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    Posted: 24 Dec 2014 at 3:35pm
Like we or not, it's a tradition at the end of each year to overlook what great new music we listened during last 12 months. I'm sure we'll hardly find a single person who is familiar with all what have been released, so all such lists are based on a) personal taste and b) the number of new albums everyone of has listened from huge amount of new jazz releases. My opinion is based on love to advanced jazz and 100+ new releases I heard. Here we go: 

1. Roscoe Mitchell - "Conversations"
2. Wadada Leo Smith - "The Great Lakes"
3. Rodrigo Amado - "Wire Quartet"
4. John Hebert - "Floodstage"
5. Wadada Leo Smith / George Lewis / John Zorn - "Sonic Rivers"

Trio 3 + Vijay Iyer - "Wiring" 
Wadada Leo Smith / Jamie Saft / Joe Morris / Balasz Pandi - "Red Hill"
Mary Halvorson - "Reverse Blue"
Anna Webber - "Simple"
Jemeel Moondoc - "The Zookeeper's House"

Few more albums need to be mentioned as really strong (I will complete this list probably in few steps):

Mary Halvorson - "Thumbscrew"
Tyshawn Sorey - "Alloy"
Sylvie Courvoiser - "Double Windsor"



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There were a lot of great albums this year, three that stood out for me were:
Matthew Shipp     "Root of Things"
Tohpati          "Tribal Dance'
Eric Hofbauer      "The Rite of Spring"


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I'll have to do a search...somehow, but my favorite will probably wind up being Peter Evan's Quintet's Destination Void.
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Originally posted by Cannonball With Hat Cannonball With Hat wrote:

I'll have to do a search...somehow, but my favorite will probably wind up being Peter Evan's Quintet's Destination Void.

Ah, somehow I forgot about "Destination Void", agree - it should be on my list as well Embarrassed
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^ I hear you there.
 
Totally forgot about Wire Quartet. Definitely in my top 10 for this year.
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Preliminary order:
 
 
Peter Evans Quintet - Destination: Void
Supersilent - 12
Paal N-L - Large Unit Box
Miles Davis - Filmore Box 
Rob Maruzak - Return The Tides
Wadada Leo Smith - The Great Lakes Suite
Wire Quartet - S/t
Paal N-L/et al - The Cliff Of Time
Pharaoh & The Underground - Spiral Mercury
Angel 9 - Injuries
Who Trio - Zoo
Wadada Leo Smith/et al - Red Hill
Thumbscrew - S/t
R Bjorkenheim - Ecstasy
Brotzmann/Sharrock - Whatthef**kdoyouwant
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Lin Rountree
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The Time Is Right
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