Sailing a ship through post-Brexit waters, Stewart Smith reflects on the year in jazz and improvised music, and presents his top ten releases of 2016.
10.) Konstrukt feat. Graham Massey & David McLean – Live At Islington Mill
(Astral Spirits)
09.) William Parker feat. Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore – Stan’s Hat Flapping In The Wind
(Centering)
08.) RED Trio/John Butcher – Summer Skyshift
(Clean Feed)
07.) Tyshawn Sorey – The Inner Spectrum Of Variables (Pi Recordings)
Steve Lehman – Sélébéyone (Pi Recordings)
03.) Linda Sharrock/(In) The Abyssity of the Grounds – GODS (Golden Lab)
02.) Henry Threadgill – New Locks and Old Verbs (Pi Recordings)