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James Nadal's Best of 2015

By James Nadal
December 24, 2015
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These selections start out heavy into the blues, in appreciation to those that are still playing and producing this important American art form. Gospel and soul tinged vocals as well as a Latin dance oriented orchestra are represented, as is African derived world music featuring native acoustic instrumentation. We round it out by offering a trio of jazz releases which cover the spectrum from an innovative take on the music of

Miles Davis

trumpet
1926 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis, a dynamic Spanish piano trio and a hot trumpeters stunning debut. Thank you to the musicians, producers, publicists and friends who sent the music, making it all possible.

Muddy Waters guitar 1915 - 1983 " data-original-title="" title="">Muddy Waters Muddy Waters 100 (Raisin Music)	Bey Paule Band " data-original-title="" title="">Bey Paule Band Not Goin' Away (Blue Dot Records)	Wee Willie Walker " data-original-title="" title="">Wee Willie Walker If Nothing Ever Changes (Little Village Foundation)
Shemekia Copeland vocals b.1979 " data-original-title="" title="">Shemekia Copeland Outskirts of Love (Alligator Records)	Lizz Wright vocals b.1980 " data-original-title="" title="">Lizz Wright Freedom & Surrender (Concord Music Group)	Jesse Fischer keyboards b.1980 " data-original-title="" title="">Jesse Fischer Nomads (Ropeadope records)
Spanglish Fly " data-original-title="" title="">Spanglish Fly New York Boogaloo (Chico World Music)	BOLO various " data-original-title="" title="">BOLO Bolo (Self-Produced)	Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal " data-original-title="" title="">Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal Musique De Nuit (Six Degrees Records)
Racha Fora " data-original-title="" title="">Racha Fora Racha S'Miles (Jazz Tokyo)	Sumrrá " data-original-title="" title="">Sumrrá 5 Journeys (Clermont Music)	Freddie Hendrix trumpet b.1976 " data-original-title="" title="">Freddie Hendrix Jersey Cat (Sunnyside Records)

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