Category: Listicles
An evolving post … here are my top albums of 2023 … Historic/Archival/Reissued Recordings:
It’s always a pleasure – and a bit of a nerve wracking experience – to participate in year end polls. Aside from the one that we run on the Free Jazz Blog, I also participated in these polls: The 17th…
The Free Jazz Blog’s Top 10 for 2022, a long time tradition at the site. Below is my intro, followed by my excerpted list. For the full list of top albums and lists from the other writers, visit the blog…
Here is my extended list of top recordings and books from 2022. Of course, there is a lot to listen to and such a list is limited to what I’ve actually written about or listened to many times with good…
We are pleased to bring you the Free Jazz Blog’s top album(s) of 2021. Last week we presented our top recordings of 2021, which was drawn from the top 10 lists of the writers and then held a vote for the top album.In first place, we have “Pan-European” group أحمد [Ahmed] with Nights on Saturn (Communication).أحمد [Ahmed] – Nights on Saturn …
Snowman, rooster, gryphon, Lady Liberty, and a horse.Ok, so 2,110,000 page views and several hundred reviews between the bookends of year start and end, it has been a busy year on the Free Jazz Blog. We’ve welcomed new writers, heard over 2,000 new recordings, and tried to navigate the dicey world of mid-pandemic concerts and festivals. Live stream…
Greetings,No doubt, there is a lot to be concerned about this year; however, 2020 has also been quite a year for recorded music.Let us focus on the positive and take a time out from the everyday to enjoy the nearly impossible task of ranking the “best of” 2020. If you have ever made one of these lists you know how difficult it is and how it is…
Sigmar Polke – Ohne Titel (Schallplatten)
Here it is, the long awaited top album of 2019! Culled from the top 10 lists of the collective, we then conducted a poll among all contributors over the past year and now we’re happy to announce this year’s winners.
The top spot goes to Matana Roberts’ Coin Coin Chapter 4: Memphis. Roberts is not new to…
Anthony Braxton, No. 289
This past year has been a dynamic one for the blog: we welcomed a bunch of new ears to the collective, received over 2000 recordings and requests for reviews, and counted over 1.63 million pageviews. We reported on festivals in the USA (Big Ears, No Idea, Vision Fest and Winter Jazz Fest) and Europe (Wels Unlimited, Jazz…
From: It’s OK to Like Free Jazz
Today we present the Collective’s top 10 albums of the year and invite you to vote in the annual New Ears Awards.
The contenders for the award were drawn from the lists below and can be found here. The collective also votes on the same list, but in a separate poll. The award winner for both polls will be announ…
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Today we present our reviewers top 10 albums of the year, and we also invite you to vote in the annual New Ears Awards.
The nominations for the award were made from compiling the lists below. This year, the blog writers are voting on the same choices, but in a separate poll. The award winner for both …
OnJanuary1st we will post the winner of the blog’s New Ears award, but for now,enjoy the mouth watering list of top 10s from your friends in the Free Jazz Collective!
Reviewers Top Albums of 2016
We begin with the reviewers top 10 albums of 2016. A heartfelt congrats to Anna Högberg Attack and the Mary Halvorson Octet who came in tied for the …
