Emanuele Parrini:
Mixolidian Dance from Viaggio Al
Centro Del Violino: Vol 1 (Rudi)
Daniele Cavallanti
& The Brotherhood Creative Trance Music Ensemble: Things Ain’t What
They Used To Be from Faces and Tales
(Rudi)
KUU!: Against Winter
from Sex Gegen Essen (Shoebill Music)
Julian Arguelles:
Circularity from Circularity (CAMJazz)
Curtis Hasselbring:
Stereo Jack’s Bluegrass J’s from
Number Stations (Cuneiform)
Shahin Novrasli:
Insomnia from Bayati (Bee Jazz)
Cecilia Persson:
Halvhalt from Open Rein (Hoob Jazz)
Cecilia Persson:
Open Rein from Open Rein (Hoob Jazz)
Klaus Paier &
Asja Valcic: Tango Loco from Duo
Art: Creating Magic (ACT)
Ingrid Feniger Grupo:
Maleza from Maleza (self-released)
Robin Phillips:
Don’t Get Scared from Sing.
Play....for Pleasure (REPMusic)
Phronesis:
Urban Control from Life to Everything
(Edition)
Achim Kaufmann
& Michael Moore: Wildflower from
Furthermore (Ramboy)
Hanuman: The Margin from Soundhousing (Leo)
Samo Salamon &
The Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra: Hebe from Free Strings: Orchestrology (KGSOF)
William Parker
Quartet: One for Horace from Live
in Wroclove (ForTune)
Phronesis:
Behind Bars from Life to Everything
(Edition)
Nils Landgren:
Another Kind of Blue from Eternal
Beauty (ACT)
Hanuman:
Bhurma Dreams from Soundhousing (Leo)
The Ed Palermo Big
Band: Let’s Reproduce from Oh No!
Not Jazz!! (Cuneiform)
Raymond MacDonald
& Marilyn Crispell: Longing from
Parallel Moments (Babel)
Moker: Krakke
Mikkel from Overstroomd (W.E.R.F)
Moker: Tsunami
Blues from Overstroomd (W.E.R.F)
Emilia Martensson:
Black Narcissus from Ana (Babel)
Kit Downes:
Outlawed from Light from Old Stars
(Basho)
John Hollenbeck,
Alban Darche, Sebastien Boisseau & Samuel Blaser: No D from JASS (Yolk)
Alban Darche’s L’Orphicube:
Miramas Reggae from Perception
Instantanee (Yolk)
Jason Anick: Maryandra
from Tipping Point (Magic Fiddle
Music)
Julien Wilson:
Wine and Water from This Is Always
(Lionsharecords)
The Ed Palermo Big
Band: Chung’s Revenge from Oh No!
Not Jazz!! (Cuneiform)
Alexander Hawkins
Ensemble: Step Wide, Step Deep / Space of Time Danced Thru from Step Wide, Step Deep (Babel)
Didier Levallet
Quintet: Antigone’s Choice from
Voix Croisees (Evidence / Fremeaux Associes). Airelle Besson, trumpet; Sylvaine
Helary, flute; Celine Bonacina, Saxophone; Didier Levallet, bass; Francois
Laizeau, drums.
Gretchen Parlato:
Within Me from Live in NYC
(ObliqSound). Gretchen Parlato, vocals; Taylor Eigsti, piano; Alan Hampton,
bass; Mark Guiliana, drums.
Eric Vloeimans’
Oliver’s Cinema: Prince Henri from
Oliver’s Cinema (Buzz / Challenge). Eric Vloeimans, trumpet; Tuur Florizoone,
accordion; Jorg Brinkmann, cello.
Petr Cancura:
Those Were the Times from Down Home
(RootsToBoot Music). Petr Cancura, banjo; Kirk Knuffke, cornet; Brian Drye,
trombone; Garth Stevenson, bass; Richie Barshay, drums.
Mark Perrenoud
Trio: Nymphaes Blues from Vestry
Lamento (Double Moon). Mark Perrenoud,
piano; Marco Muller, bass; Cyril Regamy, drums.
Comanda Barabba:
Fireman Breakfast from Jazz Resistant
(Rudi). Tim Trevor-Briscoe and Christian Ferlaino, reeds; Nicola Guazzaloca,
piano; Luca Bernard, bass; Gaetano Alfonsi, drums.
Motian Sickness:
Arabesque from For The Love of Sarah
(Grizzley Music). Matt Maneri, viola; Jamie Masefield, mandolin; John Hebert,
bass; Jeff Cosgrove, drums.
Steinar Raknes
Quartet: Passion Island from Live
in Tokyo (Reckless). John Pal Inderberg, saxophone; Erlend Slettevoll, piano;
Steinar Raknes, bass; Hakon Mjaset Johansen, drums.
