Branford Marsalis, Joshua White and Patricia Brennan are just some of the artists who released head-turning albums this year.

He stated: “I’d rather go in and just be Jaco. I improvise all the time. Hopefully, I think, I never play the same thing twice. I’m not a magician, I’m not a politician – I’m a musician. I have no goal. You don’t get better, you grow. I am a musician, and I finally realised it!”

“Komorebi” is a mid-tempo bop workout with soloists trading licks in a relaxed pulsating groove. “Petrichor”, which is a hint to the album’s theme of environmental tribute, achieves a slightly propulsive not-quite-stasis, with sinewy trumpet/sax lines floating above.

Jazz is music made in the moment and our moment is an increasingly perilous one. As a writer trying to keep up, I often feel as if I’ve exhausted the power of words to describe where we are, how we got here and where we’re going.

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It may be coincidence, or just a reflection of my own state of mind, that this dreadful year’s list of favorite jazz albums leans toward the meditative, the balladic, the Romantic, sometimes the Zen, though I should add that none of the music here is ...

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Cavaliers vs. 76ers will air on ESPN, and streams live on DIRECTV (free trial). Who: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Philadelphia 76ers Time: 7 p.m. ET CLEVELAND (AP) — Keyonte George scored 32 points, Lauri Markkanen added 28 and the Utah Jazz bounced back after a 55-point loss and defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 123-112 Monday night.