The entertainment industry likes to give out awards for sure. I realized I missed the Grammys after I came back from my trip. So I googled who were the winners in the jazz category and found the list from Jazziz, which has actually embedded videos from the winners. Nice! To me, it's always a good opportunity to find out who has released what in the previous years since my other limited sources to learn about new releases were Spotify, jazz magazines that I read occasionally and podcasts. One thing that annoyed me a lot this year is the nominated albums have LOTS of vocals. Isn't there a separate category for vocal already? Anyway, there are still many that I enjoyed. Check out my new playlist:
Of course I excluded all the pieces with vocal, to the best of my knowledge :P
I did include several big band albums, which traditionally I don't care for. I guess it have to do with the modern arrangements, pioneered by the likes of Maria Schneider. Modern big band jazz is no longer "a lot of instruments playing together" but music showcasing a wide varieties of "colors painted by different instruments"
Monday, March 02, 2020
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