Drye & Drye:
Precious Silver from Open Letter (NCMEast): Brian Drye, trombone; Howard Drye, baritone saxophone; Mike McGinnis,
reeds; Jeff Hermanson, trumpet; Dan Fabricatore, bass; Vinnie Sperrazza, drums.
Michael Wollny
Trio: In Heaven from Weltenraum
(ACT)
Mats Aleklint
Quartet: Braxen from Mats
Aleklint Quartet (Moserobie)
Hat & Beard:
Reflections from Reflections (TrioRecords)
Drye & Drye:
Precious Silver from Open Letter (NCMEast)
John Taylor:
Phrase the Second from In Two Minds
(CAM Jazz)
Pixel: Be Mine
from We Are Small Pixels (Cuneiform)
Eric Vloeiman’s
Oliver’s Cinema: Fellini’s Waltz from
Oliver’s Cinema (Buzz / Challenge)
Matt Wilson
Quartet + John Medeski: Some Assembly Required from Gathering Call (Palmetto)
Michael Wollny
Trio: Lasse! from Weltenraum
(ACT)
Max Johnson Trio:
Don Wrinkles from The Invisible Trio
(Fresh Sound New Talent)
Harris Eisenstadt:
Especially Preposterous Assertions from
Golden State (Songlines)
Hat & Beard:
Off Minor from Reflections (Trio
Records)
Dominic Lash
Quartet: Halt the Busterman from
Opabinia (Babel)
Olivier Boge:
Inner Chant from The World Begins
Today (Naive)
Drye & Drye:
Blues for Jimmy from Open Letter (NCM
East)
Emil Strandberg:
Changes from Works (Found YouRecordings)
Nick Smart’s
Trogon: Tower Casa from Tower
Casa (Babel)
Shahin Novrasli:
Nocturne for Natavan from Bayati (BeeJazz)
Matt Wilson
Quartet + John Medeski: Pumpkin’s Delight from Gathering Call (Palmetto)
Michael Wollny
& Marius Neset: Polygon from
Duo Art – Creating Magic (ACT)
Adam Baldych &
Yaron Herman: Letter for E. from
Duo Art – Creating Magic (ACT)
Eric Vloeimans’
Oliver’s Cinema: Prince Henri from
Oliver’s Cinema (Buzz / Challenge)
Magnolia Acoustic
Quartet: Boozer from Boozer
(Fortune)
Dominik Wania:
Oiseaux Tristes from Ravel (Fortune)
Motian Sickness:
Arabesque from For the Love of Sarah
(Grizzley Music)
Sam Anning, Julien
Wilson & Allan Browne Trio: Princess Doug of Fitzroy from Sweethearts (Listen / Hear Collective)
Robin Phillips:
Jackie from Sing. Play. for Pleasure
(RepMusic)
Nicola Lancerotti
Quartet: Faking East from Skin
(dEN)
Nicola Lancerotti
Quartet: T.T.F.K.A.C. from Skin
(dEN)
Myra Melford:
Still Life from Life Carries Me This
Way (Firehouse 12)
Max Johnson Trio:
Bizza from The Invisible Trio (FreshSound New Talent)
Marco Sanguinetti:
Ruedas from 8 (Acqua)
Sam Anning, Julien
Wilson & Allan Browne Trio: Remember from Sweethearts (Listen / Hear Collective)
John Taylor:
Ambleside from In Two Minds (CAM Jazz)
The Olson Pingrey
Quartet: My Waltz from Low
Contrast (self-released)
Mary Halvorson
Trio: Crashes Like Lights (no.39) from
Ghost Loop (Fortune)
BFG (Bex Ferris
Goubert): Le Sourire de Babik from
Now or Never (Naive)
Peter Scharli Trio
featuring Glenn Ferris: Dark Nights from
Live at AVO Session (TCB)
Julien Wilson Trio:
I Believe This Belongs to You from
Swailing (Lionsharecords)
Comanda Barabba:
Fireman Breakfast from Jazz Resistant
(Rudi)
Myra Melford:
Park Mechanics from Life Carries Me
This Way (Firehouse 12)
Didier Levallet
Quintet: Traversee d’un Temps Immobile from
Voix Croisees (Evidence / Fremeaux & Associes)
Julien Wilson:
Farewell from This is Always
(Lionsharecords)
Petr Cancura:
Those Were the Times from Down Home
(Roots to Boot Music)
Petr Cancura:
Anabelle’s Waltz from Down Home
(Roots to Boot Music)
Halvorson Formanek
Fujiwara: Falling Too Far from
Thumbscrew (Cuneiform)
Simcock &
Goloubev: Pastoral from Reverie
at Schloss Elmau (ACT)
Evolution Reloaded:
Something into Something from
Seagulls (Manza Nera)
Evolution Reloaded:
For Carlo and Tony from Seagulls
(Manza Nera)
It was an honour to be asked again to contribute to the El Intruso International Critics Poll. Full results HERE.
