There's a fullness in ten years. A lot of work, if rather relentlessly done, can really make a discernible impact. Ten years ago, folks were making all the talk as rather cyclically that jazz was dead. It was such an exhausting conversation. Folks were around making this music, obviously. It couldn't be that dead. The problem was in the awareness and the tweaking of the … [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...]