I usually listen to jazz at work while doing some computer maintenance or slogging through emails. I don't keep as close track of standout albums like I do with ambient and indie. So this is a collection of tracks that I happened to enjoy this year and of course they had to fit with the vibe of the whole mix.
This is the last mix of 2022. Here's to another good musical year in 2023.
Tracklist and my top 5 jazz albums are in the comments.
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Tracklist
Playing tracks by Omri Ziegele, Where's Africa, Makaya McCraven, Vega Trails, Charles Lloyd, Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano and more.
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Such a great diversion from my endless ambient peregrinations to hear something with a beat...very uplifting, merci!
That's exactly the way I approach my jazz journeys, as a way of cleansing my palette after wave upon wave of ambient tracks.
A most enjoyable mix!
Thanks for checking it out! I'm glad you liked the mix. Cheers!
Once again--and I'll keep saying it--Dave Michuda (proprietor, producer and chief bottle washer of Low Light Mixes) has done us music lovers a great service, not only by providing another delightful mix, but by helping us sort through the ocean of new music to present the pearls and chambered nautiluses for our review and education. Thank you, Mr. Michuda.
Thanks buddy!
Me gusta, mucho.
¡Gracias por su atención!
Very nice mix, lots of great music to discover, thank you.
Thanks for listening!
Enjoyed the Mix, Perfect way to start off 2023. :)
Excellent, glad you liked it!
My top 5 jazz albums are:
1. Charles Lloyd - Trio Of Trios
2. Makaya McCraven - In These Times
3. Vega Trails - Tremors in the Static
4. Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola - Open
5. Oren Ambarchi - Shebang & Oren Ambarchi - Ghosted
I cheated on number 5 and included two Oren Ambarchi albums, both of which aren't exactly jazz but I don't really know what genre they are so they get plopped into jazz. I absolutely love both albums and it's my list so I can do whatever I want. Number 4 on the list may not be jazz either as I had it in my top 10 for ambient albums. It's the perfect melding of the two genres. Makaya McCraven - In These Times has gotten a lot of mainstream attention and has shown up on a lot of year-end lists and it deserves it. The album by Vega Trails is essentially bass & wind instruments so it's nice and sparse which why I love it. Charles Lloyd - Trio of Trios is the most straightforward jazz and it's fantastic.
T R A C K L I S T :
00:00 Omri Ziegele, Where's Africa - Sunflowerpower (That Hat)
05:02 Makaya McCraven - High Fives (In These Times)
08:40 Vega Trails - Train To Kyoto (Tremors In The Static)
11:28 Charles Lloyd - Ay Amor(Live) (Trio Of Trios)
18:38 Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano - Pause (Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian)
24:17 Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola - Brevity (Open)
28:31 Dexter Story - Kalimba, Then Space (Feel Recordings Volume 1)
30:55 The Arteries of New York City - The Arteries of New York City (The Arteries of New York City)
33:50 Akusmi - Fleeting Future (Fleeting Future)
38:28 Oren Ambarchi - II (Shebang)
48:50 Carlos Nino - Youwillgetthroughthis, I promise (Extra Presence)
55:15 Ralph Heidel - SOII (Modern Life)
59:10 Bill Frisell - Dear Old Friend(for Alan Woodard) (Four)
61:34 end