January 03, 2019

TEB's album in "All About Jazz"'s Best Releases of 2018!


As every year, editor of the worthy ALL ABOUT JAZZ (https://www.allaboutjazz.com/John Kelman writes a list of his favourite albums. Introducing it, he explains:

"Once again, the chronic health problem that has reduced my writing pace to a crawl continues without any respite. My best of the year lists have traditionally been predicated upon having reviewed the releases chosen, but with only a relative handful of reviews to choose from this year (and with those choices, more than ever now, always representing music that moved me in a big way), there's simply no way to come up with the big lists I used to compile. 


And so, like last year, I figured I'd throw in a top ten (well, eleven) for jazz and beyond (meaning: anything else), including a mix of new releases and reissues/archival finds. But to let folks know that this lists barely scratches the surface of all the music I've been privileged to hear this year—and that, as ever, there are far more "best of" titles than even my previously large lists included—I'll also add, at the end, for anyone interested, a whack of releases would have been reviewed, had it been possible.

So, bearing that in mind, first up are just a few of the top recorded events in jazz and beyond for 2018 (in alphabetical order): 
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Unreviewed But Still Faves
And now, those two additional lists of 2018 releases that I couldn't get around to reviewing, but sure wish I could have. Again, in alphabetical order, every one of these is top-drawer, regardless of genre, and worthy of attention:

Jazz
 
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Beyond

The Beatles, The Beatles (White Album) Super Deluxe Edition Kate Bush, Remastered Part 1 & Remastered Part 2 
Rosanne Cash, She Remembers Everything (Deluxe) 
Ry Cooder, Prodigal Son 
Bob Dylan, More Blood More Tracks: Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Family, At the BBC
Grateful Dead, Pacific Northwest '73-'74 (The Complete Recordings) 
Jimi Hendrix, Axis Bold As Love (Mono + Stereo SACD Hybrid) Ashley Hutchings, Paradise & Thorns 
Paul McCartney, Egypt Station
Willie Nelson, Last Man Standing 
Procol Harum, Still There'll Be More 
Sanguine Hum, Now We Have Power 
Third Ear Band, Elements 1970-1971 
Richard Thompson, 13 Rivers 
The Sea Within, The Sea Within 
Frank Zappa, The Roxy Performances  

Digital version HERE

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