Robert Middleton Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Not everyone likes lists like this, but I do. I'm kinda obsessed with creating playlists of my favorite albums. This is not a "best of the decade list." Who knows what the best really is? But you do know what you liked the most, listened to the most and generally obsessed over. Here's my list of favorites from 2010 through 2019. What are yours? Current albums only, not reissues. Deluxe - Chris Lightcap Dulces - Billy Fox Pathways - Dave Holland Beat Therapy - Dmitri Tymoczko Hearts Wide Open - Gilad Hekselman On the Go - Matthew Halsall The Creep - Ted Nash The Troubles - The Troubles Quartette Humaine - Bob James, David Sanborn Trios - Carla Bley Harmonious Creatures - Sarah Manning Instead - Collocutor Live in Larissa - Nat Birchall New Song - Omer Avital Blue Blue - Bengt Berger Madeleine - Ghost Rhythms Silent Understanding - Double Pulse The Time Inside a Year - Dave McDonnell Beam Me Up - Shauli Einav Early Americans - Jane Ira Bloom Homage - Adam Niewood I Long to See You - Charles Lloyd Oceanic Suite - Atlantis Jazz Ensemble What We Bring - Ben Wendell Hudson - Hudson La Saboteuse - Yass Ahmed Layers of the City - Ben Allison Translator's Note - Oded Tzur Awase - Nik Barsch's Ronin Nubaya's 5ive - Nubya Garcia There is a Place - Maisha Blume - Nerija Fyah - Theon Cross Glitter Wolf - Allison Miller Good Hope - Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Zakir Hussain My album of the decade: Nubaya's 5ive - Nubya Garcia NOTE: I culled this list of 35 down from a list of 100. These really are my desert island disks of the decade. Cheers, Robert Edited January 2, 2020 by Robert Middleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Milestones Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Here are some I would name: Beautiful Dreamers--Bill Frisell Sixteen Sunsets--Jane Ira Bloom Last Dance--Jarrett and Haden Trip--Tom Harrell Cross Culture--Joe Lovano Everybody has a Plan--Charlie Hunter Vanished Gardens--Charles Lloyd (w. Lucinda Williams) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Robert, I love these list-type threads -- if only to see what others are grooving to. I started a similar thread on jazz favorites in the 21st century, so it's focused on the last twenty years instead of the last ten. Click here if you'd like to take a look. More grist for the mill of discussion. EDIT: Here's my shortened list, modified for this thread: JD Allen – Radio Flyer (Savant) Kenny Barron – Concentric Circles (Blue Note) Richie Beirach – Impressions of Tokyo: Ancient City of the Future (Out Note) The Brazilian Trio – Constelação (Motéma) Joey Calderrazo – Live (Sunnyside) Bill Carrothers – Castaways (Pirouet) Marc Cary Focus Trio – Four Directions (Motéma) Ryan Cohan – The River (Motéma) Adam Cruz – Milestone (Sunnyside) Alexis Cuadrado – A Lorca Soundscape (Sunnyside) Duduka Da Fonseca – New Samba Jazz Directions (Zoho) Orrin Evans – Flip the Script (Posi-Tone) Tom Harrell – Trip (HighNote) Donald Harrison with Ron Carter & Billy Cobham – This Is Jazz (Half Note) Billy Hart Quartet – One is the Other (ECM) Pablo Held – Elders (Pirouet) Frank Kimbrough – Solstice (Pirouet) Dave Liebman Group: Expansions – Live (Whaling City Sound) Joe Lovano Us Five – Bird Songs (Blue Note) Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note) Bill O'Connell + the Latin Jazz All Stars – Zócalo (Savant) Chico O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra – 40 Acres and a Burro (Zoho) Enrico Pieranunzi with Scott Colley & Antonio Sanchez – Permutation (CamJazz) Alfredo Rodriguez – The Invasion Parade (Mack Avenue) Martial Solal – My One and Only Love: Live at Theater Gütersloh (Intuition) Wayne Shorter Quartet – Without a Net (Blue Note) Steve Turre – Delicious and Delightful (HighNote) Mads Vinding, Jean-Michel Pilc, Billy Hart – Open Minds (Storyville) Kenny Werner – The Melody (Pirouet) Larry Willis – This Time the Dream's On Me (HighNote) Edited January 4, 2020 by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Something like this: 1. Hera & Hamid Drake - Seven Lines (2013) 2. John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once (2018) 3. John Coltrane - Offering (2014) 4. Abdullah Ibrahim - The Song Is My Story (2014) 5. Angles 9 - Injuries (2014) 6. Anouar Brahem / Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates - Blue Maqams (2017) 7. Avishai Cohen Trio - From Darkness (2015) 8. Elina Duni Quartet - Matanë Malit (2012) 9. The New Woody Shaw Quintet - Vol.1: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall Hamburg 1982 (2017) 10. Tord Gustavsen / Simin Tander / Jarle Vespestad - What Was Said (2016) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Some of the albums recorded 2010 - 2019 I liked: https://darktree.bandcamp.com/album/pourtant-les-cimes-des-arbres https://www.nottwo.com/mw902 https://www.nottwo.com/mw925 http://www.ayler.com/daunik-lazro-some-other-zongs.html https://f-a-t-a-k-a.bandcamp.com/album/prediction-and-warning https://boris-hegenbart.bandcamp.com/releases http://www.ftarri.com/meenna/980/index.html https://newatlantisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/burning-in-water-drowning-in-flame https://pirecordings.com/albums/mise-en-abme/ https://mikroton.bandcamp.com/album/fracture-mechanics Plus Trio X live recordings on CIMPoL and Threadgill albums on Pi. There's been a lot of good stuff recorded, I still have a lot of catching up to do. Edited January 8, 2020 by Д.