What are your favorite albums from the first half of 2025?
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What are your favorite albums from the first half of 2025?
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Tomorrow is the halfway point of the year, so this week's newsletter is devoted to the albums I can't stop listening to or thinking about throughout the first half of 2025.
First radio show is in the books. If you tuned in and listened live, thanks so much! I really enjoyed sharing the music I love with you guys.
If you missed it, don't worry. The show is now uploaded on MixCloud and you can tune in live next Friday 10-noon PT.
The 28th Chaotic Good Jazz newsletter, published on the 28th of the month... It only makes sense that I'd pick out 28 albums
Four picks each based on the color of the cover art.
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New post full of Big News and New Releases, featuring albums from: Chiminyo, NΔdt Orchestra, the Hedvig Mollestad Trio and more. Plus singles from Hanging Hearts and Amanda Whiting.
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That would be Aidan Thorne. he's played on all Whiting's albums and has a very Mingus-y vibe.
Mesmerizing and hypnotic, the new single from Amanda Whiting featuring Alice Russell just released earlier in the week.
This is the first single of the upcoming Adam Scrimshire produced EP, Can You See Me Now releasing June 6th and I'm really looking forward to this one.
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David Mitchell's Turiyans was one of my favorite albums of April.
Not only that, but the album has been one of my favorite finds to share in the six months since I started Chaotic Good Jazz.
If you are a fan of electric-Era Miles and Alice Coltrane, this album is for you!
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137 | Strangeness Oscillation
137 is the UK-based quartet of Adrian Utley, Larry Stabbins, Jim Barr, and Sebastian Rochford.
Their debut album 'Strangeness Oscillation' released on July 31, 2024 is a ferocious collection of experimental post-rock doom-jazz improvisations.
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This week I highlighted some new-to-me Australian and New Zealand artists in an issue I'm calling βDown Under (the-radar)β. Plus canβt miss new releases from around the globe
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One of my favorite albums from the late 2010βs, this 2018 Emanative album is the perfect soundtrack for Earth Day.
Earth | Emanative | Jazzman Records
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This morning I published an extra crispy, food-inspired issue of Chaotic Good Jazz called βBiscuits and Groovyβ
Grab a snack and check it out!
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This morning I found a potato in the washβ¦ no clue how it got there, but I've been singing, βAinβt no po-tay-toe like me, Iβm just so fresh, so cleanβ ever since.
In this week's newsletter:
- 5 albums from Jan-Mar 2025 that flew under my radar.
- 5 new releases.
- 5 upcoming albums I'm really excited for.
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My favorite albums of March include an improvisational album recorded 15km from the warfront in Ukraine, a spiritual UK jazz album I canβt stop listening to and a handful of albums that are guaranteed to induce some intense head-nods and toe-tapping.
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Thanks for reading! This was a really fun list to make, hope you enjoy!
Who else loves a good live album?
The 20th issue of Chaotic Good Jazz is now live on Substack, featuring 20 live albums your ears need to hear.
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#NowPlaying:
Black Flower - Artifacts (2016, SDBAN Ultra)
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CHAOTIC GOOD JAZZ #19
Jazzstrology
For the astrological new year I put together a list of album recommendations based on zodiac sign + a jazzstrological horoscope readings for each sign.
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3 brand new releases to check out this weekend:
- New Moves by Sol Monk
- Waiting Game by Emma Pilgaard
- Adamas by Charles Pasi
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