This mix is less of a best jazz recordings of 2017 and more of a mix of jazz that I enjoyed in 2017. The year was anchored by two spectacular recordings by Joseph Shabason and Colin Stetson. I saw Stetson at a small club and was blown away by his sound and technique.
00:00 Joseph Shabason - Aytche(Aytche) 03:40 Vijay Iyer Sextet - Wake(Far From Over) 08:03 Ben Allison - Magic Number(Layers of the City) 14:38 Bjorn Meyer - Provenance(Provenance) 20:30 Quatuor Ebene - City Birds(Eternal Stories) 27:55 Colin Stetson - Spindrift(All This I Do For Glory) 33:36 Portico Quartet - Endless(Art in the Age of Automation) 37:46 Kamasi Washington - Desire(Harmony Of Difference) 42:07 Phronesis - Ok Chorale(The Behemoth) 45:50 Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Maroon Dune(Simultonality) 54:48 Dorothy Ashby - Pawky(Hip Harp/In A Minor Groove) 51:55 end
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