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I am an obsessive list maker when it comes to my musical and film tastes, so I thought I would use this page to post some of my lists of favorites.

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Here is my list of the greatest jazz albums of all time.

I am a fan of what is called free jazz or improvised music. This is essentially the most far-out or avant-garde form of jazz. Below these lists, you’ll find my list of greatest punk albums of all time.

Here is my ranked list of Top 20 free jazz albums of 2024. All of these albums are available to listen to on Bandcamp. Check them out and let me know what you think!

1-Anthony Braxton-Sax QT (Lorraine) & 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022
2-Nick Dunston-Colla Voce
3-Tomoyuki Trio-Mars
4-Ballister-Smash And Grab & Rempis/Dorji-Gnash
5-John Butcher-Fluid Fixations
6-Laurie Anderson-Amelia
7-John Zorn-New Masada Quartet, Volume 3
8-Gašper Livk-Introducing Gašper Livk
9-Mette Rasmussen, Ches Smith & Craig Taborn-Weird Of Mouth
10-Stephan Thelen & David Torn-Rothko Spaces, Volume 1
11-Magda Mayas, David Brown & Tony Buck–Blue Plum Bloom
12-Senyawa-Vajranala
13-Dirk Serries, Jorg Schneider-Schneider Serries
14-Bill Nace, Masayo Koketsu-S/T
15-Albert Beger, Ziv Taubenfeld, Shay Hazan, Hamid Drake-Cosmic Waves
16-Setting-At Eulogy
17-Extempore-Dream Of Frequencies
18-McKain / Nadien / Radichel / Weeks-A Man’s Image
19-Joana Sa-A Body As Listening
20-Maria Bertel & Nina Garcia-KNÆKKET SMIL

Here is my ranked list of Top 20 free jazz albums of 2023. All of these albums are available to listen to on Bandcamp. Check them out and let me know what you think!

1-Kate Gentile & International Contemporary Ensemble: biomei.i
2-Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band: all this this here
3-John Zorn: New Masada Quartet Volume 2, Parrhesiastes & Full Fathom 5
4-Jessica Pavone: Clamor
5-Raúl Cantizano & Hidden Forces Trio
6-Rodrigo Amado The Bridge: Beyond The Margins
7-gabby fluke-mogul & Nava Dunkelman: Licht
8-Pierre-Yves Martel, Carl Ludwig Hubsch & Philip Zoubek: IZE
9-Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & Paal Nilssen-Love: Guts & Skins
10-Zoh Amba: The Flower School
11-Brandon Lopez Trio: Matanzas
12-1/4 Tonne Overhaul: Plays songs from the cypher
13- Steve Tromans: Mountains, Meditations, Murmurations
14-Lesley Mok: The Living Collection
15-ANTi INDSTRY: Numinous Interference
16-LSD Trio: wealth without riches
17-Mendoza Hoff Revels: Echolocation
18-Angelika Niescier, Tomeka Reid & Savannah Harris: Beyond Dragons
19-Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Marcio Gibson & Michel Kristof: Puzzle
20- Wendy Eisenberg, Damon Smith & Stefan González: Balloon Of Ruin
21-Adrianne Munden-Dixon: Lung
22-Carrie Frey: Seagrass
23-Madison Greenstone: Resonance Studies in Ecstatic Consciousness
24-Emily Rach Beisel: Particle Of Organs
25-Camila Nebbia & Killick Hinds: We Hear We Are Here

Here is my ranked list of Top 20 free jazz albums of 2022. All of these albums are available to listen to on Bandcamp. Check them out and let me know what you think!

