Records from 2024 that you have most enjoyed

[Rabshakeh]

I don't think we have a favourite releases of the year thread yet. (If we do, by all means shut me up and point me in the correct direction.) 

Anyway, for anyone who wants to, please post your favourite records released during the last 14 months or so.

Starting with me, I think that the records that I have enjoyed most have been:

- The Fay Victor vocal Herbie Nichols record seemed to me to be in the spirit of classic vocalists like Betty Carter without being derivative. 

- Matthew Shipp - New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz - This strikes me as one of the first Shipp records in a while that has something fresh to say. I really enjoyed the very gutsy chord work. Nice to hear it because I had given up on recorded Shipp. 

- The Ahmed box was a lot of fun, if overall quite uneven. I enjoyed the Monk/Rouse dynamic, which didn't get boring despite the extremely long tracks. 

Other than that, I'm not sure there's much I'd rush back to immediately.

Edited December 23, 2024 by Rabshakeh

[T.D.]

+1 on the Shipp, though I haven't heard many of his recordings and can't make comparisons. He often collaborates with Michael Bisio, who is semi-local, so I've heard him live a few times.

Sadly, not sure I've heard sufficient 2024 releases to compile a list.

[Rabshakeh]

10 minutes ago, T.D. said:

+1 on the Shipp, though I haven't heard many of his recordings and can't make comparisons. He often collaborates with Michael Bisio, who is semi-local, so I've heard him live a few times.

Sadly, not sure I've heard sufficient 2024 releases to compile a list.

I like Shipp live but he has had a tendency to over record in the last decade or so. 

[jlhoots]

Micah Thomas: Mountains overdelivered.

[soulpope]

Beth Gibbons "Lives Outgrown" (Domino) ....

[mjazzg]

Ahmed

2 x Tomin on International Anthem

Jorga Mesfin

Pat Thomas - solo on Oto

Awen Ensemble

There is a similar thread started by @HutchFansomewhere I think. Here it is, slightly different parameters

https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/92191-2024-new-to-you-favorites/#comment-1894184

Edited December 24, 2024 by mjazzg

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

 

There is a similar thread started by @HutchFansomewhere I think. Here it is, slightly different parameters

https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/92191-2024-new-to-you-favorites/#comment-1894184

I knew there was! Sorry

Although I guess there is room for something a bit more targeted to best of new releases.

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Awen Ensemble

This is interesting. Just streaming Cadair Idris now.

Edited December 24, 2024 by Rabshakeh

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

I knew there was! Sorry

Although I guess there is room for something a bit more targeted to best of new releases.

This is interesting. Just streaming Cadair Idris now.

Saw them perform it at the Vortex, they're very good (and seemingly very young too...)

[T.D.]

Off-topic, but I saw bassist Brandon Lopez (with Steve Baczkowski) at the last 2024 show Clifford Allen curated in Kingston and he just killed it. Going to have to see what he's released on bandcamp.

[felser]

On 12/23/2024 at 6:06 PM, Rabshakeh said:

- The Ahmed box was a lot of fun, if overall quite uneven.

 

Not remembering what this is, can someone remind me?

[Niko]

2 minutes ago, felser said:

Not remembering what this is, can someone remind me?

https://www.discogs.com/master/3454421-أحمد-Ahmed-Giant-Beauty

[felser]

Here is my favorite jazz release of 2024:

[Niko]

On 12/24/2024 at 2:30 AM, jlhoots said:

Micah Thomas: Mountains overdelivered.

I liked that one as well... some others: 

Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers – Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
Colin Vallon – Samares
Nir Felder – III
Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg – Musho
Nduduzo Makhathini – uNomkhubulwane
Ken Peplowski – At Mezzrow
John Zorn – New Masada Quartet Volume 3

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, Niko said:

I liked that one as well... some others: 

Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers – Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
Colin Vallon – Samares
Nir Felder – III
Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg – Musho
Nduduzo Makhathini – uNomkhubulwane
Ken Peplowski – At Mezzrow
John Zorn – New Masada Quartet Volume 3

I have 1, 6 & 7 on your list. All excellent.

