So having began the tradition last year with our Year in Review mixes for 2010 (Available here and here if you’re interested!), it seemed only right to produce another pair of selections for the year just gone by. So on the eve of 2012, we took some time out to look back at some of the big releases of 2011 and each of the Jazz Meet resident DJs (Read: Nik, Rob, Jarred and Sid) picked a selection of tunes which pair both personal favourites (There was some degree of crossover in opinions) and tracks tried and tested on the Jazz Meet dancefloor over this past year. It shouldn’t be deemed as a ‘Best Of’ as such, just because the scope for jazz releases released over the course of a year is staggering, and whittling it down to twenty of so releases would be a right mission. It’s more a snapshot of where all four of us are in terms of our own favourite tunes of 2011. Looking back now, there’s definitely some others that should have made it (for instance Jazzman Records and Soul Jazz Records have had another stellar year in terms of publishing new records and reissuing lost classics) but it’s a fair reflection of some of the tracks we’ve been enjoying and playing out over the course of the year.
The first mix has a definite British jazz vibe to it and features a lot more straight ahead stuff from the likes of the Kit Downes Trio, Examples of Twelves, Nat Birchall and Matthew Halsall, whilst the second, dropped a couple of days later, veers more into Latin and Afro tinged melodies, as well as more vocal stuff from the likes of Zara McFarlane, Kairos 4tet and Dwight Trible. Below you’ll full tracklists for both mixes with buy links (as most are obviously still available to purchase) as well as Mixcloud embeds to stream both mixes.
All that’s left is for all of us to wish you all a great 2012 and thank you for all your support in 2011. Enjoy the music.
TRACKLIST
PART 1
Kit Downes Trio – Tambourine | BUY |
Pierre Anckaert Trio – Chromeface | BUY |
Examples of Twelves – The View From The Castle | BUY |
Rise – Psalm 64 | BUY |
Nat Birchall – Dance of the Mystic | BUY |
Matthew Halsall – Music for the Dancing Mind | BUY |
Gerard Maimone – Koo | BUY |
Tom Harrell – Otra | BUY |
Austin Peralta – The Underwater Mountain Odyssey | BUY |
Bruno Spoerri Allstars – Septet Piece | BUY |
Colman Brothers – The Chief | BUY |
Sunlightsquare – Free Soul | BUY |
PART 2
Emanative feat Ahmed Abdullah – Lions of Judah | BUY |
Ray Stephen Oche & His Matumbo – Nengueleru | BUY |
The Rhythmagic Orchestra – Cha Cha de Juventud | BUY |
Sean Khan – El Presidente | BUY |
Frootful – Hawt Sauce | BUY |
Stefon Harris, David Sanchez, Christian Scott – Congo | BUY |
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnics featuring Nona Hendryx – Dance in the Spirit | BUY |
Dwight Trible – It’s All About Love | BUY |
Buddy Sativa – Indica (Reel-Time Process) with Onra | BUY |
Zara McFarlane – Feed the Spirit (The Children and the Warlock) | BUY |
Robert Mitchell 3io – The Embrace | BUY |
Kairos 4tet – The Calling | BUY |
Nostalgia 77 – Skin and Bones | BUY |
The Greg Foat Group – Dark is the Sun Part 3 (Harpischord Waltz) | BUY |