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’ Jazz Picks
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
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...]
Nextbop’s Best Albums of 2011: Anthony Dean-Harris’ Jazz Picks
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) Terri Lyne Carrington - The Mosaic Project (Concord Jazz) I think of drummer Terri Lyne Carrington’s The Mosaic Project like a … [Read more...]