The Best Year for Jazz?

[Baggawire]

I know jazz is a very broad church and some of this may be stretching the concept but I can't remember a year like this for the sheer number of top quality new releases and predominantly from young, UK acts. 

In no particular order and these are only the ones I know about:

1. Black Focus - Yussef Kamal

2. The Source - Tony Allen

3. Juan Pablo: The Philosopher - Ezra Collective

4. Nubya's 5ive - Nubya Garcia

5. Trudy's Songbook (vols 1 and 2) - Ruby Rushton

6. Idiom - Joe Armon Jones and Maxwell Owin

7. Yellow Ochre - Vels Trio

8. La Saboteuse - Yazz Ahmed

9.  Exodus - Moses Boyd

10. Journey to the Mountain of Forever - Binker & Moses

11. Harmony of Difference - Kamasi Washington

12. Rise - Zara Macfarlane

13. Astral Progressions - Josef Leimberg

14. Inspirations - Dwight Trible with Matthew Halsall

A good few of these I've managed to see live and they sure can play.

 

[wizmax]

I thought it was supposed to be 1959.

 

[Caliente]

1974 tends to dominate my collection, but yes I believe this year will result in some long-term classics.

 

[Naughtilus]

I thought it was supposed to be 1959.

No doubt.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/196808886?app_id=122963

 

[Baggawire]

This is what I'm talking about.

 

[24bit]

On 09/08/2018 at 19:33, Naughtilus said:

No doubt.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/196808886?app_id=122963

1959 is hard year to beat but every year has something, one has to be open for it though and always keep searching!