Monday, January 18, 2021

The music I most enjoyed in the plague year

 Yes, it was an awful year. I'm glad it's over. Here's some of the music that helped me through it:

JD Allen - Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant

Ran Blake & Frank Carlberg - Grey Moon (Red Piano)

Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut - Live In Graz (Multiphonics Music)

Bill Frisell - Valentine (Blue Note)

Gato Libre - Koneko (Libra)

Lafayette Gilchrist - Now (Lafayette Gilchrist Music)

Fred Hersch - Songs From Home (Palmetto)

Ray Mantilla - Rebirth (Savant)

Aruán Ortiz with Andrew Cyrille & Mauricio Herrera - Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt)

Jason Palmer - The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella (Giant Step Arts)

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp - Amalgam (Mahakala Music)

Jorge Roeder - El Suelo Mio (self-released)

Jim Snidero - Project-K (Savant)

Micah Thomas - Tide (self-released)

and, like every year, there was some special music unearthed 

Art Blakey - Just Coolin’ (Blue Note)

Paul Desmond - The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings (Mosaic)

Hank Mobley - The Complete Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic)

Sonny Rollins - Rollins In Holland (Resonance)

and heartfelt thanks to the publicists, labels, and musicians 

who persevered in spite of the obstacles

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