 39:44
  • Host Speaks 46:28
  • Patricia Brennan "Andromeda" from Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic) 47:54
  • Fabia Mantwill Orchestra "Whirl The Wheel" from In.Sight (Ground UP) 51:55
  • Host Speaks 57:56
  • Ambrose Akinmusire "Bloomed (the ongoing processional of nighas in hoodies" from Honey from a Winter Stone (Nonesuch) 1:01:36
  • Arturo O'Farrill / The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra "Blue Palestine Part 2" from Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley (Zoho) 1:09:09
  • Host Speaks 1:14:47
  • Amina Claudine Myers "Ode to My Ancestors" from Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) 1:16:38
  • Pat Thomas "For McCoy Tyner" from Hikmah (TAO Forms) 1:19:27
  • Host Speaks 1:29:16
  • Rin Seo Collective "Lullaby" from City Suite (Cellar Music) 1:32:01
  • Jason Kao Hwang "Where Fools Fear" from Myths of Origin (True Sound) 1:39:24
  • Host Speaks 1:45:14
  • Ensemble C "Flight" from Every Journey (Adhyaropa) 1:45:55
  • Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Odwalla / The Theme" from Selected Recordings (ECM) 1:56:18

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