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Best of 2018: Il Mixtape

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By AAJ Italy Staff | All About Jazz
January 7, 2019
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Il 2018 �� stato un altro anno di grande rilievo per la musica che amiamo. Abbiamo chiesto ai nostri redattori di condividire le loro preferenze. Ecco che cosa ne �� venuto fuori.

Buon ascolto, con l'augurio che il 2019 ci porti almeno altrettanta musica di alto livello!

Michael Leonhart

trumpet
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Leonhart "Music Your Grandparents Would Like" from Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside) [LG] 0:00

Erik Friedlander

cello
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Erik Friedlander "The Great Revelation" from Artemisia (Skipstone) [AL, GS] 5:36

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane "Nature Boy" from Both Directions at Once (Impulse!) [LC] 12:43

Sons of Kemet

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Sons of Kemet "My Queen Is Ada Eastman" from Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!) [NN] 16:04

Cecile McLorin Salvant

vocals
b.1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Cecile McLorin Salvant "One Step Ahead" from The Window (Mack Avenue) [AL] 22:40

Mopo

" data-original-title="" title="">Mopo "Mustafa" from Mopocalypse (WeJazz) [LG] 24:45

Henry Threadgill

woodwinds
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Henry Threadgill "Dirt Part III" from Dirt...And More Dirt (PI) [GS] 31:30

DJ Khalab "Dense ft. Shabaka Hutchings" from Black Noise 2084 (Self-released) [EB] 36:01

Aaron Parks

drums
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Aaron Parks "Digital Society" from Little Big (Ropeadope) [AL] 39:16

Adam O'Farrill

trumpet
b.1994

" data-original-title="" title="">Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days "El Maquech" from El Maquech (Biophilia Records) [NN] 47:07

Maistah Aphrica "Ochaj'n Mann" from Maistah Aphrica (Self-released) [LG] 53:03

Ken Vandermark

saxophone
b.1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Ken Vandermark,

Sylvie Courvoisier

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvie Courvoisier "Check Point" from Noise of Our Time (Intakt) [GS] 1:03:50

Frank Kimbrough

piano
1956 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Kimbrough,

Scott Robinson

saxophone, tenor
b.1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Scott Robinson,

Rufus Reid

bass, acoustic
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Rufus Reid,

Billy Drummond

drums
b.1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Drummond "Bemsha Swing" from Monk's Dream -The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk (Sunnyside) [LG] 1:08:49

Andrew Cyrille

drums
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Cyrille,

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell,

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith "Lebroba" from Lebroba (ECM) [NN] 1:13:27

Pipe Dream "Sam (for Sam Amidon)" from Pipe Dream (CAM) [LG] 1:19:05

Makaya McCraven

drums
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Makaya McCraven "Atlantic Black" from Universal Beings (International Anthem) [EB] 1:28:15

Roberto Ottaviano

saxophone, soprano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Roberto Ottaviano "Chairman Mao" from Eternal Love (Dodicilune) [LG] 1:37:20

Dave Holland

bass
b.1946

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Holland "QT12" from Uncharted Territories (Dare2 Records) [NN] 1:44:52

Dafnis Prieto

drums
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Dafnis Prieto "Back To the Sunset" from Back To The Sunset (Dafnison Music) [AL] 1:50:50

Jonathan Finlayson

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Jonathan Finlayson "Rope from the Sky" from 3 Times Round (PI) [GS] 1:58:14

Rosa Brunello

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Rosa Brunello "Stand Up" from Volverse [LG] 2:02:49

Anat Cohen

clarinet
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Anat Cohen,

Fred Hersch

piano
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Fred Hersch "Ishafan" from Live in Healdsburg (Anzic) [EB] 2:07:23

Don Byron

clarinet
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Byron,

Aruán Ortiz

piano
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Aru��n Ortiz "Dolphy's Dance" from Random Dances and (A)tonalitie (Intakt) [NN] 2:15:16

Rachelle Garniez

" data-original-title="" title="">Rachelle Garniez "Swimming Pool Blue" from Swimmig Pool Blue (Smart) [LG] 2:19:22

Steve Coleman

saxophone, alto
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman "Horda" from Live at Village Vanguard (PI) [LC] 2:23:50

Camille Bertault

vocals
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Camille Bertault "Conne" from Pas de g��ant (Sony) [LG] 2:30:57

Alexander Hawkins

piano
b.1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Alexander Hawkins,

Elaine Mitchener

" data-original-title="" title="">Elaine Mitchener "Why Is Love Such a Funny Thing" from UpRoot (Intakt) [GS] 2:34:06

Hal Willner

producer
1957 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Hal Willner,

Carla Bley

piano
1938 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Carla Bley "8 1/2 Suite" from Amarcord Nino Rota [reissue] (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [GS] 2:36:14

Kuzu "Fontanelles 2" from Hiljaisuus (Astral Spirits) [NN] 2:47:50

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell "Rambler" from Music Is (OKeh) [LG] 2:56:02

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson "Off the Record" from Code Girl (Firehouse 12) [LC] 3:02:33

Henry Threadgill

woodwinds
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Henry Threadgill "And More Dirt Part I" from Dirt...And More Dirt (PI) 3:08:05

Andrew Cyrille

drums
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Cyrille,

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell,

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith "Worried Woman" from Lebroba (ECM) [LC] 3:15:16

Sons of Kemet

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Sons of Kemet "My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu" from Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!) [EB] 3:22:38

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane "Vilia (Take 5)" from Both Directions at Once (Impulse!) [EB] 3:27:53

Michael Leonhart

trumpet
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Leonhart "Transformations in the Deserts of Mexico" from Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside) [AL] 3:31:54

[EB]: Enrico Bettinello [LC]: Luca Canini [LG]: Ludovico Granvassu [AL]: Angelo Leonardi [NN]: Nicola Negri [GS]: Giuseppe Segala

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