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Favourite Recordings of 2022
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From an extended all-ECM special last show to close 2022 to this week's favourite shows of 2022 to open a new year. And let me wish you a healthy and productive 2023 while I have the floor. I've picked out music from a goodly number of my favourite releases out of an awful lot of great music released in 2022. The only tracks not on the list are the ones byMaximiliano Kirszner
bass, acousticJavier Moreno
bass, acousticb.1976
Lisa Marie Simmons
vocalsPlaylist
" data-original-title="" title="">Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Ja" from Nice Guys (ECM) 00:00Art Ensemble Of Chicago
band / ensemble / orchestra- Host speaks 08:33
" data-original-title="" title="">Santiago Leibson Sexteto "Quote" from Aperecersé (Self-released) 10:40Santiago Leibson
keyboards
b.1988
" data-original-title="" title="">Vinny Golia, " data-original-title="" title="">Bernard Santacruz &Vinny Golia
woodwinds
b.1946
" data-original-title="" title="">Cristiano Calcagnile "Evanesce" from To Live And Breathe (Darktree) 19:09Cristiano Calcagnile
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">John Escreet Trio "RD" from Seismic Shift (Whirlwind) 25:54John Escreet
piano
b.1984
" data-original-title="" title="">Jakob Bro &Jakob Bro
guitar
b.1978
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Lovano "Sound Creation" from Once Around The Room—Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM) 31:16Joe Lovano
drums
b.1952- Host speaks 36:33
" data-original-title="" title="">William Parker "Silver Sunshine" from Universal Tonality (Centering) 38:22William Parker
bass
b.1952
" data-original-title="" title="">Samo Salamon,Samo Salamon
guitar, electric
b.1978
" data-original-title="" title="">Arild Andersen & Rakalam Bob Moses "You Take My Arm" from Pure And Simple (Samo) 48:33Arild Andersen
bass, acoustic
b.1945
" data-original-title="" title="">Mali Obomsawin "Lineage" from Sweet Tooth (Out Of Your Head) 56:06Mali Obomsawin
bass, acoustic- " data-original-title="" title="">Tarbaby "Paix" from Dance Of The Evil Toys (Clean Feed) 1:03:51
- Host speaks 1:09:06
" data-original-title="" title="">Heroes Are Gang Leaders "Shrimpy Grits" from Le Auto RoiOgraphy (577 Records) 1:11:15Heroes Are Gang Leaders
band / ensemble / orchestra- Dreamstruck "Transits" from With Grace In Mind (FSR Records) 1:18:50
" data-original-title="" title="">Lisa Hoppe's Third Reality "Imaginary Being No. 2" from Dinner With Abstract Poetry (Self-released) 1:25:07Lisa Hoppe
bass, acoustic
b.1988
" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis Quartet "A Lotus Speaks" from MSM-Molecular Systematic Music Live (Intakt) 1:30:26James Brandon Lewis
saxophone, tenor
b.1983- Host speaks 1:41:16
- " data-original-title="" title="">The Gathering Orchestra "Freedom's Sweet Part 1" from Healing Suite (The Village) 1:43:23
" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Irabagon Quartet "Rising Sun" from Rising Sun (Irabagast ) 1:51:58Jon Irabagon
saxophone- Host speaks 2:01:56
- Maximiliano Kirszner Quartet "Se Esmerila" from Trama (Ears&Eyes) 2:03:16
" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Cyrille,Andrew Cyrille
drums
b.1939" data-original-title="" title="">William Parker &William Parker
bass
b.1952
" data-original-title="" title="">Enrico Rava "Improvisation No. 1" from 2 Blues For Cecil (Tum Records) 2:11:56Enrico Rava
trumpet
b.1939- Artur Malecki & The Creature "White Tiger" from Widoki (FSR Records) 2:22:45
- Host speaks 2:31:36
" data-original-title="" title="">Zoh Amba "The Drop And The Sea" from Bhakti (Mahakala Music) 2:33:25Zoh Amba
woodwinds
b.2000- Javier Moreno "Fulgord" from Relojeros Ya No Quedan (Ears&Eyes) 2:43:33
- Lisa Marie Simmons &
" data-original-title="" title="">Marco Cremaschini "Individually One" from Notespeak 12 (Ropeadope) 2:50:41Marco Cremaschini
piano
b.1961 
" data-original-title="" title="">Roberto Ottaviano &Roberto Ottaviano
saxophone, soprano
b.1957
" data-original-title="" title="">Alexander Hawkins "Oh Lord, Please Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me" from Charlie's Blue Skylight ( Dodiculune) 2:52:43Alexander Hawkins
piano
b.1981- Host speaks 2:56:35
" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith "The River Of Abundance" from The Emerald Duets—Paradise The Gardens & Fountains (Tum) 2:59:15Wadada Leo Smith
trumpet
b.1941
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Santiago Liebson
Maurice Hogue
Maximiliano Kirszner
Javier Moreno
Lisa Marie Simmons
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Santiago Leibson
Vinny Golia,
Bernard Santacruz
Cristiano Calcagnile
John Escreet
Jakob Bro
joe lovano
William Parker
Samo Salamon
Arild Andersen
Rakalam Bob Moses
Mali Obomsawin
Tarbaby
Heroes Are Gang Leaders
Dreamstruck
Lisa Hoppe
James Brandon Lewis
The Gathering: Roots & Branches of Los Angeles Jazz
Jon Irabagon
Andrew Cyrille
Enrico Rava
Artur Malecki
Zoh Amba
Marco Cremaschini
Roberto Ottaviano
Alexander Hawkins
Wadada Leo Smith
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