Så har jazzredaktørene i de beste, europeiske jazzmagasinene gjort sin selvangivelse for 2023. Hvert magasin eller tidsskrift, på nett eller papir, har satt opp sine fem favoritter fra året, og selv om året ennå ikke er over, og det stadig dukker opp spennende utgivelser, kan vi si at dette er resultatet av 11 måneders lytting til jazz og jazzrelatert musikk.
Resultatet viser en god spredning utover verden, men med Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra øverst på premiepallen. Men her er det mye utmerket musikk man kan bruke tiden på i jula, og et godt stykke ut på nyåret.
Og her er redaksjonenes valg:
Madli-Liis Parts, Muusika:
DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch Records)
KAEMEN RÖIVASSEPP & AARHUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA Ambivalence (Jaeger Community Music)
BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND Kings High (Stoner Hill)
EYOLF DALE TRIO The Wayfarers (Edition Records)
GARD NILSSEN’S SUPERSONIC ORCHESTRA Family (WeJazz)
Kaspars Zavileiskis, jazzin.lv:
THE NECKS Travel (Northern Spy Records)
MATTÏSS CUDARS TRIO Take Your Time (Jersika Records)
JSPHYNX Reflex (Self Released)
WAAN Echo Echo (Sonar Kolletiv)
HIGH PULP Days in the Desert (Anti- Records)
Paweł Brodowski, Jazz Forum:
CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT Mélusine (Nonesuch)
JOSHUA REDMAN where are we (Blue Note)
JOHN SCOFIELD Uncle John’s Band (ECM)
KURT ELLING & CHARLIE HUNTER SuperBlue The Iridescent Spree (Edition Records)
EMMA RAWICZ Chroma (ACT)
Mike Flynn, Jazzwise:
JOSHUA REDMAN where are we (Blue Note)
SHAKTI This Moment (Abstract Logix)
LAKECIA BENJAMIN Phoenix (Whirlwind Recordings)
BRAD MEHLDAU Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles (Nonesuch)
CONIC ROSE Heller Tag (Conic Rose Music)
Krzysztof Komorek, Donos kulturalny:
LIV ANDREA HAUGE ENSEMBLE Hva nå, Ekko? (Odin Records)
LINDA MAY HAN OH The Glass Hours (Biophilia Records)
SANNE RANBAGS, VINCENT CORTOIS, JULIAN SARTORIUS Twigs (BMC Records)
MAREK POSPIESZALSKI No Other End Of The World Will There Be (Clean Feed)
NATALIA KORDIAK Ytinamuh (Fundacja Słuchaj)
Jan Granlie, salt-peanuts.eu:
KASPER TRANBERG Nobody’s Heart (April Records)
OSGOOD / MOSES / MUÑOZ Spiritual Drum Kingship (Gotta Let It Out)
NILS ØKLAND / SIGBJØRN APELAND Glimmer (ECM)
GARD NILSSEN’S SUPERSONIC ORCHESTRA Family (We Jazz)
MARIA KANNEGAARD TRIO Live at Dokkhuset (Jazzland)
Dick Hovenga, Written in Music:
LAKECIA BENJAMIN Phoenis (Whirlwind)
MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON Les Jardins Mystique vol 1 (Brainfeeder)
YUSSEF DAYES Black Classical Music (Brownswood)
ROB LUFT Dehab Days (Edition)
CORTO.ALTO Bad With Names (New Soil X Brdige The Gap)
Christine Stephan, Jazzthetik:
RYŪICHI SAKAMOTO 12 (Sony)
NILS ØKLAND & SIGBjØRN APELAND Glimmer (ECM)
CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT Mélusine (Nonesuch)
SOPHIE TASSIGNON Khyal (W.E.R.F. Record)
EMMA RAWICZ Chroma (ACT)
Viktor Bensusan, jazzdergisi.com:
KEITH JARRETT Bordeaux Concert (ECM)
ESBJÖRN SVENSSON Home.S. (ACT)
JAN GUNNAR HOFF Home (2L)
TUNA ÖTENEL, EROL PEKCAN, KUDRET ÖZTOPRAK Jazz Semai (EMI)
YAMAMOTO TSUYOSHI TRIO A Shade of Blue (Evolution Media Limited – EVLP050)
Nuno Catarino, jazz.pt:
JAIMIE BRANCH Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)
ARUÁN ORTIZ Pastor’s Paradox (Clean Feed)
CARLOS BICA Playing with Beethoven (Clean Feed)
KRIS DAVIS Diatom Ribbons – Live At The Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic)
FIRE! ORCHESTRA Echoes (Rune Grammofon)
Patrik Sandberg, Jazz:
JOHN COLTRANE / ERIC DOLPHY Evenings At Village Gate (Impulse!)