[colinmce]

NEW 
[Ahmed]- Wood Blues (Astral Spirits)
AALY Trio - Sustain (Silkheart)
Sophie Agnel/John Edwards/Steve Noble - Three On A Match (Otoroku)
Chris Byars - Boptics (SteepleChase)
Günter Christmann & Nikolas Fite - Insisting (Corbett Vs. Dempsey)
Marilyn Crispell/Jason Stein/Damon Smith/Adam Shead - Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics)
Kris Davis Trio - Run The Gauntlet (Pyroclastic)
Ron Horton - A Prayer for Andrew (Newvelle)
Darius Jones - The Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (Aum Fidelity)
Joëlle Léandre & Lauren Newton - Great Star Theater, San Francisco (Other Minds) 
Allen Lowe And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra - Louis Armstrong's America Volumes 1 & 2 (ESP-Disk)
K. Curtis Lyle/George R. Sams/Adi Bu Dharma Joshua Weinstein/Damon Smith/Ra Kalaam Bob Moses/Henry Claude - 29 Birds You Never Heard (Balance Point Acoustics)
+ K. Curtis Lyle/Jaap Blonk/Alex Cunningham/Damon Smith/Kevin Cheli - A RADIO OF THE BODY 7 NEUTRINO BROADCASTS SEARCHING FOR 8 (Balance Point Acoustics)
Jordina Milla & Barry Guy - Live In Munich (ECM)
Roscoe Mitchell - One Head, Four People (Wide Hive)
Fred Moten, Brandon López, Gerald Cleaver - the blacksmiths, the flowers (Reading Group)
Jowee Omicil - Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite (Bash! Village/Modular)
Evan Parker - The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc. (False Walls)
William Parker & Ellen Christi - Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity)
Jeremy Pelt - Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote)
Jim Rotondi - Finesse (Cellar Music)
Lisa Ullén - Heirloom (Fönstret)

ARCHIVAL & REISSUES
Atrás del Cosmos - Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams (Blank Forms Editions)
Rolf Billberg - At Subland, Malmö, Sweden 1965 (Steeplechase)
Black Artist Group - For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds)
Arthur Blythe Quartet - Rivbea Live! Series Vol. 2 (NoBusiness)
Karen Borca Trio Quartet & Quintet - Good News Blues: Live at the Vision Festival 1998 & 2005 (NoBusiness)
Charles Gayle/Milford Graves/William Parker - WEBO (Black Editions Archive) 
+ Charles Gayle & Szilárd Mezei Quartet (Bass) – Oils (Fundacja Słuchaj!)
Children of the Sun - Ofamfa (Moved By Sound)
Barry Guy - Plays (Maya Recordings)
Andrew Hill Sextet +10 - A Beautiful Day, Revisited (Palmetto)
Byard Lancaster - The Complete Palm Recordings 1973-1974 (Souffle Continu)
Phill Niblock - Boston Tenor Index (Alga Marghen)
Charlie Parker - Bird In Kansas City (Verve)
Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Next Step Band: Live at Smalls 1996 (Heartcore)
Cecil Taylor Unit - Live At Fat Tuesday's February 9 & 10, 1980 First Visit (ezz-thetics)
Various - Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions (Mosaic)

[Rabshakeh]

12 hours ago, colinmce said:

K. Curtis Lyle/George R. Sams/Adi Bu Dharma Joshua Weinstein/Damon Smith/Ra Kalaam Bob Moses/Henry Claude - 29 Birds You Never Heard (Balance Point Acoustics)
 

Interesting... 

[jazzbo]

Immanuel Wilkins "Blues Blood"

 

 

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Immanuel Wilkins "Blues Blood"

 

 

Yes, I came to that late in the year but after several plays it definitely stuck with me.

Similarly, Ganavya's 'Daughter Of A Temple' made a late impact 

[jazzbo]

Well, it would have been hard for "Blues Blood" to make an early 2024 impact as it was released October 11!