Jazz Albums of the Year 2012

The Top 20 best jazz albums of the past year

Some great new music makes this another great year for innovative jazz.

1.             Keith Jarrett - Rio (ECM) 2CD

2.             Bill Frisell - All We Are Saying.... (Savoy Jazz)

3.             Tom Harrell - Time of the Sun (HighNote)

4.             Charles Lloyd - Athens Concert (ECM) 2CD

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Jazz New Releases - December 2011 / January 2012

New releases and re-releases for December 2011 and January 2012.

December 2011: Some key albums released ahead of the holiday - A 7CD restrospective of Brad Mehldau's The Art of Trio recordings heads the list. But uncharacteristically, many album releases are held over into January.

January 2012: The New Year kicks of with some strong releases - Chick Corea, Charlie Haden, Hank Jones,

Jazz New Releases - October 2011

New releases and re-releases for October 2011. The best new jazz album releases this month.

Some good albums this month. The three Criss Cross albums finally make it to release on October 11th and there are new albums by Stefano Battaglia, James Carter and Pat Martino. Meanwhile the long awaited Keith Jarrett album 'Rio' has been put back until November 8th.

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Jazz New Releases - September 2011

New releases and re-releases for September 2011. The best new jazz album releases this month.

Back from their summer break, the jazz record industry moves back into gear with a very strong line up of new releases. Bill Frisell (two), Sony Rollins, Chick Corea, John Scofield, Joey DeFrancesco, Charles Lloyd, 3 good looking Criss-Cross albums, two big band projects (Ron Carter, Christian

Jazz New Releases - July 2011

New releases and re-releases for July 2011. The best new jazz album releases this month.

Not as strong as last month, but some good releases nonetheless. New discs from Curtis Fuller, Eric Harland, Phil Catherine, Paul Motian, Cedar Walton and Phil Woods and Bill Mays - and an interesting re-release of Charlie Christian's epoch making guitar playing. Oh, and a big Abstract Logix 2CD live

Jazz New Releases June 2011

New releases and re-releases for May 2011. The best new jazz album releases this month.

An even better month ahead for jazz! New discs by Pat Metheny, Chic Corea, Larry Carlton, Gary Burton, Branford Marsalis, Hiromi, Craig Taborn, David Sanchez, Christian Scott, Tim Berne....... and rediscovered 'new' material from John Coltrane, Bill Evans and Weather Report!

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Jazz New releases May 2011

New releases and re-releases for May 2011. The best new jazz album releases this month.

A good month ahead for jazz! New discs by Brad Mehldau, Steve Khan, Larry Goldings (re-release), Alex Sipiagin, Mike Moreno, Danny Grissett, David Binney, Marc Copland, Eliane Elias, Jim Snidero, Larry Goldings and Tom Harrell - and more live sets from Smalls.......

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Jazz New Releases -April 2011

New releases and re-releases for April 2011. The best new jazz album releases this month.

An interesting month with key releases from Terrell Stafford, Joe Locke, Walt Weiskopf (with Renee Rosnes), Paul Motian and Eric Alexander.

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Tuesday February 1st 2011

Marcus Miller - A Night in Monte Carlo (Concord)

Brad Mehldau - Live In Marciac

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Nonesuch

Recorded live August 2nd 2006 at Jazz in Marciac, Marciac, France

Release date: February 28th 2011

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When Keith Jarrett recorded 'The Koln Concert' for ECM in 1975, he did so under less than ideal circumstances. The wrong piano (a baby grand) was set on stage for him to play, one that he disliked and came close to refusing

Hank Jones – Trio with Mads Vinding and Al Foster

album review StoryvilleRecording date: March 19th 1991 at Focus Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark Re-release date: February 8th 2011Availabilty: CD, MP3 downloadamazon CDThe death of Hank Jones (in May 2010) focuses the mind on his great contribution to jazz with recordings spanning a 70 year period. He was there in New York in the 40s at the start of bop, as wikipedia records:'He worked with John

Jazz New Releases - February 2011

New releases and re-releases for February 2011. The best new jazz album releases this month. And some good hard bop re-releases

Some really good looking jazz new releases coming up this month. Look out for new releases by Marcus Miller, Kurt Elling and Brad Mehldau plus a good clutch of new albums from Criss Cross and Savant. Oh, and a new Miles Davis live album!

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Joe Lovano US Five - Bird Songs

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Blue Note

Release date: January 11th 2011

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Joe Lovano, recognised now as one of the main bearers of the flame of the jazz tradition, turns his attention to Charlie Parker.

The band features two drummers (Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela), Esperanza Spalding (bass) and James Weidman (piano) in addition to Joe Lovano (Tenor sax).

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