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Nextbop’s Best Everything Else Albums of 2011

December 30, 2011 By Anthony Dean-Harris

I knew this list was going to be interesting. We've got a pretty diverse staff of writers with different sorts of taste. As diverse as our jazz list is for this year, when lumping every other genre of music together and giving everything a ranking, it doesn't lead to the typical lockstep decisions. We had a lot of ties. It's a sort of interesting list.--ADHTie 9) PJ … [Read more...]

Nextbop’s Best Jazz Albums of 2011

December 30, 2011 By Anthony Dean-Harris

I was recently asked to define what trend ran through jazz in the past year and I found I couldn’t think of anything definitive about that other than the fact that I like how definitive that was. This all came about when I was thinking about my picks fo best album of the year. Did my list lean more toward rock influences? European? Electronic? Black-influenced? I realized that … [Read more...]

Nextbop’s Best Albums of 2011: Marc Antunes’ Everything Else Picks

December 28, 2011 By Marc Rosenfeld Antunes

The Nextbop staff is compiling its lists of the best albums of 2011 in jazz and all other genres. We’ll release our mass lists during the last week of December but we want to make sure everyone’s individual lists have the chance to shine.10. Adele - 21 (Columbia)Adele has got a strong voice and uses it powerfully and gut-wrenchingly. And it is the slow, lamenting … [Read more...]

Nextbop’s Best Albums of 2011: Marc Antunes’ Jazz Picks

December 26, 2011 By Marc Rosenfeld Antunes

The Nextbop staff is compiling its lists of the best albums of 2011 in jazz and all other genres. We’ll release our mass lists during the last week of December but we want to make sure everyone’s individual lists have the chance to shine.10. Austin Peralta - Endless Planets (Brainfeeder)This album is heavy, and it takes stomach to digest it. But it is this kind of … [Read more...]

Nextbop’s Best Albums of 2011: Alexander Brown’s Jazz Picks

December 23, 2011 By Alexander Brown

The Nextbop staff is compiling its lists of the best albums of 2011 in jazz and all other genres. We’ll release our mass lists during the last week of December but we want to make sure everyone’s individual lists have the chance to shine.I know very little when it comes to actually judging technique of jazz artists. I basically go by what sounds cool. Don’t worry I do the … [Read more...]

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