Catch Up

Jesse Fischer – Gotham Underground
Butcher Brown feat. Nicholas Payton – Montrose Forest
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Detroit Red
FORQ – Into Bright
Kalia Vandever – Mirrored Solitude
Manuel Valera – Evidence
Or Bareket – El Jardin De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan
Samora Pinderhughes – Inertia
Aaron Parks – Flyways
Nala Sinephro – Continuum 1
Javier Santiago – Chimera
Meshell Ndegeocello – Trouble
Santrofi – Amina
Joabe Reis – Asa
Morgan Guerin – Something In the Air
Simon Moullier – Lotus

This month Mike counts down the Jazzwise critics’ choice top 10 albums of the year, as published in the bumper December 2024 / January 2025 issue.

John Surman – Pebble Dance [Words Unspoken]
Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers – Albert Ayler, A Meditation On Light [Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths, and Gardens]
Pat Metheny – Shōga [MoonDial]
David Murray Quartet – Shenzhen [Francesca]
James Brandon Lewis Quartet – Transfiguration [Transfiguration]
Mary Halvorson – Tailhead [Cloudward]
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding – A Day in the Life [Milton + esperanza]
Charles Lloyd – The Water Is Rising [The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow]
Samara Joy – No More Blues [Portrait]

The Brotherhood of Breath – MRA
Kasai All Stars – Kafuulu Balu
Hermeto Pascoal – Just Listen (Escuta Meu Piano)
Henry Threadgill – Laughing Club
L. Subramaniam – Raga Kirvani: Tanam
Clifford Jordan and John Gilmore – Bo-Till
New Birth Brass Band – Show Me How Ya Do That Dance

M.T.B. – Solid Jackson [Solid Jackson]
Ruby Rushton – Stapodia
Jessica Lauren – I Love You Brother [Film]
Kenny Wheeler Legacy – Sweet Yakity Waltz [Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores]
John Hollenbeck – Entitlement [Colouring Hockets]
Lee Morgan – Get Yourself Together [Taru]
Out Of /Into – Radical [Motion I]
Moses Yoofee Trio – Bond [MYT]
Alice Coltrane – Ghana Nila [Transcendence]
Fabienne – Ambuehl [Thrive]
Lox – Opening
Ambrose Akinmusire – Muffled Screams [Honey From A Winter Stone]
Fay Victor – Check Out Your Mind [Lazy Old Sun]
Michael Mayo – Fly [Fly]
Andy Bey – River Man [Shades Of Bey]
Crispell/ Motian / Peacock – Requiem [Amaryllis]
Jessica Lauren – Coming Home [Film]

Cuban maestro Omar Sosa talks about ancestral influences and his collaborative approach to making music.

Playlist:
Omar Sosa – Marimachacha [Bembon]
Omar Sosa – Momento I [ile]
Omar Sosa – Ternura [Mulatos]
Omar Sosa – Reposo [Mulatos]
Omar Sosa – Cha-Amarillo [Prietos]
Omar Sosa – Sunrise [Calma]
Omar Sosa – Alejet [Eggūn]
Omar Sosa – Nuevo Manto [Mulatos]
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – No One Knows [Suba]

Willie Bobo – Reason For Livin’ [Bobo]
James Brandon Lewis Trio – Five Spots to Caravan [Apple Cores]
Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN – Modul 45 [Ingredients For Disaster (Soundtrack)]
Oz Noy – Fun One [Fun One]
Julian Lage – Northern Shuffle (Live at The Jazz Social)
BADBADNOTGOOD/Tim Bernardes – Poeira Cosmica
Jessica Lauren – Treasure Island [Film]
Fay Victor Ensemble – Robot Clown [Absinthe and Vermouth]
M.T.B – Ditty For Dewey [Solid Jackson]
Dewey Redman – Unknown Tongue [Musics]
Bo Dollis Jr. with Cyril Neville & Omari Neville – Shoe Fly (Live at the Jazz Social)
Jeff Parker / ETA IVtet – Freakadelic [The Way Out Of Easy]
Aub – Dott’s Blues [Folk Devils]
Roberto Pla and his Latin Ensemble – En la Calle [Latin Jazz Lounge]
Da Lata – Asking Eyes

Louis Matute – 2000 Years [Small Variations From The Previous Day]
Adéle Viret Quartet – Watchmaker [Close To The Water]
Marco Mezquida – De seda y Miel [Del Alma]
Momi Maiga – Barsaq [Kairo]
Monsieur Mala – Sul [Monsieur Mala]
Robinson Khoury – AGES [MYA]
Irene Reig – Decisio y Coratge [Decisio y Coratge]
Manon Mullener 5tet – Grand Rue [Insomnia]
Yilian Canizares – Habana-Bahia [Habana-Bahia]
Yelfris Valdes – Aceleyo Ana [For the ones …]

Sholto – Letting Go Of Forever [Letting Go Of Forever]
Johannes Enders – The Creator Has A Master Plan B [The Creator Has A Master Plan B]
Tom Harrell – Miramar [Alternate Summer]
Pauline Rèage – Gentle Destruction [Gentle Destruction]
Sebastian Studnitzky, Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra – Sul [Memento Odesa]
Wolfgang Muthspiel – Etude Nr. 6 (Triplets) [Etudes/ Quietudes]
Quincy Jones, Rod Steiger – How Come, You People [The Pawnbroker]
Roy Haynes – Snap Crackle [Out Of The Afternoon]
Lou Donaldson – Inner Space [Sassy Soul Strut]
Sebastian Gahler – Cruisin’ (0816) [Electric Stories]
Adrian Younge – Esperando par Voce [Adrian Younge presents Linear Labs: Sao Paulo]
Jeano Elong – Vieux Fascistes [Jabea]

Fania Allstars – De Nuevo A La Carga [Guasasa]
Johnny Pacheco – Que Pelota [Pacheco At The NY World’s Fair]
Orchestra Harlow – Yo Me Voy [Orchestra Harlow Presenta A Ismael Miranda]
Joe Bataan – Special Girl [Subway Joe]
.Monguito Santamaria – Juicy [On Top]
Willie Colon – The Hustler [The Hustler]
Fania Allstars – Kikapoo Joy Juice [Live At The Red Garter Vol 2]
Ray Barretto – Viva Y Vacila [Juntos/Together]
Pete Bonet & Louie Ramirez – Joe Gaines Express [Pete & Louie – The Beautiful People]
Willie Colon featuring Hector Lavoe – Guajira Ven [El Mato]
Ray Barretto – Retorno A Abidjan [El Otra Camino]
Seguida – Mambo Rock [Love Is]
Ralfi Pagan – Brother, Where Are You? [Ralfi]
Tipica 73 – Yo No Camino Mas [Charangueando Con La Tipica 73]
Johnny Zamot & Sociedad 76 – La Música Es Mi Vida [El Hulk De La Salsa]

Jingle jangle it’s the “Holiday” edition. Ho ho ho.

Charlie Parker – White Christmas – Live / 1948
Ezra Collective – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Merry Christmas Baby
Roland Kirk Quartet – We Free Kings
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time Is Here – Instrumental
John Coltrane Quartet – My Favourite Things
Wes Montgomery – Snowfall
Bill Evans – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Modern Jazz Quartet – Variation No. 1 On ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’
Bobby Timmons – Deck The Halls
Ill Considered – We Three Kings Of Orient Are
John Coltrane Quartet – Greensleeves – Take 2
Sun Ra and His Arkestra – It’s Christmas Time