Arturo Gómez
Music Director, KUVO-Denver
My personal Top Ten favorite releases of 2016
1. Steve Turre “Colors for
the Masters” Smoke Sessions Records
2. Ray Charles Orchestra
“Zurich 1961” TCB
3. Wilson “Chembo” Corniel
Quintet “Land of the Descendants” Chemboro Records
4. Catherine Russell “Harlem
on my Mind” World Village
5. Erroll Garner “Ready Take
One” Sony Legacy
6. Allan Harris “Nobody’s
Gonna Love You Better” Love Productions
7. Andy González “Entre
Colegas” Truth Revolution Records
8. Harry Allen NY Saxophone
Band “The Candy Men” Arbors Records
9. Dave Stryker “Eight Track
II” Strikezone Records
10.
Hot Club of San Francisco “John, Paul, George & Django” Hot Club Music
Taylor Townes
Independent Retail Coordinator, Merge Records
I put together a list of new stuff from the year or reissues that are sort on the experimental / new age / ambient spectrum, with the idea that people might want to zone out to them given how completely shitty the year was.... so that's this:
Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie Prince Billy - Epic
Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
Psychic Temple - Plays Music for Airports
Mary Lattimore - At the Dam
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - FRKWYS
Vol. 13: Sunergy
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Trust the Glide and Guide
Syrinx - Tumblers from the Vault
Anna Homler & Steve Moshier - Breadwoman &
Other Tales
And if you want a more traditional list, or more of what
I listened to most rather than something concept-y (though
there's a lot of overlap), here's that, in no order really:
Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie Prince Billy - Epic
Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
Psychic Temple - Plays Music for Airports
Warehouse - super low
Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
David Bowie - Blackstar
Mary Lattimore - At the Dam
Kikagaku Moyo - House in the Tall Grass
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - FRKWYS
Vol. 13: Sunergy
Gina M Cuomo
General Manager - Sie FilmCenter
the albums that stick out are:
Luke Cage soundtrack
Red Fang - Only Ghosts
Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here
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