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Releases this year...

Beatrio [Bela Fleck, Edmar Castaneda, Antonio Sanchez]
John Patitucci, Chris Potter, Brian Blade - Spirit Fall
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade - Tokyo
Josh Lawrence - Still We Dream
Gilad Hekselman, Larry Grenadier, Marcus Gilmore - Downhill From Here
Joshua ...

Spatial sound design and textures place the listener amidst layers of urban ambience. Hums, shuffles, clatters and rumbles evoke the sounds of central Tokyo. Reverberations trapped in the space between buildings, or resonating below ground level. Pure sounds emerge along with harmonious tones ...

Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci, Brian Blade - Eagle's Point
Kris Davis Trio - Run The Gauntlet
Ed Simon, Scott Colley, Brian Blade - Three Visitors
Black Art Jazz Collective - Truth To Power
Vijay Iyer - Compassion
Michael Dease - Grove's Groove
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin - Brasil
Kenny ...

Wolfgang Muthspiel - Dance Of The Elders
Terell Stafford - Between Two Worlds
Billy Childs - Winds Of Change
Johnathan Blake - Passage
Zsofia Boros - El Ultimo Aliento
Brian Blade Fellowship - Kings Highway
Chris Botti - Vol. 1 (shm-cd blue note japan)
Peter Gabriel - I/O
Dhafer Youssef - Street Of ...

Over 9 minutes in length, this track encapsulates those unique elements of Steve Jansen's melodic and rhythmic sense, sometimes evoking oriental themes with atypical music structures and rhythm designs.

https://stevejansen.bandcamp.com/album/my-winter

All music composed, performed, recorded, mixed ...

I'll have to second Quiet Visitor's mention of Beth Orton's Weather Alive.
Here are some other albums which received multiple listens this year :

Benjamin Lackner - Last Decade
Jeff Denson, Romain Pilon & Brian Blade - Finding Light
David Cook Quintet - Loyal Returns
Jon Cowherd Trio - Pride & Joy ...

Thank you for making aware and for posting the link.

Music by Steve Jansen, composed for a visual / audio exhibit by Anny and Sibel Öztürk which took place in Frankfurt and Tel Aviv in the Spring of 2022.
Focusing on the theme of home, featuring an extensive collection of collages, on paper, as well as in the form of sculptures, paintings and drawings ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31HfjnVJG-Y

I was surprised (and impressed) to see a couple of the CDs being displayed on the rack in a Saturday Night Live sketch --- one in particular

That's a fine list! Great to see another Lyle Workman-fan.

My first exposure to Workman was the second Bourgeois Tagg album YoYo in the late 80s - I noticed that he had the lead songwriting credit on their modest hit, I Don't Mind At All, which I thought was the best thing they had created. Todd ...

Mathias Eick - When We Leave
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - Tone Poem
Kenny Garrett - Sounds From The Ancestors
Vijay Iyer - Uneasy
John McLaughlin - Liberation Time
Rubalcaba, Carter & DeJohnette - Skyline
Cunliffe, Patitucci & Colaiuta - Trio
Andrew Cyrille Quartet - The News
Leon Bridges - Gold ...

Steve Jansen & Charles Storm explore their common interest in ambient, dissonant sonics. "126" begins the journey. An improvised performance recorded live at Cloudchamber, Gothenburg.

https://stevejansen.bandcamp.com/album/126

Steve Jansen: wires, tools, piano & treatments

Charles Storm ...

This band was new to me as well. A couple of months ago, I heard 'ROBBER' on the radio. I was quickly taken in by the groove and intrigued by the mesmerizing combination of instruments -- excellent string arrangement...but it was the jazzy interplay between the sax and guitar licks which had me ...

I'm not certain if all of the songs on Luminous were recorded during the same sessions as Mixing Colours. I did read that Pewter had been included on the Japanese version of Mixing Colours, so I assume that song was recorded around the same time.