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Mark Sullivan's Best Releases of 2016
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So many reviews this year, in so many genres, that I've split them into two categories"Jazz" and "Latin, World & Experimental"in response to the feeling that I was trying to compare apples to oranges. They're presented in more or less chronological order, and the guiding principle was whether I had a clear memory of the recording even before I went back to listen to it again. A few of these were drawn from Multiple Review articles, and I cheated a bit with one where I reviewed a live album release concert rather than the album. If I had to choose just one? In a very strong year of ECM releases, Wolfgang Muthspiel's Rising Grace is a highlight in his discography, in contemporary jazz guitar music, and in the recent ECM catalog.
Jazz
Latin, World & Experimental
Jazz
Konstantin Ionenko Noema (Fancy Music) | Michael Formanek The Distance (ECM Records) | Tord Gustavsen What was said (ECM Records) |
Andreas Loven District Six (Losen Records) | Cuong Vu Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny (Nonesuch Records) | Daniela Schachter Vanheusenism: A Tribute to Jimmy Van Heusen (Self Produced) |
Vinnie Zummo The Coyote (Vaz Music) | Nels Cline Lovers (Blue Note Records) | Jakob Bro Streams (ECM Records) |
Wadada Leo Smith America's National Parks (Cuneiform Records) | Alyssa Allgood Out Of The Blue (Jerujazz Records) | Wolfgang Muthspiel Rising Grace (ECM Records) |
Frank Kimbrough Solstice (Pirouet Records) |
Latin, World & Experimental
Nils Okland Kjølvatn (ECM Records) | Carol Saboya Carolina (AAM Music) | Mike Freeman Blue Tjade (VOF Recordings) |
Rhythm Future Quartet Travels (Self Produced) | Dominican Jazz Project The Dominican Jazz Project (Summit Records) | Ravi Shankar In Hollywood, 1971 (Northern Spy Records) |
Sao Paulo Underground Cantos Invisíveis (Cuneiform Records) |
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