Home » Jazz Articles » Radio & Podcasts » Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 2

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 2

By AAJ Italy Staff | All About Jazz
January 16, 2018
View read count

Click the play button to listen

Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3

Some cling to the belief that jazz is in crisis or worse, dead. Our impression is quite the opposite, and to prove our point, we've compiled a mixtape featuring some of the best jazz released in 2017. Also, check out our staff's BEST OF 2017 lists and view our 2017 recommendations.

Happy Listening!

Playlist

Alicia Hall Moran

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Alicia Hall Moran, "Two Wings" from Here Today (Self-produced) 0:00

Jerry Granelli

drums
1940 - 2021

" data-original-title="" title="">Jerry Granelli, "Meet Me in the Morning" from Dance Hall (Justin' Time) 7:45

Jack DeJohnette

drums
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Jack DeJohnette,

Larry Grenadier

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Larry Grenadier,

John Medeski

organ, Hammond B3
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">John Medeski,

John Scofield

guitar
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">John Scofield, "Hudson" from Hudson (Motema) 13:29

Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison, "The Detective's Wife" from Layers of the City (Sonic Camera Records) 24:24

Mostly Other People Do the Killing

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Mostly Other People Do the Killing, "Golden Hill" from Paint (Hot Cup Records) 30:40

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk, "Rhythm-a-Ning" from Les Liaisons Dangerouses 29160 (Sam Records) 37:38

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell, "Goldfinger" from Small Town (ECM) 43:25

Ross Hammond

guitar
b.1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Ross Hammond, "Of Course We Will" from Follow Your Heart (Prescott) 50:00

Irene Schweizer

piano
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Irene Schweizer,

Joey Baron

drums
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Joey Baron, "Blue Crelier" from Live! (Intakt) 55:30

Tyshawn Sorey

drums
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Tyshawn Sorey, "Cascade in Slow Motion" from Verisimilitude (PI Recordings) 58:49

Craig Taborn

piano
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Craig Taborn, "Phantom Ratio" from Daylight Ghosts (ECM) 1:03:17

Lucia Cadotsch

vocals
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Lucia Cadotsch, "Ain't Got No" from Speak Low (Enja/Yellowbird) 1:11:36

Satoko Fujii

piano
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Satoko Fujii,

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith,

Natsuki Tamura

trumpet
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Natsuki Tamura,

Ikue Mori

electronics

" data-original-title="" title="">Ikue Mori,"Floating" from Aspiration (Libra) 1:16:05

Tom Rogerson with

Brian Eno

synthesizer
b.1948

" data-original-title="" title="">Brian Eno, "Marsh Chorus" from Finding Shore (Dead Oceans) 1:27:00

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith, "Crepuscule with Nellie" from Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk (TUM) 1:33:36

Jeff Parker

guitar
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Parker, "Super Rich Kids" from Slight Freedom (Eremite Records) 1:39:26

Mike Cooper

" data-original-title="" title="">Mike Cooper, "Raft 21 -Guayaquil to Tully" from Raft (Room40) 1:44:31

Yazz Ahmed

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Yazz Ahmed, "Beleille" from La Saboteuse (Naim) 1:48:37

Daniel Herskedal

tuba

" data-original-title="" title="">Daniel Herskedal,"Seeds of Language" from The Roc (Edition Records) 1:55:59

Filippo Vignato

trombone

" data-original-title="" title="">Filippo Vignato, "Harvesting minds" from Harvesting Minds (Cam Jazz) 2:00:41

Alessandro Galati

b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Alessandro Galati Trio, "Nina" from Cold Sand (Atelier Sawano) 2:07:03

PREVIOUS / NEXT

Presence
< Previous

Django Bates: Delightful Piano Touch
Next >

Support All About Jazz

All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made "AAJ" one of the most culturally important websites of its kind, read by hundreds of thousands of fans, musicians and industry figures every month.

Go Ad Free!

To maintain our platform while developing new means to foster jazz discovery and connectivity, we need your help. You can become a sustaining member for as little as $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky ads plus provide access to future articles for a full year. This winning combination vastly improves your AAJ experience and allow us to vigorously build on the pioneering work we first started in 1995. So enjoy an ad-free AAJ experience and help us remain a positive beacon for jazz by making a donation today.

Showcase

Featured

Darwin AI: Surivior Choice

By Alex Otey buy

Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful

By Antonio Adolfo buy

Giveaway

Eligible winners: 3
Days remaining: 28

SMOKE Sessions Records Music Giveaway

Song of the Day

Points of Departure

From Under the Surface
by Sumi Tonooka

buy

Playlist

Premium

Antonio Flinta

piano

Weekly newsletter

Get more of a good thing

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories and includes your local jazz events calendar.

Radio & Podcasts

ALLSTON BOYLSTON

Reflection... New Music from Brad Mehldau, Satoko...

with Hobart Taylor

THE OUTER VIEW

Eric McPherson, Adegoke Steve Colson, and Emma Hedrick

with Jerome Wilson

MONDO JAZZ

Dominique Fils-Aim��, Joe Alterman / Mocean Worker,...

with Ludovico Granvassu

EXPLORATION

Exploration (Dominik Kisiel Exploration Quartet),...

with David W. Daniels

Tune in daily to hear the internet's top jazz programs including Mondo Jazz, Jazz Bastard, Spotlight On, Liner Notes, World of Jazz, Allston Boylston, One Man's Jazz, The Outer View, Neon Jazz, A Broad Spectrum, Bitches Brew and more. View our program schedule and check this week's JazzWeek Radio Chart.

Program Guide: