As JAZZ.FM91’s Music Director, Brad Barker has the substantial task of selecting what music you hear when you tune in. Brad programs almost 80 per cent of the music you hear on JAZZ.FM91.
Over 2018, we featured close to 100 new releases. As the year is closing, we asked Brad to put his curatorial skills to the test, and narrow these 100 releases down to 20 stand-outs. Brad has pulled together a short list for Our Music Director’s Best of 2018 show which will air on New Year’s Eve.
Let Brad know your thoughts on his choices for Our Music Director’s Best of 2018 at brad@jazz.fm before December 21 st , and he may just include some in his show.
“With so many terrific recordings from Canadian artists this year, they make up more than half our list,” says Brad. “Add legends like Coltrane and Jarrett along with young-guns Kamasi Washington and James Francies and this year proved to be a great one for recorded jazz.”
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Myriad3Vera |
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Joey AlexanderEclipse |
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Robi BotosOld Soul |
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Holly ColeHolly |
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John ColtraneBoth Directions at Once: The Lost Album |
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Thompson Egbo-EgboA New Standard |
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James FranciesFlight |
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Stefon HarrisBlackout |
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Keith JarrettLa Fenice |
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Molly JohnsonMeaning to Tell Ya |
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Justin KauflinComing Home |
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Mandy LaganThe Joni Book |
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Larnell LewisIn the Moment |
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Toronto Jazz Orchestra20 |
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Alfredo RodriguezThe Little Dream |
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John ScofieldCombo 66 |
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Eric St-LaurentMustard Arizona |
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Jeremy Ledbetter TrioGot a Light? |
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Ernesto Cervini’s TurbopropAbundance |
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Kamasi WashingtonHeaven and Earth |