WEATHER REPORT Live in Berlin (GAD Records)
BOBO STENSON TRIO Sphere (ECM)
NISSE SANDSTRÖM Öppet Ett (Caprice)
PER «TEXAS» JOHANSSON Den Sämsta Lösningen Av Alla (Moserobie)
Lars Mossefinn, Dag og tid:
I.P.A. Grimsta (Cuneiform Records)
ANDRÉ ROLIGHETEN Marbles (Odin)
GARD NILSSEN’S SUPERSONIC ORCHESTRA Family (We Jazz Records)
JOSHUA REDMAN where are we (Blue Note)
ENDRE RUSET, STIAN OMERNÅS OG JON BALKE Noriaki (Odin)
Axel Stinshoff, Jazz thing:
BRÖTZMANN BEKKAS DRAKE Catching Ghosts (ACT)
WOLFGANG MUTHSPIEL Dance of the Elders (ECM)
MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)
JANNING TRUMANN Wem Zeit wie Ewigkeit (Tangible)
MAGNUS ÖSTRÖM GROUP A Room for Travellers (Jazzland)
Luca Vitali, Giornale della Musica:
THE NECKS Travel (Northern Spy Records)
PAOLO ANGELI NÍJAR An Imaginary Soundtrack for Bodas de Sangre by Federico Garcia Lorca (AnMa Productions and ReR Megacorp)
FIRE» ORCHESTRA Echoes (Rune Grammofon)
GARD NILSSEN’S SUPERSONIC ORCHESTRA Family (We Jazz Records)
SATOKO FUJII AND OTOMO YOSHIHIDE Perpetual Motion (Ayler)
Yves Tassin, JazzMania:
NAÏSSAM JALAL Healing Rituals (Les couleurs du son)
PICIDAE A Stray Labyrinth (Nyenor)
LE CRI DU CAIRE Le cri du Caire (Les disques du festival permanent)
SINIKKA LANGELAND Wind and Sun (ECM)
LANKUM False Lankum (Rough Trade)
Jos Demol, jazzhalo.be:
JOËLLE LÉANDRE Zürich Concert (INTAKT)
ALBERT VILA Levity (Hypnote Records)
FRANK KIMBROUGH LullaBlueBye & Play (Palmetto Records)
CHRIS JORIS Until The Darkness Fades (WERF Records)
CÉCILE BROCHÉ 3D@Paris (discus music)
Christof Thurnherr, Jazz’n’More:
JAIMIE BRANCH Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem)
QASIM NAQVI, WADADA LEO SMITH, ANDREW CYRILLE Two Centuries (Red Hook Ltd.)
MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND Witchy Activites And The Maple Death (Zenna Records)
LONDON BREW London Brew (Concord Jazz)
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS TRIO Eye of I (Anti-)
Jacek Brun, www.jazz-fun.de:
GERI ALLEN & KURT ROSENWINKEL A Lovesome Thing (Heartcore Records)
BUSHMAN’S REVENGE All the Better for Seeing You (Is It Jazz? Records)
EABS MEETS JAUBI In Search of a Better Tomorrow (Astigmatic Records)
DAS KONDENSAT Andere Planeten (WhyPlayJazz)
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE NEW JAWN Prime (Mack Avenue Records)
Mattieu Jouan, Citizen Jazz:
FIRE! ORCHESTRA Echoes (RuneGrammofon)
LUISE VOLKMAN Rites de passage (Nwog Records)
JAIMIE BRANCH Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International anthem)
MAYA DUNIETZ Thank You Tree (Raw Tapes)
JEPPE ZEEBERG Occasionally, Good Things Do Happen (self released)
