It's time for my annual list of recommended television shows and Jazz albums. As always, these are not the best and who can listen to everything that came out in 2023. These are the shows I enjoyed and would recommend you check out; and the albums that caught my ear as I shuffled through my collection of new titles.
Here are the 14 shows that I would recommend to you. As always the list is dominated by FX/HULU with a smattering of HBO thrown in. We said goodby to a real masterpiece in Reservation Dogs, welcomed back Justified and happy to know that Somebody Somewhere and Dark Winds will still be around. Season two of The Bear took a significant leap and Poker Face was a pleasant surprise and an homage to 60's 70's detective shows. We watch a lot of international crime so for something to jump out was fun and that was Criminal Code on NETFLIX. Looks like there will be another iteration.
Poker Face - Peacock
Succession - HBO
Perry Mason - HBO
Somebody Somewhere - HBO
Happy Valley - Sundance
The Bear - HULU
What We Do in the Shadows - FX
Justified:City Primeval - FX
Dark Winds - AMC
Reservation Dogs -FX
Unforgotten - PBS
Fargo - FX
Criminal Code - NETFLIX
A Murder at the End of the World - FX
Here are 22 Jazz albums that I would recommend you check out. It's a mix of reliables like Chris Potter, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Christian McBride and JD Allen. Artemis delivered an excellent sophomore outing. One pleasant surprise was Veronica Swift's new album which I didn't want to like but came around to quite quickly. Lakecia Benjamin, Alex Weiss and Nicky Schrire were new to my ears. We lost Jamie Branch way too soon. She left us with possibly my favorite album of the year. Please support live Jazz and these artists.
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix
Ben Wolfe - Unjust
Chris Potter - Got the Keys to the Kingdom:Live at the Village Vanguard
Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine
Christian McBride’s New Jawn - PRIDE
Billy Childs - The Winds of Change
David Larsen - The Peplowski Project
Artemis - In Real Time
Alex Weiss - Most Don’t Have Enough
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke - Lean In
The Composers Collective Big Band - The Toronto Project
Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet - As Things Go
Linda May Han Oh - The Glass Hours
Joe Farnsworth - In What Direction Are You Headed?
Nicky Schrire - Nowhere Girl
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society - Dynamic Maximum Tension
Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
This - JD Allen
Veronica Swift - Veronica Swift
Plumb - David Murray, Questove &Ray Angry
Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel - A Lovesome Thing
James Brandon Lewis & Red Lily Quintet - For Mahalia With Love
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