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Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases Of 2018

By Mike Jurkovic
December 20, 2018
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Fully steeped as I am in two guitars, bass, and drums, I keep listening, learning and thankful the jazz steels my spine. A quick thank you to my patient editors here at All About Jazz and a special thank you to all the musicians who have contacted me from around the world. Let's not stop creating. It's our only defense to the soul gripping chaos that passes these days as living.

Nik Bärtsch

piano
b.1971

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Awase
ECM Records

Harvey Sorgen

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Harvey Sorgen
Dreamstruck
Not Two Records

Aaron Parks

drums
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Aaron Parks
Aaron Parks Little Big
Ropeadope

Erroll Garner

piano
1921 - 1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Erroll Garner
Nightconcert
Mack Avenue Records

Renee Rosnes

piano
b.1962

" data-original-title="" title="">Renee Rosnes
Beloved of the Sky
Smoke Sessions Records

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Live
ECM Records

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane
Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album
Impulse!

Emmet Cohen

piano
b.1990

" data-original-title="" title="">Emmet Cohen
Master Legacy Series, Volume 2
Cellar Live

Miles Davis

trumpet
1926 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis
The Final Tour: Bootleg Series Volume 6
Columbia Legacy

Lisa Hilton

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Lisa Hilton
Oasis
Ruby Slippers

Keith Jarrett

piano
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Keith Jarrett
After The Fall
ECM Records

Ben Wendel

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Wendel
The Seasons
Motema Music

Peter Madsen

piano
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Madsen &

Alfred Vogel

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Alfred Vogel
I Ching
Playscape Recording

Christian McBride

bass
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Christian McBride
New Jawn
Mack Avenue Records

Benito Gonzalez

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Benito Gonzalez
Passion Reverence Trascendence
Whaling City Sounds

Christian Sands

piano
b.1989

" data-original-title="" title="">Christian Sands
Reach Further
Mack Avenue Records

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