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Post by Zapp Brannigan on Feb 6, 2011 22:18:28 GMT -5
With so many great albums being released last year, choosing favorites could be pretty difficult. Let's give it a try anyway. What are your favorite albums from last year?
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Post by brewboss on Feb 7, 2011 0:04:24 GMT -5
Let me cite one album from last year I've only gotten into since 2011 began:
Vijay Iyer - Solo - opens with a heart-melting version of Human Nature, and overall is a masterwork from one of the great young jazz pianists, free to express himself solo.
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Post by Zapp Brannigan on Feb 7, 2011 0:19:14 GMT -5
I've been meaning to check out that album, brew. I'll definitely have to move it up the queue. I love solo piano works, and it's so rare that you find an artist, like you said, free enough to express themselves exposed like that.
As far as another great jazz work of last year, did you get a chance to listen to Brad Mehldau's Highway Rider? It has such a great mix of melancholy and percussive exuberance. Kind of reminds me of Portico Quartet in that regard.
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