Mark Masters
Ensemble: Borne Towards the Stars from
Our Metier (Capri)
Baldo Martinez:
La Travesia from Cuarteto Europa
(Karonte)
Oscar Gronberg
Trio: Triangles from Walking in
Triangles (Particular)
Itamar Borochov:
Maalem from Blue Lights (LaborieJazz)
Roberto Ottaviano:
Mushi Mushi from Eternal (Dodicilune)
Francois Houle,
Alexander Hawkins & Harris Eisenstadt: The Pitts from You Have Options (Songlines)
Alexander Hawkins:
Wander Wonder from Iron Into Wind
(Intakt)
Terkel Norgaard:
Thirteen from With Ralph Alessi (WeJazz)
Iro Haarla, Ulf
Krokfors & Barry Altschul: Jesus Maria from Around Again (TUM)
Mark Masters
Ensemble: Lift from Our Metier
(Capri)
Ronny Graupe,
Valentin Ceccaldi, Theo Ceccaldi & Christian Lillinger: Baba Jaga from q00lp (BMC)
Huw Warren Trio: Everything In Between from Everything In Between (CAM Jazz)
Brian Krock: Heart
Machine from Liddle (Outside InMusic)
Ronny Graupe,
Valentin Ceccaldi, Theo Ceccaldi & Christian Lillinger: Toronto from q00lp (BMC)
Quinsin Nachoff’s
Flux: Orbital Resonances from
Path of Totality (Whirlwind)
(Intro
/ Outro - Stephane Huchard: Jakawa
Jungle Spoon from Toutakoustics (BlueNote Fr)
Luca Dell’Anna
Quartet: Monkey and the Brain from
Human See, Human Do (UR Records)
Holum Trio:
Strandpark from Borte (AMP Music& Records)
Das Kapital:
La Mer from Vive La France (LabelBleu)
This Is Pan: What
If We Just Took Off from Hudson Suite
(Anuk)
Allison Miller’s
Boom Tic Boom: Zev – The Phoenix from
Glitter Wolf (Royal Potato Family)
Adam Glasser:
Kort Street from Free At First
(Sunnyside)
Henry Lowther’s
Still Waters: Lights of the North Circular from Can’t Believe, Won’t Believe (Village Life)
Mark Lockheart:
This Much I Know is True from Days On
Earth (Edition)
Family Band: Board
of Origin from Board of Origin (self-released)
Alexander Hawkins:
Strange Courage from Iron Into Wind
(Intakt)
Joe Fiedler: The
Batty Bat from Open Sesame (self-released)
Pipeline 8: Joy
from Prayer (We Insist)
Roberto Negro:
Boboto from Kings and Bastards (CAMJazz)
Ingrid Jensen
& Steve Treseler: Old Time from
Invisible Sounds for Kenny Wheeler (Whirlwind)
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Fredrik Nordstrom:
Brand New Dollars from Needs (CleanFeed). Fredrik Nordstrom and Fredrik Ljungkvist, reeds; Mats Aleklint,
trombone; Niklas Barno, trumpet; Filip Augustson and Torbjorn Zetterberg,
basses; Christopher Cantillo and Fredrik Rundqvist, drums.
Shane Quartet:
Pilgrim from Moving Pictures (Anuk).
Michael Gilsenan and Gabriel Wenger, saxophones; Jeremie Kruttli, bass; Philipp
Liebundgut, drums; Niklaus Vogel and Laura Schuler, violins; Filomena Felley,
viola; Raphael Heggendorn, cello.
Federica
Michisanti Horn Trio: When I Wanted to Count Stars from Silent Rides (Filibusta). Francesco Bigoni, clarinet;
Francesco Lento, trumpet; Federica Michisanti, bass.
Patchwork Jazz
Orchestra: The Boy Roy from The
Adventures of Mr Pottercakes (Spark!). James Davison, Adam Chatterton, James
Copus and Tom Dennis, trumpets; Kieran McLeod, Tom Green, James Pimenta and
Yusuf Narcin, trombones; Matthew Herd, Sam Glaser, Alex Hitchcock, Sam Miles
and Tom Smith, saxophones; Liam Dunachie, keyboards; Rob Luft, guitar; Misha
Mullov-Abbado, bass; Scott Chapman, drums.
Family Band:
Rashtam and Scorpi from Board of
Origin (self-released). Riley Stone-Lonergan, saxophone; Kim Macari, trumpet;
Tom Riviere, bass; Steve Hanley, drums.
Here’s To Us:
Naturen Och Welden from Animals, Wild
and Tame (Hoob). Lisen Rylander Love, saxophone; Nils Berg, bass clarinet;
Susana Santos Silva, trumpet; Josef Kellerdahl, bass.
Tito Mangialajo
Rantzer Quartet: Embrace-Lee from
Dedications (Solista). Francesco Bianchi, saxophone; Marco Fior, trumpet; Tito
Mangialajo Rantzer, bass; Massimo Pintori, drums.
Jasper Blom
Quartet w Nils Wogram: Macedonian Candidate from Polyphony (Whirlwind). Jasper Blom, saxophone; Nils Wogram,
trombone; Jesse van Ruller, guitar; Frans van der Hoeven, bass; Martijn Vink,
drums.
