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Nick Davies Best Releases of 2016

By Nick Davies
December 24, 2016
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In terms of jazz 2016 has been a strong year with a number of solid releases and this has made the task of choosing twelve releases all that more difficult. The selections I have made take the listening on a journey from

Matthew Bourne

piano
b.1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Bourne and his experimental sounds of the Moog to

Nat Birchall

saxophone, tenor
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Nat Birchall more traditional saxophone playing. 2016 also saw the emergence of young talent such as

Elliot Galvin

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Elliot Galvin as well as some great independent record labels and it would difficult to ignore their contribution to the year so this is the reason for their inclusion I really hope you enjoy the selections as much as I have listening to them.

Phronesis band / ensemble / orchestra " data-original-title="" title="">Phronesis Parallax (Edition)	Dave Helbock Into The Mystic (ACT)	Joachim Kuhn piano b.1944 " data-original-title="" title="">Joachim Kuhn Beauty & Truth (ACT)
Marius Neset saxophone b.1985 " data-original-title="" title="">Marius Neset Snowmelt (ACT)	Hackney Colliery Band " data-original-title="" title="">Hackney Colliery Band Sharpener (Self-Produced)	Scrapbook Scrapbook (Spark)
Laura Jurd trumpet " data-original-title="" title="">Laura Jurd Together As One (Edition)	Elliot Galvin piano " data-original-title="" title="">Elliot Galvin Punch (Edition)	Rantama Trio Catching The Mystery Train (Eclipse Music)
Matthew Bourne piano b.1977 " data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Bourne Moogmemory (Leaf)	Nat Birchall saxophone, tenor b.1957 " data-original-title="" title="">Nat Birchall Creation (Sound Soul & Spirit Records)

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