The 10 best jazz albums of 2020 John Fordham
Pat Metheny – From This Place
Being both a bestselling jazz-fusion superstar and an experimental collaborator with John Zorn and Ornette Coleman takes rare agility, but guitarist Pat Metheny has managed both. Metheny’s 2020 album, performed by his current live band (UK pianist Gwilym Simcock, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and drummer Antonio Sánchez) with guest appearances from vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello and harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret, showcases his famously cinematic compositional muse, shrewdly balanced with the group’s off-the-leash inventiveness, and for the most part subtly applied synthesised orchestral effects. Read the full review.
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Archives Volume 1: The Early Years, was among the best archival releases of 2020. Roy Jones / Getty Images
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Brief summary of the year in reissues and vault rediscoveries: There was an avalanche of them, across all genres and all eras. Each promises edification, offering dives into the rich contexts of historically significant records while also being flat-out thrilling listening.
Thanks to the work of sound-obsessed archivists and audio detectives this year, it s now possible to trace John Coltrane s
Giant Steps session in microscopic detail for its 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition; or revisit some of the unheralded album tracks from John Prine s output in the 1970s (
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All boxed up! New CD and vinyl box sets from Prince, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, U2 and more [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-MUS-BOXSETS:SD]
In the 35 years since the 1985 release of Bob Dylan’s three-CD “Biograph” established box sets as a viable and very lucrative product, their popularity has grown exponentially larger. This growth is reflected in the scores of box sets released each year and in the actual size of some of them, at least several of which weigh in at 7 pounds or more this year.
The 2020 crop includes lavish releases by such legends as Prince, Joni Mitchell, U2 and John Lennon. It also includes sets by such long-inactive cult artists as Georgia post-punk pioneers Pylon and the very obscure (then and now) English folk-rock band Trees. And it includes at least four Rock Hall of Fame inductees Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and former San Diegan Frank Zappa who have had at least two box sets apiece come ou