Д. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Middleton Posted January 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, HutchFan said: Hey, Hutch, I have about a dozen of yours in my collection, but none of them are my faves. :-) Always interesting how an album that is thrilling to one person leaves another indifferent. Right now I’m going a little nutso about the London jazz scene. Highly talented young players with music that really grooves. At the top of the list is Nubya Garcia whose first album, Nubya’s 5ive, (2017) became quite popular and she’s drawing large crowds everywhere she plays. Check her out on YouTube. I’m gobsmacked, but nobody is for everybody. There are a ton of articles on the London jazz scene online if you want to check it out. Cheers, R Robert, I love these list-type threads -- if only to see what others are grooving to. I started a similar thread on jazz favorites in the 21st century, so it's focused on the last twenty years instead of the last ten. Click here if you'd like to take a look. More grist for the mill of discussion. EDIT: Here's my shortened list, modified for this thread: JD Allen – Radio Flyer (Savant) Kenny Barron – Concentric Circles (Blue Note) Richie Beirach – Impressions of Tokyo: Ancient City of the Future (Out Note) The Brazilian Trio – Constelação (Motéma) Joey Calderrazo – Live (Sunnyside) Bill Carrothers – Castaways (Pirouet) Marc Cary Focus Trio – Four Directions (Motéma) Ryan Cohan – The River (Motéma) Adam Cruz – Milestone (Sunnyside) Alexis Cuadrado – A Lorca Soundscape (Sunnyside) Duduka Da Fonseca – New Samba Jazz Directions (Zoho) Orrin Evans – Flip the Script (Posi-Tone) Tom Harrell – Trip (HighNote) Donald Harrison with Ron Carter & Billy Cobham – This Is Jazz (Half Note) Billy Hart Quartet – One is the Other (ECM) Pablo Held – Elders (Pirouet) Frank Kimbrough – Solstice (Pirouet) Dave Liebman Group: Expansions – Live (Whaling City Sound) Joe Lovano Us Five – Bird Songs (Blue Note) Jason Moran – Ten (Blue Note) Bill O'Connell + the Latin Jazz All Stars – Zócalo (Savant) Chico O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra – 40 Acres and a Burro (Zoho) Enrico Pieranunzi with Scott Colley & Antonio Sanchez – Permutation (CamJazz) Martial Solal – My One and Only Love: Live at Theater Gütersloh (Intuition) Wayne Shorter Quartet – Without a Net (Blue Note) Steve Turre – Delicious and Delightful (HighNote) Mads Vinding, Jean-Michel Pilc, Billy Hart – Open Minds (Storyville) Kenny Werner – The Melody (Pirouet) Larry Willis – This Time the Dream's On Me (HighNote) 8 hours ago, colinmce said: Boy, not only do I not have any of these, I haven’t heard of most of the artists! The jazz world is vast. Cheers, R 3 hours ago, Д.Д. said: Some of the albums recorded 2010 - 2019 I liked: https://darktree.bandcamp.com/album/pourtant-les-cimes-des-arbres https://www.nottwo.com/mw902 https://www.nottwo.com/mw925 http://www.ayler.com/daunik-lazro-some-other-zongs.html https://f-a-t-a-k-a.bandcamp.com/album/prediction-and-warning https://boris-hegenbart.bandcamp.com/releases http://www.ftarri.com/meenna/980/index.html https://newatlantisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/burning-in-water-drowning-in-flame https://pirecordings.com/albums/mise-en-abme/ https://www.nottwo.com/mw971 https://mikroton.bandcamp.com/album/fracture-mechanics Plus Trio X live recordings on CIMPoL and Threadgill albums on Pi. There's been a lot of good stuff recorded, I still have a lot of catching up to do. Ok, well, I do have the Steve Lehman! Pretty amazing album. His latest is great, too. I’ll check out the others. Cheers, R Edited January 2, 2020 by Robert Middleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Robert Middleton said: Hey, Hutch, I have about a dozen of yours in my collection, but none of them are my faves. :-) Always interesting how an album that is thrilling to one person leaves another indifferent. So true. De gustibus non est disputandum. 4 hours ago, Robert Middleton said: Right now I’m going a little nutso about the London jazz scene. Highly talented young players with music that really grooves. At the top of the list is Nubya Garcia whose first album, Nubya’s 5ive, (2017) became quite popular and she’s drawing large crowds everywhere she plays. Check her out on YouTube. I’m gobsmacked, but nobody is for everybody. There are a ton of articles on the London jazz scene online if you want to check it out. I've been reading a bit about the UK jazz scene, but I haven't had much of a chance to dig into it yet. For quite a while, I've been focused on my 70s blog project. Looks like there's a lot to discover there though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Middleton Posted January 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 hours ago, HutchFan said: So true. De gustibus non est disputandum. I've been reading a bit about the UK jazz scene, but I haven't had much of a chance to dig into it yet. For quite a while, I've been focused on my 70s blog project. Looks like there's a lot to discover there though! What is your 70’s blog project? 