Discovering Jazz

Episode 132: Best of 2020 Part 2


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Today I play a few tracks from records that Scott Yanow, Downbeat Magazine, CBC, Stereogum, and Bandcamp say are among 2020’s best.

The range of styles is pretty extreme! From the most basic New orleans style jazz to what youtube classifies as dance/electonic. The highlights for me are 12 minutes of a recently discovered Thelonious Monk concert and the title track from 81 year old Carla Bley’s latest: Life Goes On. And so it does!

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Discovering JazzBy Larry Saidman

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