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Robert Bush Best of 2014

By Robert Bush
January 11, 2015
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2014 proved a banner year for jazz recordings. Still, two of my favorite discs this year came in the form of previously unreleased material—the Jarrett Trio and Coltrane Quintet cannot be overlooked, in my opinion.

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

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The Great Lakes Suites
(Tum Records)

Keith Jarrett

piano
b.1945

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Charlie Haden

bass, acoustic
1937 - 2014

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Paul Motian

drums
1931 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Motian
Hamburg '72
(ECM)

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

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Offering Live at Temple University
(Impulse!)

Bert Turetzky

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Kinetic Conversations
(Move Records AU)

Michael Dessen

trombone
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Dessen
Resonating Abstractions
(Clean Feed)

Tony Malaby

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Malaby
Somos Agua
(Clean Feed)

Sara Serpa

vocals
b.1979

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André Matos

guitar

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Primavera
(Inner Circle Music)

Jeff Denson

bass

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Joshua White

piano
b.1985

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I'll Fly Away
(pfMENTUM)

Diane Moser

piano

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Music For The Last Flower
(Planet Arts)

Gavin Templeton

saxophone, alto

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Some Spinning, Some At Rest
(Orenda Records)

Dan Rosenboom

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Dan Rosenboom
Fire Keeper
(Orenda Records

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