1. Pat Thomas & XT with Will Holder-“Akisakila” / Attitudes​ ​of Preparation (Mountains, Oceans, Trees)
2. Satoko Fujii-Hyaku, One Hundred Dreams
3. Water Damage-Repeater
4. MoE y Escalantes-Saint Vitus Dance
5. GAF & The Love Supreme Arkestra-Garden Island
6. Oxbow & Peter Brotzmann-An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today
7. Plastic Dogs-Ivert
8. Sergio Armaroli, Veli Kujala, Harri Sjöström, Giancarlo Schiaffini-Windows and Mirrors
9. Izumi Kimura, Artur Majewski, Barry Guy & Ramon Lopez-Kind Of Light
10. Ballister-Chrysopoeia
11. John Escreet-Seismic Shift
12. Nina de Heney & Lina Järnegard-Solo Piece For Peace, Please 
13. gabby fluke-mogul & Joanna Mattrey-Oracle
14. John Dikeman, Péter Ajtai & Nicolas Field-The Throes
15. Brandon Lopez-Santeria
16. Lisa Ullen, Elsa Bergman & Anna Lund-Space
17. Pedro Alves Sousa, Rodrigo Pinheiro & Gabriel Ferrandini-Cloud At Rest
18. Francois Carrier, Alexander von Schlippenbach, John Edwards & Michel Lambert-Unwalled
19. Old Believers (self-titled)
20. Aurelijus Užameckis-Signals
21. There Be Monsters-Rubikon
22. JakTar (self-titled)
23. IKZ-I Saw The Cryptic Problem Of My Generation Destroyed
24. Mark Molnar-Saturn’s Son
25. Gonçalo Almeida-Improvisations On Amplified & Prepared Double Bass

In second place on my list is the most recent album of one of my favorite pianists, Satoko Fujii, who I had the pleasure of meeting. It is especially important as it marks her 100th studio album.

Here is my ranked list of Top 20 free jazz albums of 2021. All of these albums are available to listen to on Bandcamp. Check them out and let me know what you think!

1. Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017
2. Pat Thomas & The Locals: Play the Music of Anthony Braxton
3. fluke-mogul / Liberatore / Mattrey / Mendoza: Death In the Gilded Age 
4. Edwards / Lisle / Serries / Webster: Peck and Fleet
5. Almeida / Gibson / Melo Alves / Trilla / Vicente: Dog Star
6. Brice / Golding / Kaiser / Moore / Prévost: The Secret Handshake with Danger, vol. one
7. Maneri / Kalmanovitch / Jacobson / Osgood: Variations on No Particular Theme, Pt. 1
8. Rosaly / Warelis / Lumley / Dikeman: Sunday at De Ruimte
9. Abrahams / Thomas / Thomas: Words Fail
10. Fail Better!: The Fall
11. Carneiro / Zingaro: Elogio das Sombras
12. Camila Nebbia: Corre el río de la memoria sobre la tierra que arrastra trazos, …
13. Garcia / Pitsiokos: Uanmortaim
14. Adoct: Ouvre-Glace
15. Satoko Fujii: Moon On The Lake
16. Martínez / Fernández / Guy: Bosque de niebla
17. Combat Astronomy: Shamanic Insurgency 
18. Castrillón / Castrillón / Muruaga: Ärnär 
19. Jazz from the Underground Nightclubs of Aotearoa
20. Parkins / Rasmussen / Sawyer: The Glass Triangle 

Here is my ranked list of the best punk albums:

1. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
2. Ramonesmania
3. The Clash-London Calling
4. Elvis Costello-Armed Forces
5. Public Image Ltd-Second Edition
6. Nirvana-Nevermind
7. Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
8. Dead Kennedys-Plastic Surgery Disasters
9. Replacements-Tim
10. The Buzzcocks-Singles Going Steady
11. The Stooges-Raw Power
12. Hole-Live Through This
13. The Cramps-Bad Music For Bad People
14. Husker Du-Candy Apple Grey
15. John Zorn-Naked City
16. X-Under The Big Black Sun
17. Siouxsie & The Banshees-Juju
18. The Pixies-Bossa Nova
19. Televsion-Marquee Moon
20. The Jam-The Gift
21. Circle Jerks-Golden Shower Of Hits
22. Dinosaur Jr.-You’re Living All Over Me
23. Minutemen-Double Nickels On The Dime
24. Misfits-Walk Among Us
25. Black Flag-Damaged
26. Bad Brains
27. Gang Of Four-Entertainment!
28. Descendents-Everything Sucks
29. Minor Threat-Complete Discography
30. Green Day-Dookie
31. Otoboke Beaver-Super Champion
32. Sleater Kinney-Dig Me Out
33. Fugazi-Repeater