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Ray Alexander's Best of Jazz 2016
A look at some of the best jazz had to offer in a very good year.
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A look at some of the best jazz had to offer in a very good year
!earshot Top 200 of 2016For the year 2016 |
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| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
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| 1 | Basia Bulat 
Good Advice - (Secret City) |
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| 2 | BADBADNOTGOOD
IV - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 3 | Nap Eyes
Thought Rock Fish Scale - (You've Changed) |
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| 4 | Black Mountain
IV - (Dine Alone) |
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| 5 | The Pack A.D.
Positive Thinking - (Cadence Music Group) |
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| 6 | Andy Shauf
The Party - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| 7 | A Tribe Called Red
We Are The Halluci Nation - (Pirates Blend) |
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| 8 | Grimes
Art Angels - (4AD) |
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| 9 | Tanya Tagaq
Retribution - (Six Shooter) |
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| 10 | Wintersleep
The Great Detachment - (Dine Alone) |
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| Specialty Charts #1s | |||
| Electronic: >Jessy Lanza - Oh No - (Geej Recordings) |
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| Hip Hop: > A Tribe Called Red - We Are The Halluci Nation - (Pirates Blend) |
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| International: > Bombino - Azel - (Self-Released) |
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| Jazz: > BADBADNOTGOOD - IV - (Arts & Crafts) |
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| Loud: > Striker - Stand In The Fire - (Self-Released) |
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| Folk/Roots/Blues: >Daniel Romano - Mosey - (New West) |
Top International Albums:
- Presidential Suite - Ted Nash Big Band (Motema)
- Upward Spiral - Branford Marsalis Qt., feat. Kurt Ellling (Okeh)
- Notes From New York - Bill Charlap Trio (Impulse)
- Live In Athens, Greece - Mark Murphy/Spiros Exaras (Musical Theatre Project)
- The Thompson Fields - Maria Schneider Orchestra (Artistshare)
- Brel - David Linx & The Brussels Jazz Orchestra (Jazz Village)
- The Songbook Sessions -Ella-Jane Monheit with Nicholas Payton (Emerald CIty)
- The Beautiful Day-Kurt Elling SIngs Christmas (Okeh)
- Basically Baker - Vol 2 -The Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (Patois)
- Tenderly - Stacy Kent with Robeerto Menescal (Linn)
- Eight Track 11 _ Dave Stryker Qt. (Strike Zone)
- Nobody's Gonna Love You Better - ALlan Harris (LOve Productions)
- Exotica (Black Olive Jazz)
- Live IN Cuba - Jazz At LIncoln Centre Orchestra (Blue Engine)
- My Blue Heaven - Daryl Sherman (Muzak)
- Vanheusanism-Tribute To Jimmy Van Heusen-Daniela Schachter (Purple Butterfly Music)
- DYAD Plays Jazz Arias (Ringwood Recs.)
- Inside/Out - KristenLee Sergeant (Whaling City)
- Live At The Green Mill, 1954y Kessel (Mosern Harmonic) (lost treasure!)
- Under The Moon - Jazz Standards & Lullabies (The Secret Mountain)
Canadian Releases
- When It's Christmas Time - Johnny Summers/Calgary Jazz Orch. (Summertime Music)
- It's Easy To Remember - Cory Weeds Quintet, feat. David Hazeltine (Cellar Live)
- Drinky - Tim Tamashiro/COry Weeds Sextet (Cellar Live)
- Blue Canvas - Brandi Disterheft Trio, feat. Harold Mabern (Justin Time)
- Oop! - Al Muirhead Trio, feat. P.J. Perry/Tommy Banks (Chronograph)
- You'll Never KNow - Heather Bamrick/Mark Kieswetter Sextet (HBC)
- Kick Off Your Shoes - Bob Watts Trio, feat. Pablo Cardenas (Ogden Point Music)
- Guess Who I Saw Today? - Kinga with Bill King Septet (Factor Canada)
- Volare, The Italian American Songbook - Antonio Ciacca Quintet (Cellar Live)
- This I Know - June Garber (JG)
- Volume 1 _Stu Harrison Trio, with Terry Clarke and Neil Swainson (ne NIght Stand)
- Things We Did Last Summer - Organik Vibe Trio (Cellar Live)
- Oddara - Jane Bunnett with Maqueque (Linus)
Best Books
- Sinatra's Century - 100 Notes-David Lehman
- How To LIsten To Jazz - Ted Gioia (Basic Books)
- Conversations In Jazz;- The Ralph J. Gleason Interviews (Yale Univ. Press)
- The Iconic Images of Ted WIlliams (ACC Editions)
- The Man That Got Away - The LIfe & Times of Harold Arlen - Walter Rimler (Unive. of Illinois Press)
- Jazz Heavyweight - Stan Levey (Santa Monica Press)
- Whisper Not -Autobio of Benny Golson (Temple Press)
DVDs
- Miles Ahead - Don Cheadle
- Bess - Queen Latifah
- Born To Be Blue - Ethan Hawke/Robert Budreau
- Time Remebered:Bill Evans
- The Frank Sinatra Collection (Eagle Rock)
Re-issues
- Count Basie & Lester Young Studio Sessions (Mosaic)
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet, feat. Nancy Wilson-1961-62 (Discovery)
- Monk In France (1961) (Jazz Classics)
- Oscar Peterson Trio Plays The Jerome Kern SOngbook
- Jazz On FIlm-T New Wave 11 (Moochin' Music)
Best Concerts In WInnipeg
- Ann Hampton Callaway/Winnipeg Symphony Orch. -Centennial Concert Hall
- Denzal SInclaire/WSO (Cent. Concert Hall)
- P.J. Perry/Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WPg. Art Gallery)
- Cyrill Aimee Quintet - The Izzy Asper Jazz Performances
- Oliver Jones Trio at the West End Cultural Centre - WPg. Jazz Festival
Ray's Picks For The Hall Of Fame: Jon Hendricks, Kenny Burrell, Mark Murphy, Hoagy Carmichael, and Oliver Nelson.
Noteable Passings: Toots Thielemans, Ruday van Gelder, Bobby Hutcherson, Pete Fountain, Don Friedman, Joe Temperly,
Claude WIlliams, Randy Jones, Pal Bley, Laurie Bowers, George Reznick from WInnipeg , and Bob Cranshaw.