70’s Jazz, the decade jazz changed dramatically? Do you have a link? Cheers R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 URL: https://jazzinthe70s.blogspot.com And here's a thread about the blog on this site: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Middleton Posted January 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 57 minutes ago, HutchFan said: URL: https://jazzinthe70s.blogspot.com And here's a thread about the blog on this site: Hutch, this is fantastic. I know what it takes to write something regularly. I’ve written an ezine/blog for my business once a week for 22 years. But I can’t quite imagine writing something so comprehensive for a full year. And your writing is terrific. Full of color and love for you topic. I will be a dedicated reader!! And I expect to discover some real gems. Cheers, R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Thanks for the kind words, Robert. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Here is an “off the top of my head” list for the decade starting with the great box sets all 4 of the Barry Guy Small Formations boxes - first 2 from the members of the New Orchestra and the most recent 2 from members of the Blue Shroud Band: Mad Dogs - 4 CD’s Mad Dogs On The Loose - 4 CD’s Tensegrity - 4 CD’s Intensegrity - 5 CD’s then the other boxes: Joelle Leandre: A Woman’s Work - 8 CD’s Zlatko Kaucic: Diversity - 5 CD’s Per Ake Holmlander Carliot - It’s Never Too Late Orchestra - 3 CD’s Peter Brotzmann - Long Story Short - 5 CD’s Agusti Fernandez: River Tiger Fire - 4 CD’s Anthony Braxton: Quartet (New Haven) 2014 - 4 CD’s Mats Gustafsson - 50th Birthday Celebration - Peace and Fire - 3 CD’s all 3 DKV boxes but I like Sound in Motion the best - 5 CD’s from 2013-14 shows single or double CD releases: Peter Brotzmann Tentet: Love, Walk & Sleep - 2 CD’s Dragonfly Breath: !!!! Mats Gustafsson, Peter Evans & Agusti Fernandez: A Quietness of Water DKV Trio: Latitude Rodrigo Amado: Searching for Adam, The Flame Alphabet, This is Our Language and The Freedom Principle Joelle Leandre Sudo Quartet - with Carlos Zingaro, Sebi Tramontana & Paul Lovens Fire! Orchestra: both Exit & Enter Ken Vandermark Resonance Ensemble: Head Above Water, Feet Out of the Fire - 2 CD’s a bunch from Dave Rempis - at least 5 or 6 that deserve mention. Start with Kuzu & From Wolves to Whales Agusti Fernandez Celebration Ensemble Angelika Niescer New York Trio: The Berlin Concert Tom Rainey Trio: Hotel Grief Jury Wickiehalder Trio: Beyond John Butcher with Red Trio: Summer Skyscape Joe Morris, Joe McPhee, Jamie Saft & Charles Downs: Ticonderoga Parker-Guy-Lytton: Music for David Mossman - Live at the Vortex Before the Silence with Albert Cirera on saxophones and a stunning band North and the Red Stream: Red Trio & Mattias Stahl Joe McPhee - maybe too many to count but start with Journey to Parazzar That's just a start really many many more on labels like Relative Pitch that might be on the edge of Jazz. Things like Bind the Hands that Feed with Michael Foster, Katherine Young and Michael Zerang. So much recent game changing and mind boggling great recordings and live NYC performances that any listing of these things doesn’t give the current wide swath of improvised music it’s due credit Old Smoke, baby Edited January 3, 2020 by Steve Reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said: Agusti Fernandez: River Tiger Fire - 4 CD’s Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Yay lists! Here's mine for the decade just past (or not): Mary Halvorson/Bill Frisell: Girl With the Flaxen Hair (Johnny Smith tribute), this is the record that turned me around on Halvorson Lonnie Smith: All In My Mind (Blue Note), simple straight forward live date with working trio, greasy and spacey John Scofield - Country For Old Men, not as good as the live date in support I saw, but a great concept JD Allen - Graffiti, this grabbed me in a way his others haven't, it's got that Sax Colossus/Our Man in Paris swagger Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome, finally the album the've been threatening to make for decades William Bell - This is Where I Live (Stax), not a recreation of vintage Stax but certainly rooted in it Enrico Rava - On the Dance Floor (ECM), an MJ tribute, live with a big band, putting him in a context ranging from Sousa to JB Regina Carter - Southern Comfort, a tribute to her coal miner forbearers an I'm sure I forgot one or two. do Sonny R's Road Show comps count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 Only I give a s**t about what I like!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, jlhoots said: Only I give a s**t about what I like!! Probably a whole bunch of recordings I love:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said: Probably a whole bunch of recordings I love:) Indeed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 Some of my favourites of the decade: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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