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2023 Look Back

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
January 2, 2024
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For this week's show, let's look back at 2023 and give a listen to projects that stuck with me in my listening. This is not a best of the year list. I think of it more of a revisiting of excellent works that I would highly recommend. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective.

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Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:50

Jason Moran

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Moran "Ballin the Jack/Feed the Fire" from From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes Records) 02:30

Aaron Diehl

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Aaron Diehl & The Knights "Libra" from Zodiac Suite (Mack Avenue) 08:23

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet "Wade in the Water" from For Mahalia, With Love (Tao Forms) 12:18

Ahmad Jamal "Misty" from Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse (1966-1968) (Jazz Detective) 21:35

Arturo O'Farrill

piano
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Arturo O'Farrill "Un Poco Loco" from Legacies (Blue Note) 43:11

Anna Webber

saxophone, tenor
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Anna Webber "Wince" from Shimmer Wince (Intakt) 40:23

Darius Jones

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Darius Jones "Fluxus V5T 1S1" from fLuXkit Vancouver (i?t?s suite but sacred) (Northern Spy, We Jazz) 49:09

Cecile McLorin Salvant

vocals
b.1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Cecile McLorin Salvant "Est-Ce Ainsi Que Les Hommes Vivent?" from M��lusine (Nonesuch) 1:00:43

Jason Adasiewicz

vibraphone

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Adasiewicz "Blue People" from Roy's World (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 1:06:10

Rob Mazurek

trumpet
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra "Future Shaman" from Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem Recording Company) 1:11:11

Angelica Sanchez

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Angelica Sanchez Nonet "Nighttime Creatures" from Nighttime Creatures (Nighttime Creatures) 1:20:46

Matthew Shipp

piano
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Shipp "The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp" from The Intrinsic Nature of Shipp (Mahakala Music) 1:27:00

Mat Maneri

viola
b.1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Mat Maneri Quartet "Glimmer" from Ash (Sunnyside) 1:32:43

Tyshawn Sorey

drums
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Tyshawn Sorey Trio "Reincarnation Blues" from Continuing (Pi Recordings) 1:39:06

Chris Potter

saxophone, tenor
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Potter Trio "Blood Count" from Got The Keys To The Kingdom—Live At Village Vanguard (Edition Records) 1:50:31

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