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Miles Davis, Billie Holiday + Others: Top 10 Versions of ‘Darn That Dream’

Miles Davis, Billie Holiday + Others: Top 10 Versions of ‘Darn That Dream’

From the Broadway scrap heap to a widely interpreted jazz standard, “Darn That Dream” has had quite the journey.

Lyia Meta – ‘Always You’ (2023)

Lyia Meta – ‘Always You’ (2023)

Lyia Meta’s ‘Always You’ embarks on a jazz-pop journey, exploring her take on love, life and fun with songwriting collaborator Denise Dimin.

Anthony Wilson – ‘Collodion’ (2023)

Anthony Wilson – ‘Collodion’ (2023)

With ‘Collodion,’ Anthony Wilson managed to turn what would be a stressful situation for lesser musicians into a cozy listening experience.

Angie Wells, ‘Abbey Road Reimagined’ + Others: Five For the Road

Angie Wells, ‘Abbey Road Reimagined’ + Others: Five For the Road

Angie Wells and ‘Abbey Road Reimagined’ headline the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen + Edward Vesala – ‘Triptykon’ (1973, 2023 Hi-Res reissue)

Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen + Edward Vesala – ‘Triptykon’ (1973, 2023 Hi-Res reissue)

Jan Garbarek would continue to produce great records for ECM in the years and even decades that followed, but there won’t ever be another ‘Triptykon.’

Location Location Location [Michael Formanek, Anthony Pirog + Mike Pride] – ‘Damaged Goods’ (2023)

Location Location Location [Michael Formanek, Anthony Pirog + Mike Pride] – ‘Damaged Goods’ (2023)

Michael Formanek, Anthony Pirog and Mike Pride produce the kind of inspired music that comes from jamming – even if the record wasn’t made that way.

Michael Bisio + Timothy Hill – ‘Inside Voice / Outside Voice’ (2023)

Michael Bisio + Timothy Hill – ‘Inside Voice / Outside Voice’ (2023)

Michael Bisio and Timothy Hill recently got together to make a delightful, instinctive record that neither could have made with anyone else.

John McLaughlin’s Shakti – ‘This Moment’ (2023)

John McLaughlin’s Shakti – ‘This Moment’ (2023)

John McLaughlin is known for his restlessness – here electric, there acoustic, here Western, there Eastern. ‘This Moment’ straddles many of those worlds.

Nick Millevoi – ‘Digital Reaction’ (2023)

Nick Millevoi – ‘Digital Reaction’ (2023)

‘Digital Reaction’ has all the wide ranging guitar-led gumption and fortitude of Marc Ribot’s Atomic Dog but with Nick Millevoi’s own stamp, marshaling shards of most everything he’s done up this point while adding a few new tricks.

Tyshawn Sorey Trio – ‘Continuing’ (2023)

Tyshawn Sorey Trio – ‘Continuing’ (2023)

Tyshawn Sorey’s trio builds on the triumph of the standards-reimagining ‘Mesmerism’ with the loose, imaginative ‘Continuing.’