Patchwork Jazz
Orchestra: Badger Cam from The
Adventures of Mr Pottercakes (Spark!)
Das Kapital:
Born To Be Alive from Vive la France
(Label Bleu)
Daniel Herskedal:
Batten Down the Hatches from Voyage
(Edition)
Federica Michisanti
Horn Trio: The Car from Silent
Rides (Filibusta)
Paul van Kemenade:
The Way She Looks from Stranger Than
Paranoia (KEMO)
Family Band:
Rashtam and Scorpi from Board of
Origin (self-released)
Gerard Guse, Gina
Schwarz & Ramon Lopez: Below and Under from Trillium (Cracked Anegg)
John Turville:
Almagro Nights from Head First
(Whirlwind)
Patchwork Jazz
Orchestra: The Boy Roy from The
Adventures of Mr Pottercakes (Spark!)
Flux: Cabrillo
from Calliope (Jazzhausmusik)
Alf Haggkvist:
Fluffy from Blue Serge (Losen)
Vitor Pereira
Quintet: Somewhere in the Middle from
Somewhere in the Middle (self-released)
Bram Weijters
& Chad McCullough: Escapement from
Pendulum (Monks and Thieves / Shifting Paradigm)
Bram Weijters
& Chad McCullough: Ratchet Wheel from
Pendulum (Monks and Thieves / Shifting Paradigm)
Jamie Saft, Steve
Swallow & Bobby Previte: Dark Squares from You Don’t Know the Life (Rare Noise)
Gerard Guse, Gina
Schwarz & Ramon Lopez: Engel from
Trillium (Cracked Anegg)
John Turville:
Interval Music from Head First
(Whirlwind)
Dog: Schnell
Interluden from No Dogs Allowed
(Rattle)
(Intro
/ Outro - Stephane Huchard: Jakawa
Jungle Spoon from Toutakoustics (BlueNote Fr)
Nick Malcolm:
Spiral IV - Blues from Real Isn’t
Real (Green Eyes)
Nick Malcolm:
Real Isn’t Real from Real Isn’t Real
(Green Eyes)
Hoarse: Clinch
from Happy Camper (Yolk)
Philip Zoubek Trio:
Scanning from Outside (WhyPlayJazz)
Atomic: Un
Grand Sommeil Noir from Pet
Variations (Odin)
Josh Sinton’s
Predicate Trio: A Dance from
Making Bones…. (Iluso)
Braskiri:
Picardian Chase from Couch Principle
(Berthold)
Ivo Neame:
Vegetarians from Moksha (Edition)
Nick Malcolm’s
Jade: Dissolve Story (unreleased)
Il Sogno:
Cheyenne from Birthday (Gotta Let ItOut)
Kresten Osgood
Quintet: Reincarnation of a Lovebird from
Kresten Osgood Quintet Plays Jazz (ILK)
Juan Dhas:
Reverie from Catharsis (self-released)
Bram Weijters
& Chad McCullough: Opening from
Pendulum (Monks and Thieves / Shifting Paradigm)
Alex Simu Quintet:
Open Air Concert from Echoes of
Bucharest (self-released)
Manuel Valera Trio:
VIII Neptune – Prophet of the Seas from
The Planets (Mavo)
Shane Quartet:
Pilgrim from Moving Pictures (Anuk)
Jasper Blom
Quartet with Bert Joris and Nils Wogram: Macedonian Candidate from Polyphony (Whirlwind)
Federica
Michisanti Horn Trio: When I Wanted to Count Stars from Silent Rides (Filibusta)
Hofbauer /
Rosenthal Quartet: Another Gig, Same Egg from Human Resources (Creative Nation Music)
Otto Hejnic Trio:
Four Brothers from Beauties
(Hevhetia)
Preston Glasgow
Lowe: May from Something About
Rainbows (Whirlwind)
Shane Quartet:
Tromsoe from Moving Pictures (Anuk)
Warmer Than Blood:
Warmer than Blood (unreleased)
Friends &
Neighbors: Mozart from What’s
Next ? (Clean Feed)
Oscar Gronberg
Trio: Torlief’s Blues from
Walking in Triangles (Particular Recordings)
Maria Grand:
TI. Isis from Magdalena (Biophilia)
Paula Shocron,
German Lamonega & Pablo Diaz: Vera from
Tensegridad (Hatology)
Jonas Engel:
Skagen BBQ from Own Your Bones
(Klaeng)
Lotz of Music:
Strollin’ A Reef from Live at
JazzCase (El Negocito)
SLUGish Ensemble:
An Eight Out of Nine from An Eight
Out of Nine (Slow & Steady)
Jasper Blom
Quartet with Bert Joris and Nils Wogram: Guidonean Hand from Polyphony (Whirlwind)
(Intro
/ Outro - Stephane Huchard: Jakawa
Jungle Spoon from Toutakoustics (BlueNote Fr)
As always, it was an honour to be asked to contribute to the El Intruso International Critics Poll. Full results to be found HERE.
