This mix is less of a best jazz recordings of 2017 and more of a mix of jazz that I enjoyed in 2017.  I don't listen to nearly as much jazz as I do ambient and indie music. But I liked enough releases to come up with an end of the year jazz mix. So here it is.
 
The year was anchored by two spectacular recordings - Aytche by Joseph Shabason and All This I Do For Glory by Colin Stetson.  I saw Stetson at a small club and was blown away by his sound and technique.  If you get the chance to see him up close definitely go.
 
There are two albums that I discovered while compiling tracks for my mix, Rhythm of the Rails. Those two are Eternal Stories by Michel Portal & Quator Ebene and Simultonality by Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society. Both excellent recordings.
 
Another highlight of 2017 was ECM records putting their entire catalog up on Spotify. I listened to nothing by ECM for a few weeks this fall.
 
This will probably be my last mix for 2017. I've already started on a guest mix for liftedicons.com that will be fun to put together.  Music definitely helped me get through a messed up 2017. Here's to a great 2018.
 
Cheers!
 
 
T R A C K L I S T :
00:00    Joseph Shabason - Aytche(Aytche)
03:40    Vijay Iyer Sextet - Wake(Far From Over)
08:03    Ben Allison - Magic Number(Layers of the City)
14:38    Bjorn Meyer - Provenance(Provenance)
20:30    Quatuor Ebene - City Birds(Eternal Stories)
27:55    Colin Stetson - Spindrift(All This I Do For Glory)
33:36    Portico Quartet - Endless(Art in the Age of Automation)
37:46    Kamasi Washington - Desire(Harmony Of Difference)
42:07    Phronesis - Ok Chorale(The Behemoth)
45:50    Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Maroon Dune(Simultonality)
54:48    Dorothy Ashby - Pawky(Hip Harp/In A Minor Groove)
51:55    end

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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