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Mark Corroto's Best Releases Of 2020

By Mark Corroto
December 12, 2020
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Goodbye to 2020 and for the most part good riddance. Unless of course, we are talking about great music. Hopefully, your self isolation bubble had good sounds. Keeping in mind the global pandemic will not end soon, here's a list of my top 18 releases for 2020. I hope they can ease the pain of social distancing.

Quin Kirchner

drums
b.1981

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The Shadows And The Light
Astral Spirits

Rudresh Mahanthappa

saxophone, alto
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Rudresh Mahanthappa
Hero .Trio
Whirlwind Recordings

Matthew Shipp

piano
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Shipp
The Piano Equation
Tao Forms

Jon Irabagon

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Irabagon
I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues Volume 3:? Anatomical Snuffbox
Irabbagast Records

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

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Chad Taylor

drums
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Chad Taylor
Live in Willisau
Intakt Records

Daniel Bingert

composer / conductor
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Daniel Bingert
Berit In Space
Moserobie

Peter Brötzmann

woodwinds
1941 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Br?tzmann / Ma?lem Mokhtar Gania /

Hamid Drake

drums
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Hamid Drake
The Catch Of A Ghost
I Dischi Di Angelica

Claire Daly

saxophone, baritone
- 2024

" data-original-title="" title="">Claire Daly
Rah! Rah!
Ride Cymbal

Fred Hersch

piano
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Fred Hersch
Songs From Home
Palmetto Records

Un Poco Loco
Ornithologie
Umlaut Records

Roscoe Mitchell

saxophone
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Roscoe Mitchell Quartet
Come And See What There Is To See
The Label

Alexander von Schlippenbach

piano
b.1938

" data-original-title="" title="">Alexander von Schlippenbach
Slow Pieces For Aki
Intakt Records

Ambrose Akinmusire

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ambrose Akinmusire
On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment
Blue Note Records

Webber / Morris Big Band
Both Are True
Greenleaf Records

Chris Pitsiokos

saxophone
b.1990

" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Pitsiokos
Speak In Tongues And Hope For The Gift Of Interpretation
Relative Pitch Records

Dave Rempis

saxophone
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Rempis /

Jeff Parker

guitar
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Parker /

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

bass
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Ingebrigt H?ker Flaten /

Jeremy Cunningham

drums
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeremy Cunningham
Stringers & Struts
Aerophonic Records

Craig Taborn

piano
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Craig Taborn / Junk Magic
Compass Confusion
Pyroclastic Records

Marshall Allen

saxophone, alto
b.1924

" data-original-title="" title="">Marshall Allen /

Sun Ra Arkestra

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Sun Ra Arkestra
Swirling
Strut Records

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