It’s that time of year when the “best-of” lists start showing up everywhere. One Man’s Jazz is no exception; I’ve been compiling a list for many years now, however I call it my “favourites” list because I don’t know if I’m qualified to say that one thing is better than the next. I’ll leave that for the critics to make that choice. Just about every artist deserves props for making a recording. I just pick out the recordings played in the course of 52 weeks of shows for Taint Radio, albums that I have and will come back to for enjoyment. My most favourite? Four recordings that really speak to me: Bassist Carlos Bica’s “I Am The Escaped One”, pianist Kris Davis’ “Diatom Ribbons”, Hot Heros’ “Day After The Rodeo”, and the Russ Lossing Trio’s “Ways”. Hey, they’re all great! Go buy some albums!!!!
And thanks to all the artists, labels and promoters who make the music available, and THANK YOU for listening to One Man’s Jazz. (Note: I’ll list all of my choices on a separate post.)
00:00 Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio * Nomad – Skirl * Thanksgiving * Canada
08:12 Hot Heros * Days After The Rodeo – Eclipse Music * Nogalez * Finland
14:27 Host speaks
18:24 Miles Perkin Quartet * The Point In Question – Clean Feed * The Point In Question * Canada
28:44 Maria Faust * Machina – Stunt * Sirene * Estonia
32:58 Kris Davis * Diatom Ribbons – Pyroclastic * Diatom Ribbons * Canada
39:10 Host speaks
40:20 Kris Davis * Diatom Ribbons – Pyroclastic * Certain Cells * Canada
45:53 Wojtek Mazolewski * When Angels Fall – Whirlwind * Astigmatic * Poland
54:26 Host speaks
56:07 Chris Speed Trio * Respect For Your Toughness – Intakt * Strobe Dots * USA
59:46 Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality * The Mighty Unlikely – Jazzhausmusik * Les Oreilles * Switzerland
1:05:25 Host speaks
1:07:16 Russ Lossing Trio * Ways – Ezz-Thetics * Passageway * USA
1:18:31 Angelika Niescier Trio * New York Trio – Intakt * Changery Touting * Germany
1:23:56 Yusef Komunyakaa, David Cieri & Mike Brown * Dark Furniture – Ropeadope * Prisoner Of Love * USA
1:29:12 Host speaks
1:30:52 New York Free Quartet * In Between Gigs…Can You Dig? – Fourth Stream * In Between Gigs…Can You Dig? * USA
1:43:19 Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash & Tony Orrell * Bley School – 577 Records * Aloof * England
1:53:14 Host speaks
1:54:32 Byron Asher * Skrontch Music – Sinking City * Elegy * USA
1:59:39 Torbjorn Zetterberg * The Great Question – Corbett vs. Dempsey * Tiny Slippers * Sweden
2:09:26 Host speaks
2:11:59 Alexandra Grimal * Nāga – Ovni * Noun * France
2:23:20 The Selva * Canicula Rose – Clean Feed * Dume Pardo * Portugal
2:27:48 Host speaks
2:28:56 Somersaults * Numerology Of Birdsong – Westhill * Thisteltuige * England
2:36:58 AVA Trio * Digging The Sand – Self-released * Digging The Sand * Italy
2:44:05 Carlos Bica * I Am The Escaped One – Clean Feed * Les Frigos * Portugal
2:51:14 Host speaks
2:53:17 Carlos Bica * I Am The Escaped One – Clean Feed * Do Indizivel * Portugal