End Of Year List: Part 1 (40-31)

General

There is no better reason to start off this blog again than our end of year list. For the record: we have tried to come up with something more than just a list of our favorite albums. This top 40 is an attempt to combine some of our favorites, while also including some remarkable albums by young talents and entries outside of the free jazz/improv scenes. Each week, we will post ten records. This is the first part.

PART ONE: 40-31

40. Sarah Bernstein - UNEARTHISH
Poetic album by violin player Bernstein. Listen here

39. Bernhard Schütz & Reinhold Friedl - SCHÜTZ & FRIEDL PLAY ROBERT SCHUMANN DICHTERLIEBE
16 short but beautiful songs for piano & voice.

38. Gaucho - PEARL
Merger of modern sounds & New Orleans influence.

37. Eliane Radigue - GEELRIANDRE/ARTHESIS
Moog performance recorded in 1973. Listen here

36. El Infierno Musical - EL INFIERNO MUSICAL
Project by Christof Kurzmann, featuring Ken Vandermark a.o.

35. Inzinzac - INZINZAC
Merging free jazz, noise rock, world music and no wave. Eclectic.

34. Daunic Lazro, Benjamin Duboc & Didier Lasserre - POURTANT LES CIMES DES ARBRES
Genre-bending free jazz from France. Great stuff!

33. Karl Berger, Werner Hasler & Gilbert Paeffgen - HASLER/PAEFFGEN/BERGER
Clash of electronic and acoustic universes. Striking!

32. Other Dimensions In Music feat. Fay Victor - KAISO STORIES
Where free jazz meets calypso. Exotic bliss.

31. William Parker - CRUMBLING IN THE SHADOWS IS FRAULEIN MILLERS STALE CAKE
3CD set. Inspiring, as usual.