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Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 3

By AAJ Italy Staff | All About Jazz
January 17, 2018
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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.

Playlist

Fabian Almazan

piano
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Fabian Almazan, "Alcanza Suite IV: Mas" from Alcanza (Biophilia) 0:00

Ralph Towner

guitar
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Ralph Towner, "My Foolish Heart" from My Foolish Heart (CAM) 3:40

Reinier Baas

guitar
b.1985

" data-original-title="" title="">Reinier Baas, "The Dance of Princess Discombobulatrix _The Wizard's Awakening," from Reinier Baas vs. Princess Discombobulatrix (Dscmbbltrx) 7:38

Various Artists, "Warning Electric Guitars" from Sky Music: A Tribute to Terje Rypdal (Rune Grammofon) 14:26

Tim Berne

saxophone, alto
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Tim Berne's Snakeoil, "Hora Feliz" from Incidentals (ECM) 19:41

Anna Webber

saxophone, tenor
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Anna Webber's Simple Trio,"Impulse Purchase" from Binary (Skirl Records) 29:50

Tom Rainey

drums
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Tom Rainey, Obbligato, "Beatrice" (Intakt) 44:18

Eve Risser

piano
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Eve Risser, White Desert Orchestra, "Earth Skin Cut" from Les Deux Versants Se Regardent (Clean Feed) 50:35

Nicole Mitchell

flute
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Nicole Mitchell, "Shiny Divider" from Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (FPE Records) 1:00:04

Maria Monti, "Il letargo" from Il bestiario (Holidays Records) 1:07:40

Hear in Now, "Cultural Difference" from Not Living in Fear (International Anthem} 1:15:46

Kira Skov,

Maria Faust

saxophone
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Maria Faust,"Blessed Are the Woman" from In the Beginning (Stunt Records) 1:23:42

Cigarettes after Sex, "Each time you fall in love" from Cigarettes after Sex (Partisan) 1:28:33

Marco Colonna

clarinet, bass
b.1978

" data-original-title="" title="">Marco Colonna, Cristian Lombardi, "Medea 5" from Medea (Setola di Maiale) 1:33:23

Irreversible Entanglements, "Fireworks" from Irreversibile Entanglements (International Anthem) 1:37:38

Roberto Ottaviano

saxophone, soprano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Roberto Ottaviano, QuarkTet, "Vulpecula" from Sideralis (Dodicilune) 1:46:52

Oregon

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Oregon, "Aeolian Tale" from Lantern (CAM) 1:54:31

Dan Tepfer

piano
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Dan Tepfer, "I Loves You Porgy" from Eleven Cages (Sunnyside) 2:00:15

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