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One Man’s Jazz’ 2020 Favourite Releases

By Maurice Hogue | One Man's Jazz
February 3, 2021
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These days, it seems we all like to pick our favourites or best-of lists. I've been doing this for several years so why stop now. Despite the pandemic and its disastrous effect on the music business, there was some excellent music released in 2020. I'll cover some of them in this show and the next. If you want to check out all of my choices visit the One Man's Jazz website. There are some new things on the bill this week, too: pianist

Leo Genovese

keyboards
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Leo Genovese's Argentinean trio, French improvisor and facilitator Jean-Jacques Birgé, and the Chicago-New York threesome of

Geof Bradfield

saxophone, tenor
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Geof Bradfield,

Ben Goldberg

clarinet

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Goldberg and

Dana Hall

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Dana Hall.

Playlist

Torbjorn Zetterberg
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Torbjorn Zetterberg Hot Five "Kapten Broo" from F?rtjanar Mer Uppm?rksamjet (Moserobie) 00:00
Host speaks 10:56
Asher Gamedze "Eternality" from Dialectic Soul (On The Corner) 12:45
Eric Revis
bass
b.1967
" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Revis " Baby Renfro" from Slipknots Through A Looking Glass (Pyroclastic) 21:38
Host speaks 26:35
Eric Revis "SP/E" from Slipknots Through A Looking Glass (Pyroclastic) 27:31
Leo Genovese Trio "La Memoria" from Sin Tiempo (Ears&Eyes) 32:10
Host speaks 36:41
Emanuele Passerini
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Emanuele Passerini "Stevelonious" from Trio Geometrics (Dodicilune) 38:11
Andrew D'Angelo
saxophone, alto
" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew D'Angelo "Marching Fvckers" from DNA Orchestra (Self-released) 44:55
Host speaks 50:03
Orchestre Nazionale Della Luna "Acqamar" from There Is Still Life On Earth (BMC) 51:52
Host speaks 1:00:36
Sylvain Darrifourcq
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvain Darrifourcq,
Manuel Hermia
saxophone
" data-original-title="" title="">Manuel Hermia &
Théo Ceccaldi / Roberto Negro / Valentin Ceccaldi / Adrien Chennebault
" data-original-title="" title="">Théo Ceccaldi / Roberto Negro / Valentin Ceccaldi / Adrien Chennebault "Kaijū Eats Cheeseburgers" from Kaijū Eats Cheeseburgers (Hector) 1:01:42
Host speaks 1:12:01
Jason Robinson
saxophone, tenor
b.1975
" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Robinson,
Bruno Raberg
bass, acoustic
b.1954
" data-original-title="" title="">Bruno Raberg&
Bob Weiner
percussion
" data-original-title="" title="">Bob Weiner "Rotations" from The Urgency Of Now (Creative Nation) 1:13:22
Jason Robinson, Bruno R?berg & Bob Weiner "The Urgency Of Now" from The Urgency Of Now (Creative Nation) 1:21:10
Host speaks 1:27:42
Sylvie Courvoisier
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Sylvie Courvoisier Trio "Highway One" from Free Hoops (Intakt) 1:28:42
Ohad Talmor
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Ohad Talmor's Newreel Sextet "Kayeda" from Long Forms (Intakt) 1:37:36
Victor Gelling
bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Victor Gelling 4 "Do You Know It Means To Miss New Orleans?" from Alpakafarm (Jazzhausmusik) 1:46:12
Host speaks 1:48:09
James Brandon Lewis
saxophone, tenor
b.1983
" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis &
Chad Taylor
drums
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Chad Taylor "Imprints" from Live At Willisau (Intakt) 1:50:17
Host speaks 1:58:40
Dan Rosenboom
trumpet
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Dan Rosenboom Quartet "A Moment Of Clarity" from Points On An Infinite Line (Orenda) 2:00:15
Host speaks 2:09:15
Roots Magic "Devil Got My Woman" from Take Root Among The Stars (Clean Feed) 2:10:03
Lynn Cassiers
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Lynn Cassiers "Fair Deep Blue Skies" from Yun (Clean Feed) 2:18:26
Geof Bradfield, Ben Goldberg & Dana Hall "Never Met A Stranger" from General Semantics (Delmark) 2:21:54
Host speaks 2:27:15
Jim Black
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Jim Black Trio "This One And This Too" from Reckon (Intakt) 2:29:35
Jim Black Trio "Tripped Overhue" from Reckon (Intakt) 2:39:45
Camila Nebbia
saxophone, tenor
" data-original-title="" title="">Camila Nebbia Sexteto "Borrar Un Recuerdo" from Aveces la luz de lo que existe resplandece solamente ala distancia (Self-released) 2:41:03
Jean-Jacques Birgé "Balance" from Pique-Nique Au Labo (GRRR) 2:47:42
Host speaks 2:52:35
Russ Lossing
piano
b.1960
" data-original-title="" title="">Russ Lossing Trio "Postlude" from Mood Suite (Steeplechase) 2:54:59

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