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Attarian's Dozen: Twelve Superb Releases That Made 2021 Tolerable
ByFeatured are the two mammoth and stimulating boxsets from saxophonist and improviser par excellence Ivo Perelman and ingenious composer and bassist William Parker, the late organ giant Dr. Lonnie Smith's swan song, and drummer Gustavo Cortiñas's musical exploration of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America." In addition, from the United Kingdom, Sons of Kemet's provocative and timely album made the list as well as saxophonist Jon Raskin's socially conscious collaboration with Flatland Quartet. Others include innovative bandleader and saxophonist Anna Webber's masterpiece, ingenious composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's celebration of Chicago and saxophonist Kenny Garrett's exploration of musical roots. Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson's intimate and adventurous duet and two very personal works by saxophonist Maria Grand and vocalist Jen Shyu round up the list.
Anna Webber
Idiom
Pi Recordings
Ivo Perelman
Brass and Ivory Tales
Fundacja Slucha
Sons of Kemet
Black to the Future
Impulse!
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Breathe
Blue Note
Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson
Searching for the Disappeared Hour
Pyroclastic
Gustavo Cortiñas
Desafio Candente
Woolgathering
Wadada Leo Smith
The Chicago Symphonies
TUM
Kenny Garrett
Songs From The Ancestors
Mack Avenue
William Parker
Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World
AUM Fidelity
The Flatlands Collective
Songs From the Urban Forest
Gold Lion
Maria Grand
Reciprocity
Biophilia
Jen Shyu
Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses
Pi Recording
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Year in Review
Hrayr Attarian
Ivo Perelman
William Parker
Dr Lonnie Smith
Gustavo Cortiñas
Sons of Kemet
Jon Raskin
Anna Webber
Wadada Leo Smith
Kenny Garrett
Sylvie Courvoisier
Mary Halvorson
Maria Grand
Jen Shyu
Ivo Perelman
Sons Of Kemet
Dr Lonnie Smith
Sylvie Courvoisier
Wadada Leo Smith
Flatland Quartet
Maria Grand
Jen Shyu