1. “Never, ever, ever”
Cuong Vu, Vu-Tet (ArtistShare)
2. “Felipe” (Moacir Santos)
Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani, The Third Man (ECM)
3. “The Cat”
Marcin Wasilewski Trio, January (ECM)
4. “Rich Man’s Prayer”
Matthew Herbert Big Band, There’s Me and There’s You (!K7)
5. “Free for C.T.” & “Jean-Pierre”
David Murray & Mal Waldron, Silence (Justin Time)
6. “Ad Mortem”
E.S.T., Leucocyte (EmArcy) – unbelievably eerie in light of Svensson’s death. Also hear Ulf Wakenius, Love Is Real: The Music of Esbjörn Svensson (ACT), a guitarist’s tribute.
7. “Black Narcissus” (Joe Henderson)
Manuel Engel, ME 3 (Metonic) — reminds me of Jason Moran’s abstracted “Body and Soul” from Modernistic (Blue Note, 2002).
8. “Cove”
Lionel Loueke/Massimo Biolcati/Ferenc Nemeth, Gilfema 2 (ObliqSound)
9. “Lua e Sol”
Mark Weinstein, Lua e Sol (Jazzheads)
10. “Peace Song”
Dave Stryker, Strike Up the Band (SteepleChase)
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