MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year
1) أحمد [Ahmed] Giant Beauty (Fönstret)
2) أحمد [Ahmed] Wood Blues (Astral Spirits)
3) Alice Coltrane The Carnegie Hall Concert (Impulse!)
4) The Handover The Handover (Sublime Frequencies)
5) Chris Corsano The Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]) (Drag City)
6) Dave Rempis / Tashi Dorji Duo Gnash (Aerophonic)
7) Matthew Shipp Trio New Concepts In Piano Trio Jazz (ESP)
8) Peter Brötzmann / Paal Nilssen-Love Chicken Shit Bingo (Trost)
9) Alexander Hawkins / Sofia Jernberg Musho (Intakt)
10) Lumpeks Polonez (Umlaut)
